Expressive Horizons: Essentials in Landscape Painting

Join renowned artist Sam Paonessa for a four-week dive into the essentials of landscape painting, focusing entirely on capturing the nuanced light and crisp atmosphere of the winter scene. In this supportive virtual studio, you’ll move beyond theory to immediately apply techniques for translating the cold season’s beauty, discovering the building blocks of a powerful painting; from crafting a dynamic composition in stark white landscapes to mastering the subtle colours and shadows of snow and ice. Through Sam’s insightful demonstrations and personalized feedback, you will build a versatile toolkit, empowering you with techniques for both accurate detail and intuitive, gestural brushwork, ultimately helping you find your distinctive style and translate the unique winter world into art that is your own.

Please Note: If you have acrylic or oil materials already, please use what you have. It is not compulsory to have all the items listed.

Paint Colours (oils or acrylics): Titanium White (Large tube), Cadmium Yellow Light or Hansa Yellow, Cadmium Yellow Medium, Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Red Medium, Ultramarine Blue (Large Tube), Thalo Blue, Quinacridone Magenta or Medium Magenta, Dioxazine Purple (optional), Phthalo Green or Viridian Green, Permanent Green or Green Light (optional), Sap Green (with a strong value), Cadmium Orange or other Yellow Orange, Raw Umber (optional), Indanthrene Blue (Indigo Blue in oils – optional), Transparent Red Oxide (optional), Yellow Ochre, Ivory Black or Paynes Gray.
Gesso – small tub (ex. Liquitex or Golden)
Matte Medium
For Oils Only: GAMBLIN non-toxic Safflower Gel Medium in a tube OR Galkyd (Fast Drying Medium)
Disposable Palette (9×12 or larger)
Filbert Brushes: 3, 4, 8, 10
Flat Brushes: #3, 6, 8, 12 (Soft hair/synthetic)
Round Brushes: #1, 2, 4 (soft hair synthetic or sable)
1 – 2-inch-wide house painting brush (or even wider for applying tints)
Shapers: Princeton Catalyst White Silicone Mini-blade #4
Brayer: 2” or 4”
Frederix Canvas Pad 9×12 or 12×16
Canvas, Birch or Masonite Panels (or a combination to try various surfaces)
*Square cradled panels or boards are recommended when using a brayer
Mixed media sketchbook (XL Canson 9”x12”)
Pencils or Watercolour Pencils in gray, black, brown for sketching
Eraser
Sharpener
Apron
Green painters’ tape
Nitrile or Latex gloves if desired
Artist’s Soap (Baby Oil Or Murphy’s Oil Soap for oil painters) for cleaning brushes
We will be using various pieces of free image editing software for the class (no purchase necessary).