Artistree Community Arts Center Inspired Landscape Painting with Big Brushes

Inspired Landscape Painting with Big Brushes

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Artistree Community Arts Center

Artistree Community Arts Center Inspired Landscape Painting with Big Brushes
Ages

Adult

Dates

Sat, Aug 19, 2023

Time

8:00am - 12:00pm EDT

Location

2095 Pomfret Rd, Pomfret, VT 05067

Instructor

Sue S.

Capacity

12 students

Class Experience

Learn to loosen up your technique and visually edit the landscape to create more dynamic work in acrylic or oil.    


We’ll paint outside on the Artistree campus (weather permitting) and compose, block-in, and complete a painting with large brushes, palette knives and various crude tools to help reduce the temptation to be fixated on detail. You will learn to simplify shapes, tones and colors to suggest a scene without painting in every twig, leaf and blade of grass.    


 If weather chases us inside we’ll work from the windows, and/or a large visual reference.    


This workshop is best for painters who have already started and have their general supplies to paint in oil or acrylic. It will probably be frustrating for a total beginner. Intermediate to advanced painters suggested.


Sue Schlabach is an artist and photographer with over 25 years of background as a Creative Director in art publishing. Her creative practices include en plein air painting, fiber art, watercolor, and mixed media design. On painting outdoors, she loves the immediacy of changing light and weather, and a finite amount of time to choose a composition and get to work. She loves to use large brushes to achieve abstraction and movement. Sue has been painting en plein air with ArtisTree for many years and exhibits regularly in the gallery. See her work at www.SueSchlabach.com.

Notes

Please email if you have questions: sue@sueschlabach.com

Class Requirements

  • This workshop is best for painters who have already started painting and have their general supplies to paint in oil or acrylic. Intermediate to advanced painters suggested.
  • Watercolorists welcome too! 

What you'll learn

  • Making quick decisions when composing


  • Simplifying what you see / editing the world 


  • Using one tool for many types of marks

Sample Class Format

  • We hope to paint outside! 

Other Things To Know

Cancellation Policy

If a participant wants to cancel their enrollment, we will refund the amount of tuition minus a non-refundable $30 registration fee if request is made no less than 8 business days prior to the start of class. See full policy here.

What To Bring

  • Supplies Provided 

• Three wide brushes: 1”, 2” and 3” (I use 3” nearly exclusively in my paintings).

• Two pieces 12x9 gessoed paper to try a few sketch compositions

  • • Artistree has portable easels for those who need them


  • Art Supplies for Participants to Bring:

• Paints: bring oils or acrylics (I work in acrylics)

• Gessoed canvas or panel between 12x12 and 16x12

• Mediums if you use them

• Water or solvents for your brushes

• Two brush cups

• Palette or palette paper

• Oil or acrylic paints

• A portable easel if you have one (Artistree can provide if you don’t)


  • Hat, sunblock and repellant, comfortable shoes. Layers to warm up or cool off.
  • Water Bottle 
  • Apron (Artistree has aprons for those who need them)




Artistree Community Arts Center Location

Artistree Community Arts Center

2095 Pomfret Rd, Pomfret, VT 05067

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Meet your Instructor

Sue S.

Sue Schlabach is an artist and photographer with over 25 years of background as a Creative Director in art publishing. Her creative practices include en plein air painting in slow drying acrylics, textile arts, and mixed media work. On painting outdoors, she loves the immediacy of changing light and weather, and a finite amount of time to choose a composition and get to work. She primarily uses large brushes to achieve abstraction and movement.