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Private Room with Meal Plan Details
Private Room – room layout varies - includes daily breakfasts and lunches – free parking – Check-in Sunday, Check out Friday.
All rooms include the following amenities:
- Daily maid service
- Individually Controlled HVAC
- Wi-Fi
- Mini fridge
- Coffee maker
- Iron & ironing board
- Hair Dryer
- Free Parking
Shared Room with Meal Plan Details
Two double beds – shared with another student – room layout varies - includes breakfasts and lunches – free parking – Check-in Sunday, Check out Friday.
All rooms include the following amenities:
- Daily maid service
- Individually Controlled HVAC
- Wi-Fi
- Mini fridge
- Coffee maker
- Iron & ironing board
- Hair Dryer
- Free Parking
Meal Plan Details
Enjoy the fabulous view of Frenchman Bay for breakfast and lunch. Our meal plan includes five buffet breakfasts and lunches at the resort.
In the evenings you will be able to explore and savor the freshest New England sea to table cuisine, caught, delivered and cooked straight from the boat at one of the many restaurants in downtown Bar Harbor.
Genre: Plein Air Painting
Light and Color in Autumn Maine - 2026
Availability: Spaces Available
Instructor:
This immersive workshop is your chance to explore as a painter the picturesque harbors, scenic rocky beaches, and colorful villages of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park. Susan will be demonstrating plein air approaches in both watercolor and oils that you can immediately apply to your own painting, as well as providing intensive studio instruction on color and composition.
Susan Abbott helps her students speak the language of visual art. She emphasizes topics of color and composition, such as selecting a “paintable” plein air subject, drawing quickly, finding a dark and light design, and understanding practical color theory. Susan believes in learning from art history and provides a broad exposure to both master painters and contemporary artists.
Susan has years of experience as an instructor and practitioner of both oil and watercolor and she teaches both mediums. Each day will have a different class focus as we encounter the coastal Maine autumn landscape, with Susan demonstrating how to find a strong composition, create a value design, and employ color theory.
Susan’s goal in teaching is to help her students develop their own painting style as they become confident with basic and advanced art skills. She wants participants to leave her workshop enthused and confident about their painting, and with an appreciation of art as an always challenging, ever-engaging lifelong journey.
In the words of a student in one of Susan’s painting workshops:
“Thank you for the incredible wealth of information you imparted, and your accepting and encouraging manner. You are a gifted and natural teacher, and the class exceeded all expectations!”
You can find more comments on Susan’s teaching here: http://www.susanabbott.com/comments-on-teaching/
Levels: Intermediate to advanced. New plein air painters are welcome but should have prior painting experience in their medium.
Mediums: Oil, watercolor, acrylic
Workshop Schedule:
Sunday Night: Welcome Meet and Greet at 6pm
Monday – Thursday: 9am – 4pm
Friday: 9am – 2pm
*Subject to change*
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