About Tom Lynch | International Art Workshops

My Purpose for Plein Air Painting...

I have distinct differences in my direction and purpose for the various kinds of art which I create.

Plein Air Paintings - I highly recommend to every artist the importance of spending time painting on-location; and what better place than FRANCE... à la Plein Air. This allows you time to re-connect with the landscape. This connection strengthens the artist’s intuition that is used later (in the studio) to make better decisions of color, edges, contrast, depth, symbols, etc.

I regard the Plein Air time as a training aid to make me become a better studio painter. I view my Plein Air paintings as a short story or quick description of the vision I am experiencing. These paintings will be a guide for me to later develop a more complex painting; not allowing detail to replace the true essence that I captured in the Plein Air study. Thus the true beauty of a Plein Air painting is their “simply elegant” quality.

After a three year lay-off, I am returning to teach in on of my favorite places on the planet... France/Paris! Travel there with me as I show you how to... see and think like an artist. There are things which you cannot learn from a book or video. My Plein Air painting has improved dramatically in the last few years; and I have won several awards nationally (including “Best of Show”!)

Let me share with you all I have learned on the shores of the River Seine. All skill levels will gain from this once in a lifetime experience.

Tom

Tom Lynch

Watercolorist

Tom has been referred to as one of the nation's premier watercolorists. He has written 7 books and hosted several award winning PBS TV Art Series. He was recently listed as one of the nation's top 20 teachers by a leading Art magazine. He is represented by some of the nation's leading museums and art galleries. He has been the spokesperson for the entire National Art Materials Trade Association, and continues to be the international spokesperson for many leading art material manufacturers. Tom is currently featured on the new cable TV channel Visual Arts Network, and in 2007 he became the CMO and featured artist for Art Academy Live (the leading on-line education source). With his uniquely styled landscape paintings, he strives for a level of excitement, movement and resonance that seems to push somewhere beyond what the environment naturally provides. www.tomlynch.com