En Plein Air Painting In Yosemite
Instructor: James McGrew
2025 Date: May 29-31
Focus: Field
Medium: Paint
This three-day workshop will teach you the techniques and skills of painting en plein air to help create successful landscape paintings, while you are out in the beauty and nature of Yosemite National Park. Open to all skill levels and painting experience.
Overview
In this three day workshop James McGrew will be teaching the techniques and skills to help create successful landscape paintings, while you are out in the beauty and nature of Yosemite National Park. Whether you are new to painting as a medium or you are an experienced painter looking to improve your techniques, plein air painting is a unique experience that will help to grow your skills as an artist.
SPRING 2025 – May 29 - 31
Workshop Details
| En Plein Air Painting in Yosemite | |
|---|---|
| INSTRUCTOR | James McGrew |
| FOCUS | Field |
| MEDIUM | Paint |
| LEVEL | Intermediate to Advanced |
| ATTENDEES | 10 |
| TUITION | $1200 (includes materials) |
About the Instructor
James McGrew first backpacked in Yosemite at just four months old and subsequent family camping/backpacking trips inspired an early interest in art and nature. From a very early age he was constantly drawing and painting, using pastels and his father's paints. Today he is best known for his oil paintings interpreting western National Parks.
McGrew’s paintings hang in collections around the world and have shown in numerous solo shows, national and international exhibitions and plein air invitationals. All the while receiving many awards including best of show at Grand Canyon Celebration of Art, the Zion Foundation Award (top honor and commission for the painting used for all of the following year's marketing of Zion Plein Air Invitational), plus 5 consecutive People’s Choice Awards at Grand Canyon along with 3 consecutive years at Zion. He is an artist member of the California Art Club and a signature member of both the American Impressionist Society and the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association.
James’ work has been featured in articles of Fine Art Connoisseur, Plein Air Magazine, Southwest Art, and Western Art Collector. He has presented as a keynote speaker at numerous art and science conferences as well as presenting on stage and as a field painter at Plein Air Convention, 2016, Tucson. When teaching workshops, James interweaves art and science in an entertaining manner that is easy to understand. James also has volunteered countless hours teaching art history in elementary through high schools. He loves backpacking, painting and fly fishing with his family.
James’ website is: https://www.jamesmcgrewfineart.com/
Workshop FAQ
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Clothing / Dressing for the Elements
Physical Limitations
This workshop may involve some walking and hiking around uneven, hilly, and rocky locations that may present a challenge to some attendees. The gallery workshop team requests your individual judgment to abstain from workshop activities that may be beyond your capabilities.
Although the workshop instructors will try to accommodate all attendees, please be advised that the gallery relies on your abstinence should you feel that a site location may not be safe for you.
Cancellation Policy
The Ansel Adams Gallery Multiple Day Workshop Cancellation Policy: We rely on your confirmed attendance to make important arrangements for the workshop. If you need to cancel, please inform a gallery representative in writing no fewer than 60 days prior to the first day of your scheduled workshop for a partial refund of your tuition that reflects the 10% non-refundable administration charge. Refunds cannot be made for cancellations initiated within 60 days of the first day of the scheduled workshop, or for no-shows, for any reason.
If you are concerned with the possibility of cancellation, please consider purchasing travel insurance.
Workshop registration is NOT transferable.
In the extremely rare event that The Ansel Adams Gallery needs to cancel a workshop, the gallery will refund your full tuition. However, The Ansel Adams Gallery will not be responsible for non-refundable airline tickets, car rentals charges, lodging reservations, or any other expense outside of the workshop tuition.
Lodging reservations made through Yosemite Hospitality - Aramark are fully refundable 14 days in advance of the scheduled first day of check in.
It is recommended not to purchase airline tickets or make non-refundable deposits on lodging that cannot be canceled 14 days prior to the initiation of the workshop event.
The Ansel Adams Gallery highly recommends travel insurance to help with an unfortunate travel event.
This pre-workshop information may be emailed to the education coordinator at photoed@anseladams.com.
