Charlie demonstrating at a MAA PLA in Dickinson Square some time before Covid.
The Art of Charles Spratt
MAA Plein Air Painting Program 2025
2025! Spring is around the corner and the Manotick Art Plein Air Program will start up in May. I'm excited just thinking about it. In the meantime we should give some thought about the locations for this summer, starting with a visit to Dickinson Square. Some artists have sent me suggestions for new locations. The timing for flower gardens, ie Experimental Farm, is critical for example. Also the availability to washrooms, safe parking and accessibility are all considerations.
If you have a suggestion pass them on while we still have some time.
In the meantime I wish everyone a Happy New Year and great paintings.
Charlie
If you have a suggestion pass them on while we still have some time.
In the meantime I wish everyone a Happy New Year and great paintings.
Charlie
Depending on the weather, up to 18 members show up each Thursday at a preselected location starting at 9:30 am., and paint plein air until noon. At the end of the morning members of the group are invited to show their work's results for the day. It is NOT obligatory, however artist often like to see other artist's efforts.
You must be a member of MAA to participate. Unfortunately, at the moment MAA is not accepting new member applications..
Each MAA artist that has signed up with me, receives a weekly email notice of the location of the next Thursday painting trip. There are no notices of cancellation due to weather forecasts etc. Everyone makes the decision to attend or not to attend based on their own judgement.
The weekly notice email contains directions to the site and other important information.
Any member wishing to sign up may simply email me with the request. Previous plein air painting experience is not required. You might like to mention your painting experience so that I or someone else can give you a hand to get started.
Charlie Spratt MAA PLP co-ordinator.
[email protected]
For more information, tips on what to bring on the painting trips see
https://www.manotickart.ca
To see photographs of the group in action, taken by Paul Powers, go to http://www.facebook.com/ManotichArtAssociation/
You must be a member of MAA to participate. Unfortunately, at the moment MAA is not accepting new member applications..
Each MAA artist that has signed up with me, receives a weekly email notice of the location of the next Thursday painting trip. There are no notices of cancellation due to weather forecasts etc. Everyone makes the decision to attend or not to attend based on their own judgement.
The weekly notice email contains directions to the site and other important information.
Any member wishing to sign up may simply email me with the request. Previous plein air painting experience is not required. You might like to mention your painting experience so that I or someone else can give you a hand to get started.
Charlie Spratt MAA PLP co-ordinator.
[email protected]
For more information, tips on what to bring on the painting trips see
https://www.manotickart.ca
To see photographs of the group in action, taken by Paul Powers, go to http://www.facebook.com/ManotichArtAssociation/
Comments. by members. . . ( Send me an email with your comments and I'll post them here.)
"The MAA Plein Air program has a lot to offer. With 17 trips, to different locations each week, there's plenty of subject matter: parks, city scapes, sailboats, horse paddocks, gardens, forests, rivers and more. Personally, I don't use photos for my landscape work. Instead, I use the impressions I feel from the world around me. I paint for the challenge."
Charlie Spratt
"The MAA Plein Air program has a lot to offer. With 17 trips, to different locations each week, there's plenty of subject matter: parks, city scapes, sailboats, horse paddocks, gardens, forests, rivers and more. Personally, I don't use photos for my landscape work. Instead, I use the impressions I feel from the world around me. I paint for the challenge."
Charlie Spratt
Photography by Paul Powers