Dear Jacqui,
Thank you for an excellent weekend of art instruction. The techniques you taught were great. The entire workshop was very enlightening for me. The methods you taught will bring me to a new level as a painter. I came to the workshop knowing very little about plein air painting, but left feeling inspired to continue with plein air painting.
I am also hoping to contact local plein air painters and try to start perhaps a plein air society in our area.
Again, thanks for everything...including the trip at the Falls, the Canadian fries and those excellent Maple Leaf cookies.
Wishing you many successes ! Kelly Sunderland, PA.
Hi Jacq: Just a quick note to say how much I enjoyed the workshop.
Thanks so much for making this a valuable and fun experience. I have continued to edit some paintings done there including the birthday gift for my wife (who loved her gift). I also am processing the lessons conveyed and hope that the changes will continue to occur as they sink in.,
best
Dan J., Mass.
J. Baldini's Monhegan Workshop allows every level of painter a haven of creative expression. You are encouraged to work at your own pace and find your individual style. It is truly a spiritual retreat. Anonymous
The most important aspect of this workshop for me was time away on my own. If I attended another workshop I would like greater emphasis on vino,lobster,cabana boys and cats- Loved it! Brandy
Jacqueline-
First off, I want to thank you for a great weekend workshop last month. I enjoyed it immensely, and most importantly really jump-started my painting. I found your demonstrations and discussions on underpainting, composition, color, value, "right brain" mode, brushwork, etc. very helpful. In just one weekend, my painting moved up a whole level. I am excited again about working and have been painting busily since the workshop in preparation for my family's art show on August 4th. I really will have some paintings to show for myself!
Hope your Monhegan/Bar Harbor trip is wonderful. I look forward to painting with you again.
Best-
Kristina W., NY
Jacqueline's workshop was very informative and taught me a technique for solving the value problems I had been struggling with. I will continue to use the value on canvas technique instead of a sketch for plein air painting. I also learned to avoid light colored clothing to avoid the glare factor. It was agreat experience overall. Thank You! Wendy D.,Golden, Colorado
Hi Jacq,
I can't believe the trip is over, after looking forward to it for so long. You really are a dedicated teacher and I like your style of making us think about the total picture and what we want to achieve before starting, ie values and shading, etc.
Elaine A., NY
Dear Jacqueline
This week has been magical. a dream come to reality. Monhegan is classic Maine coast. No matter where I look. I see a painting. The changing weather is like multiple personalities full of surprise, if not anticipation.
Working with you under your tutelage, has been inspirational and has greatly increased my belief that I may learn to enjoy the unpredictability of watercolor. It certainly matches the aura of the island.
I look forward to seeing you and learning more next year.
Sincerely Dawn S., Maine
This was the first time on the island for me and I loved it. Everywhere you look there's a painting!
The workshop was great. Some days were frustrating beacuse I was trying to learn something new, but I learned a lot. so the total experience is very satisfying. Also gained a new respect and appreciation for plein air painting. Hope to return next year.
Judy M., Maine
Jacqueline taught me to see from a unique perspective and to convey that perspective to others.
Margaret A., NY
I thoroughly enjoyed the workshop & appreciate your patience in letting me learn in my own way. Thanks a lot.
Baila M., Chicago
I have enjoyed this workshop trememdously. It has been a great group of people and it has been a great experience seeing the different styles and techniques that people have used.
I thought that the demos were very interesting and useful and I like the way Jacqueline would help each of us to accomplish our goals.
The artistic advice and instruction were excellent. Thank You!
Roseann E., Rhode Island
I feel that I have begun a good foundation for painting with emphasis on value.
Louise R., N.Carolina
This was my first painting workshop. I found Jacqueline a knowledgeable and encouraging instructor. The friendliness of the students and the beauty of Monhegan made for a helpful learning environment.
Sue D., Maine
The workshop with Jacqueline Baldini has been one of the greatest painting learning experiences I have had .- I learned more in 3 days than what I have learned in other workshops and painting courses - the result has been remarkable.
Jorge P., Miami
Jack
Thank You is all I've been saying all week, grateful for the environment , which helps me in knowing now where my passion has always been.
Goal #1 Find Direction
Grateful for your patience & soft guidance which freed me from perfection.
Goal #2 Relax and allow me to be a beginner
Grateful that this group was diverse and encouraging and sharing themselves.
Goal #3 Not be imtimidated by those further ahead of me.
What I've learned...
Someone told me I needed to paint, paint, paint. This week gave me the opportuniy to realize the benefit. Working 5 days a week , and being tired at night, had prevented me from experiencing this.
Going back with a drive to continue. Dawn and I are going to produce one painting a week and meet once a month for art date. I'm thinking I need to start another art group - gather friends that paint.
I am looking forward to the next workshop. I love the caribbean and I was thinking these workshop options
(Click here) included my 2 favorite worlds. Also, I haven't studied under one person and I want this opportunity.
Claralee S., Maine
Hi, Jacq!
The whole experience was a dream for me. I can't tell you how wonderful it was to have that extra time together. I really enjoy your company and it is pretty amazing that there was so much synchronicity going on! I am already looking forward to next year....
Molly, Maine
Just a note to say how much fun I had at the workshop!
