Landscape Painting

with James Brandess
July 18, 3:00–6:00 p.m.
Tuition: $100
Materials Fee: N/A

In these multilevel oil painting workshops, students will paint outdoors amid the historic Ox-Bow landscape in the medium of their choice. Instruction will focus on recognizing and then painting what we actually see. Through this process of learning to see, participants will create paintings that have veracity and strength. The workshop will include discussion of the tools and materials needed to set up and paint in any landscape you choose. Sign up for one or both of these three-hour morning painting workshops on the meadow alongside the lagoon.

Plan to bring: small gessoed canvases, flat bristle brushes, oil paints, 1 pint of odorless paint thinner, travel easel, drawing supplies (vine charcoal, pencil, white eraser, sketchbook), at least 3 empty tin cans, empty glass jar with lid, blue paper shop towels, 18-by-24-inch plexiglass palette, vinyl gloves, sunscreen, bug spray, and hat with visor.

Location: Main Campus - 3435 Rupprecht Way, Saugatuck, MI 49453

James Brandess (he/him) was born in Chicago. A graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, he has been a longtime teacher at Ox-Bow. Saugatuck, Michigan, has been home to James Brandess Studios and Gallery, Inc., for over 30 years.

Cloud Break over Lake Michigan, Oil on Canvas, 40" x 45", unframed, 2026. Courtesy of artist.