Painting Outside with Matt Lively (deluxe extended edition)

Fall 2024 

12 meet-ups!

Fridays 10am - 1pm,  September 13th - December 6th (no Thanksgiving week)

Pre-registration!! (9am Thursday, August 22nd) 

Hi!!!!  The following is the information about the Fall 2024 session of Painting Outside with Matt Lively.  

The Fall session will be 12 weeks (instead of the normal 8).  

We are a group of folks painting outside.  I am one of the folks responsible for organizing the outings and will be available to answer any technical questions any participants may have during our outings. I will meet with everyone during our outings and make myself available via other means outside of our group times.  

 In all meetings, each participant is responsible for their own food, safety, and well-being.  This is a Fall session and the weather should be in great most of the time.  Any weather-related make-ups will be on Fridays after the session ends.  

The group will be a limited number of participants so I can talk with everyone.   

At 9:30am before each session, there will be a short demo.  Participation is voluntary. 

 The goal of this group is to get better at painting and create a reason to go and do it.  Since I love to paint and teach, I invite you to join me outside so that we can all get better at painting.  The repetition of the outings is key in learning.  Painting outside allows for the opportunity to work quickly and without the burden of deep thought that is suffered in the studio.  We go outside and paint there.  

In order to make this project sustainable, ongoing, and able to grow to include more interesting locations, I will be requiring a registration fee from each participant.  The registration fee includes organization, instruction when needed, critique when asked, locations, communication (email and text), water, and pop-up shows including our best work at The gallery at Westminster Canterbury after our session!

We will have guest artists during some of our outings for you to learn from as well! 

The Fall Sessions would be $200 (plus VA tax) total registration fee if paid in advance.  ($250 after September 6th)

Early registration for the Fall 2024 session of Painting Outside with Matt Lively officially begins, Thursday, August 22nd  at 9am via my website (mattlivelystore.com).  The payment on my site works with PayPal and credit cards (via Stripe).  In the event that you need to pay a different way, let me know as soon as you can.  I can do Venmo and other means.  

The registration fee includes all.   

DATES: The Fall 2024 group will meet Friday’s from 10am - 1:00pm starting September 13th and continuing until December 6th (12 meetings) but NO Thanksgiving week.

Each painter will provide for their own painting needs, creature comforts (bug spray?), and snacks if needed.  I will provide drinking water. 

LOCATIONS: Locations are subject to change but you will be notified via email in a timely manner before the session starts and each subsequent week.  I will send a weekly email on Sundays to detail the next location.  This session, I am securing some locations we have not been.  I tour possibilities during the week.

*Rain/makeup days : In the event of a rainout, we will tack on additional Fridays corresponding to the number of rainouts.  If it is raining, I will send an email with that days status.  

Suggestion:  what you paint that day is what you paint.  Resist addressing today’s painting again until after our last meeting.  Suffering this suggestion will pay off.

Hope to paint with you!

Matt