The Landscape Atelier

The Strong Start – Techniques and Strategies for Successful Paintings

$375.00

Instructor: Deborah Paris

Dates: April 24 – June 5, 2020

Course Length: 6 weeks

Will be offered again next April 2021

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Description

In this six week online class, we will tackle the important skills needed to make a strong start in your landscape paintings. Starting with skill building exercises and moving on to painting outdoors, this class will give you the skills and concepts to make strong starts which lead to successful painting results. The skills and concepts we will work on in this class can be applied to painting outdoors as well as studio work. Video demos, illustrations, step by step guides, and written lectures will give you the confidence and skills to paint outdoors in a group or on your own.

We will cover:

  • understanding the main four value zones in the landscape
  • how to see the big shapes in Nature- the “big look”
  • selection of subject- how to narrow your focus
  • using simple three and four value studies to see and organize big shapes
  • learning to edit – simplification and massing
  • how to use thumbnails to quickly investigate compositional possibilities
  • how a simplified underpainting can provide a strong framework for your painting
  • how to choose a color harmony for your painting
  • how premixing can simplify your painting process and ensure clean color
  • simplifying your “kit”- selecting equipment for painting outdoors

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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