Landscape & Light

Description - Workshop Price: $550 USD/$775 CAD To sign up: Contact Vashti King at vashtiking@gmail.com Spend three days in an intensive study on how to train your eyes to discern light in the landscape. Although this is a studio workshop, Barbara will discuss what to observe when painting outdoors from life (or gathering reference photos), and how to bring those observations into the studio. She’ll focus on how to “read” a reference photo and capture the genuine effects of various lighting situations in your studio landscape paintings, rather than duplicate a compromised photographic image. The workshop will cover a few different types of landscapes, with one day focused on snow. On the first day, students will all work from instructor-provided photo reference for a specific exercise. For the remaining days, students may choose to work from their own photos or instructor-provided photo reference. Each day will begin with a demonstration, followed by student painting time in the afternoon during which students will receive plenty of individual guidance at their easel. All demonstrations will be in oil, but students are welcome to work in oil, acrylic or pastel. All information covered will apply to all three. This workshop is open to all levels, but students who are already familiar with their supplies (especially those working in a medium other than oil) will benefit most.