David Mayer Plein Air-Mastering Color Workshop
Note: Refunds minus the credit card transaction fee are available up to four weeks before the beginning of the workshop. After that, the student must find a replacement and negotiate payment with the replacement. If you need to cancel, contact us. The team may be able to help find a replacement. Please see the LAA Cancellation and Refund Policy.
LAA Members: Use your member code during check-out for a discounted price. The member code can be found in your membership confirmation email and any LAA newsletter.
Plein Air: Mastering Color
June 21-22, 2025 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Instructor: David Mayer
LOUISVILLE ART CENTER
801 Grant Ave, Louisville, CO 80027
Member $110
Non-member $130
Learn The Visual Language of Summer’s Many Colors!
There are truly many moods, tones, and hues in a beautiful Summer landscape. Not all green is just green!
Workshop participants will focus on compositions, shapes, color mixing and brushwork for creating successful Summer landscape paintings.
About David M. Meyer
David W. Mayer’s work captures the beauty and color of New Mexico, Colorado and the West, from the pinon-dotted high plains of New Mexico to the Rocky Mountain region, and from the Pacific Coast to the vast desert Southwest. His paintings let you experience first-hand the warm light of a high desert morning, the soft, cool colors of blue-shadowed snow, and the brilliant gold of a high country late Autumn day.
David is a award winning member of the Plein Air Painters of New Mexico (PAPNM), a member of the Laguna, California Plein Air Painters (LPAPA) and a member of the California Art Club (CAC). He is also a past charter member of the Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters (RMPAP) and the Oil Painters of America (OPA). David is an avid impressionist and plein air landscape painter
Some of David’s’s work:
MATERIALS:
David works primarily in oils and Gouache. If you work in watercolor, the instruction about color will likely apply. Be aware that since there is rarely color mixing with soft pastels, you may not benefit as much from this workshop. If you want to work in gouache, substitute the oil paint, type of brush, solvent/medium with gouache paint, watercolor synthetic brushes, and water.
- Oil paints: A set of oil paints (listed below) (Gamblin brand is a good choice)
- Brushes: A set of oil painting brushes (various sizes)
- (Bristle bushes of synthetic bristle) (NOT slick watercolor brushes!)
- Palette knife: One knife of medium size (For mixing paint, cleaning palettes, and painting techniques)
- Palette: A large enough palette for mixing paints
- Canvas: Small canvas panels or stretched canvas (8×10, 9×12, or 11×14 … NOT any larger)
- Easel or Pochade Box: A field easel for painting outdoors
- Paper Towels or Rags: For removing excess paint from the brush
- Pencil and Sharpie Markers: For sketching shapes and compositions Small Sketch Pad: 9×12 or 11×14 For sketching shapes and compositions Solvent: A low odor solvent, such as Gamsol
- Small solvent container: For cleaning and wiping brushes
- Medium: (Optional) An oil paint medium, such as linseed oil or Liquin
- Backpack or Tote Bag: For carrying all supplies
- Wet Panel Carrying Case or Box : ( Something to carry your wet paintings back home)
- Trash Bags:
Oil Paint Colors:
- Titanium White or Titanium/Zinc White
- Cadmium Yellow Medium
- Cadmium Red Medium
- Alizarin Crimson Permanent
- Yellow Ochre
- Venetian Red
- Ultramarine Blue
- Cobalt Blue
- Cerulean Blue
- Viridian Green
- Sap Green
Plein Air: Mastering Color
Member $110
Non-member $140
LAA Members: To get the discounted price, use your member code during check-out. The Member Code can be found in your membership confirmation email and any LAA Newsletter.
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