Sierra Landscape Painting Workshop

Here are some pictures from my landscape painting workshop in the Sierra's. We made the town of June Lake our base camp and each day went out to paint a different location between Yosemite and Mammoth Lakes. We all had a great time, great weather and some amazing subjects to paint.

Painting a waterfall in Lee Vining Canyon

An Aspen grove in Lee Vining Canyon.

I had Bartche Miller from the Mono Lake Committee come give an amazing talk on the geology and natural history of the Sierra Nevada.

Ellery Lake and Ellery Bowl.

Painting on the shore of Lake George. Because of the record snowfall this year there was still a huge amount of snow on the ground above 9000 ft. Some of the lakes I was planning on taking the group were still frozen over and under 8 feet of snow and probably wont be open till the end of July.

Mono county is one of the least populated counties in California, there are no cities nearby to cause light pollution, this makes for an amazing night sky.

After a day of painting we went down to South Tufa at Mono Lake to watch the sunset. Cody was the only one with the energy to pull off another painting.

After the last day of the workshop we relaxed with some wine at hilltop hotsprings.

My workshop demos.

New Paiting Video

I just finished shooting my new video, painting a nude outdoors. It was shot over two days in an Aspen grove up in the Eastern Sierra. I dont know how long the editing process will take but I'll post an ETA here when I can and I'll put up a teaser here sometime soon, in the mean time here are some photos.



What else do you do when you're on a break with your crew? Teach everyone gang signs.

March California Workshops

I'm doing two 3-day figure painting workshops at my studio in California later this month, March 20th - 22nd and 27th - 29th. We will be painting in the studio and outdoors.
You can register online on my website.

Figure Studies

I just realized I haven't posted any paintings in a while. Both of these pieces are 16" x 6" oil on linen.

The Unfinished Painting

This is the 6x8 painting from the video.

Adventures in Plein Air Painting

This is a video from a painting trip in the Sierra's last July. Tony Pro and I paint outdoors, lighting, hail and mosquitoes get in the way and hilarity ensues.

Painting in Connecticut

Katie 16" x 12"

I did this demo for a painting group recently at Robert Lenz'z garden in South Kent Connecticut. I had Katie Swatland model for me, and yes, that's how she dresses for a day of outdoor painting. It was a little challenging because half way through the painting she was in full sun, we had to move to a new location with some shade but I lost that warm yellow light hitting her back.

Jeremy painting outdoors

Katie Swatland and Jeremy Lipking

Sierra Landscape Painting

The Eastern Sierra's are really nice for painting right now, this is a painting I did Friday looking up at Koip Peak.

The Portrait Sketch DVD is finally here.

My art instructional DVD "The Portrait Sketch with Jeremy Lipking" is available through my online store. The DVD is $75. + shipping. You can also buy the DVD with the book "Jeremy Lipking: Figures" for $149. + Free Shipping in the United States.

DVD Description:

In his demonstration video Jeremy shows us his process. In under three hours, he paints a portrait from life in a single sitting. The model is none other than Danielle Lipking, the artist’s wife. The video begins with Lipking talking about his materials, and continues through the entire painting, capturing nearly every stroke from start to finish. Also included on the DVD is a feature-length artist’s commentary by Jeremy Lipking along with friend and director Tony Pro.

Running time: 2 hours, 40 minutes
Region: 0, Color/NTSC

Here's the trailer