Art Camp 3: Landscapes
About this course
Below is the entirety of the Art Camp 3 course. It's broken up into weekly segments, but since the course is self directed you're free to take things at your own pace. Since we're doing this course live this summer, there will be students trying to keep up, so do your best to not fall behind. If you do, just move on to the current week and you can always go back and catch up later. :) Good luck and happy painting!
Overview
How I Paint Landscapes
Free preview Week 1
Let's break it all down.
The Fundamentals of Landscapes
For this first week of Art Camp 3, we're going to break down landscapes to their essential components. We're going to look in depth at the specific fundamentals that landscapes rely on to be succesful and start doing exercises to push those abilities.
There's a lot of repetitive work this week, but we need to drill this lesson in because it's so incredibly important. Everything we're doing in this course for the next few months is built on this basic lesson.
Each of these studies should probably take you 15-30 minutes. If in doubt, err on the slow side. These are not supposed to be done quickly. Take your time and get those values right. If something looks off, stop yourself, analyze, and correct the values.
This week’s work
Pick one pace. Same kind of work, just more of it.
Normal
- 25x referenced 3-value studies
- 25x imaginative 3-value studies
Hard
- 75x referenced 3-value studies
- 50x imaginative 3-value studies
Insane
- 150x referenced 3-value studies
- 100x imaginative 3-value studies
Week 2
Back to studying the masters!
Studying the Masters
Week 3
You never have to paint mushy rocks again.
Forms of Nature: Ground, Rocks, and Trees
Week 4
Say goodbye to ugly skies, squishy clouds, and flat mountains.
Forms of Nature: Sky, Clouds, and Mountains
Week 5
To paint great landscapes, you have to be able to paint great light.
Seeing Light & Color
Week 6
Do. More. Thumbnails.
Thumbnailing for Landscapes
Week 7
Landscapes are all about light, so let's start making some light of our own.
Creating Light
Week 8
Climate, Weather, and Geomorphology
Pick one pace. Same kind of work, just more of it.
Week 9
The difference between a good landscape painting and a great one is often how well it succeeds in conveying an emotion or a narrative.
Emotion & Narrative
Week 10
Let's bring it home.
Finishing Landscapes: Painterly Approach
Week 11
Time to cheat at art.
Finishing Landscapes: Incorporating Photos
Week 12
Let's keep cheating.
Finishing Landscapes: Incorporating 3D