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Philip Frey – Painting the Working Waterfront! (Online); Wednesdays, December 2-16, 2026

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Mediums: Oil, acrylic, gouache or watercolor (Philip will work in oil)
Level: All levels welcome (some experience with your medium recommended)
Class Dates: Wednesdays, December 2-16, 2026
Class Times:
• 10:30 am-1:00 pm Pacific Time
• 1:30 pm-4:00 pm Eastern Time
• 6:30 pm-9:00 pm UK Time

This engaging three-day workshop is focused on painting the visually exciting world of the working waterfront and landscapes with man-made structures. Using source material, students will learn to simplify and integrate natural and fabricated elements, as well as to organize composition and color with clear intention. Small-group immersion, demonstrations, short lectures, and one-on-one guidance help ensure visible progress in your work.

What You Will Learn

Throughout the workshop, we’ll focus on the core problems that tend to hold painters back in landscape paintings of the working waterfront and manufactured structures:

  • Simplifying complex natural and man-made scenes into clear, paintable forms
  • Seeing and organizing value and color relationships
  • Choosing effective color palettes through an understanding of color harmony
  • Building strong compositions using harmonic armature (dynamic symmetry)
  • Developing a repeatable painting process you can use after the workshop

Each concept is taught through demonstrations and lectures, guided practice, and direct instructor feedback via Procreate. A materials and reading list will be supplied at registration.

All levels are welcome but students should be familiar with their medium. Accepted mediums are oil, watercolor, gouache, or acrylic or other water-based media. Philip will be painting in oil color.

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$225.00

In the past twenty years, Philip Frey has developed into one of Maine’s finest landscape painters. Known as a brilliant colorist, Frey paints Maine’s harbors and islands with a bold and sensitive palette that captures the light and moods of his home state, from the streets of Ellsworth and Portland to Monhegan and Acadia National Park. Philip is known for his engaging, illuminating and positive teaching style. He is skilled at addressing his student’s abilities and helping them mature as an artist. His monograph, Philip Frey: Here and Now, by Daniel Kany and Carl Little was published in 2018. He exhibits at Courthouse Gallery Fine Art, Greenhut Galleries, Edgewater Gallery, and Carver Hill Gallery.

About This Online Class:

  • This class is taught live via Zoom. To take this class, you need a microphone and camera enabled computer OR an iPad /smart tablet OR a smart phone (android or IOS) and a strong internet connection.
  • You will have access to a private class message board on our website where you can share work, comment and ask questions. (Exact use of the message board, critique of student work and general class format is at the discretion of the instructor, please check course description for details.)
  • Class will be recorded and recordings expire one year after the final day of the course.
  • Participants will receive an email with the Zoom link and class details 5-7 days before the class starts (don’t forget to check your junk folder). Zoom link will also be posted in the class message board. Check your confirmation email for a message board link or visit your Online Classrooms to find all your active classes.

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