Monday & Tuesday, January 26 & 27, 2026
from 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
2-day workshop fee: $423 / $345 annual donors
This amazing studio seascape-painting workshop will yield several waves and seascapes with dynamic skies over a 2-day period. Sunrise, sunset and various cloud formations will be included. The class will cover the basic principles of oil painting regarding seascape painting. Discussions and lectures on basic composition, massing, building form, light and shadow, near and far, capturing and developing atmospheric distance and depending on your own style, knowing when work is finished (learning how to not overwork your painting). Students will work from photos that Douglas supplies in their own style/technique so that the finished work is their own.
Douglas will overview his palette and concepts his work entails. After a brief morning intro and adequate time to mix and set up the palette, will demo a seascape and have the class follow along.
Much time will be allowed for individual discussion and review in a systematic rotation. Various seascapes will be painted over the 2-day workshop, and some incredible paintings will be accomplished.
Depending on their skill level, students can grow and develop at a rate that is to their comfort. Demos and individual discussions/instruction will help each student begin to reach the preliminary goals they are striving to meet. Plan to produce several paintings. Plan to bring notebook/sketchbook and enjoy some demos along with some great stories to help you remember these principles that are the foundation of Douglas’s teaching.
Call the box office to register: 239-395-0900
Cancellation deadline: 01/19/2026
BIG ARTS Master Artist Cancellation Policy:
We offer a variety of workshops taught by nationally and internationally recognized master artists. Due to the contractual agreements with some of these artists. $75 of the workshop fee is non-refundable and non-transferable upon registration.
Cancellations made more than one week (7 days) prior to the start of class will receive an 80% refund, less the $75 non-refundable fee.
OR
Your funds may be applied to any other workshop of your choice during the current season, less the $75 non-refundable fee.
All registration fees are non-refundable and non-transferable for cancellations.
