Experimental Plein Air Techniques with Anton Nowels
April 4 – 6, 2025 | Friday – Sunday
Times – 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Experience – All levels of experience are welcome, Beginner to Advanced
Medium: All 2-D Mediums (instructor will teach in oils)
Registration – Click the Cancellation Policy tab above.
Location – Sedona Arts Center, Theatre Studio
Move between representation and abstraction with award-winning artist Anton Nowels. Attain an understanding of how to start a painting in a variety of tools (including the palette knife, brayer, large brushes) en plein air. Artists will discover that “listening” and responding to the paint and tool gives the painting a more individual voice. The workshop will include discussions of artists using both plein air and abstraction in their work, including Richard Diebenkorn, Eric Aho, Sergei Bongart, Maynard Dixon, Franz Kline, Monet, Josef Albers, Joan Mitchell and more. Anton will demonstrate experimental techniques en plein air. This workshop will take place in the studio. All levels welcome.
Anton Nowels is an accomplished artist who has exhibited work on a national level. Nowels is both a Signature Member of Oil Painters of America (OPA) and American Impressionist Society (AIS). He recently won a Landscape Painting award at the OPA National Exhibition.
Over the last two years, Nowels participated in the Brinton Museum’s Residency program and associated exhibitions in Big Horn, Wyoming.
As a workshop instructor at Scottsdale Artists’ School and Winslow Art Center as well as a private instructor, Anton teaches and explores concepts relating to representational abstraction. He teaches color from the perspective of Charles Hawthorne, Henry Hensche, Sergei Bongart, and Josef Albers and teaches design relating to illustration ideas from Andrew Loomis.
Nowels paints a variety of subjects and experiments with painting techniques. The Maynard Dixon Legacy Museum in Mt. Carmel, Utah, represents Anton’s work and has welcomed him as a guest artist at their Maynard Dixon Country events.
Nowels has studied both contemporary and fine art. At Scottsdale Artists’ School, he earned scholarships to study with Ned Mueller, Camille Przewodek, and Romel de la Torre. At Arizona State University, he studied Interdisciplinary Art and explored contemporary art practices, including performance, installation, and video.
Currently, Nowels is working on a series of large-scale paintings that integrate representational and abstract impressionism. A seascape series was recently exhibited at the Mayo Clinic Phoenix campus. Through mid-September, Mayo will display a series of Anton’s landscape paintings focused on geographically-western locations.
Supply List:
Paint:
I use Winsor and Newton – Winton Oil Colors (Large Tubes 200ml) – Other brands are welcome.
Ivory Black
Cadmium Yellow Light
Cadmium Yellow Hue
Cadmium Red Light
Magenta
Sap Green
Viridian
Cerulean Blue Hue
French Ultramarine
Titanium White
Brushes:
Variety of small, medium, large brushes
Optional – (Robert Simmons Signet – Varies sizes. I use Flats in the sizes of 8-12)
3 inch. Wide brush – House paint brush works
Palette knives and Brayer:
RGM Large Painting Spatulas – 8010
Blick Palette knife Set – Traditional Set of 6 ( or similar)
Blick Hard Rubber Roller – 3 to 6”
Canvas or linen: (optional) Panels 16×20” or Larger (4-6) or
Blick Acrylic Primed Cotton Canvas (stretched or roll) – 16×20”or larger (at least 6)
We will also use 6×6” size canvas/panel. You can get at least 10 or use one at a template on a larger canvas
Solvents:
Weber Odorless Turpenoid
or
Gamblin Gamsol Odorless Mineral Spirits
Cancellation Policy
Registration
Each student must enroll individually
Students may register online or by calling the Sedona Arts Center’s Administrative Offices in the Art Barn, toll-free at 888-954-4442 or locally at 928-282-3809
Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express are accepted or student may pay with cash or check by registering in person during office hours at the Art Barn
In-Person and Online Workshops
Payment in full is due upon registration, or a payment plan can be put in place by the student upon check-out through Sezzle.
There is a $125 Cancellation Fee for any cancellations made before March 4, 2025. Remaining balance will be refunded.
There are no refunds after March 4, 2025.
If Sedona Arts Center cancels the workshop for any reason, all payments made will be refunded in full.
Note: If traveling to Sedona, we strongly urge students to purchase refundable airline tickets or travel insurance in case of workshop cancellation due to insufficient enrollment or other unforeseen changes. Sedona Arts Center is not responsible for non-refundable ticket purchases or lodging fees.
Important Message
The Sedona Arts Center is not responsible for providing make-up sessions or issuing refunds, credits, or transfers for courses missed as a result of illness, emergencies, or other events beyond our control. There are absolutely no refunds after the cut-off date for any reason, unless the Sedona Arts Center has to cancel the workshop, then all fees paid will be refunded in full.
Martha Goodrich
Having taken both plein air and studio workshops with Anton, I can say the best thing is learning to explore different aspects of creativity. He helps his students be open to pursuing new avenues in their artistic endeavors, to start thinking outside the box.
Sue Parzybok
Anton was so helpful at encouraging my art work, and yet pushing me to try new techniques. We focused on color and color relationships and with Anton’s help I was able to bring my experience with color mixing to a new level which brought more focus and harmony to my paintings. I highly recommend his workshops or lessons. A fun and relaxing atmosphere made it easy and comfortable to learn!
Rita Lee
Anton teaches how to think about all the elements of painting—design, color, abstraction, and the role of memory, just to name a few. I am a more successful painter as a result of his workshops.
