Bruce Peil:
Capturing the Moment!
This workshop is about understanding that a painting is made up of interlocking shapes of color and value that are all relative to each other.
Emphasis will be put on seeing the correct values, painting natural feeling colors with simple shapes, and getting accurate information down quickly on location.   The object is to have each piece of color be correct in relation to the one that came before.  
The first day will be spent in the studio talking about my approach to painting, and doing some preliminary value studies.  The remainder of the workshop will be spent doing small quick studies to learn to get an accurate start and to capture ‘that moment in time’.  An inaccurate start always leads to a failed painting. 
Bring photos to work from when painting indoors.  Demos will be done when necessary, and each student will receive personal attention.  Each time we approach a new subject will be a different situation, and should be treated with a fresh outlook and not a much repeated formula.  In other words, we should paint what we see, not what we think we know.
Other topics discussed will be composition, contrast, edges, planes,  perspective, and simplifying equipment.

Biography:
Bruce Peil was born and raised in Oklahoma and now resides in East Texas. He is a signature member of the Oil Painters of America, and is the co-founder and signature member of the Outdoor Painters Society. His paintings are in many corporate and private collections and he is widely recognized for his landscape paintings of the American West.
“There is a wide variety of subject matter that excites me. Whether it is a majestic mountain scene or the more simple pastoral scenes in the area where we live, it’s that fleeting moment in time that I try most to capture in my paintings. I want the viewer to feel as though they are experiencing that moment in time."

He travels to teach workshops and teaches monthly workshops at his studio in Athens, Texas, where he and his wife operate a Bed & Breakfast / Artist Retreat.

Bruce is represented in galleries across the country and his work has been included in such shows as the Oil Painters of America, The Albuquerque Museum Miniature Show, The Gilcrease Museum Miniature Show, Arts for the Parks Top 100, Settlers West Gallery, and many others.

He has been featured in such books and magazines as Art of the American West, Rockport Publishers, Art Talk, Southwest Art Magazine, and The Artist’s Magazine.