Course Overview: Utilizing and placing the figure in the landscape can be very effective in creating a powerful painting. This can be seen in both historical and contemporary fine art practice. In this week-long course, you’ll explore how to build strong compositions from landscapes and/or interiors with a view, while working in acrylic paint. This is a fascinating opportunity to work with travel photographs, family and personal nostalgia imagery, and memory. Diverse inspirations from artists such as David Hockney, Rose Hilton, Matisse, Mark Frank, Richard Diebenkorn and the Canadian Kim Dorland will be discussed and examined to support your personal interpretation and inspiration. Join us for a unique and exciting learning experience that will challenge and evoke something new and different.

Skill Level: All Levels

Dates:

Week-long course
Monday, July 20 - Friday, July 24
9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Important Notes:

Course fee: $400.00 (General) or $365.00 (Senior 55+). HST is not included in the price.
This course takes place at the Port Hope Campus: 10 Pine St. South, Port Hope, ON L1A 3E7
Campus information, including room number, parking, directions, etc., will be provided closer to the start date.
A refund (less $20.00 administrative fee) will be issued if you withdraw from a class at least 14 days before the start date of the class. After this deadline, no refunds will be issued.
If a course is cancelled by Loyalist College, registered students will be provided with a full refund. College decisions to cancel a course will be made 14 days before the course start date.
If you have any questions or issues, please reach out to art@loyalistcollege.com

Supply List:

Surfaces to work on: canvas, paper, panels, etc. (not too small). At least one per day (5 in total)
Drawing materials: pencil, conte, charcoal, acrylic pens, etc. - your choice
Acrylic paint is most suitable, but oil paint is also welcome. Colours are up to you; however, make sure that you have white and black
Photo references for your use in the subject matter of figures (people in the landscape) could be travel photos, nostalgia, historic, family, found images, or painting/drawing examples.
Painting brushes (a variety of sizes), painting knives or spatulas (optional)
Palette paper (a roll of baking parchment paper is ideal)
A couple of water containers (empty yogurt containers)
Shower curtain or plastic cover for the table
Anything else you may wish to use, please bring it along

The Figure in Landscape with Steve Rose