Palette Passes are $75 and includes all demos, lectures, presentations and book signings during the week of the Invitational (six+) at the Olmsted Plein Air Invitational Gallery at Druid Hills Golf Club at 740 Clifton Road.
FREE Programming*** Single tickets | $20
Palette Pass holders will also receive a discount at the Artists & Collectors Soiree on Saturday, April 23rd. Cocktails, delectable hors d’oeuvres and desserts with an artful flair, live jazz music and Olmsted Plein Air Invitational award winner artists announced at the Artists & Collectors Soiree. Tickets are $200 per person. ($105 per person with Palette Pass). Call 404-376-7075 to purchase your discounted tickets.
TUESDAY, April 18
1:30 – 3:00 pm | Qiang Huang, How to Paint an Oil Still Life
Qiang has provided instruction on still-life painting since 2008. His approach to still-life painting will be demonstrated with a particular focus on creating dramatic setups by observing the light distribution and using bold and loose strokes to create a powerful and accurate representation on canvas.
3:30 – 5:30 pm | Natalia Andreeva, Effective Brushwork
Brushwork is a crucial aspect of painting, yet it's often overlooked by beginners. With so many visual decisions to make at the outset, such as choosing colors and applying them to the canvas, the importance of brushwork can be overshadowed. However, it's essential to understand how to use your brush effectively in order to achieve your desired results. Knowing when to apply thick or smooth strokes, when to be precise, and when to use suggestive brushwork is crucial.
To improve your brushwork skills, you can try some helpful exercises that will be shown here. These exercises will enable you to learn how to use different brushstrokes effectively and master the various techniques that can help you achieve your artistic goals.
WEDNESDAY, April 19
10:30 am – 12:00 pm | Druid Hills Golf Club Gallery | Richie Vios, Subject Selection for Plen Air Painting
Watercolor artist Richie Vois will share valuable information on going beyond an object or scene to paint and record. His insights will reflect how to use visualization of an object to awaken passion and inspire a vision that is reflected within the whole of a painting.
1:30 – 3:30 pm |
THURSDAY, April 20
10:30 am – 12:00 pm | Lila McAlpin, Moving a Vision from Plein Air to Studio
Learn how a large studio creation is more than just a copy or enlargement of a small plein air painting. Lila will share how she uses a plein air piece to inspire her passion and creativity to create an enhanced and often new vision for a studio painting.
1:30 – 3:00 pm | Michelle Held, Inspire...Imply...Impact
Gain insights on how Michelle has expanded her horizons to move from being a plein air painter to an outdoor artist. She will share tools that simplify and inspire confidence to create from inspiration to ensure expressive brushstrokes, value, temperature, and design.
FRIDAY, April 21
11:00 am | John Eiseman, “The Nature of Art”
Discussion and “walk” through the present exhibit - highlighting the various artists, their methods and materials, the “voices” of the artists as told by an artist. A fun discussion of comparing and contrasting a variety of pictorial expressions about the land and it’s people, the regional plein air movement as it relates to today - and yesterday…basically a fun talk, a tour of the exhibit and it’s artists.
SATURDAY, April 22
11:00 am | Neal Hughes | 2022 Olmsted Plein Air Invitational Artist Live Demo | "Natures poetry" Finding a balance between truth and poetry in nature.
SUNDAY, April 23 (ALL programming is complimentary)
8:30 am – 1:00 pm | Community PaintQuick, Olmsted Linear Park (White tent in Dellwood)
2:00 pm | Assessing Artistic Merit, Panel Discussion by 2023 Olmsted Plein Air Awards Judges | Joseph Peragine and Mark Mason Karelson
3:00 pm | Portrait Demo TBD
5:00 pm | Champagne Toast and Close of the 2023 Olmsted Plein Air Gallery Exhibition