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The Museum School at PAAM - Summer 2008
Through a painting we can see the whole world. – Hans Hofmann
Plein Air Painting with Rob Longley, June 9-12, 9-12:30pm, $300 or July 29-August 1, 9-12:30pm, $300

Plein air painting is a very enjoyable, yet challenging artistic activity. The plein air painter is forced to make decisions about materials and equipment and is always faced with rapidly changing light and weather conditions. This class will cover a range of topics, from choice of materials to drawing, perspective, and composition, but will focus on learning to see and use color relationships to express the nearly infinite variety of atmospheric effects that we see in the natural world. Based on techniques developed by Henry Hensche, students will learn a light and color-based approach to plein air painting and will also learn how the same approach is applicable to the figure, still-life or any other subject painted outdoors or in.

Students will paint in various locations in and around Provincetown and the classes are suitable for both beginners and experienced painters. Part of the first class is always devoted to a painting demonstration by Rob.

This workshop includes afternoon access to the studio during non-class time.

Rob Longley first came to Provincetown in 1971 to study painting with Henry Hensche at the Cape School. Previously he had studied with two of Hensche’s protégés, Dick Goetz and Betty Warren, and he graduated from Boston University with a BFA in 1973. After studying with Hensche for a number of years, Rob realized that Provincetown and the Lower Cape provided both the subject matter and the community atmosphere that he wanted for continuing his career as a painter, so he has returned every summer since then to paint and to teach the Cape School methods. Rob currently shows his work at the Wohlfarth Gallery in Provincetown, and the Arts Exclusive Gallery in Simsbury, CT. Rob has won numerous awards for his work, including, most recently, an award from the Connecticut Plein Aire Painters Society, as well as grants from the State of New York and a Greenshields Foundation grant (awarded to promising young artists). He lives near Albany, NY during the winter months.