Setting up at home, along with a painting demonstration. How illuminated memory of past experiences shapes the foundation of a work. Then bringing the work out into the field and back again into the studio merging the worlds brings a unique life expression to a piece.

Plein Air Painting Demonstration: Oil sketch of a marine landscape. Dmitri returns to a site with a pre-toned canvas to preset the mood based on previous sketches. Working within the elements of a sunny windy day, Dmitri offers you several tips.

Reduce the glare of the sun – pre-tone the canvas...

Capturing Colors in Anticipation Part I & II Day 2
In the second day out of this video in Part I, Dmitri begins his demonstration from a preliminary constructed wireframe as the foundation as he captures and adds in the blue of the sky in his anticipation of the sailing school coming out later i...