Course Description

I have just returned from teaching and creating in the south of France. How do you look at rolling hills, fields of planted wheat and sunflowers, trees dappled throughout and villages on the hilltop and even begin to capture the beauty you are seeing?

Join me for this two part live Zoom course and I will take you through my steps for seeing lines and form, how to quickly paint what you just collected, how to study the landscape sketches of Van Gogh, how to create your own vocabulary of marks and how to use the medium of your choice to create representational landscapes in a short amount of time. We will end the workshop by carving a landscape lino print inspired by one of your paintings.

If you have ever wanted to learn how to quickly capture a landscape while traveling or at home, I hope you will join me for this really fun course that will get you capturing the world around you.

Think of this as a fun way to create right along with me (if you want), ask questions as we go, and even connect with other creatives in our community. This session will also be recorded so you can go back and watch it again and again. I am so excited to connect and create with you in this way!

Techniques Taught

• How to travel with minimal supplies
• How to create a makeshift studio when you travel
• What I learned about myself while creating and traveling
• Create a mini sketchbook for thumbnail sketches
• Study landscapes sketches by Vincent Van Gogh to help you collect your own marks
• Create a vocabulary of mark making so you won’t get stuck
• Work on paper/vellum/raw canvas
• Work in watercolor/ gouache/graphite/ink/charcoal
• Learn how to break down a large landscape
• Carve and print a landscape lino print
• Create landscape studies and landscapes using the French landscape photos I will provide