Events in March 2024

  • PROGRAM: “Between a Rock and a Hard Place” demo by Michael Chesley Johnson

    PROGRAM: “Between a Rock and a Hard Place” demo by Michael Chesley Johnson

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    March 11, 2024

    Join us for a live demo by Michael Chesley Johnson on navigating challenges in painting rocks—it's gonna be rockin'!

    ATTENTION SPS MEMBERS: The program is NOT sold out. You will receive the Zoom registration link for the program from Diane Sparks. If you have any questions, you can contact Terry Metzler at2vpresident@southeasternpastel.com

    ATTENTION NON MEMBERS: Consider joining SPS. Instead of paying for a single program ($35.00), pay an additional $10.00 and have access to all of our programming, our private Facebook page content and so much more. To join, use this link: https://southeasternpastel.com/membership/

    If you have any questions, you can contact Terry Metzler at 2vpresident@southeasternpastel.com

    Thank you,

    SPS

    Michael will demonstrate his method for painting rocks.  Starting with a rough drawing made up of straight lines and sharp angles, he will first establish the basic form of the rocks.  Next, he shows how to pay attention to color temperature: warm in the sunlight, cool in the shadows.  Finally, he emphasizes the importance of re-stating rock forms periodically throughout the painting process to maintain the rock’s rock-like nature.  (“Rocks” to his way of thinking, as an inhabitant of the Southwest and the rocky Maine coast, usually means cliffs or exposed rock features of mountains.)

    About Michael Chesley Johnson

    Michael paints primarily outdoors in oil, pastel or gouache, choosing locations from the American Southwest, Downeast Maine and the Canadian Maritimes. He has been invited repeatedly to national plein air events and most recently was on the distinguished faculty of the annual Plein Air Convention & Expo in Denver, Colorado.

    Michael was awarded Master Pastellist status by Pastel Artists Canada in 2008, and he is a Signature Member of the American Impressionist Society, the Pastel Society of America, and Plein Air Painters of New Mexico. His paintings have appeared in many magazines and are in both corporate and private collections. He was featured in The Artist’s Magazine in September 2013.

    Michael is a nationally-known teacher, giving workshops across the U.S. A frequent writer for The Artist’s Magazine, Pastel Journal, Watercolor Artist and PleinAir Magazine, he is the author of several books, including Beautiful Landscape Painting Outdoors: Mastering Plein Air.

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