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David W. Mayer's Plein Air Landscape Oil Painting Workshops
David W. Mayer offers private and small group landscape oil painting classes, within Colorado and the West, which focus on “plein air” painting directly from nature to capture the colors, patterns and values that photography alone cannot achieve.
David has developed a structured approach to learning to paint the Western landscape, ideal for either beginning, intermediate and advanced students, based on the blending approaches of the early plein air masters John F. Carlson, Edgar A. Payne and Emille Gruppe along with contemporary approaches to landscape painting. His emphasis is on providing solid processes and procedures, such as developing "shape maps" and 3-value studies, understanding outdoor landscape composition and using limited palettes for achieving real growth in creating quality work.
2008 and 2009 Workshop Schedule
David W. Mayer recently completed a three-day Fall "High Country Color" workshop during September 25, 26 and 27 in Grand Lake, Colorado, co-sponsored by The Grand Lake Art Gallery.
Currently there are no workshops scheduled for 2009 or 2009, however please contact David and express your interest as to possible workshop dates and locations.
Please contact David at david@dwmayer.com about 2008 and 2009 workshops.
Recent Student Testimonials
The workshop was great fun! I really enjoyed the participants, the locations, and, especially, your instruction! You are gifted artist and teacher. So many good artists are very poor at communicating their knowledge to others, but you did a wonderful job of creating a supportive atmosphere and presenting the material in a measured and understandable way.
Bill D.
I really did learn a lot. In fact my head is overflowing with what I learned. Every time I look at something I'm squinting and looking at values! It was a nice three days. Thanks for a great workshop.
Patty A.
Thanks for all the wonderful information you shared with us. It was a GREAT week.
Becky E.
"After this time spent with you in Colorado, I feel that I am now seeing
things for the first time. What helped me the most was the shape maps
and beginning to see how to create interest by using some of your
secrets". Kelly M.
"The workshop you presented was an enjoyable, inspirational, educational and just plain fun. Thank you for a few short days of creativity that is the highlight of my year. You provided all the above in abundance." Cliff A.
"I truly enjoyed your workshop. You are good at getting what you know across to your students. You aren't intimidating and I really appreciated your sharing what you have learned." Jan W.
"David gave me a mental backpack full of solid information I can take wherever I go to paint!" Marie J.
"Thank you for making the workshop so enjoyable. You're an excellent teacher, and your manner in front of the class is very pleasant. I hope the exercise on values translates into some serious improvements in my painting. Seeing the other student's excellent starts made me a believer." Bonnie M.
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© Copyright 2008 David W. Mayer, Louisville, Colorado USA. All rights reserved.
Paintings shown on this website may not be copied, duplicated, reproduced or distributed in any media or by any means without the expressed written permission of the artist.
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