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Capturing Light and Shadow in Plein Air Watercolor
Geoff Allen
Watercolor (other paint mediums welcome)
Cost: $365.00
Workshop
Some Experience Preferred
Thursday–Friday
Meets daily
9:00 AM–4:00 PM
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May 15–16, 2025
Break for Lunch
16 spaces available.
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The goal of the workshop is to review techniques and procedures of improving your plein air painting by focusing on visualization, simplification, and editing while accentuating expression, mood, and atmosphere. No subject is perfect but can be improve by playing with design strategies.
Through a series of exercises and Geoff’s step by steps demonstrations, the class will practice seeing value, connecting shape, and capturing light and shadow.
Demonstrations, will vary in subject matter from landscape, waterscape, and cityscapes. Even though the scenes change, Geoff will take the class through the same process of creating a strong expressive design.
Day One ~ Topics: Water and Washes, Grouping Value, Creating Atmosphere, defining Light and Shadow shapes
Description: Morning exercise followed by plein air demo, then students painting. Planned Location: Redondo Harbor behind Blue Water Grill.
Day Two ~ Topics: Trees and Pattern making, Pathways of light, Connection, Brush Stroke Economy
Description: Morning exercise followed by plein air demo, then students painting, ending with plein air demonstration. Planned Location: 389 Paseo Del Mar, Palos Verdes Estates, meeting at the parking lot above of the Palos Verdes Beach club, painting either towards the Neighborhood Church or towards the Palos Verdes Peninsula School District tower
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About Geoff Allen
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“Going with the flow” is what inspires Geoff. He loves the process of inserting
himself into an environment or scene with the goal of capturing its elusive
essence. This process began in college with an obsession with Street
Photography. Succeeding in plein air painting relies both on being sensitive to
the place, its beauty, challenges, distractions and light as well as allowing himself
to be a filter. The mystery of not knowing the expressive outcome and allowing
for discovery along the way makes plein air painting Geoff’s preferred art making
process.
He received his MFA from Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA and
taught drawing, design, and painting courses at the college level. Lives in the
San Diego area and is a member of the San Diego Watercolor Society, California
Art Club, National watercolor Society, and American Impressionist Society. Geoff
is a Signature Member of the Laguna Plein Air painter’s Association.xS
Geoff Allen is an award-winning Plein Air artist, who most recently received the
First Place Artist’s Choice Award at Sonoma Plein Air Invitational 2023, the
Hilbert Museum of California Art Award at The Laguna Plein Air Invitational 2023,
First Place at the 2023 Oceanside Plein Air Festival, Second Place at the San
Clemente Art Association 2023 Paintout Festival, Recipient of the Alameda
Award, and First Place at the 2023 Huntington Harbour Art Association Plein Air
Competition, First Place award at the 2023 LPAPA 19th Annual Best of Plein Air,
Third Place award at the Borrego Art Institute Plein Air Festival, The Award of
Excellence at 2022 Laguna Plein Air Invitational and Best of Show at the
“Waterworks” exhibition Laguna Plein Air Painters Association Gallery.
Recent Awards and Exhibitions
2024
-Legion Paper, Blick Art Materials, Hoblein, and Mijello C.Ltd. Award,
California Watercolor Association 54th National Exhibition
2023
-First Place Artist’s Choice Award at Sonoma Plein Air Invitational 2023
-the Hilbert Museum of California Art Award at The Laguna Plein Air
Invitational 2023
-First Place, Oceanside Museum of Art Plein Air Festival
-Recipient of the Alameda Award and First Place Artist’s Choice Quick
Draw Award, Frank Bette Center of the Arts Paint out
-Third Place, Quick Draw Oceanside Museum of Art
-Second Place San Clemente Art Association Plein Air Festival
-First Place, Huntington Harbour Art Association Plein Air Competition
-Best of Show, 2023 7th Annual Waterworks Exhibition, Laguna Plein Air
Painters Association
-First Place, 19th Annual Best of Plein Air, Laguna Plein Air Painters
Association
-Third Place, Borrego Art Institute Plein Air Festival
-Plein Air Live Faculty, Essentials Day, with Streamline Productions
2022
- Invited to participate in the 2023 Laguna Plein Air Painters Association
Invitational
- Received the Award of Excellence, 2022 Laguna Plein Air Painters
Association Invitational
- 2022 Laguna Plein Air Painters Association Invitational, participant
- 2022 Sonoma County Plein Air Festival, participant
- 42nd International Exhibition, San Diego watercolor Society
- 102nd NWS International Open Exhibition
- Solo exhibition “Coastal to Local”, Encinitas City Hall, Sept 1 - Oct 3
- Paint San Clement Plein Air Festival, San Clemente Art Association
First Place Quick Draw
First Place, Morning Impressions
- Illuminations 2.0 Membership Exhibition, Juror
- North Coastal Art Gallery, Carlsbad Oceanside Art League, Juror
- Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, "2022 Waterworks Exhibition",
Best Watercolor Plein Air Award,
- Inaugural Triennial Member Show, San Diego Watercolor Society,
Awarded First Place by Antonio Masi
- Oceanside Museum of Art, 2022 Art Auction and Exhibition
- Fallbrook Art Center, The Lehmann & Salon Galleries,
"A Travel Journal of Plein Air Sketches"
Website: geoffallenart.com
IG: @geoffallenart
Instructor website: geoffallenart.com
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