New! The Essence of Landscape Painting in Watercolor
Adult Course | Registration opens 12/3/2024 7:00 AM MST
Every landscape has an abundance of visual information and the artist gets to decide what the unique attraction will be. Focusing on one clear idea, explore fundamental skills and techniques to emphasize the focal point of your subject. From skies and terrain to buildings and trees, learn how to use interlocking shapes, color relationships, value contrasts along with light and shadow to find the essence of a place. Make the right decisions and an alluring landscape will reflect your own personal translation! Reference material provided. Introductory watercolor experience needed.
*Students should have introductory watercolor experience*
WEEK 1: Lighthouse Vignette
WEEK 2: Sheep in Meadow
WEEK 3: Mountain Road at Sunrise
WEEK 4: Barn and Cast Shadows
- - Watercolor Palette with Lid
- Watercolor Paper or Watercolor Block (9” x 12” or larger) 140lb cold press
- Watercolor Brushes (#6 and #8 round, 1”- 1 1/2” flat)
- Water Container
- Spray Bottle
- Tissues without lotion or paper towel (Viva being the best!)
- Watercolor Paints (I paint with Winsor Newton and Holbein but there are other excellent brands such as Daniel Smith and Sennelier. Bring your own favorites.)
*These are the colors I use:
Cadmium Red, Alizarin Crimson, Indian Red, Rose Dore, Cadmium Yellow, Lemon Yellow, Transparent Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Raw Umber, Olive Green, Perylene Green, Terre Verde, Cerulean Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Cobalt Violet, Mineral Violet
Dennis Pendleton
BFA, Ohio State University Pendleton has been published in The Artist's Magazine, Southwest Art and Contemporary Artists of the American West, 5280 Magazine and Watercolor Magazine. He lectures nationally on watercolor history, watercolor techniques and cave paintings, and teaches workshops at various locations. Dennis has gallery representation through Elements 5280 Gallery in Denver and The Fechin Museum in Taos New Mexico. His work is in select collections such as the People's Republic of China, American Embassy in France, Kaiser Permanente in Louisville, Kaiser Permanente in Lone Tree, The Petroleum Club, Cherry Creek Bank, Norwest Bank, and First Bank. As well, his work is the collections of the Columbus Museum of Fine Art, A R Mitchell Museum, and Fine Art Museum at The Ohio State University. Dennis has taught at ASLD for 22 years and teaches workshops in the United States and Europe.