Essentials of Landscape Painting (Online Class)

Landscape Sketch: Approaches to Painting - Online

Dennis Cheaney | Fall II | Thursdays, Nov 5 - Dec 17

Class Description:

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

In this class, students will learn effective ways to approach landscape sketching. We will explore common landscape situations and study how artists have approached them. Each week introduces a new project that builds on the work of the previous class, allowing students to develop a growing range of approaches to making a successful landscape sketch.

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Fall II Session Dates:

Scheduled occurrences for the next session of this class are as follows:
**Nov 26th will be skipped due to Thanksgiving.

Week	Date	Time
Week 1:	11/05/2026	6:30 - 9:30 pm ET
Week 2:	11/12/2026	6:30 - 9:30 pm ET
Week 3:	11/19/2026	6:30 - 9:30 pm ET
Week 4:	12/03/2026**	6:30 - 9:30 pm ET
Week 5:	12/10/2026	6:30 - 9:30 pm ET
Week 6:	12/17/2026	6:30 - 9:30 pm ET

Before Class - Welcome & How to Prepare for Class
Week 1 - The Foreground Mass
Week 2 - Color: The Loose Foreground
Week 3 - Light: The Shadow Design
Week 4 - Form and Light: The Side-Lit Middle Ground
Week 5 - Atmosphere and Chroma: The Distant Landscape
Week 6 - Space and Chroma: The Distant Mountain
After Class - Wrap Up

$320.00
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.