“Into The Night”

NOCTURNE PLEIN AIR WORKSHOP with Krystal W. Brown

Monday-Wednesday, April 28-30, 2025  3:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m Daily

$495/Only 14 Slots Available

Winner:  Best Nocturne Painting – Olmsted Plein Air Invitational 2024

I’m so excited to share the joy of painting with you.  Painting Nocturnes is one of my favorite things.  So is sharing how I use the traditional old master technique of Grisaille and Sight Size when working from any scene at any time of day.  

You’ll be privy to all the tips and techniques about painting you can take in over our focused time together.   As well as the  nuggets of gold we mine into when we allow our creativity to benefit all aspects of our lives.   

You will see into my process of sight selection, set up, sight size, and grisaille during an interactive passage of instruction and hands on practice the first day.   It is quite fun and always entertaining so be ready for an informative, inspiring, transformational time together.  

You will enjoy putting into practice the amazing new things you’ve learned during our previous days interaction when you set up to capture your view on day two.  I will be there easing you into your painting with as much, or as little attentive assistance as you desire.  

Offering intuitive one to one insights that enable you to ask the right questions, shift perspectives, recognize what’s working in your art and how to capitalize on your unique strengths is a delight for me.  I love guiding you into your unique, inherent creative potential where you can play to your strengths more consistently.  

You will hear and take in things that you have tuned your awareness to as you all paint together through an Intentional Learning practice I’ll share with you.  You will experience so much satisfaction as you relax into the solid foundation of traditional techniques that grow into exciting new waves of expression.  Doing it all in the wonderful company of fellow artisans is like spiraling up.  

Coming together for our final painting passage together you be tickled that you know so much more than you did before.  You’ll be prepared to jump right into the magic of loving on the scene and feeling that come back through you and into your art.  Anytime you devote yourself to your creative practice you win and more often than not so do the ones you desire to create for.  

You will take with you new found, insights and inspiration born of traditional techniques that you can integrate into all aspects of your creative experience.  Seeing you flourish in your art making is a true joy.  Being part of what you will carry forward into your artistic expression is a true honor and I’m very grateful you chose to invest in yourself and me.  Together we are better and it is one of my greatest joys to be in community with you.  

Be sure to check out the supply list on my site to see what gear to consider, preferred paints, colors and surfaces that will be used.  Have a few panels to choose from.   Stretched canvas NOT recommended.  6x12 - 16x12 size range and bring something to journal, sketch in for the practices you will be diving into on day one.    

Make sure to have these “limited pallet” colors:  

Titanium White         

Indian Yellow       

Cadmium Red       

Transparent Oxide Brown     

Cobalt Blue     

Pthalo Green Lake

Rental gear and supplies available on a first come first serve basis for an additional fee.  Inquire here for details on reserving the full set up for the workshop. kwbrownfineart@gmail.com

I know you will be delighted in what you take away from our time together.  It brings me so much joy witnessing how you grow in your unique voice and way of expressing it.  

Testimonials: 

Your caring, compassionate and helpful with everyone you meet. You treat everyone as if they are the most important person in your life! I guess that is, because at that moment, in your eyes, we are! All of these things are unique and extremely rare gifts you offer the world, and I also mean your art! Thanks for offering us all your gifts!

Lewis W.

I took a 3 day plein air class from Krystal Brown in Sedona.  She is unusually skilled in teaching students to physically position the paintbrush and canvas so as to orient the subject matter to gain a true painting of the subject matter.  I used to put the canvas lower and/or to my side so I could stand at an angle from what I was painting.

She convinced me to put the easel and canvas in front of me, lowering the canvas so I was to paint with exact proportions of the subject matter that would fit the size of the canvas.  In essence, She ensured we “captured” the subject matter by aligning our canvas viewpoint with the focus of intention to paint what we see … hard to explain but I’ve painted for many years and never approached the painting with first setting up the canvas directly beneath the view so as to mimic taking a photograph with my eyes.  

Her use of dark undertones and the knack for painting first the shadows is priceless.   

She was always on the sight and was painstakingly available to us in each step of her approach- she has an uncanny translatable energy and passion to help students learn and instantly get improved results.  

She is skilled at conveying a technique which is useful to all artists.   She also is thoughtful in taking time with each student to translate what can be seen vs what is being painted, “paint what you see.”  

A gem of a teacher.  A professional.  A true artist.  

Christine E

Bridget said “this was a game changer for me.” Daniel commented “I’ll never approach painting the same.”