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Plein Air In Fall Colors

$ 75.00$ 85.00

12 available

Date: Saturday, October 11, 2025
Time: 10 am–2 pm with lunch
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Location: TBD

Paint “The most beautiful place in America” at the most beautiful time of the year. Painting is about color and there is no better time than the fall to capture the colorful beauty of Sleeping Bear Country.

Skill Level

All

Objective

Creativity Enhancement, Fun

Outcome

Inspiration and Creativity, Joy

Instructor

Hank Feeley is an author, painter, and sculptor whose work was awarded at the Dennos Museum’s 2022 NWMI exhibition. He graduated from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Harvard Business School. He has been a Visiting Artist at SAIC, an Artist in Residence at Oxbow, and taught at Roosevelt University and the Dennos Museum. Hank teaches at the Vero Beach Museum of Art, the Gifford Youth Achievement Center, and the Glen Arbor Arts Center. His work is held in public and private collections nationally and internationally. He is represented in Chicago by Aron Packer Projects and, in New York, by First Street Gallery.

Website: www.hankfeeley.com

Supply List

This list is for oil painters. Watercolor, pastel or acrylic painters should bring the equivalent. Get at craft stores or online at dickblick.com. Contact Hank if you have questions: 312 560 3916.

(Note to acrylic painters: your only medium is water. Also bring a water spray bottle to keep your paint moist.)
– portable easel  (You must provide. Loaners will not be available). I suggest a French easel or a Stanrite 500 aluminum.
– a portable/fold up table to hold pallet and paints
– Three medium canvases: e.g. 12×14
– pallet ( Get the largest tear off pallet e.g.16×20 or bigger)
– mineral spirit solvent ( at least a quart )
– brush cleaner jar with wire insert
– cup for medium
– cotton tee shirt material wipe cloths (not paper towels)
– brushes  ( #4 and #10 flat bristles are all you need)
– Gamblin galkyd lite medium or galkyd gel ( use instead of varnish and oil). Gel will be preferred but lite will work.
– Paints

  • titanium white
  • yellow ochre
  • cadmium yellow medium
  • cadmium red lite
  • cadmium red medium
  • sap green
  • sevres blue or cobalt blue lite
  • ultramarine blue
  • alizarin crimson
  • burnt umber

Cancellation

Please read the GAAC cancellation and refund policy here: https://glenarborart.org/terms-and-conditions/

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