Reignite your passion for the outdoors and join me in this beginner-friendly step-by-step expressive landscape painting course! 
In this class, you'll learn how to approach and simplify your favorite landscape scenes and turn them into beautiful oil paintings - with nature as your never-ending inspiration.
Join me for a painting lesson in my hometown on Vancouver Island, where I currently have my studio and art gallery. My paintings have been selected in many international exhibitions, most recently winning the best category for Plein Air Salon and I was amongst the selected finalists in the Art Renewal Center. This course aims to give you the same tools and techniques that I use in all my work to give you the courage to tap into and boost your unrealized potential as an oil painter. 
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In this course, you'll learn how to:
<ul><li>Simplify and paint your favorite landscape</li>
<li>Design a loosely approached painting style</li>
<li>Develop a taste for composition</li>
<li>Build confidence in your brushstrokes</li>
<li>Envision and hone your own unique style</li>
</ul>Who it is for:
<ul><li>For anyone who has had some prior experience in drawing (but not necessary) or</li>
<li>Who loves to explore new ways of approaching a painting or</li>
<li>For those who might have dabbled in acrylics or oils before, and want to up their game (this layering technique can hold for both painting mediums)</li>
</ul>This class is an approach to a Way of Seeing (rather than just painting), hence besides beginners, I would recommend it for novice and advanced painters too.
How we will approach this course:
<ul><li>Understanding concept/design before we start painting</li>
<li>Breaking down complex visual scenes into simple shapes</li>
<li>Exploring painting elements - values, edges, textures, paint quality</li>
<li>Understanding how light moves across the canvas creating form</li>
<li>Learning about brush handling and paint application</li>
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So make yourself a cup of coffee, gather your oil painting supplies, and get ready to learn a new skill!
You can either paint from your own reference photo or use the two photos that I will be working from (which you can download under the "resources" tab).

Introduction

Your Project

Gather Your Materials

Demo 1: Concept and Design

Placement and Block In

Adding Lights

Creating Depth

Highlights

Details and Negative Spaces

Painting Skies

Finishing Touches

Demo 2: Introduction

Design and Block In

Lights and Details

Conclusion

Bonus: Gallery Tour

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