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Bonnie's Summer Workshop "Art in Plein Air 2011" in Lily Dale, New York
Gathering to Talk about Spirit and to Paint in Plein Air (Outdoors).
with Bonnie White, Lily Dale Registered Medium and Artist
Thursday mornings during 2011 Lily Dale Season from 10am to Noon meet at The Boat House.
Come to one session or to all ten sessions.
Purpose: to share and develop outer and inner vision.
This sequence of outdoor Art sessions is designed
to invite spiritual essence into your painting process.
No experience necessary. Bring your own art supplies.
At the beginning of each morning session Bonnie
introduces the focus of the day with a short talk.
Then, we paint until the last twenty minutes when
we meet again as a group to share our art and insights.
This sequence of classes will be fun and informal.
Weekly painting sessions: State intention, look for the leading of spirit.
Week 1, June 30:
Color - seeing color as meaning in the outdoors.
Week 2, July 7:
Values - separating light and dark.
Week 3, July 14:
Energy - becoming aware of the elements: fire, earth, air, water, and etheric matter.
Week 4, July 21:
Close up - painting a stone or flower and seeing the associated entity.
Week 5. July 28:
Panorama - stepping back to see the large forms in a landscape.
Week 6, Aug. 4:
Extracting meaning from a scene - painting without a critic.
Week 7, Aug. 11:
“Seeing” through the act of painting. Detecting the entities of a place.
Week 8, Aug. 18:
Allowing the painting to ‘happen’, without controlling it.
Week 9, Aug. 25:
Feeling space, allowing your feeling sense to explore the distance, depth, and texture of
the land, water, and sky.
Week 10, Sep. 1:
The rooster crows - clarifying the sound of the painting with color, line & value.
Art Supply Suggestions for 2011 Plein Air Workshops:
For best results:
1. Bring supplies you are familiar with using.
2. Keep it simple and portable. Use a cloth shopping bag from your grocery store or a
back pack to carry supplies.
3. Bring a sketch pad and pencil for notes and quick sketches.
4. Bring an light easel and a light stool or chair so you can paint in locations. We will be
going out in nature during our painting sessions. Dress appropriately for the weather.
5. Bring Paper towels and hand wipes.
6. Camera. A quick way to sketch a scene.
If you are DRAWING:
Bring Paper, Pencils or Charcoal, Eraser, Pencil sharpener.
Pastels, colored pencils, or crayons enable you to draw in color.
If you are PAINTING: Choose watercolor, oil, or acrylic.
Watercolor: Watercolor paper clipped to a solid surface, paints, brushes. Water in a
container that does not leak. Paper towels.
Oil: Canvas or prepared board. Brushes, at least three. Primary colors red, blue, yellow
and white, turpenoid or gamsol in a container that does not leak.
Acrylic: Canvas or prepared board. Brushes, at least three. Primary colors, red, blue,
yellow and white. Water in a container that does not leak.
These are minimal supply suggestions for each medium. Remember you will have to carry
your own supplies.
Bonnie White resides in Lily Dale, NY. She is a Lily Dale Registered Medium, a Church of the
Living Spirit Certified Medium and Healer, and a Spirit Artist. She holds a B.A. degree in Art from
Berea College. She has also studied at the Arthur Findlay College in England. She works in all
artistic mediums including oil portraits and landscapes in addition to her visionary and inspired art.
On a 2009 Art Expedition to the Grand Canyon, Bonnie painted in the depths of the Grand Canyon,
rafting, camping, and painting for eight days on the Colorado River in the Mohave and Sonora deserts.
The enjoyment of Landscape Painting led her to workshops with Michael Chelsey Johnson, David
Haskell, and with impressionist, Lois Griffel.
Bonnie has completed Mary Minifie‘s intensive workshop in Classical Portraiture at the Southern
Atelier in Sarasota, Florida.
In March 2011 Bonnie completed Douglas Flynt's Classical Portraiture Workshop in Fort Myers,
Florida.
Bonnie believes that the study of Art inspires and develops inner vision and that Spirit uses her
skills and insights during Spirit communication.
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