The Grand View Ranch Artist’s Retreat

This Three-Day Basic Workshop will gently and playfully help you learn how to paint on location and enjoy painting with confidence and understanding!

At a Summer Workshop, Stefan Baumann offers participants information and painting tips before they begin to paint.

The Plein Air Basics workshop is tailored to students who have limited or no plein air painting experience. It is also suitable for those who want to learn at a slower pace. It’s a must for those who have previously painted en plein air but want to learn the basic techniques and principles of painting from Stefan Baumann’s professional expertise and impressive understanding of how to paint on location. Even seasoned artists may have missed some of the basics and want to fill in the gaps at a slower pace. Our focus will include painting at plein air locations selected to ensure your success as you learn to see and paint the landscape in front of you.

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With Stefan Baumann’s Plein Air Basics Workshops, you will experience measurable and lasting changes in your art.  His instruction is based on a step-by-step process that will help you identify how to paint outdoors, how to break through barriers, and learn ways to transform your painting. Baumann’s workshops are delivered with incredible passion, power, and playfulness. The process is not only informative but enjoyable and inspiring as well. In Baumann’s workshops, he will personally coach you as you begin to implement the proven strategies and tools that will help you achieve the results you want and deserve…faster than you may have ever imagined possible!

This workshop is a must for the student who truly wants to learn the “ART” of painting outdoors on location. By taking this course, you will build a foundation of practical painting techniques that will expand your ability to be a confident and successful artist.  One of the most important keys that you will learn is how to see as an artist sees the world.  By observing the relationships between color, value, shapes, and textures, your ability to “paint what you see” will improve dramatically and your paintings will reflect your new level of knowledge and skill. Each day includes specific “how-to” segments, including:

• Learning startup techniques.
• Preparation of panels.
• Color choices.
• How and where to set up.
• Creating compositions with notans.
• Chunking in.
• Secrets to capturing effects quickly.
• Learning the step-by-step process of creating an oil painting.

With personal coaching and assistance, you will learn the techniques and principles of art. Experience amazing changes in your painting ability in just three days!

• Paint 4-6 Plein Air paintings.
• Enjoy hours of lectures.
• Delicious meals.
• Fabulous locations.
• An evening of informative critiques.
• Being in the company of exceptional artists who want to improve the way they paint the world they see.

 For The Workshop Syllabus, Please Click Here

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If you have seen this information before or participated in a previous workshop, you can scroll down the page to the payment and registration forms to participate in Stefan’s next workshop.

Above is a collection of some of the paintings done by one student, Carrie Taves, during a three-day Baumann workshop in Mt Shasta. It’s not uncommon for students to do 8 to 10 paintings in three days.

The Grand View Ranch is an “Artist’s Refuge in the Mountains.” The ranch is located on 10 acres of protected mountainside land with spectacular views of Mt Shasta. This photo is of Mount Shasta in Winter Snow from The Grand View Ranch, near the quaint and scenic town of Mount Shasta City.  Our Ranch inspires an ongoing commitment to the care and preservation of mountain flora and fauna—enabling our guests to enjoy the natural surroundings of this tranquil retreat.  Ecologically diverse, The Grand View Ranch has a mix of California trees such as dogwood, pine, fir, cypress, and oak forest. Moreover, it offers stunning views of Mount Shasta and the Eddies. This creates a peaceful atmosphere with many inspiring views to paint.

Located in Northern California,  The Grand View Ranch Artist’s Retreat is located near beautiful small towns located in the Cascade mountains. Its elevation is 4,000 feet, making it a comfortable environment year-round.  Activities such as skiing, hiking, river rafting, mountain climbing, golfing, and a host of other activities are available to visitors.  Mount Shasta, a city in Siskiyou County, California, is where  “heaven and earth meet” and the water is the purest in the world.  The city is about 3,600 feet above sea level and is near the flanks of the volcano called Mount Shasta, a prominent northern California landmark.

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The images below show you a glimpse of the majestic views we see from the Grand View Ranch as well as a peek at the ranch itself and photos of workshop participants honing their plein aire skills under Stefan’s expert instruction. Click to view larger versions.

Oil painting of Castle Lake on location in the workshop by workshop participant Joseph Richardson.

Space is limited, and admission is on a first-come, first-served basis. 

The cost of the Plein Air Basics workshop is $500.00 per participant. Stefan provides lunch on Friday and Saturday. There is an additional $50.00 fee for non-painters who join us for lunches at the workshop.

Tuition includes three days of painting outdoors with demonstrations by Baumann on the secrets of painting on location.  Stefan will critique students’ artwork.  Tuition does not include lodging. Participants must find their own accommodations.

If you find that you cannot attend, please notify us and we will gladly apply your payment to a future workshop.

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Register for Stefan’s next plein air workshop using the Add to Cart button below and fill out the form to give Stefan some information about you and your painting goals.

Make checks payable to Stefan Baumann and mail to:
The Grand View Ranch
1511 Maple Dr.
Hammond Ranch CA 96094

Call The Grand View Ranch at 415-606-9074 to pay with a credit card.

If you choose to pay with a check or credit card, please remember to fill out the registration form as well! Stefan needs this information to tailor his instruction just for you.

The Grand View Ranch will not share any private information with other parties for any reason. Your registration is not complete and your space will not be saved until you submit payment in full. This fee is non-refundable but can be applied to any future workshop if you are unable to attend this one.