Landscapes from Photographs      

Bay Area artist Carol Tarzier is offering “Landscape from Photographs.”  Class meets on Fridays November 13th – December 18^th, from 12:30 – 4:30 pm in Studio One.  Tuition for the five sessions is $110. for members, $130 for non residents and residents who are not members. Please join!  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 using 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 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: 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.

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

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Carol Tarzier
Tarzier Studio