Plein Air Workshop with Silvia Trujillo

Plein Air Workshop with Silvia Trujillo
Date: Saturday September 17 from 10am-5pm
Location: Bridgeview Winery - 4210 Holland Loop Road Cave Junction, OR 97523
*Inclement Weather Back-Up Date: Saturday October 1, 2022, 10am-5pm

Enjoy painting and drawing in the great outdoors! The Southern Oregon Guild invites you to experience artmaking at award winning Bridgeview Winery in Cave Junction, OR with local landscape artist, Silvia Trujillo on Saturday September 17 from 10am-5pm.

Silvia Trujillo believes that everyone can benefit from art instruction, even if you have no desire to pursue art professionally! Studies have shown that expressing experiences and feelings through artistic mediums — especially drawing or painting with a variety of colors — can have a beneficial effect on the emotional and spiritual healing processes. What have you been missing in your life?

Under Silvia’s mentorship, you will be guided to create a lasting artistic rendering of the beautiful vineyard scenery and experience a feeling of accomplishment working directly from nature. Silvia Trujillo specializes in a variety of painting styles and will share with you core artistic principles of composition, value, shape, line, and color harmony. As a seasoned instructor with over two decades of experience, she will share tips on how to find your creative voice, strengthen any artistic weaknesses, and avoid common pitfalls of composition details. Students of all ages have produced hundreds of successful paintings under Silvia’s mentorship, and many have gone on to become award-winning and/or career artists themselves!

All skill levels are welcome! Beginners will get a taste for the process of plein-air and more advanced artists will get a chance to hone their skills in a beautiful new location. You get to choose the materials and subjects that appeal to you, while receiving loads of personal attention and instruction. Please click the link below to see our suggested materials list.

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Workshop Outline: Meet on Location. Create thumbnail sketches to determine a pleasing composition for the painting. Assemble materials. Learn to build a painting or drawing by creating a foundation value study of the scene. Block in warm and cool colors according to the light and shadow areas. Continue refining the painting with final details in equal stages throughout.

Class fee is $100 and includes a drink ticket that may be redeemed for a glass of wine of your choice. We have one 50% off scholarship available, and you’d like to apply, please send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call us at 541-592-5019. Bridgeview Vineyard & Winery specializes in German varietals such as Riesling, and currently has a gold medal award winning Oregon Pinot Noir that has received a 89 point rating with Wine Spectator and is a great value! Wines will be available for tasting and purchase throughout the workshop. Please bring a water bottle and packed lunch. 

*If we are issued any heat advisories, red flag warnings, or poor air quality alerts due to hazardous wildfire smoke, we will notify all registered participants via phone within 48 hours to cancel. A back-up date of Saturday October 1st from 10am-5pm has already been secured with Bridgeview Winery and by registering, you acknowledge that this workshop may be rescheduled and will remain in contact with us regarding your participation. We will only be issuing refunds if you cancel within 5 days of either September 17 or October 1. Thank you for understanding.*

ABOUT SILVIA TRUJILLO

Silvia Trujillo is an artist and an art instructor originally from West Hollywood, California. She began studying art through fashion design in the 1970s, then turned her focus to fine art and painting in the ‘80s. Studying with a series of notable artist instructors including Wayne Theibaud, Gregory Kondos, Gil Dellinger, Terry Miura, Suchitra Bohsle, and Susan Sarback, Trujillo now continues to expand, experiment, explore, and move in new directions with her creations. 

Trujillo's paintings have appeared in the Crocker Art Museum, the California State Capitol-Office of the Governor, and the Haggin Art Museum. Corporate and private collectors throughout North & South America, Asia, and Europe are proud owners of her work.

Silvia travels frequently in search of new landscapes and subjects to paint. One weekend may find her in a remote cabin on the Oregon Coast, the next in Napa Valley. She loves plein air painting; her particular passions are water, earth, sky, fields, and florals. Trujillo lives in Southern Oregon, where she is active in the local art scene at The Rogue Gallery & Art Center. When she isn’t painting or teaching art, she enjoys reading, listening to music, and studying spirituality. To see more of Silvia’s work, visit her website.