Landscape from Photographs with Carol Tarzier_ Fridays_ Oct 24th – Dec 12th_ 12:30 – 4:30 pm in Studio 1

Landscapes from Photographs with Carol Tarzier

 Bay Area artist Carol Tarzier is offering “Landscape from Photographs.”

 Class meets on Fridays October 24th – December 12th from 12:30 – 4:30 pm in Studio One.  Tuition for the six 4-hour sessions is $130 for members, $150 for non members. You must live in Rossmoor to become a member.   Every other class features a demonstration and group discussion; the last class includes a final critique.

“Landscape from Photographs” is about using photographs to create fresh and lively landscapes with the energy and color of Plein Air work.  The series covers color mixing and creating color tones with a limited palette of three primary colors.   The class begins with materials and equipment that make painting fun, and with designing the value structure in monochrome.   It moves to color mixing using and atmospheric perspective – creating depth using soft edges, mixed muted tones, and soft grays.   Students will use saturation to create space, with bright colors in the foreground.

The class moves on to colors for specific effects, for example color changes in the sky as it moves toward the horizon, color changes on a flat plane to make it recede into the distance, and which colors create a dynamic foreground.  Time permitting, the class will cover transparency:  how to make water look transparent, how to paint waves, and painting reflections.

Students bring their landscape photos to each class, on a tablet or printed photos.  Oil and acrylic painters of all levels welcome. Class demonstrations are in oil.  Acrylic instruction is individual.  The class emphasizes using non-toxic mediums, and oil painters please use odorless thinner only.

    Carol Tarzier has taught painting for many years at the Academy of Art University.  Her paintings have been represented in national shows and museums, including the Salon International at the Greenhouse Gallery, the Haggin Museum, Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibition and at the California Art Club’s Gold Medal Show.  Carol is represented by Studio Gallery in San Francisco and MK Contemporary in Santa Cruz.

For questions, email carol@tarzier.com.   View examples of Tarzier’s work at www.tarzier.com or https://www.facebook.com/CarolTarzierFineArt.