Painting Foundations: Creating Palettes for the Landscape

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Free Online Course: Painting Foundations: Creating Palettes for the Landscape provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 4-5 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Painting Foundations: Creating Palettes for the Landscape is taught by Will Kemp.

Overview
  • Recreate the color palettes of nature and paint more evocative landscapes with this painting class from artist and art instructor Will Kemp.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Welcome
    1. Materials and Setup
    • Mastering the color palettes of nature
    • Supports and grounds
    • Paints and mediums
    • Brushes and additional materials
    2. Winter
    • Setting a winter tone
    • A compressed tonal range
    • A winter color palette
    • The qualities of light and smokey edges
    • A warmer winter color palette
    • Blending colors of atmospheric light
    • A winter color palette with neutrals
    • A winter snow scene: Painting the darks
    • A winter snow scene: Adding blue
    3. Spring
    • A spring landscape and lightfall
    • Mixing and balancing green
    • An impressionistic touch
    • A spring landscape: The underpainting
    • A spring landscape: Adding greens
    4. Autumn
    • Autumnal reflections and golden light
    • Extending the palette
    • Extending the palette with intense reds
    • Watery washes and glazes
    • Autumn reflections: Lights and darks
    • Autumn reflections: Adding oranges
    • Autumn reflections: Adding glazes
    5. Summer
    • Summer sunshine and a wide tonal range
    • A vibrant palette
    • Simplifying shapes
    • A vibrant palette with phthalo green
    • A summer scene: Dark tonal pattern
    • A summer scene: Adding green
    • A summer scene: Finishing touches
    Conclusion
    • Goodbye