Abstract Colorado: Landscape Painting for Beginners
Adult Course | Available
In this acrylic painting workshop, go through each stage of the painting from start to finish. Create your own memorable abstract portrayal of the Colorado landscape, meshing nature into your own distinctive vision.
- -1 stretched canvas (18 x 30 inches or less)
-Acrylic Paints ( bring an assortment of colors, preferably ones that you would like the piece to represent.)
- I prefer these colors for this particular piece, Green Gold, Parchment or Unbleached Titanium, - -Black, Bright Aqua Green, Baltic Blue, Turner's Yellow, Bronze Yellow, and Raw Sienna.
-Brushes are based on purely what you are comfortable with but I do recommend Synthetic Hair white Talkon.
-Brushes: A selection of half inch to fine point are more than suitable, remember to include a 2 to 3 inch brush for the initial start to the painting.
-1 paint wipe cloth, or paper towels
-cup or bowl for water
-An apron
Christian Dore
Born in Kent, England in 1970, Christian Dore spent most of his childhood living abroad. At the age of 13, he returned home to settle in the small village of Shorne in Kent. At 18 years of age he was accepted into the Kent Institute of Art and Design before continuing his education at the prestigious Bournemouthe and Poole College of Art.
His career began as a motion graphic artist for the BBC as well as MTV and Nickelodeon. After accepting a designer's position in Colorado, it was there that his artwork truly flourished. After moving to the Colorado foothills, it was here that Dore's work evolved into the work that is owned in private collections throughout the world.
Dore's work explores the impressions of the lush environment around him. He takes the expressive qualities of color and mixes them with a somewhat whimsical narrative to capture his feelings. Dore's flurry of abstract forms are by no means frenetic and each painting manages to convey a serene moment in time, a tranquil calm. The relentless build-up of texture is intentional to convey that of sound and movement whilst meshing nature into his own distinctive style.