About this Event
Confident & Colorful Landscapes in Oil Paint
Have you ever wished you could create your own colorful landscape inspired by a photo of your favorite place? This class will reshape your creativity.
Instructor: Daniel Roemmelt, 39 year arts educator, and full time artist
Appropriate for the Beginner or Advanced Painter
Location: ArtsUnited, Inc. Gallery, 2401 N. Dixie Hwy, Wilton Manors, FL
Dates: Monday, May 4, 11 & 18, 2026
Supplies: will be provided, but, if you have oil paints and brushes and an easel, please bring them along
Cost: $108. (and a discount for ArtsUnited members - Use promo code: AUMEMBER)
Class 1- Discuss: How do you decide what to leave in, take out, add, or change in the scene? How do you simplify and convey what interests you most in the reference photo? How do you compose a landscape painting so that it's successful? Investigate paintings of Wolf Kahn, Vincent van Gogh, and Claude Monet, and contemporary artists. Using a grid system over your photograph, it will be transferred onto a larger format canvas, using white charcoal on a toned canvas.
Class 2 - Discuss: How do you paint vibrant and expressive? Investigate Wayne Thiebaud, David Hockney, and Georgia O'Keefe. Discussion on color theory and how to mix colors. Begin applying layers of underpainting. Instructor will paint along with the students as demonstration and will provide group and individual instruction. Critique.
Class 3 - Discuss: What are options for applying paint strokes, adding texture? Creating light. Investigate artists Camilla Engstrom, Richard Diebenkorn and April Gornick and others. Critique and further develop your painting toward completion in this session.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
2401 N Dixie Hwy, 2401 North Dixie Highway, Wilton Manors, United States
USD 108.55
