Description
DAY ONE
February 23 FROM 11:00 – 4:00
PAINTING BASICS
Creating your own composition using sketches, canvas preparation and underpainting. The light source and its importance of consistency with shadows and highlights. Color value and the use of positive and negative space.
Making the scope and scale of your objects work within your painting.
Finding the correct perspective of objects in your overall composition.
BRUSH BASICS
Showing examples of over a dozen different types of brushes, their uses and the different materials they are made of. Demonstrating the different brushes and the effects they can make. How the varied materials they are made of can create different effects. The proper cleaning of your brushes to make them last. You will also practice with the brushes to make clouds, bushes, trees, rocks, water and other landscape fundamentals.
COLOR BASICS
We will cover the color wheel and how to work with a limited pallet of color. You will practice color mixing using the primary colors only.
DAY TWO
February 24 FROM 11:00 – 4:00
I will give you an example picture of a basic landscape.
You will begin your own composition working independently with the skills you have learned. I will help you along but will not be demonstrating it for you.
You are free to add your own creativity to the basic example.
(There will be coffee, juice and muffins for breakfast Mondayand Tuesday.
Lunch will be served on Monday and only light snacks on Tuesday.
The cost is $125.00 for the both days and all supplies are included.
Cancellation must be no later than Friday the 20th by 5;00 P.M. to receive a refund.
They cannot apply the fee for the workshop to any other classes.)
Date & Time
Feb 23, 2026 11:00 AM - Feb 24, 2026 4:00 PM
Venue Details
Old Storehouse Art (formerly Canvas and Cork )
90 North Meaders StreetDahlonega, Georgia 30533
