Paint the World Your Way:
A Fresh Approach to Landscape Painting
Have you ever looked at a beautiful scene, and wished you could capture it on canvas?
Upper Left: Field Station Road • Lower Left: Oak Tree, Vines, Mt. St. Helena • Right: Mustard and Mt. St. Helena • © Karen Lynn Ingalls
Tap into your creativity, and paint landscapes that are uniquely you!
Discover how to translate your own photos into expressive paintings, with acrylic paints.
Discover how to translate your own photos into expressive paintings, with acrylic paints.
Autumn Celebration II • 36" x 48" • Acrylics on canvas • © Karen Lynn Ingalls
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Discover how to translate your own photos into expressive paintings, with acrylic paints.
It's not about simply copying a photograph. Your photos can be a springboard to take your painting someplace new. In this class, we keep it simple and take the process step-by-step, in a spirit of discovery and experimentation. And we do it without judgment and critiques. |
Why is that, you might wonder? Aren't critiques a part of the learning process?
They don't have to be. It's essential to tame that inner critic in order to be truly creative — and creativity is what this is all about.
They don't have to be. It's essential to tame that inner critic in order to be truly creative — and creativity is what this is all about.
Sunset on the Ridge • 8" x 10" • Acrylics on panel • © Karen Lynn Ingalls
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Then you'll take what you see, and create something new, with your vision — with your unique visual voice. And that's a truly creative way to respond to the beauty in the world around us! Discover
Landscape Painting with Karen Lynn Ingalls Live, online — Join from wherever you are! To be scheduled — in 2025? 2026? Contact Karen if you'd like to know more. |
Vineyard Tree • 36" x 48" • Acrylics on canvas • © Karen Lynn Ingalls
What you will learn:
- How to create a landscape painting from a photograph
- How to paint with a simple limited palette, with the colors of your choice
- How to begin – and where to take it from there, one little step at a time
- How to approach composition and design
- How to give your landscapes the illusion of distance
- The inner game of painting (how and why to tame your inner critic)
Dusk in the Vineyards • 48" x 48" • Acrylics on canvas • © Karen Lynn Ingalls
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Eucalyptus at the Heart of the Vineyard • 10" x 8" • Acrylics on panel • © Karen Lynn Ingalls
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Who is this class for?
This class is for people with at least some acrylic painting experience (Acrylic Painting 101 is a great way to begin, if you haven't done much painting yet.)
What if I'm using oil paints?
If you're comfortable with oil paints, you're welcome to use them. You won't be able to do the kind of layering we'll be able to do with acrylics, and acrylics also dry much faster, which can be a big advantage.
You can also paint your first layers in acrylics, and then paint over the top of them in oils, if you like. (Not the reverse — acrylics won't stick to the oil paint, but oil paints will stick to acrylics.)
This class is for people with at least some acrylic painting experience (Acrylic Painting 101 is a great way to begin, if you haven't done much painting yet.)
What if I'm using oil paints?
If you're comfortable with oil paints, you're welcome to use them. You won't be able to do the kind of layering we'll be able to do with acrylics, and acrylics also dry much faster, which can be a big advantage.
You can also paint your first layers in acrylics, and then paint over the top of them in oils, if you like. (Not the reverse — acrylics won't stick to the oil paint, but oil paints will stick to acrylics.)
Trees on Oat Hill • 16" x 20" • Acrylics on canvas • © Karen Lynn Ingalls
What will I have created by the end of the class?
You'll have your own small landscape painting, created either from your own photograph or one of Karen's photos, which she will provide as a resource you can use.
You'll also learn how to prepare your photographs for painting, and — for future reference — how to take landscape photographs that give you plenty to work with!
You'll also get Karen's eBook on Landscape Painting, as a resource you can turn to for your landscape painting from here on.
You'll have your own small landscape painting, created either from your own photograph or one of Karen's photos, which she will provide as a resource you can use.
You'll also learn how to prepare your photographs for painting, and — for future reference — how to take landscape photographs that give you plenty to work with!
You'll also get Karen's eBook on Landscape Painting, as a resource you can turn to for your landscape painting from here on.
Oak Tree, Vines, Mt. St. Helena • 8" x 10" • Acrylics on panel • © Karen Lynn Ingalls
Dates & times to be scheduled in 2025
Location: Online, from wherever you are, live on Zoom
How Much: $147 — includes Karen's mini-book on Landscape Painting. Painting materials not included.
Click here to download Materials List.
Call Karen for more information at (707) 332-7400, or email her through the Contact page.
Location: Online, from wherever you are, live on Zoom
How Much: $147 — includes Karen's mini-book on Landscape Painting. Painting materials not included.
Click here to download Materials List.
Call Karen for more information at (707) 332-7400, or email her through the Contact page.
Ridgetop Vineyard • 5" x 7" • acrylics on canvas • © Karen Lynn Ingalls
