Spring Plein Air Workshop
Wednesday, May 24, Thursday, May 25, and Friday May 26
9:00-4:00 daily
$315 general public/$290 BRAHM members
Are you ready to get outside and paint? Pack up those brushes and join NC artist, Kim Abernethy, for 3 days of plein air painting in the beautiful mountains of North Carolina. In this class, Kim will share her method for creating dynamic landscape paintings outdoors. You will learn about defining intention, simplifying the landscape, and creating mood, while exploring the fundamental skills of composition, value, form, color, and edges. There will be multiple demonstrations, and plenty of time for questions, interaction, and discussion. You will come away from this class with the framework of skills necessary to capture the beauty of nature outdoors.
About the Instructor
Artist, Kim Abernethy, is an avid plein air painter who loves to travel and paint. She has painted from Maine to Mexico. Kim focuses on those places left untouched and unspoiled by development. Pathways, waterways and clouds are a favorite subject of hers, to which she returns often. Abernethy’s passion for nature and art can be felt in her work.
Kim is a juried member of Oil Painters of America and Women Painters of the Southeast. She is also a member of the American Impressionist Society, American Women Artists, and North Carolina Plein Air Painters. She is represented by multiple galleries and her work can be found
in collections throughout the US.
Plein Air Supply List
Oil Paints:
Titanium white, Cad yellow light, Cad yellow med, Cad red light, Alizarin perm, Ultramarine blue, Burnt sienna
Optional…Yellow Ochre, cerulean blue
Gamsol solvent in travel container
I do not use medium but if you do, feel free to bring it
Brushes:
Bristle flats in 4,6,8
Synthetic flat 1,2,4
Other:
Portable Outdoor Easel/palette/ tripod
A way to carry wet panels: Wet panel carrier, pizza boxes, etc.
Palette knife
6-8 canvas panels 8x10” or 11x14”
Viva paper towels or blue shop towels
Sketchbook and pencil
Viewfinder if you have one
Grocery bag for trash
Bug spray, snacks, water, hat
Please Note: Limited seating is available. An 80% refund will be issued if the participant cancels two weeks prior to the event. For cancellations made less than two weeks prior to the event, BRAHM will issue a refund IF the museum is able to fill the vacated spot.