Plein Air Painting Class,
Cape May, NJ
Plein Air Landscape Painting
At Cape May Point Arts and Science Center,
May 5,6,7,8, 2025
Price $400.
Instructor: Joseph Sweeney oil, acrylic and pastel,
On location at Historic Cape May, New Jersey. Two hours from Philadelphia. 10am-2pm
Join plein-air painter Joe Sweeney for a long weekend painting retreat in Cape May, New Jersey. Experience small town hospitality while painting the landscape/seascape of Cape May, including Cape May Point, the Cove with sweeping vistas, Cape May Lighthouse, and Sunset Beach.
Rain location: Many
Learn to paint efficiently out-of-doors with tips on choosing a prime location, reading the weather and light at a particular time of day and setting up a landscape palette. Featuring demonstration and lecture on painting surfaces, materials, mediums, compositional drawing and making color studies. Geared towards oil, acrylic and pastel, but experienced watercolorists are welcome.
At the Cape May Point Arts & Science Center
101 Lehigh Ave
Cape May, NJ 08204
United States
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Register with: Joe Sweeney at: Email: joesweeney@mac.com
web page: www.joesweeneyart.com
Joseph Sweeney is a professional landscape painter living in Ardmore, PA. He received a BFA in Painting and Drawing from the Philadelphia College of Art (now the University of the Arts) and an MFA from Penn State University. He has taught for many years at area institutions and art centers including PAFA, the University of the Arts, Wayne Art Center, Woodmere Art Museum and Chester Springs Yellow Springs Studio. His work has received numerous awards and is included in many public and private institutions, collections and museums.
To apply contact joesweeney@mac.com
