Plein Air Painting with John Clayton

This class is designed for folks who are who have always wanted to paint as well as painters who want to learn more about painting. You don't need to be talented, you only have to give yourself permission to try.

Understanding of composition, perspective and values will be learned. John will do a demonstration on creating a simple painting. Each student will do one or two studies to learn the landscape and still life, using a palette knife. By organizing the shapes in color and limiting the palette, simple paintings can be created narrowing down the endless details and making the overall experience fun and enjoyable. Class will take place outdoors and in the studio.

John Clayton is a plein air painter based in Provincetown. He studied in New York at the Art Students League and the National Academy School, where he won the Mrs. Robert Forbes Scholarship, The Arthur & Melville Phillips Scholarship, and an honorable mention from the Academy of Fine Art exhibition in 1998. He has also studied at the Cape Cod School of Art, where he developed an appreciation for the work and teaching of Charles Hawthorne. In 2000 he was featured in PAAM's Emerging Artist exhibition, juried by Elisabeth Pearl. Clayton's work can be found in Provincetown at the Egeli Gallery. For more examples of his work please visit his website www.johnclaytonstudio.com

A past student wrote, John Clayton's technique was great. He loves painting and described things well and did good demos. This class was comfortable, warm, welcoming, relaxed, friendly.