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OK Art Guild presents Plein Air Workshop with Rick McClure


Sierra Meadow, Oil painting by Rick McClure
The Oklahoma Art Guild is offering a Plein Air Landscape workshop with Rick McClure. If you want to learn to capture the essence and life of a landscape, then join them as they explore 4 different Oklahoma views during the course of a year. This workshop is for the beginner as well as seasoned plein air artist. At each location, Rick will present a 45 minute demonstration and then provide guidance to the students in plein air techniques.

Their first location is Will Rogers Nature Center where students will have the opportunity to paint these historic gardens located in the heart of Oklahoma City. While at the Gardens, visitors can wander along winding paths where botanical delights await at every turn. Inside the garden walls, visitors are surrounded by thousands of roses, irises, azaleas, daylilies and peonies, among other colorful flowers and plants. The rose garden is surrounded by two lakes sits on 10 acres of pristine park land and features hundreds of varieties of trees, including Oklahoma native species as well as specimens rarely found in the state.

Information about our other 3 locations is available on our website at http://www.okartguild.com.
October 9th, 2010 • Quartz Mountain Nature Park, Lone Wolf, OK
April 16th, 2011 • Martin Park Nature Center, Oklahoma City, OK
May 21st, 2011 • Chickasaw National Recreation Area, Sulpher, OK

These 4 locations will offer artists a wonderful variety of Oklahoma’s most beautiful landscapes to inspire and feed their creative spirit. This course of study will include every step needed in the creative process, from the initial concept, to the preparation of the painting surface and the actual painting. This plein air workshop will explore the principles and techniques of painting on location. Students will complete a series of small plein air studies with emphasis on spontaneity and freshness.

When & Where:
August 21th, 2010 • Will Rogers Nature Center, Oklahoma City, OK
October 9th, 2010 • Quartz Mountain Nature Park, Lone Wolf, OK
April 16th, 2011 • Martin Park Nature Center, Oklahoma City, OK
May 21st, 2011 • Chickasaw National Recreation Area, Sulpher, OK
9am-2:30pm each day
Cost:
$40 • Per location • Oklahoma Art Guild Members
$60 • Per Location • Non-Members
$120 • All 4 locations • Oklahoma Art Guild Members
$160 • All 4 locations • Non-Members

Contact Info:
E-mail or Call Gayle Curry
Oklahoma Art Guild Workshop Chair
workshops@okartguild.com
405-205-8990
http://www.okartguild.com/

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