Plein Air Painting Workshops with Michael Chesley Johnson

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Participants will need to be comfortable with short hikes from parking areas to painting locations.

Join one of the country's top plein air painters in outdoor painting workshops in Sedona and the Verde Valley! Michael Chesley Johnson has been leading outdoor painting workshops in the area for nearly 10 years. In his Paint Sedona workshops, he'll gladly share his special painting spots with you. Locations include creekside hideaways, red rock vistas, and much more. Come prepared to learn a new way of seeing and to experience some of the Southwest's best scenery.

Workshops run Tuesday-Friday from 9-1. Paint in the morning and then spend the afternoons either touring the area with family and friends or paint more on your own. Each day starts with a critique, short lecture and demonstration followed by student work. Because the workshops are limited to only four participants, you'll get plenty of attention and help at your easel.

A variety of programs are offered, from all-level workshops to advanced workshops and workshops with special topics. Workshops are held October-April. For full details on the program, visit www.PaintSedona.com

About Michael Chesley Johnson

Michael works in oil and pastel in the American Southwest, coastal Maine and the Canadian Maritimes. He has been an invited artist to many national plein air painting events over the years and has competed in challenging locations such as the Grand Canyon and Zion National Park.

Elected a Master Pastellist by Pastel Artists Canada in 2008, Michael is a Signature Member of the American Impressionist Society and the Pastel Society of America and a juried member of Oil Painters of America. He is the author of Backpacker Painting: Outdoors with Oil & Pastel and Through a Painter's Brush: The American Southwest . A long-time contributor to The Pastel Journal and Contributing Editor for The Artist's Magazine, he lives and paints on Campobello Island, New Brunswick, and in Sedona, Arizona. Michael also specializes in teaching small-size plein air workshops in oil and pastel for the intermediate and advanced level painter and for painters desiring mentoring. Michael also teaches workshops in the summer in the Canadian Maritimes and Downeast Maine. For more on Michael, visit his website at www.MichaelChesleyJohnson.com

Appropriate Ages

Over 18.

Dates and Times

Workshops are offered October-April. Weeks run from Tuesday-Friday, 9-1.

How to Participate

To participate, visit www.PaintSedona.com for full details and to register.