Landscape Painting

This course will provide an opportunity to explore landscape in paint. Through a series of quick experimental pieces and more finished works, this landscape painting course will walk you through the process of developing your own unique visual response to the landscape. Suitable for complete beginners who are new to oil painting as well as those with more experience looking to develop their skills. Programme: The course will cover a range of things including gathering your own reference material, testing out ideas and ultimately walking away at the end of the 3 weeks with a painting you would be happy to hang on your wall. Although centred around oil painting, the course will involve a variety of media, including charcoal and acrylic paint. Please bring a collection of printed out reference photos, some colour and some monochromatic. How to create a strong and balanced composition – learning the importance of tonal arrangement in creating a balanced composition Linear perspective, eye lines i.e how the eye travels across the piece Tri-tone charcoal drawings and black and white acrylic painting Japanese inspired Notan drawings (black &white) Using acrylic paint, simplifying a landscape into masses of colour – no detail Colour wheel – science of colour and the interaction of colour – Josef Albers Colour mixing – how to create or match any colour Creating colour swatches/samples Sketching in the landscape Photos Premixing colours – arranging your palette Begin a landscape painting from photo references and sketches in the landscape – focusing on basic shapes and colours, no detail Wet on wet techniques Dates: Sundays 11:00-4:00pm, 1, 8 and 15 May Cost: £125 for 3 Sundays. To avoid a booking fee or pay via cheque or cash, please contact dot-art Services directly on 0345 017 6660 Materials: The full material list for this course can be found here.