Painting the Spring Garden en Plein Aire with Michelle Chrisman Thursday through Sunday

 Don’t miss this opportunity to paint in beautiful garden settings, both public and private in Albuquerque and Los Poblanos in the North Valley. You will learn to work quickly with limited, energetic brush strokes, suggesting rather than rendering reality allowing your paintings to stay fresh and full of life. There will be an emphasis on capturing the affect of luminous, outdoor light using the colors of the spectrum in areas struck by the sun, rather than local color. We will focus on simplifying shapes and values, for contemporary compositions as well as developing color “stories” in your paintings. Michelle is an oil painter and will begin each day with a short demo using both brush and palette knife. All painting mediums and levels of painters, from beginners to professionals, are welcome. Email Instructor with any questions, mpchrisman@earthlink.net.

Please sign up early; class size is limited.

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