Plein Air

What better place than Ghost Ranch to hone your plein air chops with the grand vistas and beautiful, endlessly interesting skies?

Prepare to spend a week learning how to capture the essence of your view through demonstration and one on one guidance.  Composition, value and temperature (color) are at the core of all my classes and painting outdoors gives you the truest sense of those concepts.

We will begin each day discussing some helpful ways to set yourself up for your best plein air experience and talk about how to zero in on your subject out in the field.  My expertise is in pastel, oil, and watercolor.  The concepts for a great painting are the same no matter the medium.

We have the privilege of staying and working at Casa del Sol in the Painted Desert, located in the restricted access side of the ranch and will go to the main campus for meals at the dining hall.  As with all my workshops at the ranch, I encourage you to explore tours and activities offered by the ranch.  We can work together to decide the best times for this so you can get the most from your workshop experience and the offerings of the ranch.

As a New Mexico artist, I have taught many classes here over the years and have had several months long residencies at Ghost Ranch, as well as leading the Artists in Residence program for a month. I hope you will join me to share a unique and wonderful perspective on this magical place.

You will need to bring your own materials.  Please see the welcome letter/Materials List PDF for more details and my contact information.  You can also see more of my work and resume at http://www.natashaisenhour.com