Spring is busting out all over as LPAPA schedules April workshops

The best way to welcome spring is to spend time outdoors soaking up the beautiful landscapes. Laguna Plein Air Painters Association (LPAPA) has come up with some wonderful ways to do just that.

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Jove Wang

–Tuesday, April 4 thru Thursday, Apr 6, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Three-day Plein Air Painting Workshop with Signature Artist Jove Wang

Register for a three-day Plein Air Painting Workshop with LPAPA Signature Artist Jove Wang. Ready to take your outdoor painting skills to the next level? Need some inspiration or new techniques to kick-start your work? This class is for you. Register to join Jove for this intensive three-day outdoor painting workshop learning techniques to inform and improve your on-location painting skills. Jove will do painting demonstrations and walk you through his painting process for creating exciting compositions and brushwork, and provide feedback as you paint. Limited to 15 artists.

Tuition: $690 for Members (be sure to log in for the Member Discount); $720 for Non-Members. To register, click here.

Rick Delanty

–Tuesday, April 11 thru Thursday, April 13, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Three-day Drawing & Painting Workshop with Signature Artist Rick Delanty

Register for a three-day Drawing & Painting Workshop with LPAPA Signature Artist Rick Delanty. One of the best ways to improve your painting results is to improve your drawing skills. This workshop will focus on what you need to know about drawing to improve your painting results, both indoors and outdoors. Delanty will provide handouts, and sketching and composition demonstrations, that will help lead you to the foundation needed for successful paintings that bring the landscape to life. Lessons will include handling elements such as landforms, clouds, water and foliage, as you work both from life and photo reference. Limited to 12 artists. 

Tuition: $545 for Members (be sure to log in for the Member Discount); $595 for Non-Members. To register, click here.

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Gil Dellinger

–Tuesday, April 18 through Thursday, April 20, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Three-day Pastel Painting Workshop with Signature Artist Gil Dellinger

Register for a three-day Pastel Painting Workshop with LPAPA Signature Artist Gil Dellinger. In this workshop, lessons will focus on pastel painting techniques to inform and improve your on-location painting skills. Dellinger will spend two days “in studio” walking you through his process and techniques, developed and honed over a 40-year career and one-day painting on location. Limited to 12 artists. Tuition: $545 for Members (be sure to log in for the Member Discount); $595 for Non-Members. To register, click here.

Aaron Schuerr 

–Wednesday, April 26 thru Thursday, April 28, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Three-day Plein Air Painting Workshop with Signature Artist Aaron Schuerr

Register for a three-day Plein Air Painting Workshop for Pastel & Oil Painters with LPAPA Signature Artist Aaron Schuerr. In this workshop, Schuerr will give daily painting demonstrations and engage you in fun painting exercises designed to focus on value, color and shape. From that foundation, you’ll explore edges, atmospheric perspective, color and shape relationships, composition and mood. Most importantly, you’ll learn to paint with greater intention. Limited to 15 artists.

Tuition: $545 for Members (be sure to log in for the Member Discount); $595 for Non-Members. To register, click here.

For more information about LPAPA, go to www.lpapa.org.