Mike Hernandez - Plein Air Southern California

Join Mike Hernandez as he scouts locations and paints plein air studies at Vasquez Rocks in southern California

Course Highlights:

✔ Go at your own pace and enjoy lifetime access with no expiration date 

✔ 12 easily digestible episodes with over 2.5 hours of detailed instruction 

✔ Watch as Mike scouts locations and sets up for a day of plein air painting

✔ Learn Mike’s approach to problem solving and simplifying scenes

✔ Hear practical tips and candid conversations with Mike about the creative process

✔ Instant lifetime access to all content

This collection of candid teaching videos was captured with multiple cameras on location at Vasquez Rocks near Los Angeles, CA

Course Contents:

Introduction: Location scouting & supplies

► Lesson 1 - Location scouting & supplies (11 min)

Part 1: The first painting of the day

► Lesson 2: The sketch (4 min)

► Lesson 3: Painting part 1 - light, color & working at high noon (15 min)

► Lesson 4: Painting part 2 - shapes and brushstrokes (10 min)

► Lesson 5: Painting part 3 - simplifying shapes & balancing colors (14 min)

Part 2: The second painting of the day

► Lesson 6: Location scouting & sketch (10 min)

► Lesson7: Painting part 1 - simplify the landscape & create depth (19 min)

► Lesson 8: Painting part 2 - colors & connecting shapes (15 min)

► Lesson 9: Painting part 3 - contrast & taking risks (15 min)

► Lesson 10: Painting part 4 - geometric contrast & structure (11 min)

Part 3: The final painting of the day

► Lesson 11: Sketch and painting part 1 - simplifying shapes (12 min)

► Lesson 12: Painting part 2 - learning experience vs. final outcome (11 min)