Plein Air Painting with Illya Kagan

Join Nantucket’s master painter Illya Kagan, and learn his techniques for capturing the fleeting golden hour of June evenings. Illya will take you to paint in some of his favorite sites, and show you how to create a strong foundation as a departure point for the expressive brushwork and eloquent color that make plein-air paintings so powerful. Through demonstration and one-on-one instruction, Illya shares his decades of experience harmonizing the island’s windswept landscape, balancing simplicity with intentional detail. Whether you are new to plein-air painting, or looking to challenge your default mode in the field, you will learn skills and ways of seeing that could make plein-air painting the favorite part of your summer. Intermediate to Advanced only.