WENMOHS RANCH WORHSOP-STARTING THE YEAR OFF RIGHT

Now's the time to kick start the new year by attending a workshop. The new things you'll learn will stay with you throughout the year and in many cases...a lifetime. I still take workshops because there are some many artists whose work I admire, I just enjoy spending three or four days watching them paint and picking their brains for ideas and finding new approaches to my work. A workshop pulls me out of any rut I might be in and watching other artists solve the same problems I face every day always elevates the quality of my work.

I will be teaching a three day outdoor painting workshop on the beautiful Wenmohs Ranch in Central Texas next month...February 10-12th to be exact.

You will learn my approach to achieving success each time you step out of the comfortable studio and venture outdoors to paint. I will share my methods for finding locations, designing a painting and executing a successful outdoor study.

I hope you will join me and Dena Wenmohs in February and bringing a friend is even better. For more information or to reserve your spot contact Dena Wenmohs by calling 512-517-3453 or email her at dena@wenmohsranch.com.

Below is my class schedule and supply list. Hope to see you in February.

RUSTY JONES WORKSHOP-Schedule

Wenmohs Ranch

February 10-12, 2014Monday, Oct. 14

Monday, Feb. 10

9:00 a.m.: Introduction to plein air painting. Thirty minute introduction to the principles of painting outdoors followed by a demo.

12:00 noon: Break for lunch.

1:00 -2:00 p.m.: Four twenty minute studies with personal instruction.

2:00-4:00 p.m.: Continuation of twenty minute studies or a 2 hour completed painting, student’s choice. Personal instruction provided.

Location: Wenmoh's Ranch

Tuesday, Feb. 11

            9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.: Demonstration

            11:00-Noon.: Three Twenty minute studies

            Break for lunch

            1:00-4:00 p.m.: Students paint, personal instruction

            Location: Wenmoh's Ranch along the river

Wednesday, Feb. 12

            9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon: Students paint. Personal 

            instruction.

            Break for lunch

            1:00-4:00 p.m.: Demonstration or students paint. 

            Student’s choice.

            Location: Wenmoh's Ranch      

SUPPLY LIST & SUGGESTED READING

Portable easel: I use the En Plein Air Pro outdoor easel from www.pleinairpro.com. I recommend getting a piece of glass cut to fit over the palette. Do not use plexiglass. It will scratch and leave grooves. Spray the back of the glass with a medium gray spray paint, then set it into place and sealed it with plumbers caulking. If you have any questions, please call me ahead of time. Don’t wait to start the workshop without your easel being prepared for use. The En Plein Air Pro also comes with a tripod, brush holder and its own custom designed resealable turp can that attaches to the easel.

Umbrella (Optional): An umbrella that attaches to the easel is not required but strongly suggested. I paint without an umbrealla 90% of the time, but when you need one…you need one. I suggest Best Brella at www.bestbrella.com. It fits on a variety of easels and is without question the best umbrella to have in windy conditions. I also carry the ShadeBuddy umbrella when my car is going to be close by. It is a much larger umbrella and many cases provides much needed shade from the heat. ves.

Canvas panels (not canvases): 4 to 8, 8” x 10” panels, 4-8, 9” x 12” panels. If you are already an outdoor painter feel free to bring larger panels but nothing larger than

11” x 14”. I suggest panels over canvases because they are easier to transport wet.

Panel Carrier: I recommend the plastic panel carriers from www.raymarart.com to carry wet paintings.

Turpentine: Odorless only!

Brushes: Hog bristle brushes or synthetics in sizes 4, 6 and 8. I use the Silver bristle and synthetic brushes from Princeton. I also use the hair brushes from Rosemary brushes.

Paint: Please purchase paint from known quality professional manufacturers like Windsor Newton, Grumbacher, Holbein or Rembrandt. At a minimum purchase one color of each primary (red, green, yellow and blue plus white)

My Pallette: Windsor yellow, yellow ochre pale, Cadmium yellow deep,    Cadmium Orange, Cadmium red light, Alizarin Crimson, Thalo green (blue shade), Ultramarine Blue, Cobalt blue (Pale), Cerulean Blue Hue, Burnt sienna,Titanium white, Mauve (blue shade, Windsor Newton).

Misc.: Baby wipes, bug spray, water bottle, plastic garbage bags, paper towels (Viva), sun tan lotion.

RECOMMENDED READING:

Edgar Payne, “Composition of Outdoor Paint”

Ted Goerschner,  “The Workshop Experience”

Kevin Macpherson, “Landscape Painting Inside and Out”

Richard Schmid, “Alla Prima-Everything I know About Painting”

Bob Rohm: “The Painterly Approach”

Colley Whisson, “Creating Impressionist Landscapes in Oil

Scott Christensen, “The Nature of Light”

James Reynolds, “The Landscapes of James Reynolds”

Jim Wilcox, “Canvassing the West”

Dan Gerhartz, “Not Far From Home”

RECOMMENDED VIDEOS

David Curtis, “Capturing the Moment in Oils”

Richard Schmid, “Richard Schmid Paints the Landscape” all three DVDs

Bob Rohm, “The Oil Landscape”

Scott Christensen, “Painting Large Landscapes”

Scott Christensen, “Three Landscape Studies”