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Painting Foundations: Creating Palettes for the Landscape

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Provider

LinkedIn Learning
Pricing

Free Trial Available
Languages

English
Certificate

Certificate Available
Duration & workload

4 hours 7 minutes
Sessions

On-Demand
Level

Beginner

Found in

Part of

Become a Digital Painter

Overview

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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

Taught by

Will Kemp

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