Birds, Boats, and Reflections

Birds, Boats, and Reflections

PD-Class | Registration opens Monday, June 29, 2026 10:00 AM EDT

600 St. Andrews Blvd Winter Park, FL 32792 United States
1A
Intermediate to Advanced
10/22/2026-12/3/2026
1:30 PM-4:30 PM EDT on Th
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$325.00
Member Discount Available

Birds, Boats, and Reflections

PD-Class | Registration opens Monday, June 29, 2026 10:00 AM EDT

Practice alla prima oil painting skills while painting birds, boats, and their reflections. From instructor’s photographs, create drawings/value studies, and then develop color studies. Use techniques for adjusting value, intensity, and temperature and ways to manage edges. Explore design and composition. Use your own photographs for the studies for the remaining classes. Not suitable for beginners.
Prereq: Drawing I, Oil Painting I or similar experience

  • Class Start Date is August 15
  • SUPPLY LIST
  • Canvas: A variety of sizes up to 16” x 20” (primed cotton or linen);
  • (Buying pads of primed cotton canvas sheets is a great option, more cost effective)
  • Oil paint: Either traditional or water-soluble;
  • Titanium White plus a warm and a cool of each primary color;
  • (Recommended pigments are Cadmium Red Light, Alizarin Permanent, Cadmium Lemon, Cadmium Yellow Medium, Ultramarine Blue, and Thalo Blue);
  • Earth pigments: Yellow Ochre, and Burnt Sienna or Transparent Oxide Red;
  • Optional pigments: Cadmium Orange, Viridian, Quinacridone Violet, Burnt Umber
  • (Bring the pigments you like and are accustomed to working with; these are just suggestions!)
  • Medium of your choice (Liquin Original, Galkyd, Solvent-Free Gel, etc.)
  • Solvent: Odorless Mineral Spirits (preferably GAMSOL – it has lowest amount of harmful aromatics);
  • Palette or Grey Matters Palette Pad, and optional Sealed Palette Box (Masterson) –
  • A 12” x 16” mixing surface is desirable, and you’ll need to transport wet paint home;
  • Brushes: An assortment of long-handled, bristle brushes, flats and filberts, sizes 4 to 10;
  • Palette knife, solvent container, wet wipes, and small sketch book/pencil/eraser.
  • Reference photos you have taken of relevant subject matter, printed, at least 8” x 10.”
Pendleton, Beth
Beth Pendleton

Pendleton was born and raised in Louisiana and attended college in Texas.  After a technical career in the computer industry, she relocated to Orlando and started a family.  She began to study painting and drawing in 2004 at the Crealde School of Art in Winter Park.  Beginning in 2011 with the goal of becoming a landscape painter, she started traveling to take plein air workshops in Florida, South Carolina and Maine.  Through these experiences, she developed interest and skills in the use of both oil paint and pastels.  She joined Studio 807 in Orlando in 2013 and began teaching beginning oil painting classes at the Crealde School of Art in 2017.  Her work has been accepted in juried exhibits at Crealde, the Daytona Art League, and the SOBO Gallery in Winter Garden.  She has participated in other exhibits at Leu Gardens, the Mt. Dora Art Association, and the Casselberry Art House.  She was the featured artist in the Mt. Dora Paint Out in 2018.  

ARTIST STATEMENT:

When I started learning to paint, I was drawn to the work of the early American Impressionists; especially those in the New England area.  I love the way they captured light, atmosphere, and dimension in their landscape and marine paintings, and I strive to do the same.  Living in Florida, I am surrounded by natural beauty which I am inspired to represent with my favorite mediums, oil paint and pastel.  When the opportunity to teach introductory oil painting classes came my way, it struck a chord within me.  It is deeply fulfilling to pass along information that can help others find their way through this very complex endeavor.  My greatest satisfaction in painting has come from sharing what I have learned.

Solo Exhibits

2018 Featured Artist, Mt. Dora Paint Out

2018 Signature Artist, Pine Castle Pioneer Days, Orlando, Florida


Group and Juried Exhibitions

2021-20 SOBO Gallery Winter Garden Top Choice Juried Exhibits

2019, 2015  Daytona Art League Member Exhibits, Daytona Beach, Florida

2018  "The Out-of-Towners", Daytona Art League

2015  Three Alla Prima Painters, Leu Gardens

Awards

2017 Mt. Dora Paint Out, Honorable Mention

2014 Mt. Dora Paint Out, Second Place Award

2014 Daytona Art League Exhibit, Recognition Award

2013  Daytona Art League Member Exhibit, Two Achievement Awards