"Composing the Poetic Landscape in Oils or Pastels" with Barbara Jaenicke (January 2028)
COMPOSING THE POETIC LANDSCAPE IN OILS OR PASTELS
with Instructor Barbara Jaenicke
WHEN:
3 FULL-DAYS
Tuesday to Thursday
(9am to 4pm)
January 25, 26, 27, 2028
WHERE:
Art League Academy
(106 Cordillo Pkwy, Hilton Head Island, SC)
with Instructor Barbara Jaenicke
WHEN:
3 FULL-DAYS
Tuesday to Thursday
(9am to 4pm)
January 25, 26, 27, 2028
WHERE:
Art League Academy
(106 Cordillo Pkwy, Hilton Head Island, SC)
This workshop takes a deep dive into the nuts and bolts of a strong landscape composition. The emphasis is on shapes and editing. And the goal is to create the illusion of subject matter details in your landscape painting without laboring over unnecessary rendering, resulting in a more expressive and eloquent capture of your subject.
We’ll address the thumbnail planning stage and then work through a painting process that maintains the initial shapes and editing, while learning to make selective decisions for the finishing stages. Other painting skills, especially values and edges, will also be addressed regarding how those skills contribute to a good design.
All information presented and demonstrated will apply equally to oil and pastel. Students will start off using instructor-provided reference photos but will have the option to use their own photos, too. We’ll kick things off with a few composition exercises and then proceed to small studies that take the composition toward a finished piece.
Students may work in pastel or oil, or both, although for this workshop, it may be best to focus on one or the other.
SKILL LEVEL:
This workshop is open to all levels but geared primarily toward artists with at least some basic painting experience and familiarity with the supplies.
REFUND POLICY:
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| Materials Included: | No materials are included in this class |
| Requirements: | RECOMMENDED SUPPLY LIST Printable PDF of the Supply List Pastel Supplies: Pastels Soft Pastels - Feel free to use your favorite soft pastels if you already have a good range of values, plus some hard pastels mentioned below. (See below for recommendations.) I highly recommend organizing your pastels by value. If you plan to stock up a bit before the workshop, here are some of my favorite soft pastels that I’ll use in my demonstrations: 1. Terry Ludwig 2. Schmincke 3. Sennelier 4. Jack Richeson (Handrolled Soft Pastels) – I developed an 80-piece Winter Landscape set of selected Richeson pastels, which can be purchased through Dakota Pastels or JudsonArt.com You’re certainly not required to use this set for the workshop, but I’ll likely use some of these colors. Hard Pastels NuPastel square/hard pastels have traditionally been my favorite for my initial block-in of a pastel painting. However, they are no longer available to order individually. Since they’ll be available only in full sets, and I use only a few of these pastels, I’ve found alternative hard pastels that can be purchased individually. The colors are basically a dark blue, bright orange, bright pink, violet and dark brown. Listed below are the NuPastels, and then alternate options in Cretacolor, and one from Holbein. You’ll need only the 5 colors listed for one of these options (or a combination from any of the brands). NuPastels: 244 Blue Violet, 212 Deep Orange, 306 Orchid Pink, 254 Violet Hyacinthe and 353 Cordovan Creatacolor: 239 Paynes Grey (this is the dark blue), 111 Orange, 139 Bluish Purple and 219 Sepia Dark Holbein: 094 Permanent Red 3 (this is the bright pink) Surface Mounted UArt paper – We’ll be using liquid underpaintings, so a mounted version of UArt paper will be important. I highly recommend mounted UArt from Pro Art Panels.com. Another option is UArt Premium Boards from Dick Blick orDakota Pastels. My favorite grit is 400. You can also mount regular UArt paper yourself to foamboard with a spray adhesive. (Scotch PhotoMount works well. Spray back of UArt paper and foamboard surface, and press down edges and corners firmly, ideally with a brayer). If mounting yourself, please have all paper mounted prior to workshop. Quantity & Size: For this workshop I recommend approximately 3 x panels, either 8” x 10” or 9” x 12”. Always a good idea to have one or two spares in case of underpainting “mess-ups” and also some scrap pieces to test colors. Other Supplies: 1. Small Sketch Book (I use a 5.5” x 8.5” sized sketchbook.) 2. Artist Tape 3. A sharp pencil – ideally a mechanical pencil that allows you to click the end to advance the lead. (I use BIC 0.7mm HB #2.) If using a regular pencil, please have a sharpener handy. 