Plein Air Oil Painting Workshop

The Oil Painters of America held their annual conference and exhibit in Santa Fe. The Sage Creek Gallery hosted the 18th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils. The 200 painting selected were chosen from thousands of submissions. Eli Cedrone, one of the winners this year, offered a two day Plein Air Oil Painting Workshop and I signed up to attend. The photo below shows Eli at Sage Creek Gallery standing beside her winning painting.

We painted the first day at the National Audubon Society grounds just outside Santa Fe. Eli did an demonstration both days and clarified many concepts for me concerning values and tones. The second day we painted in the morning on Canyon Road and in the afternoon in the plaza. The photo below shows the scene we painted and my initial block-in.

Eli is a wonderful teacher, informative and patient. We had two wonderful days together and I left with a desire to continue my oil painting studies.

You can see more of Eli's fine art at www.elicedrone.com -L