21. - 23.6.2024 - Summer Plein Air Painting With Blanka Křemenová / 7.000 CZK

"Are you a bit tired, uninspired and without new ideas? Would you like to just "get out" somewhere?
Are you attracted to painting and drawing directly in nature? Would you like to have a good time with painting again?
Leave everyday worries and come to a plein air painting course with us!"

 

Within the Plein Air Course we will explore different art techniques (pencil, charcoal, red chalk, pastels). We wilI explain each techniques individually in detail, their benefits and use in practical examples. Gradually we will move towards aquarelle painting and oil or acryllic painting. We will learn terms such as image composition, perspective, space and color theory. We will learn how to use underpainting, glaze painting techniques and alla prima technique.

Theme: The theme of this course will be landscape. The goal is to learn how to see, how to properly depict what we see in real life and transfer it onto the canvas. 

Location: The course will take place in a beautiful setting of the castle Klenová with magical view of the Šumava mountain range. We will be painting in the open air, or in a local studio (depending on weather and mood). 

The course is led by an experienced tutor - academic painter Blanka Křemenová and is intended for beginners, intermediate and advaced adult students. 

What is included in the price? 

  • A teaching programme led by an experience tutor of our art atelier Malování kreslení (a Friday walk around the location for the best setting selection, 3 half-days of painting in plein air under the guidance of the tutor, 2 evening lectures with projection)
  • An option for an individual consultation throughout the whole course
  • An accommodation with breakfast in 3-bed rooms with bathroom facilities (possibility of buying half-board or full-board on site in the chateau restaurant)
  • Easels can be lent upon request
  • Entrance ticket to the chateau and gallery

What is not included?

  • Transportation
  • Meals 
  • Art supplies
 

Application form for summer plein air painting

Please fill in the information bellow

 

Video from Our Plein Air Painting in Sázava

 

Program of Plein Air Painting - Summer Painting Workshop: 

The Detailed program will be sent to all registered participants

After welcoming and meeting with teachers we will talk about painting and drawing in the landscape, we will talk about the importance of choosing the object, we will go around and try to find a sketch or photo themes. In the evening we will talk about the technology of painting, drawing, and sketching. The next day there will be a topic of drawing techniques, perspective, and shading. Then we will jump on watercolor (color theory, painting materials, and techniques, demonstrations) and we will spend a pleasant evening with a lecture about landscape painting. The next day we will "work hard" on painting in plein air. In conclusion, final consultation and exhibition are waiting for us.

During the program, our teacher will be happy to give you advise or discuss your work and answer your questions. An individual treatment program is possible and we will always honor your own rhythm and time for painting. The aim is to enjoy a pleasant time of painting, discard worries and focus on your interests and hobbies with a group of similar people for whom painting is also a passion.

The program will be complemented by a "theoretical" lectures of painting, drawing, and art technologies.

Participation in all programs is voluntary, the whole plein air you will do only what you would like at the moment :-)

Plein Air Painting Schedule:

  •     Thursday 15:00 to 17:00 arrival and accommodation
  •     Sunday 14:00 to 16:00 departure home

Recommended Art Aids:

Take everything you have at home, what do you like to paint or draw with even what you have never used. You may need these tools too:

  •     pencils, plastic eraser, sketchbook (watercolor paper)
  •     set of chalks and pastels (chalk or dry)
  •     ink and pen
  •     hardcover format A3 or A2
  •     tempera or acrylic paints
  •     set of oil paints, turpentine (if you want to paint with oil )
  •     watercolor
  •     brushes (flat and round, roughly 10p)
  •     pallet (or a piece of "something", where can be applied colors)
  •     water container (glass, cut off pet bottle)
  •     folding fishing chair (if you prefer to sit while the painting )
  •     canvas and frames (all take also from the studio, that will be available to purchase as required for reasonable prices on the spot)

 

Workshops

  During our Oil Painting workshop, each of the participants will learn about the main instruments and tools used in oil painting.  Within this workshop you will try different painting techniques such as alla prima, alla impala or translucent glazing. Different types of paint coating and...
"A unique artistic evening – combining drawing and painting with a glass of wine…" The course Painting a nude model with a Glass of Wine is an exceptional experience not only for beginners. Join us and get rid of the shame and try to paint the figure for the first time. It will be an enjoyable...
"Portrait is a visual task that has attracted mankind since the beginning of civilization, let us remember gods and their views on clay rollers, Egyptian portraits, Roman ... The portrait is a chance to look at each other for a long time, stop and don´t hurry, search on its face, expression,...
"The painter must know at first that the truth is hidden in subtlety." (Su Tungpcho) During The Aquarelle Painting Workshop you will learn about different aquarelle painting technique. Together we will explore the possibilities that this medium offers. Aquarelle is often considered to be...
"Do you admire expressionist paintings? They can brilliantly work with color, with its mass. How could they know how to make something so creative and free? Let's learn it by the gesture, spatula and smile with...
"Let's get to the mysteries of creating Japanese comics…" What is Manga? Manga is a name for a Japanese comics. By current statistics, about 450 000 000 Manga novels are sold in Japan every year (this doesn’t include Manga-magazines, comics notebooks, and comics e-books). The rising popularity of...
The First Step Into The World of Colors - suitable for beginners. Give yourself the gift of a lifetime and learn how to draw and paint! Our workshop "The first step into the world of colors" helps you to rediscover your ability to draw and paint, which we all used to have as children. The aim of...
Do you have an idea in your head, a vision? "Can you see your picture" already, and would you like to paint it? Do you feel an inspiration, and are you only a step away from that adventure of painting? You are in the right place!   The one-day workshop Acrylic Painting will teach you to step...
„ Do you also admire the magic reflections of the colorful vitrage in the cathedrals, are you blown away by the movie Amelia from Montmartre and her dreamy world of beads, metal strips and colorful mirrors? Are you interested in learning how to work with the glass? The course of Tiffany vitrage...
  Are you not sure if is painting course right for you? Do not worry! We offer a trial lesson for indecisive people - you come into the studio, we will explain to you all about its functioning, the...
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 >>

Napište nám

Těšíme se na komunikaci s Vámi! :)

Aktuality

This section is empty.