Instruction
Instruction
Mike Rooney teaches classroom and plein air (outdoor) workshop from Va.
transform your art. Learn to paint with a loose, quick and impressionistic
style by learning these basics:
~ Equipment needed for plein air work
~ Working outdoors or from photos in the studio
~ Capturing light effects
~ Simplifying objects- stick figures welcomed
~ Working quickly- time waits for no one
~ Massing in and values- from blobs to objects
~ Color and composition theory, its not as boring as it sounds
~ Color palette choices- your individuality expressed in pigment
~ Approaching galleries with your work after you have
created your masterpiece
All information, graphics, photographs and designs on this website
Copyright 2011 Mike Rooney.

2011 Schedule



Binders Art- Cape School Underpainting- Oct.
7-9-Atlanta,Ga.-contact me to sign up

3 day Loose and Colorful Plein Air W/S- Spectrum Gallery,
Wilmington, NC- Oct. 12-13. $200 for both days. contact nancy at
nancy@spectrumartandjewelry.com to sign up

Franklin NC- 1 day/ Clarkesville Georgia- 3 Day plein air
workshop- oct. 20-23 to sign up contact me

Arts of the Albermarle-Elizabeth City NC- One Day Loose and
Colorful W/S, and Paint Camp '11- Nov. 1-3. To sign up go to this
website
http://www.artsaoa.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=ar
ticle&id=8&Itemid=18


Art of the Carolinas- Raleigh NC- November 10-13. i'll be doing
classes on knifepainting, mixing color, and cape school style
underpainting -click here for artofthecarolinas.com/

Binders Art- Cape School Underpainting- Dec. 2-4- Atlanta, Ga.-
contact me to sign up

2012 Workshops

Key West Florida- TSKW

Palette Knife Painting workshop- Jan. 5-7

Plein Air Class every Monday in February

Palette Knife class every Wednesday in March

contact TSKW at martha@tskw.org

i also do private lessons while i'm in key west for the winter. call
me at 919-920-9718 or email me to set up a date and time. $35
first hour and $25 each hour after that

Plein Air Loose and Colorful- Ft. Pierce Fl.- Fri. Apr. 6 and

Paint Camp Acrylic Class- two sessions Sat. Apr. 7 contact Allie at
Art Mundo (alliesam@wildblue.net) to sign up

Plein Air Loose and Colorful (Beginners to Intermediate)-Jerry's
Artarama, Raleigh NC- Sat. May 5th contact sharon at
sharon@jerrysartarama.com

Plein Air 201 (Intermediate to Advanced)- Jerry's Artarama,
Raleight NC- Sat. Jun. 16. must have taken one of my previous
plein air workshops or be an experienced outdoor painter to do
this intermediate to advanced class. contact sharon at
sharon@jerrysartarama.com

Plein Air Loose and Colorful workshop- Orleans, Cape
Cod-September

Acadia Workshop Center- Mt. Desert Island Maine-5 Day Plein Air
Workshop- September 3-7, 2012-$650. contact me, or Gail Ribas
at bassharbor@gmail.com or go to this website
acadiaworkshopcenter.com

if you'd like to book a workshop for your group contact me at
919-920-9718