The Amazing Paintout

The Amazing Paint Out - Five Day painting workshop with Erin Lee Gafill

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Price: $725.00

Registration Includes – Five days of painting in select locations with inspirational instruction with Erin Lee Gafill; delicious picnic lunches; coffee, soft drinks, and snacks during painting sessions; “after hours” events; wine maker reception; artist studio visit and more!

Wednesday – Carmel Valley

Thursday – San Juan Bautista Mission

Friday – Monterey Harbor

Saturday – Point Lobos / Carmel River Mouth

Sunday – Big Sur Coast

Where you’ll Stay -

Your registration fee does not include lodging. We will offer suggestions for motels and camping options in Salinas area on Wednesday and Thursday, and the Monterey Peninsula for Friday and Saturday Nights.

What You’ll Need -

We will soon post a supplies list of everything you’ll need for Plein Air Painting. While this workshop series will be inspiring and educational for painters of all skill levels, outdoor painting can be a workout. Painters will need to carry supplies back and forth from car to location, and spend a few hours at a time each day in an outdoor, natural environment.

It rarely rains in Monterey County in July, but Central Coast temperatures can be anywhere from 50 degrees and foggy to 100 degrees and scorching. You’ll want to bring walking shoes, painting clothes and gloves, as well as comfortable dress for evening festivities.

Food and Drink -

Each day we’ll prepare and provide a delicious lunch with vegan/gluten free options (along with meat and bread at times). We will also provide coffee, soda water, soft drinks and snacks during painting sessions.

Evening events will include wine / soft drinks and a snack. Participants are on their own for breakfast and dinner.

Painting Sessions -

There is nothing more essential to great outdoor painting than good light. Each day will include two 3-hour sessions. Wednesday morning’s session will be mainly introduction and instruction. In the afternoon we’ll set up to paint. To get the best from the Central Coast light, some of our sessions will commence early in the morning, late in the day.

Evening Receptions -

Of course evening get-togethers are optional, but you won’t want to miss what we are organizing. Your registration fee will include presentations by Monterey County wine makers, an afternoon at the Carmel Bach Festival, an evening on the beach for the Pacific Grove Feast of Lanterns, and much more.

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Bio

Erin Lee Gafill is an award-winning painter and international teacher, a founding member of the Monterey Bay Plein Air Painters Association (MBPAPA) and a member of the Carmel Arts Association. In 1998, Erin and her husband Tom Birmingham co-founded the nonprofit Big Sur Arts Initiative to bring arts programs to children and families living in Big Sur, a remote part of Monterey County. Her work with BSAI led to her invitation in 2001 to serve as the first American artist-in-residence at the Hamada International Children’s Art Museum, Hamada, Japan. In 2009 after a three month tour bringing free art programs to children and communities throughout the USA, Erin and Tom were honored as “Champions of the Arts” by the Arts Council of Monterey County and the U.S. Congress. In 2011, her still lifes were showcased at the Museum of Monterey (MOM) in a group exhibit, “Cultivating Creativity”. Her oil paintings of intimate domestic tableaux and dramatic landscapes verge on the abstract and are noted for their expressive use of color. In 2013, readers of the Monterey County Weekly chose Erin as the “Best Local Artist of Monterey County”. She was one of only 40 artists chosen to represent the State of California at the Contemporary California Art exhibit 2013-2014 at the State Capitol. An arts faculty member for both Esalen Institute in Big Sur and Rancho La Puerta, Tecate, Baja California, she is the creator of the Passion of Painting series of art workshops for children and adults. Her own work is collected internationally and exhibited in fine art galleries in California as well as across the country, including Tennessee, Texas, and Louisiana. Erin is the author of the memoir, “Drinking From a Cold Spring, a Little Book of Hope.”

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