PFAC Oil Painting Class

April 8 - June 10, 2008, 6:30-9:30 PM
Peninsula Fine Art Center, Newport News, VA

This ten week class will focus on "Loosening Up" your technique. We will also work on color balance and the use of a limited pallette and at the end of each class there will be a critique. Beginning students as well as intermediate and advanced are encourage to attend.

Put away those tiny brushes and join me in discovering how to paint loosely and still achieve a high level of detail and realism. Call the Peninsula Fine Art Center at (757)596-8175 to register. Hurry, space is limited.

Tuscany Painting Workshop, 2008

June 21 - June 28, 2008
Chianti Region, Tuscany, Italy

Join Brian Murphy on this amazing retreat to Tuscany. This part of Italy, the Chianti region, is known for it's magnificent vinyards and quaint hilltop villages. Just a few minutes from the town of Siena and about an hour outsde of Florence. Spend a week exploring this wonderful land and painting the amazing scenery that surrounds you.

Each day will be filled with plein air painting as well as sight seeing. Everyone stays in a group of charming farm houses and your meals will be prepared daily by our own personal chef. Breakfast and dinner, which includes wine, are included in the price. A week of painting and discovering Tuscany is about $1600.

Visit www.ilchiostro.com for complete information and timetable or call Linda Mironti at (800)990-3506.
Space is limited so make your reservation soon.

Charles Taylor Arts Center Workshop

July 12 - 13 , 2008 - 9:30 - 5:00
Charles Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA

This is a "Plein Air" workshop, painting outdoors on location. Discover the thrill of painting in the "Open Air". Plein Air painting will help your creative process and ability grow quickly and the experience will make you a more complete artist. Beginning students as well as intermediate and advanced are encourage to attend. Oil or acrylic paints can be used.

Put away those tiny brushes and join me in discovering how to paint loosely and still achieve a high level of detail and realism. Call the Charles Taylor Arts Center at (757)727-1490 to register. Hurry, space is limited.

PFAC Plein Air Workshop

July 26 - 27, 2008, 9:30 - 5:00
Peninsula Fine Art Center, Newport News, Virginia

This is a "Plein Air" workshop, painting outdoors on location. Discover the thrill of painting in the "Open Air". Plein Air painting will help your creative process and ability grow quickly and the experience will make you a more complete artist. Beginning students as well as intermediate and advanced are encourage to attend. Oil or acrylic paints can be used.

Put away those tiny brushes and join me in discovering how to paint loosely and still achieve a high level of detail and realism. Call the Peninsula Fine Art Center at (757)596-8175 to register. Hurry, space is limited.

Rehoboth Beach Painting Workshop

September 18 - 20, 2008
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

This is a "Plein Air" workshop, painting outdoors on location. Discover the thrill of painting in the "Open Air". Plein Air painting will help your creative process and ability grow quickly and the experience will make you a more complete artist. Beginning students as well as intermediate and advanced are encourage to attend. Oil or acrylic paints can be used.

If the weather prevents outdoor painting we will work in one of the studio's at the Art League.

Put away those tiny brushes and join me in discovering how to paint loosely and still achieve a high level of detail and realism. Call the Rehoboth Art League at (302)227-8408 to register. Hurry, space is limited.