Painting is about learning to see. These lessons will explore experimentation with compositional elements, including patterns and colors, understanding masses, and the comprehension of the "big shapes" that make up a landscape composition. The ways in which light and shade can tell a story visually will also be explored. This class can be taken once or over a period of 4 weeks. Each class will address specific aspects of plein air painting and lessons will compliment each other over the 4 week period. Open to all levels. Looking with a fresh eye from week to week, and creative experimentation will be tenets of the class

John Clayton is a plein air painter based in Provincetown. He studied in New York at the Art Students League and the National Academy of Design School of Fine Arts, where he won the Mrs. Roberts 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 the Provincetown Art Association and Museum’s Emerging Artist exhibition, juried by Elisabeth Pearl. Clayton’s work can be found in Provincetown at the William Scott Gallery, and The Fan Gallery in Philadelphia. For more examples of his work please visit www.williamscottgallery.com or his website www.johnclaytonstudio.com

Materials for John Clayton’s Painting Class Please bring oil paints; a painting knife, Brushes: two each #7, #5, #3 & #1 either flat, round or filbert. 11x14 gessoed masonite boards or Canvas. an outside easel and a wood palette (no paper palettes) Gamsol or Sansodor for thinners & Galkyd or Liquin for mediums Colors: Winsor Newton paints are fine or Winton Student Grade for beginners light yellow (optional) medium yellow light red medium red orange permanent rose (optional) magenta (optional) ultramarine blue manganese blue hue or Cerulean indian red or burnt sienna and a large tube of white.