Plein Air Painting with Nancy Reed Jones | May 2026
Tuesday mornings, 9 am – 12 pm
May 5, 12, 19, 26
$160, $140 Members
Location: River Front Park, Walden, NY
Students will learn all the fundamentals of how to create beautiful paintings outdoors. Using a limited palette, students will learn how to simplify the vast landscape and capture the important aspects of a scene to create a successful plein air painting. All mediums welcome, instructor specializes in acrylic.
Students will bring their own supplies. You are advised to wear sun and bug protection for outdoor classes. Make sure you drink water and seek shade on hot days.
Nancy Reed Jones is an award winning artist, receiving the Champion of the Arts award from the Orange County Arts Council as well as several other awards. She studied oil painting at the Huntington Arts Council on Long Island. Running her own mural business for many years, special projects include murals in the Vanderbilt homes on Long Island and murals for cancer patients in hospitals which were also used for art therapy. She came to live in the Hudson Valley in 2004 and joined the Wallkill River School of Art where she now teaches acrylic workshops and plein air painting. She describes her painting style as Romantic Impressionism.
