Date recorded: Friday, June 20, 2025
Medium: Oil or acrylic
Join award-winning artist Carl Bretzke for this 90-minute presentation focused on capturing realistic light in nocturne scenes. Carl will demonstrate and explain the key artistic techniques he uses to create convincing light effects in his night paintings. He’ll also share practical tips and insights to help you bring the same sense of believable illumination to your own work.
$40 for one year
Carl Bretzke is a representational oil painter who specializes in urban scenes, night scenes and plein air landscapes. He is a member of The Plein Air Painters Of America since 2021.
Carl’s work has been described in the Washington Post as “simultaneously intimate and detached. The artist’s unadorned style recalls Edward Hopper and The Ashcan school.”
Carl holds an MD degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School. His undergraduate degree is from the University of Colorado, where he also received a minor in Fine Art. Carl has originally trained under Plein Air Painters of America signature artist Joseph Paquet.
About Our Past Technique Takeaways:
Discover specific art techniques that you can ‘take away’ from some of your favorite artists and apply to your own work. This one-and-a-half hour recorded presentation will showcase a process that the artist incorporates in their art practice. Instruction will be through a combination of lecture and demonstration.
You’ll be able to watch the class recording as many times as you would like for one year unless otherwise specified in the product description. (If an instructor wishes their recordings to be available for less than a year, we defer to instructor preferences.) There are no ongoing charges and your access will automatically end.
A link to the recording will be included in your on-screen purchase confirmation, in your purchase confirmation email and on your Online Classrooms page.
(There is no Zoom link for this event because it has already taken place).
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