About the Workshop ?????

Skill level: Open to all levels, although artists with at least some basic landscape painting experience will benefit most. ?????

Materials used: Oil (Acrylic and water-soluble oils are fine too) ??????

Spend three days in an intensive study on how to train your eyes to discern light in the landscape. Although this is a studio workshop, Barbara will discuss what to observe when painting outdoors from life (or simply when gathering reference photos), and how to bring that knowledge into the studio. She’ll focus on how to “read” a reference photo and capture the genuine effects of various lighting situations in your studio landscape paintings, rather than duplicate a compromised photographic image. The workshop will cover a few different types of landscapes, with one day focused on snow. Each day will begin with a demonstration, followed by student painting time in the afternoon during which students will receive plenty of individual guidance at their easel. This workshop is open to all levels, but those with at least some initial experience with oil painting will benefit most.

Each day of the workshop will begin with a demonstration followed by students working on a specific painting exercise for the remainder of the day. Students will receive plenty of individual help from the instructor at the easel during their painting time.

Kathleen B. Hudson (b. 1986) emphasizes dynamic light and atmosphere in her paintings. She is a Signature Member of Plein Air Painters of America and the second youngest artist ever to be elected a Fellow in the American Society of Marine Artists. In 2017, Hudson received the Grand Prize in the 6th Annual PleinAir Salon for her painting Bright Morning, Timberline Falls, which was featured on the July 2017 cover of PleinAir Magazine.

Hudson moved from her native Kentucky to Boston in the fall of 2005 to begin an undergraduate degree at Harvard University. During her years in Boston, Hudson came to love the beautiful New England landscape as she painted, studied mountain travel narratives, and led backpacking trips for fellow students. After graduating with a History & Literature degree, she was selected to join Boston’s Copley Society of Art, the oldest non-profit art association in America.

Hudson now resides in Colorado Springs, CO with her husband and four children.

GALLERIES

• McLarry Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM

• FoR Fine Art, Whitefish, MT | Bigfork, MT

• Broadmoor Galleries, Colorado Springs, CO

• Edward Montgomery Fine Art, Carmel-By-the-Sea, CA

• Huse Skelly Gallery, Newport Beach, CA

• Cole Gallery, Edmonds, WA

MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS

• Signature Member, Plein Air Painters of America

• Fellow, American Society of Marine Artists

• Ambassador, Michael Harding Oil Paints

• Signature Member, California Art Club

• Signature Member, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association

• Oil Painters of America

• American Impressionist Society

PRESS

• Art of the West Magazine. May/June 2025. Cover: Muir Woods. Feature: “Plein Air Ambassador,” by Clover Cameron.

• Harvard Magazine. July/August 2024. Feature: “A Leading Plein Air Painter: Kathleen B Hudson ’09 captures the essence of the outdoors, from the Rocky Mountains to the beaches of Maui,” by Brandon Rosas.

• Artist’s Magazine. May/June 2024. Cover: Wetlands Near Savannah. Feature: “Harnessing the Drama: Capturing dynamic changes in the landscape is Kathleen B. Hudson’s joy,” by Kristin Hoerth.

• Southwest Art. December 2022/January 2023. Feature Article: “Moments of Rare Beauty,” by Bonnie Ganglehoff.

• PleinAir Magazine, June/July 2017. Cover: Bright Morning, Timberline Falls

• PleinAir Magazine, June/July 2018. Feature Article: "Presence of Place," by John Parks.

• Southwest Art. Feature Article, July 2017: "Otherworldly beauty."

• Keeneland Magazine, June 2018. Cover: Early Morning in the Bluegrass

• Lexington Herald-Leader. "Lexington painter creates award-winning work the hard way." (July 28, 2017)

What’s Included

This workshop includes a mix of complimentary food and beverages. Included are the following:

• Complimentary continental breakfast: Yogurt, fruit, coffee, teas, juices, hard-boiled eggs, and pastries

• Coffee, hot and/or iced tea, lemonade, soft drinks, sparkling waters, and fruit-infused still water are available all day

• Catered lunch brought into the studio or painting location for $15 (optional)

Supplies

The supply list for this class can be opened via the button below and printed at your convenience.