**"EN PLEIN AIR" - ON LOCATION WORKSHOP**

Barbara Simmons: Successfully Painting "En Plein Air": Painting Landscapes from Life 

Two 3-HOUR SESSIONS

THURSDAY Workshop / 10 am - 1 pm

• This workshop is IN PERSON at two different OUTDOOR LOCATIONS.  
• • June 5th - Minet's Point on Kempenfelt Bay (south), Barrie, ON
  • June 19th - Tiny Marsh, Tiny Township (map will be provided) 
• Paint "en plein air" with the help of an experienced instructor.  
• Learn the "recipe" for successful plein air painting 
• Barbara Simmons will demonstrate and then participants will find their inspiration to paint what we see in real time "en plein air"
• Registration:
  - Members: $70.00
  - Non-members: $100.00

What is the fastest way to improve your landscape painting? Getting out and painting from real life!  Over two "en plein air" sessions,  we will paint at a different location so you are ready to tackle any place that inspires you to paint outside!  Barbara will teach an efficient recipe for successful "en plein air" painting, and you will practice and refine it with each session. Rain dates may apply, but we will endeavour to find sheltered areas in case rain is forecast.  Locations are noted above. Please note, we will meet AT THE LOCATION where we will be painting, NOT Barrie Art Club to begin at the start time of 10:00 a.m.  Car pooling is encouraged!

About the Artist

Barbara Simmons taught visual arts at the high school level for 30 years. She retired in 2017 to work as a full-time artist. She is past president of the Ontario Society of Artists and has exhibited in juried exhibitions throughout Ontario. She lives in Tiny Township and paints the landscapes she loves.  Barbara also builds her own easels using good hard wood materials, and teaches others how to build them, too!

**ON LOCATION AND IN-HOUSE WORKSHOP**

The Mane Event: Painting outdoors and in studio

FULL-DAY SESSIONS:
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Workshop

• Subject: Plein air subjects: one day at a horse farm, and one day in-house
• Medium: Acrylic or Oil
• Levels:
  - Intermediate
  - Advanced
• Registration:
  - Members: $110.00
  - Non-members: $140.00 
  

Description

This workshop is an excellent opportunity to use your own photo images to compose a painting. You will also be working from life, the best teacher there is.  Day 1 will be on location at McHardy's Horse Farm, where we will have plein air demonstrations and opportunities to paint and take photographs for future reference.  Day 2 will be at Barrie Art Club Studio continuing to learn how to integrate reference photo images into our plein air paintings.

• Learn to use multiple images and how to combine them to make an original composition.
• Painting plein air and learning from nature helps grow a visual library for the plein air and studio artist.

About the Artist

As an artist, Sam Paonessa feels most at home in a natural environment. Painting en plein air nourishes his soul and adds a spiritual dimension to his artistic experience. His award-winning body of work also includes many still life, urban landscapes, and figurative pieces.

A member of the Ontario Society of Artists, Sam is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art (now OCADU). In a distinguished career that spans five decades, his proficiency as an illustrator and artist was developed and honed in a lengthy tenure at Hallmark Cards Canada. Many original pieces he created there have been widely reproduced and have enjoyed commercial success throughout North America and overseas.  More details about Sam's experience is detailed in the Course Outline.