Kenn Backhaus
www.KennBackhaus.com
Freezing That Moment of Light
Exploring the Foundations of PLEIN Air
October 19 – 25, 2008
Oil
Intermediate & Advanced
Outdoors Class

Instruction will focus on the difficulty of freezing that moment of light. Developing your knowledge and skills through a better understanding and awareness of how to approach the ever-fleeting moment of light. I’m sure we have all experienced times when we were excited to paint a particular scene and then found out that we were unable to get the proper information quickly down on canvas. Hence, the light has changed and the effect was lost. The Plein Air Artist needs to develop; speed and accuracy. This workshop addresses the use of sound fundamentals and principles, which are essential to the development of plein-aire painting. Students will paint the outdoors, studying and developing a better understanding of such principles as; The Four Divisions of the Landscape, Value verses Color, Proper use of Edges, Understanding Color Temperature, Trusting Your Eyes and most important, The Ten Questions we Should ask Before Painting. Together we will explore the importance of these foundations to better our skills and develop the speed along with the accuracy we need to better our results on the canvas.

Kenn works with you to help further develop your individual style. He identifies your strong and weak points in order to build on your strong points and try to overcome the weak areas. The format of the class is to paint on location with the instructor teaching through lecture and/or demonstration each day. After the demonstration, the participants paint the rest of the day while receiving individual instruction.