Fay Shutzer Painting Demonstration

Wellfleet Public Library 55 W. Main Street, Wellfleet, MA

Fay will demonstrate how she works to capture the changing effects of afternoon light and shadow.

After Hopper in Wellfleet

Wellfleet Public Library 55 W. Main Street, Wellfleet, MA

See artists painting scenes of Wellfleet in the morning and join us for a reception from 4 to 6 at the Wellfleet Public Library.

Steve Kennedy Painting Demonstration

Wellfleet Public Library 55 W. Main Street, Wellfleet, MA

Steve will discuss materials, choice of colors and subject, and how to begin a plein air piece while painting, as well as how Hopper’s work influences his own.

Marc Kundmann Painting Demonstration

Wellfleet Public Library 55 W. Main Street, Wellfleet, MA

Marc Kundmann, who known for his effective use of the luminous and layered properties of the encaustic medium, will demonstrate and talk about how to bring these same qualities to acrylic painting.

Painting in the Cape Cod National Seashore

National Park Service 50 Nauset Road, Eastham, MA, United States

Plein air painting in the Cape Cod National Seashore in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service. For more information or to register as a plein air or studio artist for the exhibition, please email helen@addisonnart.com.

Found Our Park! Paint Out

Truro, MA, United States

See painters capture the drama, beauty and history of Truro's shores and uplands, then join them for a show and reception at the Truro Public Library at 5 pm.

Paint Out

Come watch artists from Cape Cod and across the country painting our beautiful area. Completed works will be on display at the gallery for our national awards reception from 5 to 7.

Plein Air Demonstration

Rock Harbor Orleans

Master Artist Cheng Lian will demonstrate painting onsite in natural light at Rock Harbor, Orleans. This demonstration is free and open to the public.

Capture the Cape Plein Air

Addison Art Gallery 43 South Orleans Road (RT 28), Orleans, MA, United States

Capture the Cape is a fall celebration of this beautiful region sponsored by the Addison Art Gallery and Land Ho! Restaurant. Come see the painters plein air painting around Orleans from 8:00 am to noon, join us at the gallery to see the wet works delivered, and come to the Fresh Paint Reception from 4:00 to 6:00 with live music by Bert Jackson and Roe Osborn.

Plein Air Painting in Eastham

Eastham Public Library 190 Samoset Road, Eastham, MA

Watch artists create paintings on the Library grounds and other Eastham sites, then come see the finished paintings and chat with the artists at the Eastham Library reception from 3:30 to 5:00 featuring Sue Keller on the piano.

Maryalice Eizenberg Demonstration

Addison Art Gallery 43 South Orleans Road, Orleans, MA, United States

Eizenberg, an award-winning painter and respected instructor will demonstrate plein air oil painting on the gallery lawn.

Andrea Petitto Plein Air Workshop

Heritage Museum and Gardens 67 Grove Street, Sandwich, MA, United States

This is a course for oil or acrylic painters. The course will focus on finding a strong composition in an outdoor landscape and how to orchestrate values and colors to create a compelling painting. Although Andrea paints primarily with palette knife, painters can use brushes or knives as they wish. Anyone who is interested in trying palette knife painting might find this a good opportunity for a new experience, but the essentials of the instruction are the same for either … Read More

Plein Air Painting

Highlands House Museum 6 Highland Light Road , North Truro, MA, United States

Plein air painters will be painting the shores, town and historic sites of Truro, the town that Edward Hopper chose to live and to paint for decades. Artists will deliver the wet paintings to the Highland House Museum to be added to the After Hopper exhibition.

In Edward Hopper’s Town

Highlands House Museum 6 Highland Light Road , North Truro, MA, United States

8 am to noon Plein air painters will be painting the shores, town and historic sites of Truro, the town that Edward Hopper chose to live and to paint for decades. Artists will deliver the wet paintings to the Highland House Museum to be added to the After Hopper exhibition. 6:30 Wine and nibbles meet and greet, tour the museum including the newly created Hopper Room 7:00 After Hopper Panel and Q&A After Hopper celebrates Edward Hopper’s legacy through contemporary … Read More

Celebrate Our Waters Painting Event

Addison Art Gallery 43 South Orleans Road, Orleans, MA, United States

Watch award-winning painters as they create work inspired by the shores of Orleans. Plein air, French for "open air," describes paintings created outdoors. French Impressionists, including Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, advocated en plein air painting. Charles Webster Hawthorne, who is attributed with starting the art colony in Provincetown, came to Cape Cod to teach painting en plein air. The public is invited to come and watch as adults and children alike are enthralled by seeing a painting move from … Read More