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Abstracting the natural landscape

This workshop will offer another direction for landscape artists to pursue – the realm of semi abstract and abstract. We will use color and texture to define a space, simplifying it into its basic components and challenging the norms of traditional landscape painting. Use composition cleverly to create the illusion of more, and use color to define space.

Instructor: Samantha Williams-Chapelsky
Audience:
Fine Art Painters
For Stage(s):
Aspiring, Emerging, Professional, Master
Medium: Acrylic

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Starts on Saturday, February 24, 2024
Feb 24 & Mar 2

2 sessions, 4 hrs each, daily
11:00am – 3:00pm MT

$183.00

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    Course Description
    During this workshop, students will learn to take a photo reference to a simplified sketch to a textured interpretation of the original photograph in a semi abstracted style. Join award winning artist Samantha Williams-Chapelsky for a 2 day workshop that will cover simplification, compositional structures, color palettes and texture application effects in acrylic paint.
    Supply List

    Please have on hand:

    1. 4 – 8″ x 10″ pieces of mixed media paper (sketchbook is fine)
    2. Pencil (HB)
    3. 2 – 8″ x 10″ panel supports (these can be birch panels or masonite but please pre prepare these with gesso or a primer). These can be cradled if you wish to use a lot of texture or flat if not Russian Birth Cradle Panels

    4. Golden Fluid Acrylics – 1 Fluid oz of each

    • Titanium White
    • Phthalo Blue
    • Quinacridone red or magenta
    • Nickel azo yellow

    5. 1 – 8 oz jar of Coarse Molding Paste (if they are out of coarse molding paste, please purchase fiber paste in the same size)
    6. Assorted palette knives
    7. 1″ flat brush (Silver Golden naturals is a nice option)
    8. Round Brush smaller size (again Silver Golden Naturals)
    9. Natural Landscape photo for reference – we will do one all together and one on your own

    10. Palette Paper

    11. Water bucket
    12. Paper towels

    Instructor Bio
    Samantha Williams-Chapelsky completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Alberta in 2009, with distinction, majoring in painting and art history.

    Samantha has been exhibiting her art extensively for the past 15 years worldwide. Her paintings are included in numerous corporate and private collections and are represented in select commercial art galleries.

    Samantha is the Golden Working Artist for the province of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. She also works as an art instructor and lecturer, hosting workshops and sessions across Canada.

    Painting of a beach
    painting of field and sky
    painting of a countryside
    painting of a river and sky
    painting of mountains
    painting of a field and clouds

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    A minimum of 6 registrations are required.  If 6 registrations are not received by the time the course is 24 hours from starting, the course will be cancelled and all registrants will receive complete refunds.

    What is the maximum number of people in a course?

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