If you can paint field patterns effectively you can make your landscape pictures stretch far into the distance. By gaining some knowledge of what works in terms of structure, shapes and mark-making you can paint extensive landscapes with greater skill and flair.

Here are a couple of great tips to inspire you to sign up to this information packed course:

Extend the look of distance through tonal changes – lighter in the distance and darker in the forground

Increasing the level of blue in the distance to soften off the far hills and intensify the foreground colours

By using these two methods, in conjuction with a better understanding of mark-making, field pattern construction and some basics in perspective within landscape, you can transform how you paint rolling hills.

Medium

Students are fee to use any of the following media on this course: acrylic, watercolour or gouache

Level

This course would suit a relative beginner, and the more experienced painter who is looking to tune their hill painting skills.

Day, location and time

Fridays from 10:00 to 12:00 at St Gabriels Church Hall, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne

Duration

5 weeks – see calendar

Cost – £70

Why does Jason think this course would be of value to you as a painter ?

This course will help you to interpret photographic images of rolling hills – picking out the elements more pertinent to creating a strong picture. It will also help you to begin to experiment with picture making – constructing landscapes using some of the ideas covered on the course.

What will you do on the course ?

• Find out which types of marks will best ilustrate trees and hedgerows in the far distance, middle distance and foreground
• Experiment with creating rolling hills landscapes using the construction models provided by the tutor
• Use both one and two point perspective models to help you make believable field patters
• Break the image into colour and tonal zones to help create distance
• Learn to edit down photographs to make the best of the reference material, so that the image is not muddled
• Experiment with shadow
• Look at hot and cold colour use to help illustrate distance
• Working from photographic reference – create your own rolling hills painting
• Working from imagination – create your own rolling hills painting utilising the construction methods looked at on the course.

What do you need to bring ?

Reference material can be found for this course at www.studio.jasonskill.com in the library section under courses. You will first need to join studio. This is free and only takes a few moments. You will also need to bring drawing paper, a pen and pencil, eraser and sharpener, some drawing paper, watercolour, or acrylic paper to the first lesson as well as your painting kit.

If you are unable to purchase the course online then please send a cheque for £70 –

– made payable to; Painting with Skill to:

Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. To avoid disappointment – book early.