The Landscape Atelier

Drawing and Painting Trees

$275.00

Classes are self paced. Students can work through the class content at their own speed and on their own schedule. Scroll down to How the Class Works for more information.

Instructor: Deborah Paris
Dates: September 17 –  October 15, 2021
Course Length: 4 weeks

Open for enrollment

Name Range Discount
Bundled Discount 2 - 4 15 %
Bundled Discount 5 - 7 17 %
Bundled Discount 8 - 15 20 %
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Description

For landscape artists, trees are arguably the most important raw material of our craft and art. Their very individual character, their attitude as living beings within the landscape make them a source of endless fascination and challenge for the artist. Artists in the 19th century routinely sketched and painted studies of these sentinels of nature in order to understand their structure as well as their artistic bearing. These drawings and studies were then used to create larger studio works.

John Carlson, author of Carlson’s Guide to Landscape Painting (the bible of landscape painting) rightly tells us that the way to learn to paint trees is by “much drawing of trees”. Through drawing and observation, we will learn to paint not only their anatomy, but their line, character, and the emotions they can inspire.

Topics covered in the class will include:

  • a study of examples of 19th century drawings and painted studies
  • materials and techniques for drawing in graphite and charcoal
  • the structure of different species of trees, varieties of outlines and shapes against the sky
  • making close studies of trees and portions of trees
  • making painting studies of individual and groups of trees
  • linear and atmospheric perspective of trees
  • incorporating studies into studio works; compositional studies with trees

How the Class Works

Full Access classes include written content, videos and a class forum where students can interact, ask questions, post their work and get feedback from the instructor. For most classes, there are 2 to 3 Zoom class meetings depending on the length of the class. These are typically held on Saturday at 11:00 am Central. They are recorded and made available to all students, so participation is not required to get the full benefit of the class.

  • The Class Course and Forum. The class content is delivered by written lecture, images and video on a dedicated platform accessible only by class participants. The Class Forum provides a great interactive learning experience where students can interact with one another and the instructor.  Students post their work for comment and critique throughout the class. The instructor responds to questions and work posted for comment and critique on a daily basis. 
  • Students retain continuing access to the course content, including videos.
  • Zoom video conferences for discussion, critique and demonstration. Students can view and download the Zoom conferences to their own device.
  • Upon registration, you will receive a Materials & Reading List for your class.

Cancellations

If after registration for an online class and before the class begins and before you have accessed the class, you advise us that you are unable to participate, you will receive a full refund, less an administrative fee of $50 plus applicable PayPal or other payment processor fees or you may transfer your registration to another class of like value. Once you have logged into the class and/or the class has begun, there are no refunds. Refunds issued for transactions financed through PayPal Credit are refunded to your PayPal Credit account.

If you have purchased multiple classes at the same time and received a bundled discount (Bundle), refunds are handled as follows. You will receive a refund for classes included in the Bundle but not yet started and accessed by you. The refund will be the amount you paid for the classes not taken, minus a $50 administrative fee, any applicable PayPal or other payment processor fees and the applicable discounted amount for classes already accessed.

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