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Landscape Painting Workshop, Nelson Women’s Centre

17th & 24th May 2022, 10-12:30pm (Date changed!) Nelson Women’s Centre, 44 Trafalgar Street, Nelson Landscape Painting: During this workshop we will practice how to easily paint a landscape painting by choosing the right colours and understanding atmospheric perspective. We will briefly discuss 2-point perspective to understand the theory behind what you see in a landscape. Also, we will practice flexibility with your composition. Materials (acrylic paints, paper, brushes, pencil, eraser) are provided but please feel free to bring your…

Plein Air Painting, 13th April 2022, Monaco Peninsula

Meet us for plein air painting on Wednesday, 13th April 2022, 10am, at the Castle which is all the way at the end of the peninsula. The morning will start with high tide and. By about 2pm we will have low tide. We will be able to paint the view to Mount Arthur and maybe even boats on anchor. Please bring your painting supplies, a chair, bug spray, sun screen, morning tea/lunch, and good weather. If you have any suggestions on…

Photos of Plein Air Painting at Waahi Taarakao Reserve

Unlike the weather forecast predicted the morning turned out to be beautiful and we had a gorgeous time at the Waahi Taarako Reserve. Some of us enjoyed painting the Gibbs Bridge and others focused on the swimming hole. A lovely lady travelling through New Zealand joined our group unexpectedly. She had parked up in her camper van and wanted to do some yoga in the park when she spotted us artists. Back she went to her van, grabbed her sketchbook…

Landscape Painting Workshop, Nelson Women’s Centre

17th and 24th May 2022, 10-12:30pm (Date changed!) Nelson Women’s Centre, 44 Trafalgar Street, Nelson Landscape Painting: During this workshop we will practice how to easily paint a landscape painting by choosing the right colours and understanding atmospheric perspective. We will briefly discuss 2-point perspective to understand the theory behind what you see in a landscape. Also, we will practice flexibility with your composition. Materials (acrylic paints, paper, brushes, pencil, eraser) are provided but please feel free to bring your…

Photos of Plein Air Painting at Riwaka Inlet

It was a beautiful day when we went to the Riwaka Inlet for Plein Air Painting. The weather was slightly overcast with no wind. This meant no sunny glare on your canvas or palette but still comfortably warm. The sun came out around lunchtime, but by then we were mostly finished with our paintings. This time I went larger than usual (11"x14") and wasn't so sure if I would manage a painting within my two hour time limit. Not only…

Plein Air Painting, 6th April 2022, Waahi Taakaro Reserve (Location Change!)

Meet us for plein air painting on Wednesday 6th April 2022, 10am, at Waahi Taarkaro Reserve, Maitai (not Hanby Park!). The Reserve offers trees and the Maitai River. There is a swimming hole (for those who are keen), a playground (just in case you want to get back on a swing) and toilets. Access is up Maitai Valley Road, past Branford Park on your left, over Jickell's Bridge then Gibbs Bridge, and straight after that on your right is Waahi Taakaro. Barely…

Plein Air Painting, 30th March 2022, Wharf Road, Riwaka

Let’s try it again, since last week was rained out. Meet us for plein air painting on Wednesday 30th March 2022, 10am, at Wharf Road in Riwaka. The tide will be going out (high tide around 9:40am, low tide around 4pm) and we will be able to paint water and boats with the Richmond hills in the background. After the painting session we can meet at Ginger Dynamite for a coffee. I can’t confirm that it’s open so we will just…

Photos of Plein Air Painting at McKee Reserve, Mapua

These are photos of a plein air painting session at the McKee Memorial Reserve. We are a small group of plein air artists in the Nelson Tasman area meeting regularly on a Wednesday morning. Contact Nicole if you would like to join. It's free and a lot of fun!

Photos of Plein Air Painting at George Quay, Motueka – Zorn Palette

The day at George Quay couldn't have been better for plein air painting. No wind and mild temperatures made a perfect day for painting outside. Lately I have been playing with the Zorn palette. Anders Zorn's palette became very famous and consists of titanium white, yellow ochre, cadmium red and ivory black, which is a very limited selection. As you can imagine, the colours are not capable to represent the true colours of a landscape. The green mixed with ivory…

Plein Air Painting, 2nd March 2022, Kina Peninsula, Tasman

Meet us for plein air painting on Wednesday, 2nd March, 10am, at Baigents Recreational Reserve, Kina Peninsula, Tasman. Directions: Get off the Coastal Highway at Aporo Rd; by the Tasman store turn into Kina Beach Road, then turn left into Kina Peninsula Rd., continue along the beach until to come to Baigent Reserve where we will meet by the BBQ area. Please bring your painting supplies, a chair, bug spray, sun screen, morning tea/lunch, sturdy footwear, and good weather…