Plein Air Painting in Gouache Workshop Description
The workshop sessions will be conducted in a combination of demonstration, group instruction and individual instruction.
Students will learn:
- How to choose a plein air subject and create a composition
- how to simplify the landscape by seeing it as large areas of light and dark tones
- judging proportions and solving drawing problems
- developing a painting by blocking in, refining, adding details and textures
- working with gouache paints
- mixing a wide range of colors from a simple, limited palette
- dealing with changing light
- using different brushes for a variety of effects