Deadline to register: Friday, September 3, 2021

October 8-10, 2021 (Fri-Sun) 9 AM – 4 PM, with one hour lunch break
Cost: $320 member / $350 non-member
Min/Max number of students: 11/14
Media: This workshop is for acrylic and watercolor painters.

Full payment is due by September 3, 2021, workshop fee will be non-refundable after this date.

Students provide their own materials; material list is available here, or by email by request to adso@artsdesignsociety.org.

The coastal landscape is a beautiful and very distinct one painted by artists for thousands of years. We’ll take a fun approach to learning to see it differently and translate it into something more abstract in look and feel. Here’s some of what we’ll do:

  • Look at the specific characteristics of the coastal landscape.
  • We’ll look at ways to move from thinking about “things” to “shapes.”
  • We’ll translate the specific coastal light into “values.”
  • We’ll transform the way we see by removing ourselves from the “thingness” of the landscape.
  • We’ll do pre-planning through preliminary drawings and value study paintings.
  • We’ll have fun!

This workshop is not only about painting abstract landscape compositions, but also about learning to loosen-up and paint more freely. All who attend will be able to apply the lessons learned to their own style of painting in their studios.
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