En Plein Air Meet Ups
Do you have an interest in or already enjoy creating art in the open air?
Join ECCOTA’s new free En Plein Air group, lead by Grover Slater, beginning mid-May. For approximately 3 hours each 1st, 3rd, and 5th week of the month join other local artists for spontaneous outdoor drawing, painting, or any other medium of your choice.
Each excursion will have a suggested art task such as using a certain technique of media application, unusual format to conquer, or working with your non-dominant hand. Spontaneous problem solving will be the goal.
Each En Plein Air adventure will end with a critique period and sharing of good thoughts. A long-term goal would be learning the matting and framing process and exhibiting En Plein Air creations in the Elk County Council on the Arts Gallery.
The group will have scheduled dates depending on the weather once each 1st, 3rd, and 5th week of the month, mid-May through mid-September. If you are interested in participating, please keep an eye on the schedule below, or sign up to get email and/or text alerts. Attend a few or attend them all!
All skill levels, ages, and mediums are welcome to participate. You do not have to be an ECCOTA member to enjoy this FREE program. You must provide your own materials, seating, etc. There will be limited formal instruction, but skill-sharing will be encouraged.
Claude Monet Painting by the Edge of a Wood (1885) by John Singer Sargent.
SCHEDULE
Please be aware dates are subject to change due to weather.
August 10, 3PM, Sandy Beach Dog Park
Unfavorable weather may cause schedule changes.
SUPPLIES
Keep supplies small and light for easy transportation.
Please bring as many of these supplies as you find necessary: a backpack or tote, folding chair, drawing board/sturdy surface (~16” x 10”), supplies for your chosen media (suggestions: pencil, charcoal, colored pencil, watercolor) tape, ruler, soft eraser, kneaded eraser, sketching paper (~9” x 12”), and tracing paper (~9” x 12”).
If you choose pencil, soft and medium pencils, black ballpoint pen, tortillon, quality drawing paper (~9” x 12”), charcoal paper, and/or 110 lb. mixed media paper.
If you choose colored pencil, set of pencils, black ballpoint pen, burnisher, etchers, quality drawing paper (~9” x 12”), charcoal paper, and/or 110 lb. mixed media paper.
If you choose watercolor, a palette of watercolors, mixing surface, 3 smaller brushes; round, flat, and filbert, 200 or 300 lb. watercolor paper (~9” x 12”) water and container, brush wash container, paper towels.
If you need help acquiring any of these supplies please call ECCOTA and we may be able to help!
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