Sketch and Paint Along with Robert: Modern Landscapes in Acrylic

The modern landscape has tremendous visual potential to engage and enchant the viewer. In each class we will explore this powerful subject in a different and expressive way to capture mood, light effects, color depth, color-shape painting, figure/ground relationships and more. You may work in any drawing or painting medium, but Robert will be working in acrylic,  a medium that can be worked transparently or in thick layering for exciting impasto effects. Learn to use this subject as a springboard of inspiration and for intuitive response in markmaking/brushstrokes. Robert will show and discuss brushand knife techniques, compositional ideas, light effects, use of color and more to foster our own creativity. Whether you are a beginner or experienced, you’re bound to be inspired as you learn stylistic concepts and practices.  You may choose to just watch or to sketch and paint along, step-by-step, with very popular instructor, Robert Carsten. Each week we will see examples and focus on different design approaches and techniques. Reference photos provided via email and Dropbox, where participants can also share zoomclass work or optional homework for written critique. All levels welcome.

Week 1: Modern Landscape: Designing for visual impact and mood
Week 2:  Modern Landscape: Underpainting to achieve an impressionist look
Week 3:  Modern Landscape: Colorshape painting for abstract effects
Week 4:  Modern Landscape: Impasto effects for expression

Skills students will gain:

Compositional skills: Overall compositional design, scale, linear and aerial perspectives
Drawing skills: Expression, building 3-D effects
Color: Optical color mixing and layering of color
Painting: Varying brushstrokes, knife painting underpainting, and layering techniques

Mondays, February 3, 10, 17, and 24, 2025
1:00-2:00 PM
$130 for four consecutive classes