Class Description:

Learn to paint common features in a landscape which can serve as the foundation for future paintings.

Through direct painting methods, students will learn about various features of a landscape such as clouds and sky; grass and trees; and sunsets and misty mornings. Each week, we will take a set of features of a landscape, analyze the light gradation and explore color mixing options. The instructor will guide you in what paint colors to mix and how to use the brush to create the desired effect. We will be working from photos that showcase these features in normal lighting conditions such as a typical sunny day but other conditions may be explored. At the end of the class, you will have numerous painted studies, rather than a single finished painting, that showcase the proper technique for each feature.

Spring Session I Dates:

Scheduled occurrences for the next session of this class are as follows:

Week
Date
Time
Week 1:
1/21/2025
6:30 - 9:30 pm ET
Week 2:
1/28/2025
6:30 - 9:30 pm ET
Week 3:
2/04/2025
6:30 - 9:30 pm ET
Week 4:
2/11/2025
6:30 - 9:30 pm ET
Week 5:
2/18/2025
6:30 - 9:30 pm ET
Week 6:
2/25/2025
6:30 - 9:30 pm ET


  1. Before Class - Welcome & How to Prepare for Class

  2. Week 1 - Clouds, Sky and Distant Mountain

  3. Week 2 - Trees

  4. Week 3 - Grass and Fields

  5. Week 4 - Sand, Rocks and Desert Cliffs

  6. Week 5 - Sunset and Twilight

  • $290.00
  • Online
  • 6 Weeks
  • Beginner to Intermediate

Meet Your Instructor

Dennis Cheaney

Instructor

Dennis W. Cheaney is a NY based artist, writer, and teacher. Dennis received his MFA from the New York Academy of Art (1998), where he was an Andy Warhol Foundation Scholar studying under the renowned artist Edward Schmidt. Additionally, he studied with Jacob Collins, Michael Grimaldi, and Ted Seth Jacobs. From 2003-2009 he was director of his own art school, New England Realist Art Center, in Boston, MA. Dennis has given intensive workshops at the Copley Society of Boston (coso), Bay Area Classical Artist Atelier (BACAA), Long Island Academy of Fine Arts (LIAFA), and the New York Academy of Art (NYAA). He also received the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant in 2001.

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