Artwork depicting a lake with scattered tufa formations in the foreground, in the background is a black island and a white island, hills rise at the far edge, the sky is bright but filled with scattered clouds.

Capturing the Mono Basin in Pastel (canceled)

Sunrise light on a grove of tufa towers emerging from the water of Mono Lake with soft green and dusty-red wild grasses in the foreground, Canada geese in the shallow water with reflections of the rocky towers, and desert hills in the distance.
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June 13, 2022 @ 6:00 pm June 15, 2022 @ 4:30 pm

The rich light and deep colors of the Mono Basin are a perfect subject for the brilliance of pastel chalks. The goal of this weekend is to work outside, on location, to make landscape studies in pastel. Each participant will go home with at least one small finished painting and several sketches, color studies, and value experiments that will fuel future artistic endeavors. Landscape painter and accomplished teacher Ane Carla Rovetta will help demystify the overwhelming hues of the summer. Photo courtesy of Ane Carla Rovetta.

Details

Date: June 13–15, 2022

Instructor: Ane Carla Rovetta

Price: $265 for members / $280 for the public. $30 required materials fee; additional $55 materials fee to order a set of 72 chalks (optional).

Registration: Begins February 17, 2022 at 9:00am PST for Mono Lake Committee members.

Questions? Contact the field seminar team by email or phone at (760) 647-6595.

Activity level: EASY

This seminar’s activity level: easy. We will be walking from cars to painting sites in the field, no more than half a mile from the cars. Participants will need to carry all their art supplies from the cars to field locations and back. Some of the painting locations may be in the sun.

Artwork depicting a lake with scattered tufa formations in the foreground, in the background is a black island and a white island, hills rise at the far edge, the sky is bright but filled with scattered clouds.