1-Day Plein Air Workshop with John Cook (November 2018)

DATES - Friday, November 9, 2018 and/or Friday, November 30, 2018

TIME - 9AM-12PM

PRICE - $75/day

John Cook will be demonstrating and teaching the classic skill of painting Plein air “in the open air”. The practice of painting outdoors from a box easel goes back to the French Impressionists days of painting light and its changing qualities while experiencing the peacefulness of the outdoors. John Cook will be teaching two classes a month for the Hull Art Academy. When weather is permitting, the class will be off site at different locations around the DFW area. Date and locations will be posted at the beginning of each semester. When it is raining or snowing, the class will be indoors at the Hull Art Academy and will be focused on Alla Prima painting (Italian, meaning at first attempt), it is a painting technique, used mostly in oil painting, in which layers of wet paint are applied to previously administered layers of wet paint. It allows for a looser and more direct feel to the painting.

About John

John Cook resides in Dallas, Texas with his wife Jean of forty-eight years. John studied illustration at The Art Center School, Los Angeles, CA. For the last fifty-four years, John has been painting, exhibiting and selling his work. He works mostly in oils and is well-known for his plein air paintings.  John has gallery representation in numerous locations around the United States. In 2003 John was in an exhibit in London, England at the Prestigious W H Patterson Gallery with members of Parliament attending. John was featured in The American Impressionist Society 14th Annual National Juried Exhibition in 2013 and placed Best of Show, at the M. Gallery of Fine Art, Charleston, SC.