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Painting a beautiful landscape is like adding an extra window with a great view to your room.
A key element in painting a scenery is brushwork: you’ll learn which brushes to use, how to create brushstrokes to express texture of trees, ground, grass, clouds, etc. Dazzling colors of blue and green will nourish your visual vocabulary as you focus on color-mixing. You will learn the techniques of landscape painting, tonal handling of lights and shadows, how to mix colors of the radiant harmony of cool and warm hues, and how to combine it all. You will work in your home studio where the sounds of nature, wind, changing light and other distractions can’t take your attention away from learning how to create plein-air and prepare you for painting outdoors. We will provide beautiful images of the countryside, or you can use your own.
Week 1: Learn about the classic landscape created by the Masters. Become familiar with the classic palette of pigments and color mixing.
Week 2: Create several studies in monochrome in small format. Glaze the final color over them to complete each motif.
Week 3: Create an underpainting, working from a photo-reference. Complete the landscape study, wet-into-wet. Learn to apply linear and aerial perspective, tonal separation of planes, and finishing touches: texture and details.
Week 4: Start the main painting in a larger format, applying the previous lessons and the tips of the Masters.
Week 5: Develop the background, middle ground, and foreground.
Week 6: Add details, define texture, add highlights. Discussion of the finished works.
Photos from class
