Join artist Martha Johnson in a welcoming virtual studio to explore how to translate feeling and experience into vibrant landscape paintings. Drawing on her deep connection to the Canadian landscape, Martha will guide you in building a strong foundation in composition and colour mixing, whether you work in acrylics, gouache, or painterly mixed media. You’ll learn how to use value and perspective to create a sense of depth and atmosphere, and experiment with techniques that bring surfaces like water, rock, and foliage to life. Using your own photos or the option to use provided images as a starting point, you’ll develop paintings that hold memory and a powerful sense of place.

• Paints: This is open to watercolour, gouache, acrylic. Paint pigments should include, but are not limited to: White, Black, Ultramarine Blue, Alizarin Crimson, Hansa Yellow, Yellow Ochre.
• 8 ounce white Gesso
• Small matte medium
• 1-2 canvases (no smaller than 14×18”) – for those working with acrylic, oil, gouache
• Watercolour / mixed media paper pad (no smaller than 12×16”)
• Charcoal pencils and willow sticks
• Sketchbook – no smaller than 9×12”
• Paint brushes – recommended are five acrylic bristle brushes including one 1” Bright style brush, two medium brushes, one small and one Rigor style brush for detail
• Few sheets of bond printer paper
• Scissors
• Masking tape
• Colouring pencils
• Pastels
• Artist pen / fine tip black marker
• Ruler
• Rags
• Nitrile gloves
• Water container
• Recycled papers
• Acid free glue / PVA
• Printed photographic references for landscapes of choice
• Student should have their work on an easel or in a stable vertical position during session time for visibility