INTRODUCING LISA LEBOFSKY, PAINTER

In this course, students will experiment with various painting supports and implements in producing energetic paintings of nature. Students can opt to paint on toned paper, panels, canvas, aluminum, or their choice of other prepared surface; and will utilize objects from nature such as sticks, grasses and stones to add to the mark making vocabulary of a painting. Additionally, we will analyze examples of landscape painting throughout history, and take techniques learned in the studio to paintings to be produced outdoors. Students will learn: colour principles; composition; perspective; light and shadow; texture; various painting techniques; philosophical and metaphorical approaches to painting nature; and the challenges and benefits of painting outdoors. In the end, students will learn how to paint a beautiful and meaningful landscape.