The Vancouver Visual Art Foundation has been hosting online Art Classes to foster fun creativity with people of all ages and skill levels.

The Trees that Live Beside the Sea

In this two part class, let your creativity fly while painting an impasto landscape with a palette knife using thick acrylic paints on canvas. Discover the joy of painting textured trees and leaves with step by step guidance. No painting skills required.

The first class we will paint the background landscape using thick paint, and in the second class we will paint the tree trunks and the branches with the leaves.

DATES:

Part 1: Thursday, December 17, 2020

Part 2: Sunday, December 20, 2020

TIME: 6:30PM - 8:30PM

MATERIALS:

Students must provide their own supplies in order to participate.

• Canvas 18” x 36"
• palette knife, size 17, or Opus size 41
• Acrylic Paints: Amsterdam - Titanium White, Phtalo Blue, Cobalt Blue, Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Red, Orange, Yellow Ochre, Green
• water and container
• Paper towels

In the first class we will make this landscape background using thick acrylic paint.

Then in the second class we will add the tree trunks in thick acrylic paint and the leaves.