California landscape painter and instructor Frank Serrano was recently our Featured Plein Air artist for the month of May and was also profiled as an instructor of plein air fundamentals in our summer issue of Workshop magazine. Here he shares two step-by-step explanations of outdoor landscape painting, taken from his popular book Plein Air Painting in Oil (Walter Foster Publishing, Laguna Hills, California).
In the fall 2008 issue of Workshop magazine, we showed how Casey Baugh used both short-term and extended workshops to teach the language of painting. Here we present his step-by-step demonstration Red Scarf.
Read the feature article on Casey Baugh from the Fall 2008 issue of Workshop.
In the summer 2008 issue of Workshop magazine, Frank Serrano discussed his approach as an artist and his methods as a teacher. Here we present his step-by-step demonstration Oak Study.
Read a Q&A with Serrano in the Plein Air section of the site.
In the spring 2008 issue of Watercolor magazine, James Toogood discussed how painting
with watercolor requires an understanding of not only the paints themselves but also their application. Here, we present his demonstration Mixed Emotions.
Read James Toogood's feature on achieving optimal results with watercolors from the spring 2008 issue of Watercolor magazine.
In the spring 2008 issue of Workshop magazine, Colorado artist Ron Hicks discussed how
breaking down his subjects into shapes, and capturing gradations of light in each, allow him to create the moody figurative and interior work he is best known for. Here we present his demonstration Noelle With a Black Dress.
To read the feature article on Hicks, check out the spring 2008 issue of Workshop magazine today!
A noted artist and instructor demonstrates how he lays down a wash, then adds darks and lifts out lights to reveal an expressive drawing.
In the winter 2008 issue of Watercolor magazine, Margaret M. Martin discussed incorporating figures in her architecture and landscape scenes to help direct the viewer's eye and infuse a sense of movement and life into her paintings. Here, we offer a step by step demonstration of her piece Country Jewels.
To read the feature article on Martin, check out the winter 2008 issue of Watercolor magazine today!
In the winter 2007 issue of Workshop magazine, Alan Flattmann showed two methods of painting the landscape. Here we present a step by step demonstration of his painting The Abita River.
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In the winter 2007 issue of Workshop magazine, featured artist Frank Gardner focused a recent workshop on a dependable method to begin a plein air landscape: start with a premixed palette. Here, we feature a step by step demonstration of his piece Patsy's Cart.
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