Summer Plein Air Painting Workshops
Watercolor Plein Air Painting Classes
Enjoy the experience of painting outdoors while exploring the fundamentals of watercolor and observational painting. These classes focus on developing artistic skills through direct engagement with natural surroundings and on-location sketching.
Participants will explore composition, value studies, color relationships, visual note-taking, and techniques for capturing light, atmosphere, and mood with watercolor. Instruction is designed to support a range of skill levels in a welcoming and creative environment.
Whether you are beginning your artistic journey or looking to expand your outdoor painting practice, these sessions encourage creativity, observation, and personal expression through watercolor.
Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Instructor: Elvira Rascov
Questions: Please contact sales@elviragallery.com
Material list for these classes HERE
PLEIN AIR PAINTING CLASS – VASONA PARK, LOS GATOS
Date: Tuesday June 13th, 2026
Time: 9:30 am to 12:00 pm
Location: Vasona Park 333 Blossom Hill Rd, Los Gatos, CA 95032
Los Gatos, CA, CA 95032
Note: There is a $6 entry fee not included on the class price. You can park outside the park on University Avenue.
Specific location will be sent when you register to class.
Price: $40
REGISTERPLEIN AIR PAINTING CLASS – COMMUNITY ROSE GARDEN PARK, SAN JOSE
Date: Thursday, June 25th, 2026
Time: 9:30 am to 12:00 pm
Location: Rose Garden Park – San Jose 1649 Naglee Ave, San Jose, CA 95126
San Jose,, CA 95126
Specific location will be sent when you register to class.
Price: $40
REGISTERYou can also register to the classes through my VENMO account. Here is the LINK
Parks Location:
Vasona Lake County Park 333 Blossom Hill Road, Los Gatos, CA
Community Rose Garden Park 1649 Naglee Ave, San Jose, CA 95126
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Elvira Rascov, an accomplished Colombian American artist, loves to render nature in watercolors and oils. Elvira has taken her art a notch further, and used these painting techniques to create groovy functional ceramics.
Inspired by her early teachers in Bogotá, Elvira teaches Art throughout the Bay Area, making painting fun and expressive.
When she is not busy capturing the soft California landscapes with its soothing hues of yellows and greens, she is experimenting with cityscapes.
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