Laguna Beach three day workshop + ticket to Pageant of the Masters!

WORKSHOP DATES HAVE CHANGED! 

ONE DAY ONLY Sunday Aug. 19th cost: $200

Responding to feedback, I am changing this to a ONE DAY painting workshop in Laguna Beach.  Starting early Sunday morning and ending in the late afternoon, I will paint two separate paintings. Bring your own art supplies or just watch. You get art talk and lecture, demonstration, and one on one learning on location with renowned painter, teacher and plein air sherpa Alex Schaefer AND ----->>> YOU STILL GET A TICKET TO the Pageant of the Masters show that evening! Win Win! :) Get some living education in beautiful Laguna Beach. I take payments with Square and PayPal, all credit cards, personal check or cash in person. Click here to learn more about Pageant of the Masters

Contact me at PAINTWITHALEX@GMAIL.COM to sign up and reserve your spot!

Upon receipt of payment you will get an information email filled with everything you need to know for the workshop, so even a beginner can sign up with confidence. The email will also contain additional information about locations and parking, helpful links etc

Watercolors on the water

I was blessed to take a trip with family to visit the beautiful Columbia River. What an amazing place and history. I got to experiment again with watercolor, a medium I almost never try, but when I do, like this, it always makes me want to do more.

Life Drawing Workshops

I like to go to life drawing workshops! When it gets around to the 25 minute poses, I turn and start to draw the whole room instead of just the model. Makes for some fun composition!  Here's a couple recent studies

Rereading Robert Henri: The Art Spirit

I'm going to read the book "The Art Spirit" by Robert Henri. I'm guessing this is episode 1 of 6 (or 8?) I'm not the best reader, but I desire to read this book again in anticipation of an artist in residence I'm partaking in at the Robert Henri Museum later this year and I know that doing it live will help me concentrate www.paintwithalex.com

Takin’ It To The Street

New easel works great! Totally love it and recommend it: Mabef M27. Test drive on the corner of 7th and Grand in downtown Los Angeles

New Easel!

I've used the old Jullian  French Easel for as long as I've been painting, but I am trying a new (to me) smaller more compact style. This is the Mabef M27. Gonna take it out soon! Right now I'm test driving it in the studio. Photos of it in use and folded up. Super simple and handy rests to put your palette or whatever. Much smaller and lighter than the Jullian too and frees an arm up when walking around.

Time to seriously get back to the Blog

I just discovered that I can have my blog show up on my website, paintwithalex.com, and I suddenly feel a rejuvenated spirit to get back to posting here, on my blog! That explains this post, and I'm also going to start "flashback reblogs" reposting an oldie but goodie, which explains the previous post :) Finally, here is a drawing of my old friend in his garden for something to look at. Just posting some random visual content to enjoy, which I will do much more often...