The Landscape Atelier

deborah paris drawing

Drawing the Landscape

$375.00

Instructor: Deborah Paris

Dates: March 13 – April 24

Course Length: 6 weeks

Will be offered again March 2021

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Description

Drawing is an essential foundational skill for landscape painters which is all too often ignored or given short shift. Solid drawing skills give you the ability to edit the raw material that Nature provides into a work of art, freeing the artist from dependency on photography or merely copying Nature. Drawing skills are the first step toward being able to work successfully from memory and imagination and to effectively compose.

Working from Nature and direct observation is the time honored way to learn how to paint landscapes. Unfortunately, many aspiring landscape painters miss the essential first step: learning to draw and sketch in the field. If you are unable to draw the landscape you will have a much more difficult time learning to paint it convincingly. Most classes and workshops jump into plein air painting without giving students any tools to make a success of their efforts. This course is designed to give you the tools to draw and sketch in the field with confidence, both improving your plein air paintings and leading to better, finished work in the studio.

In this class, drawing materials and techniques will be fully explored and explained in video demonstrations.

How the Class Works

  • The Class Blog. The class is centered around a private blog, accessible only by class participants. Classes are a great interactive learning experience with the class blog functioning as an online studio and classroom where students can interact with one another and the instructor. Class material is delivered by written lecture, images and video. 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.
  • Video demos are available for students to view for up to one year following the end of each class.
  • Students also receive a PDF of all class notes and materials posted by the instructor.
  • 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 blog, you advise us that you are unable to participate, you will receive a full refund, less an administrative fee of $50 or you may transfer your registration to another class of like value. Once you have accepted the invitation to join the class blog 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 and the applicable discounted amount for classes already accessed.

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