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Plein Air Sunny Orchard

🌳 Step outside and paint en plein air with Dan Schultz in this 2+ hour demo. In Plein Air: Sunny Orchard, Dan captures a sunlit orchard set against a striking mountain backdrop, sharing his approach to composition, color, and design.

You’ll learn how to:
🖌️ Make thoughtful compositional choices that guide the viewer’s eye
🎨 Select and harmonize colors for natural landscapes
🌟 Apply design strategies that enhance depth, balance, and visual interest
📐 Translate observation into confident brushwork while painting directly from life

Perfect for artists ready to escape the studio, strengthen their plein air skills, and develop the ability to paint any local scene with clarity and expression. 🕒 Runtime: 2+ hours

Want to keep learning with Dan? Check out his full course library!

  • Dan Schultz

    Instructor

  • Advanced

    Difficulty
Meet your instructor

Dan Schultz

With a background in commercial art, Dan has taken influence from many of the golden-age illustrators as well as from classical realism and impressionism. He believes that beauty is of great importance to the human soul and that God uses the beauty of His creation to communicate with humanity. 
Dan grew up in a small town in eastern New Mexico which provided little exposure to the world of art, galleries or museums. After graduating from college with a few years of graphic design work, Dan discovered Cottonwood Art Academy in Colorado Springs where he first met artists who were making their livings painting for galleries. He was invited to join the teaching faculty as the youngest instructor. Pursuing a career in fine art then became his goal and full-time career since 2005.

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