I'd love to be caught up with what the rest of you did in the workshop! It's been quite fun for me to apply what I did do to my current work. When I close my eyes now instead of visualizing Tuscan landscapes or Medieval villages waking up to the smell of espresso and croissants in Southern France, I smell Josh's cold mushroom soup, fog, and I hear, "cake before frosting", and I'm in heaven. Thanks again, Jaqui, for the thoughtful directions you sent me in.
What a fabulous workshop! I look forward to continuing contacts with the foggy 14.
Suellen
Thank You for a most wonderful adventure. I hope to paint with you again.
Debanne, New Jersey
What a great workshop! It was exactly what I'd hoped for because it struck the right balance for me of instruction and time to practice what I learned.
Jacq is not only a wonderful artist but she is also a skilled and dedicated teacher: encouraging, sensitive, honest and completely devoted to the art of painting.
Thank you so much for my private tutorial at Burnt Head. I learned more from you about watercolor in 2 hrs. than I did in an 8 week course I'd just finished!
Judy Kamm, Mass
A note of thanks to you for providing a wonderful and fun workshop. This was my first workshop and I look forward to doing more in the future.
I am hoping to keep in touch with some of the other students in the Boston area and I think we even planned a saturday to paint outside.
Thanks again for a great week and I will hopefully continue to paint!!! Kind regards Dottie Laughlin.
Being in the out of doors around beautiful Monhegan Island challenged me to paint fast so as to capture the light and the quickly changing atmosphere. We were very fortunate to experience a diverse climate change from bright sunlight with heavy shadows to wet misty gray days. An emphasis in this class was grisalle, color temperature and the simplification of the subject. Being a plein air painter forces you to think on your feet and quickly brush in the essence of the island.
El Towle, Barnet, Vermont
Jacqueline
Thanks so much for all the hard work making the Monhegan Workshop possible. I tried to hold onto the vacation mode as long as possible. A week has passed and I have two more paintings, one a rework of the study on Horn Hill, and the other a pallette knife rendition of a sunset in the Berkshires. Almost abstract in its looseness.
I am hoping to return next summer a more accomplished painter. Meanwhile, I'll continue life drawing and weekly painting when I can.
Your personal attention to each of us was inspirational.
Sara Jones
J- I took some photos of exhibit. Will send. Enjoyed working with you.
Your Suuuth'n student,
Acton
For all who don't know Jacquiline she is a very lovely woman who gives her all in her workshops. My trip to Monhegan was amazing to say the least. Everywhere I turned there was something to paint and artists abound this tiny island as if the island were owned by artists. It was a crowning point in my art career to be with Jacky and the friends that I met there and will be treasured for years tocome. Jacquilines expertice with painting En Plein Aire captured my heart and soul and it will capture whoever should attend one of her workshops. I will try to get back to Monhegan again for the experience was a joyful one and also my stay at the Trailing Yew.
From: Ron Rudat
Attleboro , Ma.
It was a great workshop!! You were a super leader (and excellent critiques)... The group was lots of fun!!!
I came away with some good material...
I really enjoyed meeting you...the workshop was everything I hoped for...
I'd like to do it again, if possible .
Sincerely
Debbie Seymour
Just a short note to tell you how much I enjoyed your workshop on Monhegan - Everything was perfect & I've worked on some of my sketches to make a finished painting. Thank you for your brochure for the St. Lucia workshop & I plan to go.
Sincerely
Nona Rutter
P.S. I have a painting juried into Pastel Society Show ,NYC
My experience on Monhegan was so very expanding for me artistically and personally. It opened me up to new ideas and ways of addressing my art and themes.
Jacqueline Baldini runs a gentle workshop where all are welcomed.
She is a competent, knowledgeable and sure-handed instructor. I admired greatly her art-- both watercolor and oil--and her clear and sincere interpretations of the scenes at hand.
I wouldn't hesitate to recommend a Baldini workshop.Jacq facilitates a wonderful week of art.
If you ever get a chance to attend, don't hesitate.
Thanks Jacq, you are the best.
I heard about Monhegan on visits to Maine. I have visited the island twice for a week to attend two Baldini workshops.
Deborah Cavanaugh, NC
What a terrific experience working with you! I was delighted to have received such valuable information, particularly re: right brain technique,along with your professional, honest critiques during the Niagara workshop.
Jacq, you understand the passion to create, and are a skillful, encouraging guide and a wonderful person, too. Thank you for making the whole experience fun and challenging. Your plein air workshop would benefit anyone at any stage of their creative endeavours. Thank you again
Brandy Gale
Ontario
Hi Jacq,
Thanks for the photo.
I had a such a wonderful weekend learning to use acrylics for Plein Air painting.
You have such a natural way of teaching and the subject of Niagara Falls was so captivating that I did not want to stop painting, and indeed your workshop has seized my imagination so that I have continued to paint. Even when I am not painting I am in the beautiful space of thinking like a painter and seeing the landscape as a vast work of art. The sky keeps calling for the first stroke of my brush. Your workshop shows the way to organize the impressions of the day into memorable paintings while experiencing the freedom of the outdoor landscape.
Thank you so much for the beautiful weekend of painting.
Bonnie White, NY
Hi Jacq:
Thanks so much for a really great painting and learning experience in Niagara Falls on 9/10 and 11, 2006. I had never tried to paint outside before and didn't know what to expect. The workshop what a great inspiration and your personalized attention and encouragement were truly appreciated. Thanks for posting my painting on your website--my 15 minutes of fame! I look forward to more plein air painting on my own and attending another of your workshops.
Once again, thanks.
Tim K., Michigan
