Explore myths, legends, histories, and geological time.Artist Liane Lang presents an online acrylic painting course based on her artistic journey to Ireland.MIST & MAGIC is suitable for all levels and introduces a range of landscape painting techniques, inventive approaches to storytelling and imaginative insights into subject matter.
Participants can follow step-by-step or work independently from reference images. Each week Liane will introduce a different subject and new acrylic painting technique. These include colour mixing and tinting; wet on wet; and tonal range. Motifs include water reflections, foliage and skies.
This practical course is encouraging and supportive, and available to anyone with the necessary materials (please see list below), a table-top to work on and access to Zoom. Session recordings are available for absentees. Key outcomes from MIST & MAGIC: Landscape painting in Ireland include:
Investigation of Irish myths, legends & histories
Development of acrylic painting techniques
Exploration of landscape painting motifs
Insight into materials and their properties
Production of own acrylic paintings
Feedback from professional artist
Supported by Winsor & Newton
BONUS!
Enjoy a 20% discount on your Winsor & Newton course materials (UK only)
Burning the Big House Dive into Irish history on a visit to the sunlit Southeast Technique: Painting wet-on-wet on a coloured ground
Tuesday 12 Nov 2024/ 18:00-20:00
Silvermines A mysterious and desolate landscape in the mist Technique: Subtle colour mixing and tinting
Tuesday 19 Nov 2024/ 18:00-20:00
Brian’s Fort Visit an ancient hill fort and commune with the trees Technique: Rendering foliage
Tuesday 26 Nov 2024/ 18:00-20:00
The Shannon at Killaloe The mythological River Shannon, longest river in the British Isles Technique: Water reflections, architecture
Tuesday 03 Dec 2024/ 18:00-20:00
Still the Sea The coast and inlets of West Cork with caves and hollows Technique: Big skies, exploring tonal range in a subtle colour harmony
Tuesday 10 Dec 2024/ 18:00-20:00
To the End Three Castle’s Head where the last great Irish family hid out for five hundred years at the end of the earth Technique: Developing a composition through viewpoint and perspective
Fee
£240 Instalment payments available with Klarna
Technical Information
Padlet
We usePadlet as our course interface. Once you register you will receive a link to your course Padlet. Here you will find all relevant course documents including TIMETABLE which contains the Zoom session links. You will also find your own column where you can upload images and documents. Here is a course Padlet sample.
Zoom
We use theZoom platform for live sessions. You will find the link to each session posted in your course TIMETABLE on Padlet. There are two ways to access the live session:
1. Via the Zoom app Before joining a Zoom meeting on a computer or mobile device, you can download the Zoom app hereor here or here.Otherwise, you will be prompted to download and install Zoom when you click the Zoom session link on TIMETABLE.
