Adding Wildlife to the Florida Landscape

Overview: Make breathtaking paintings with dramatic light and color like sunset and marsh/lake scenes, then add wildlife (birds, gators, etc) and learn to

Match the lighting to make it look like they were there all along!

Work from supplied photos to create an atmospheric painting, then choose

which critter you want to include. Watch a demo of the process, then make your own value sketch to plan how the light will wrap around the forms, and create a finished, polished painting. Work from supplied references, individual and group attention. Open to all media, demonstrations in pastel.

Materials:  I use Mount Vision pastels along with Rembrandt and some

Senellier and Pastels Girault. I use Ampersand Pastelbord. All participants will

get samples of my materials to take home, courtesy of the manufacturers. In addition, bring a large surfaces 16x20 or 18x24 to paint on, your favorite

media (oil, watercolor, pastel, acrylic) a sketchbook and pencil, eraser and a washcloth or paper towels.

Time: Class time is 12noon-3pm

Syllabus

· 12 demo value sketching and light logic

· 12:15-12:30 Value sketch

· 12:30-2pm paint landscape setting

· 2pm-2:15 demo adding wildlife and matching light

· 2:15-2:45add wildlife

· 2:45pm group critique and changes

Materials list:

· Bring your favorite media and two supports (canvas/paper) 16x20 or

12x14 along with all brushes, solvents, etc.

· Pack a lunch and drink

· Bring two photos of a landscape and two photos of wildlife you would like to add to that landscape. (Or choose from mine! I’ll bring hundreds or photos to use)

· Sketchbook and pencil/markers/charcoal for value sketch

· Standing easel if you don’t want to use a tabletop easel (provided)