Imagine if history’s greatest landscape painters had the opportunity to paint in Sleeping Bear country, “The Most Beautiful Place In America.” This is a class to not only learn the techniques of plein air painting but also to learn about the methods of history’s great landscape painters. Each class will start off with a brief illustrated presentation, beginning with The History Of Landscape Painting, and moving on to newly featured artists for 2026, including Claude Monet, Wassily Kandinsky, Fairfield Porter, and Wolf Kahn. Following the presentations, students will seek to incorporate ideas learned into their own paintings. The instructor will give frequent demonstrations and provide close personal attention to each student.
Week 1 – Monet & Lecture: The History Of Landscape Painting In 28 ½ Minutes – Demonstration of pallet setup, color mixing, composition, etc. (July 7)
– Paint a landscape using ideas gained from Monet
Location: Thoreson Farm
Week 2 – Lecture on Kandinsky’s landscape paintings (July 14)
– Paint a landscape using ideas gained from Kandinsky.
Location: TBD
Week 3 – Lecture on Porter’s landscape paintings (July 21)
– Paint a landscape using ideas gained from Porter
Location: TBD
Week 4 – Lecture on Kahn‘s landscape paintings (July 28)
– Paint a landscape using ideas gained from Kahn.
Location: Thoreson Farm
Objective: Conceptual Understanding
Outcome: Development of Personal Style
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
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 or [email protected].
(Note to acrylic painters: your only medium is water. Also, bring a water spray bottle or stay wet palette 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 a pallet and paints
– Three medium canvases: e.g. 12×14 per session
– 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
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