Garden of Easels: Outdoor Art Workshops – The Magic of Trees, Plein Air with Ruth Sanderson

August 7, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Saturday, August 7 from 1-4 p.m.
Outside on the Museum Terrace

Fantasy art is a blend of realism and imagination. In this intensive plein air workshop, Ruth Sanderson will demonstrate painting one of the many great trees on the Museum grounds, and incorporating a fantasy element into the painting—such as a tree spirit, fairies, or other imagined creatures, etc., and then instructing participants in creating their own oil painting.  An accomplished, award winning artist, Sanderson is featured in the Fantasy exhibition.

Canvas and basic oil paint included; participants may bring favorite colors if desired. See program description online for full supply list.

Class limited to 12 people.

Plein Aire supplies for Ruth Sanderson class on August 7th 2021  from 1-4 pm 

  • Ruth/museum will supply basic oil colors and a 12×24 tinted canvas.
  • If you have your own favorite colors in oils, you may want to bring them.
  • The museum will provide wooden easels.
  • Students should wear old clothes or bring a smock or apron. Wear a hat to block sun.

 Supplies for students to bring:

  1. Cotton rag for wiping brushes (Old t-shirts work well)
    (Links below are to Jerrys Artarama if you want to order in one place)
  2. 9×12 or 12×16 grey paper palette with hole—
    https://www.jerrysartarama.com/soho-grey-toned-disposable-paper-palettes
  3. Double plastic cups with lids for medium/solvent to clip on palette–
    https://www.jerrysartarama.com/palette-cups
  4. Small jar of Gamsol (odorless mineral spirits.)–
    https://search.jerrysartarama.com/search?lbc=jerrysartarama&method=and&p=Q&ts=custom&uid=579167831&w=Gamsol&af=size%3a42oz
  5. Small jar of Liquin:
    https://www.jerrysartarama.com/winsor-newton-liquin-medium
  6. Brushes—
    #21509 set of 5 bristle brushes 
    https://www.jerrysartarama.com/pro-stroke-premium-white-bristle-brush-sets#72416   Golden Talkon Liner size #1
    https://www.jerrysartarama.com/beste-finest-golden-taklon-hair-brushes

In addition, bring any old brushes you have for making textures, blending, etc. Ruth will bring some extras as well you may borrow. Old watercolor brushes, etc.

Price (includes some supplies): 

  • $95 members
  • $125 non-members

 

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Land Acknowledgement

It is with gratitude and humility that we acknowledge that we are learning, speaking and gathering on the ancestral homelands of the Mohican people, who are the indigenous peoples of this land on which the Norman Rockwell Museum was built. Despite tremendous hardship in being forced from here, today their community resides in Wisconsin and is known as the Stockbridge-Munsee Community. We pay honor and respect to their ancestors past and present as we commit to building a more inclusive and equitable space for all.

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