Learn to Paint Landscapes

Want to learn how to paint but don't think you have what it takes? Don't hesitate! Come and learn how to compose and develop beautiful landscapes with tried and tested techniques. Create paintings that grab attention and capture imaginations.I teach how to free yourself to use expressive brushwork, vibrant colour palettes, and the play of light to capture fleeting moments with ethereal ambiance.I am often told by people that they have no talent or can't create art. I don't believe them. I think everyone can create art and just need a process to help them unlock their own voice. This inspired me to teach my process. It's simple and anyone can follow it and build upon it, regardless of their level.Embracing an art practice has significant mental health benefits, offering a meditative escape and a means to connect deeply with one's emotions and surroundings.The course will develop over three live zoom sessions of 3 hours each, aimed at providing you the skills to choose, compose, and execute a figurative landscape painting in either acrylic or oil paint. Session 1: Introduction and Foundation

• Welcome and Introduction
• Brief introductions
• Overview of the course structure and goals.
• Subject Selection
• the importance of choosing a subject that resonates with the artist.
• how to gather inspiration from your surroundings.
• Materials and Tools
• Introduction to essential painting materials: brushes, paints, canvases, and mediums.
• how to set up a workspace and palette.
• Basics of Composition
• Introduction to key compositional techniques: rule of thirds, focal points, and leading lines.
• Quick exercises in sketching simple compositions.
• Preparing the Ground
• Explain the importance of preparing the canvas.
• Demonstrate how to apply a ground layer (e.g., gesso) to the canvas.
• Participants prepare their canvases for the next session.

Session 2: Building the Framework

• Review and Q&A
• Review key points from Session 1.
• Basics of Perspective
• Introduction to the principles of perspective in landscape painting.
• Demonstrate one-point and two-point perspective techniques.
• Simple exercises to practice perspective.
• Underpainting
• the purpose of underpainting in establishing values and tones.
• Demonstrate how to create an underpainting using a monochromatic palette.
• Start your underpainting based on their selected composition.
• Layering Techniques
• Introduction to the concept of building a painting in layers.
• working from general shapes to finer details.

Session 3: Developing and Completing the Landscape

• Review and Q&A
• Review progress and address any questions or challenges from Session 2.
• Adding Layers and Details
• how to build up layers of colour.
• Techniques for blending colours and creating depth.
• Final Touches
• Discuss techniques for adding final details and highlights to enhance the painting.
• Importance of stepping back and evaluating the work from a distance.
• Feedback and Reflection
• participants present their work.
• Celebrate the completed landscapes.

Complete beginners welcome. Suits beginners as well as those with some painting experience looking to improve.
  Paper or canvas and some acrylic or oil paints (red, light and dark blue, yellow, white, black). Optional colours (yellow ochre, green, violet)
 

This class series runs over 3 consecutive sessions, at the same time every week.