PLEIN AIR: Landscape painting out in the open air…
coined by the French Impressionist painters in the late 1800's.
Sign-up in Sweet Memorial
YMCA Phone: (970) 586-3341
Program Department, Ext. 1104
Plein Air Painting Workshop
Now in it's 8th year, this 3 hour class focuses on painting the mountains as seen from the YMCA using demonstration and individual instruction.
The instructor will explain composition, use of acrylic paint and general painting techniques. This class is for adults, ages 15 and up (or instructor's permission).
Total cost is $65 which includes a 9” x 12” painting and a take home
“painting supply kit”.
Sketching Hikes – New this year!
This is a 4 hour outdoor drawing workshop for adults, ages 15 and up (or instructor's permission),who enjoy both hiking and sketching.
Learn how to see details in trees, flowers, and other flora found in special places around the YMCA grounds. Total cost of class is $45 which includes a take home “field sketching kit”.
Outdoor Drawing Classes for Kids
A 1 hour class for 3rd to 6th graders.
Parents and interested others are welcome to participate. Total cost is $20. This includes a take home kit with drawing pad, pencils and set of 48 crayons.
* Learn to Draw Horses
* Learn to Draw Mountains and Sunsets
* Learn to Draw Wildlife Animals and Birds
*Contact Sweet Memorial for Further Details on these classes
About the Instructor: Susan K. Dailey is a Colorado mural artist.
Her work can be seen in the Lula Dorsey Museum murals (upstairs in the museum) and next to the General Store in the Administration Building, as well as on her web site: www.susankdailey.com
Summer Schedule 2010
YMCA Plein Air
Painting Workshops
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