Introduction to Abstract Landscape Painting — 11-2021

Looking for painting inspiration?
​Discover the magic of painting abstract landscapes!

In this 5-hour virtual workshop, you will discover:

• the one essential element of every landscape painting
• 3 different ways to approach abstract landscape painting
• how to simplify and loosen up your landscape painting
• how to paint from your imagination
• how to get in touch with your inner creative four-year-old, have fun, and explore new possibilities ​​

We'll also look at different kinds of painters, and how who you are as a painter influences what you do and how you make art.

Why? Because knowing who you are as a painter helps you discover and develop your own style — your own unique visual voice.

We'll be working from imagination and memory, but you can apply what you learn to painting from visual references, too.

And we'll start out simply — and then there are plenty of ways that we can get more complex (if you want to)....

This is not about you painting like me — it's about you getting new ways to expand your own painting, to paint more like YOU!

Before we meet, you'll also receive access to videos and handouts about:

• Choosing the colors of your palette (my secret sauce for great color, and one of the secrets of great color harmony!) 
• How to mix colors — including how to mix browns and grays
• Different kinds of paintbrushes and what they do
• How to prepare your materials for painting, so you can be ready to put it all into action during the workshop!

​This class is for both beginners with some painting experience and more advanced painters who want to try a fresh perspective.

I'll be working in acrylics, but what we'll be doing also applies to other painting media.
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Taught by Karen Lynn Ingalls  •  Online — on ZOOM

When: Saturday, November 6, 2021
Time: 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM PT (Pacific TIme)
Where: Online, on Zoom, from wherever you are.
Special pre-holiday price $97.00 — pay HERE, through the Calistoga Art Center
(A portion of your fee goes to support the Art Center)
Materials list coming here soon!

Erik Bolijn, with abstract landscape paintings he created during in-person workshop

Abstract landscape painting by Lois Feron, completed during in-person workshop

Jaime creating abstract landscape painting during in-person workshop