Painting Foundations: Creating Palettes for the Landscape

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

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