Island Retreat with Mark Fehlman

Paint Along

Mark has selected "Island Retreat, because it has a strong ’S” compositional diagram with the curving road, and the geometric shapes of the “Cape Cod” style houses.
It is ideal for teaching how to build a painting and how to create a strong sense of light enhanced by dark shapes. Also, Mark will talk about editing a scene and how to intensify colors by setting them next to more muted color shapes.
Paint a beautiful and classic small town scene from the East Coast. Get the feel of sunshine on the cottages with beautiful flowers in the foreground.


Your Instructor


Mark Fehlman
Mark Fehlman

Mark Fehlman practiced as an architect for 35 years, as the design partner for the San Diego based firm. Like most artists, Mark is equally comfortable in figurative and landscape subjects that feature strong composition, well defined value relationships and vibrant color.

He has won numerous awards in various shows and his work has been included regularly in the California Art Club “Gold Medal” show, the “On Location in Malibu” show at Pepperine’s, the “Tejon Ranch” show at the Bakersfield Museum of Art, and the Maynard Dixon Country Show in Utah. His work has been awarded The Grand Prize in LPAPA’s annual Best of Plein Air show. He is a signature artist member of the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association and an artist member of the California Art Club.

His Instructional video “Design Principles for Powerful Paintings” with Streamline Video has become a bestseller, that teaches simple design principles that allow artists at any skill levels to compose and execute more powerful paintings.


Course Curriculum


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