Monday Plein Air Painting Group
2023 marks Maura Cochran’s fifth year hosting this friendly and intrepid group that met regularly during the summer and fall from 9 – noon painting outdoors in Old Lyme and its surrounding communities. Maura provided a variety of wonderful locations, including marinas, farms, nature preserves and more.
If you are interested in joining this wonderful painting group, please email Maura at mcochran@bartramandcochran.com to let her know you are interested and she will include you in her email chain.
2023 Schedule
Monday, May 1:
Roger Tory Peterson Audubon,
100 Lyme St, Old Lyme
Monday, May 8:
Roger Tory Peterson Audubon,
100 Lyme St, Old Lyme
Monday, May 15:
Chester Village (parking lot),
North Main St, Chester
Monday, May 22:
Chester Village (parking lot),
North Main St, Chester
Monday, May 29:
Memorial Day – No plein air session
Monday, June 5:
Essex Yacht Club & Bottom of Main St,
13 Novelty Lane & CT River Museum, Essex
Monday, June 12:
Essex Town Park,
12 Main St (Behind PO), Essex
Monday, June 19:
Flo Gris Museum,
96 Lyme, Old Lyme
Monday, June 26:
Flo Gris Museum,
96 Lyme, Old Lyme
Monday, July 3:
Old Lyme Main Street,
2 Library Lane, Old Lyme
Saturday, July 8:
Paint Out and Party,
Lyme/Old Lyme locations,
Old Lyme
Monday, July 10:
Pratt House,
19 West Ave, Essex
Monday, July 17:
DEEP,
333 Ferry Road, Old Lyme
Monday, July 24:
Griswold Point,
Griswold Point Lane, Old Lyme
Monday, July 31:
Griswold Point,
Griswold Point Lane, Old Lyme
Art Is! Thursday Short Pose Monitored Session
Monitor: Joann Ballinger
Thursdays, 9 am – 12 pm, ongoing.
Fees: $140 for each ten weeks (class is ongoing), $20 for walk-ins.
To register: please contact Joann at joann@ballinger225.com.
Come join this friendly monitored painting group. Paint or draw from a live model in a relaxed atmosphere every Thursday. This figure painting group is for artists who can work without formal instruction, in the medium of their choice, and who can benefit working from a live model. Poses are a mixture of gesture, 20 and 40 minutes.
To register: please contact Joann at joann@ballinger225.com
Friday Long Pose Monitored Session
Monitors: Patrice Petricone and Cathy Puccio
Fridays from 9 am – 12 pm, ongoing.
Fees: $20
To register & more information: please contact Patrice at psp860@icloud.com.