Roofless Painters Winter Painting Course in Los Angeles

The week-long painting course welcomes painters of every experience and level of training who are looking to start, explore or develop their practice through site-specific painting workshops in and around LA.
Postcard images courtesy of The PFLAM
The workshops are professionally guided oil painting immersions based on observation from life at culturally and historically significant locations in and around Los Angeles. Award-winning painter Julio Panisello will provide daily opportunities for painting in natural and architectural environments.
Dates
  • Monday, January 13 to Saturday, January 18, 2020.

Location
  • Los Angeles.
  • We will be painting from life and on site locations in Los Angeles that are about to get demolished, go out of business, or disappear altogether. Examples: LACMA, Amoeba, Angels Knoll Park, The Viper Room.
  • Daily morning painting workshops in selected locations (Monday to Friday).
  • Evening open studio sessions at @LeiminSpace in Chinatown (Monday to Friday).
  • ALL painting materials, gear, and supplies included (we will be using oil paint and charcoal).
  • Daily set up and clean up included. 
  • Guided instruction and individualized feedback during each session.
  • A relaxed, safe, nonjudgmental, and requirement-free environment - every level welcome.
  • Opening Reception at featuring selected paintings created during the course. Reception on Saturday, January 18, 6-9p at @LeiminSpace
  • All artwork will be featured in our online gallery.
Painters are responsible for traveling, transportation, accommodation, and meals.
Contact us if you need any assistance.
  • $550 USD (£ 420 GBP).
  • $100 USD (£ 75 GBP).
  • Spots subject to availability and offered on a first come first served basis.
  • Participants will need to make their own arrangements for travel and lodging.
  • Details on exact painting times and locations will be announced before the summer course begins.
  • In case of unfriendly weather, we will provide alternative indoor locations for painting.
  • All participants must be over the age of 18.
  • Buying this as a gift? Contact us with details and we will arrange gift delivery.
  • In the rare case we find ourselves obliged to cancel the painting course due to unforeseeable circumstances, full refunds will be issued. Please be mindful of this when making travel or accommodation arrangements.
  • We highly recommend getting travel insurance when booking flights and lodging. It's an inexpensive option to protect your plans against unforeseeable changes.
  • If you are joining us from overseas, we suggest arriving a few days before painting begins, to recover from jet lag.
  • Please reach out if you need assistance booking local travel or airport transfers.
Roofless Painters is a global community of contemporary observational painters from every background and level of training looking at modern life with fresh and unorthodox eyes. We let our interpreting brushstrokes lead our experience. Rather than follow single methods or theories, we're guided by our joy and self-development, a passion for contemplation, and the thrill of connecting with places and things we love through painting, doing it together for opportunity, motivation, and support.
Julio Panisello, the recipient of the Grand Prize and the Audience Choice Award in the 2016 Los Angeles Plein Air Festival, earned his BFA (cum laude) in Painting and a postgraduate degree in Pedagogy from the University of Barcelona, Catalonia. He has exhibited widely in Los Angeles and Spain including a solo exhibition with ShoeboxLA, THE LODGE, the Los Angeles Arboretum, and the main branch of the New York Public Library. He is the creator of The Havisham Hour, a multi-media, visual arts and literature project based on Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations, Julio with a P, a collection of recorded conversations with local artists, and the founder of Roofless Painters which hosts educational painting sessions in iconic locations. He lives and paints in Los Angeles. www.juliopanisello.com
Chloé Nelson is a founding member and part of the Roofless Painters team of nomadic painting pioneers. She's been opening doors and facilitating collaborations between painters and groups thirsty for new creative energy, enabling rich exchanges and establishing new, lasting connections. Chloé is the director and lead facilitator of Roofless Painters in UK. She lives and paints in Winchester. www.chloenelsonart.com
Jen Eldridge is an actress, writer, and producer, known for Dexter (2006), Rules of Engagement (2007) and Motherhood 101 (2019), who has gathered multiple awards and nominations for her creative work in numerous film festivals around the world. With a background of theater and humanities and her experience in producing, Jen is the communications and operating chief of chiefs at Roofless. www.jeneldridge.com
Roofless Painters © 2023