Autumn Plein Air Painting & Social Media Workshop with Lori McNee

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Announcing! Autumn Plein Air Painting & Social Media Workshop with Lori McNee

October 3, 4, 5, 2012 (9AM – 4PM daily)

Location: Sun Valley, Idaho
Sponsored by Fine Art Tips and Royal Talens

*This workshop is limited to 12 people worldwide. Normally this workshop would cost $450, but because of the short notice this workshop is only $350

Join internationally acclaimed artist, Lori McNee for a special 3-day plein air landscape painting workshop. Using her art studio as home-base, paint on location with Lori in beautiful Sun Valley, Idaho, and discover why Ernest Hemingway loved it here…

On a warm autumn day in 1939, Ernest Hemingway stood in the Sun Valley Cemetery and methodically read aloud a eulogy for his friend, a publicist for the Sun Valley Resort. Many believed this to be one of Hemingway’s finest works of prose.

“He loved the warm sun of summer and the high mountain meadows, the trails through the timber and the sudden clear blue of the lakes. He loved the hills in the winter when the snow comes,” Hemingway said. “Best of all he loved the fall … the fall with the tawny and grey, the leaves yellow on the cottonwoods, leaves floating on the trout streams and above the hills the high blue windless skies. He loved to shoot, he loved to ride and he loved to fish.”

Much like the alps, Sun Valley, Idaho is nestled below its famous ski mountain, Bald Mountain. In October, the days are warm, nights are cool, it’s our favorite time of year. To read more about autumn in Sun Valley, please read Sunset Magazine’s article, “Sun Valley’s Golden Season”.

Surrounded by magical autumn colors and fellow artists, this informative workshop will balance classroom instruction, painting in the field, demonstrations, personalized critiques, and as a bonus, Lori will share her social media secrets.

plein air barn painting — Approaching Shadows by Lori McNee

You will learn:

How to compose and design a successful outdoor painting
The importance of value and tone
How to use warm and cool colors to strengthen your paintings
The importance of edges
How to mix believable landscape color, and greens!
How to add light and atmosphere to your paintings
Some mixed media techniques
How to use your plein air study and reference photos to create a successful studio landscape painting.
Tips to use water-soluble Cobra oil paints by Royal Talens (Lori is a proud ambassador for Royal Talens worldwide)

…and much more!

During this workshop, Lori will teach you her social media branding and marketing tips! Lori is one of the Top 100 Women on Twitter, and the top working-artist in social media. She was named a TwitterPowerhouse by The Huffington Post, has been a talk show host for Plum TV, featured in the Wall Street Journal, many art magazines, and has written for publications including Artist’s Magazine, Artist’s & Graphic Designer’s Market, Photographer’s Market, and Zero to 100,000: Social Media Tips & Tricks for Small Businesses.

You will learn:

How to drive traffic to your website or blog
The benefits of using social media
How tweet and what to tweet
How to effectively use Facebook to boost your art business
Branding and marketing tips using Youtube, Google Plus, Pinterest
Blogging tips for artists

…and much more!

This workshop is open to painters of all levels. Oil paint, or water-soluble oil paint is recommended, but acrylic is acceptable. I will be sending a supply list.

*This workshop is limited to 12 people worldwide. Normally this workshop would cost $450, but because of the short notice this workshop is only $350.

Sign Up Below: If you are interested in taking your art and art business to the next level, sign up now by clicking the BUY IT NOW button. Or, mail a money order or cashier’s check for the amount of $350 to…Lori McNee artist, PO Box 10098, Ketchum, ID 8334o