Seascapes and Landscapes art class

Our Seascapes and Landscapes classes enable participants to explore some of the beautiful vistas of Inishowen, Co. Donegal.

Seascapes

We will uncover the most dramatic coastline and cliff tops of Inishowen. We will explore shape, composition, colour, tone and different techniques for depicting water. We will discover how we can communicate and translate distance and depth in painting.

Landscapes

We will enable students to explore some of the most dramatic and lesser-known areas of Inishowen, Co. Donegal, from hillsides to Irish boglands, lakes and farms. Landscape painting is an art of its own.

Choosing a perspective and translating that perspective from life or 2D reference, in a unique and considered way, is crucial to the development of a successful painting. Often, we make everything so complicated for ourselves that we lose the essence of what we are trying to communicate through our painting.

This course is designed for all abilities and levels and considers composition, atmosphere, space and distance, values, colour temperature and much more. We will also look at colour graduation, with handy tips on painting skies, clouds and trees with both knife and brush.

Please bring several canvases as this course is designed to create several projects to complete at home.

10am-4pm on Saturday and Sunday. 6 participants. Tea and coffee provided. Light lunch provided.

Please bring your own materials. We can supply materials at a reasonable price, but you would need to let us know in advance.

Resident artist Sinéad Smyth will lead the course.