4. Pastel pencil, if desired, to draw in initial shapes for painting (I use Cretacolor Paynes Gray) 5. Rubbing Alcohol for Underpainting 6. Small Jar for Alcohol 7. Brush for Underpainting –any “flat” style bristle brush (one that an oil painter would use), size 6 or 8 8. Cotton rag (optional, for catching drips in the underpainting; paper towels work fine, too 9. Backing (such as foamboard), a couple of inches larger on each side than your UArt board 10. Hand Wipes 11. Paper Towels 12. Latex Goves 13. Portable Easel (or borrow one of ALHH's) Reference Photos If you have landscape photos, please bring them. Any landscape subject is fine. During the workshop, we’ll discuss images that are most ideal to use for landscape reference photos. Photos will also be provided. If working from your own photos, you may work from printed photos, or from photos on your small laptop or tablet device. (Please, however, do not plan to work directly from photos on your phone.) Oil Supplies: Oil Paint* Gamblin unless otherwise Noted 1. Titanium White 2. Cadmium Lemon 3. Cadmium Yellow Deep 4. Cadmium Orange 5. Yellow Ochree 6. Cadmium Red Light (or Permanent Red Medium from Rembrant) 7. Alizarin Crimson (or Permanent) 8. Transparent Red Oxide (Gamblin 1980 line or Rembrant) 9. Ultramarine Blue 10. Cobalt Blue 11. Viridian Green *Listed above are my brand preferences and what I'll likely use in my demos. I understand the expense of each new tube of paint, so feel free to use similar alternatives you may already have. However, I especially recommend having the brands indicated for Cadmium Lemon, Alizarin, Yellow Ochre and Transparent Red Oxide. I tone my surface with a 50/50 mixture of Transparent Red Oxide and Alizarin, diluted with Gamsol. Once brushed on and wiped with a rag or paper towel, it should appear as warm flesh color, toned to about a 2 on a value scale of 1/lightest - 10/darkest. I recommend toning your panels prior to the workshop, but you can also do it there. Surface Affordable canvas panels will be ideal for this workshop. Guerrilla Painter® Extra Fine Oil Primed Linen Panels from JudsonArt.com are a great option. Otherwise, any favorite canvas panel (oil primed linen preferred) is fine. Quantities/Sizes For this workshop I recommend approximately 3 panels, either 8” x 10” or 9” x 12”. Always a good idea to have one or two spares in case of underpainting “mess-ups.” Brushes BRISTLE brushes in sizes 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8. FILBERTS for sizes 1-3; FLATS for sizes 4-8. (If you’re on a budget and buying new, you can pare it down to sizes 2, 4, 6 and 8.) Bristle brushes, rather than softer synthetic brushes, will be important. Information is available on the workshop page of my website :BarbaraJaenicke.com about a Richeson brush set I recommend for students, which are available at JudsonArt.com Other Oil Supplies 1. Small Sketch book (I use a 5.5” x 8.5” sized sketchbook.) 2. Pencil – ideally a mechanical pencil that allows you to click the end to advance the lead. (I use BIC 0.7mm HB #2.) If using a regular pencil, please have a sharpener handy 3.Odorless mineral spirits/solvent (such as Gamsol) *ODORLESS ONLY* 4. Paint medium (I use Gamblin’s Solvent-free Gel or Galkyd Gel) 5. Brush cleaning container (for solvent) 6. Small cup for medium (if not using a gel-based medium) 7. Wet canvas/panel carrier for sizes being used 8. Palette Knife 9. Paper towels 10. Hand wipes 11. Latex Gloves or other hand protection if desired 12. Portable Palette (if not already part of your easel) 13. Portable Easel (or use one from ALHH) Reference Photos: See earlier note under pastel section - SAME for Oil painters! QUESTIONS? |
| Instructor: | Barbara Jaenicke |
| Instructor Bio: | 
BARBARA JAENICKE’S artistic journey was launched in her early teens more so by hard work and stubborn determination than by natural giftedness. Not realizing that a career in fine art could be a possibility, she steered her college studies toward Advertising, Graphic Design, and Marketing. She was an advertising art director in her first career, then a corporate marketing communications manager years later. In 2002, she was able to turn her focus to a fine art career, pursuing it full steam ahead. Working in oil and pastel, Barbara strives to capture light-filled landscapes in an impressionist, painterly style. Although her finished work is painted primarily in the studio, a regular practice of painting outdoors enables her to create a genuine sense of light in her studio work. Born and raised in New Jersey, Barbara also lived in Atlanta, Georgia for many years until she yearned for snow and mountains for her landscape subject matter, which prompted her family’s move to Bend, Oregon in 2015. Barbara is also a popular workshop instructor throughout the US, teaching workshops coast to coast each year. |
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