Plein Air Oils - Loddon River, Newstead: Workshop with Mark Dober

Join Mark Dober for this special one day workshop on Sunday 24 November from 9.30am-2pm. 

This is a great chance to learn from a wonderful painter and teacher. Plein air oils - on the Loddon River, Newstead.

Mark will meet you at Newstead's Dig Cafe at 9:30 am and then lead you to a special site nearby for a day of instructed painting.

Mark will demonstrate in oils on canvas. He will show you, in steps how to proceed with a painting – giving consideration to composition, building the painting in stages, hand/eye coordination, an awareness of positive and negative shapes, using colour structurally and expressively, and strategies to deal with the changing light.

Students will complete a painting on the day. You will be provided with a materials list after booking. An easel will be required and you may wish to bring a folding stool or chair.

The workshop will end with a show and tell and wrap up of everyone’s work. Suitable for all levels of experience.

Renowned local artist, Mark Dober’s art practise is grounded in plein-air painting. His media are oils on canvas and watercolour/gouache on paper. Mark regularly exhibits in the commercial gallery system and at regional galleries around Australia. He has a PhD in Painting from Monash University. Mark was the judge of the 2024 Castlemaine Rotary Art Show. He has a plein-air painting in the current Len Fox Art Prize at Castlemaine Art Museum. Mark's work can be seen at www.markdober.com

Sundays 24 November.