05/29/2026
Final day to sign up for this amazing painting class with Mike! Only 2 spots left so take advantage of this special opportunity and register today.
Class Title:
Painting with oils en plein air
Instructor: Mike Simpson
Class Description:
I’ll go over how to look for a subject, how to edit all of the information we see before us and how to decide what to paint out of all of it and then paint it.
I’ll start with a demo of how I would do it and you are invited to paint along with me or I’ll help you with what you have decided to paint.
Class Date: Thursday, June 4th, 9AM to 4 PM
Maximum Number of Students:12
Registration Cut-off Date: no registrations accepted after 5/29/2026
Suggested Minimum Age: adults only
Open to all abilities
Fee per Attendee $ 60
Supplies to be brought to class by attendees:
Bring what you already paint with and we’ll make that work. Paints, canvas/panel nothing bigger 11x14, bug spray, sun hat, sun screen, water, paper towels to wipe brushes on, brush pot for cleaning the brushes, portable easel, chair.
Register here:
https://montrosecenterforarts.com/
About Mike Simpson:
Using watercolors for their transparency and loose suggestive qualities or oil paints for their opacity, texture and quality of brush stroke, I paint the people, places and things of small town, rural America. From the towering peaks of the Rocky Mountains, to the towering grain silos of Kansas or the small adobe casas of New Mexico, to the fishing boats in a marina on the Northern British Columbia coast, the cowboys of Montana, the bewhiskered bikers of Sturgis or the girls on the corner in Winslow, Arizona, they all have a story
