Landscape Drawing & Painting Series (14 one hour DVDs)

Landscape drawing is, in realty, the study of nature.

The landscape is only second to the human figure as a subject of artistic expression.

In this class I am taking a step by step approach to drawing landscapes, using a variety of tools and subjects in a logical process, demonstrating all of the many elements of nature which surrounds us in our everyday life.

Weekly lessons will include demonstrations on the fundamentals of drawing different types of trees and plants, leaves and flowers, mountains, rocks, ground, sky, clouds, water, composition and ways to create space and atmosphere in your drawing.

My approach to materials is keep it simple. The real tools are how we use them to describe and communicate what we see , composition being a major element in the process. All demonstration are from nature not from photographs.

In this 10 week course we will be painting using a limited palette of primary colors and learning to create subtle colors by mixing.

Beginning with how to set up and use your palette, creating chromatic grays and value studies to mixing colors, lessons will include general procedures for laying in areas of color and building upon them, using simple planes to create space, light and dark patterns, atmospheric perspective, contrast between simple and complex areas, warm and cool color contrasts, glazing and using composition to lead the eye. Painting from drawings and photo reference will also be included.