Intro to Expressive Landscape Painting in Acrylics with Holly Friesen
Intro to Expressive Landscape Painting in Acrylics with Holly Friesen
Ages: 16+
Experience Level: All experience levels welcome*
Price: $125
Class Description
Paint the feeling of the landscape, not just the view.
An inspiring introduction to expressive landscape painting. Participants will explore color-mixing, intuitive mark-making, and emotional interpretation of place, moving beyond realism into personal visual expression. Individual guidance will be tailored to each student’s goals.
*This class is ideal for beginners and those wanting to loosen their style. While concepts presented will be geared towards beginners, even experienced artists may enjoy new insights, inspirations and camaraderie.
Students will complete one expressive landscape painting and gain tools for continued exploration.
Materials
If you already have acrylic supplies, simply bring what you have.
“I use Golden or Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylics. Student-grade paints are fine to start, though they have less pigment and a thinner consistency. If you plan to continue painting, investing in higher-quality materials is worthwhile.” — Holly Friesen
Acrylic paints in whatever colors you like (minimum: red, blue, yellow, titanium white, and a dark earth tone like Burnt Umber or Burnt Sienna)
Brushes: at minimum; one medium (#6–8 round, bright, or flat) and one small (#2–4)
Palette (a paper plate works fine)
Acrylic paper pad (8 x 10 or larger)
Stretched canvas (8 x 10 or larger)
Printed reference photo(s) of what you’d like to paint
Pencil
A small lunch or snack
Optional: Table easel (we’ll have some available)
Holly Friesen
Painting Instructor @hollyfriesenart @HollyFriesenArtist
About the Artist
Holly Friesen was born in Saskatchewan, studied Visual Arts at John Abbott College in Montreal and painting at York University in Toronto. The artist’s studio is currently based out of Montreal QC. Her paintings are collected internationally and part of both corporate and private collections. Holly’s passion is painting vibrant landscapes from the inside out while collaborating with other artists to make art more visible in our everyday world.
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