Course description: Learn to oil paint in 'plein air' (on location). This course presents materials, tools and specific techniques for beginners, while encouraging experienced artists to bring their work to the next level. Week 1 we will meet at CAE to go over equipment and the visual elements and approaches for developing outdoor paintings. For each of the following four weeks we will meet at a different location near Evergreen and/or Conifer to paint on location. We will learn how to choose plein air subjects and how to cope with changing weather and light, while assessing shape, value, color envelope and aerial perspective. Each week we will develop a finished landscape in a limited time frame, concluding with a critique of that day's work.