David Dunlop’s Live Online Studio Painting Demonstration Workshops

Join David for more adventures in landscape painting this winter!  In these live online workshops on Zoom, David will bring you a wealth of artistic, historical, and scientific information, exploration of artistic precedents, unique painting demonstrations, encouragement, exciting painting techniques and tips, and insights in his entertaining way.   Assuming that there are no technical issues and as an additional bonus, we will also post a recorded version of the Workshop that you can access for later viewing.

When you purchase the Workshops, your purchase confirmation will contain the the Zoom link to join each workshop together with the link to the webpage containing the recorded version of the workshop and its related password.  We will also send this same information to you in an email the day before and the morning of each Workshop.

a.  Live Studio Discussion and Painting Demonstration by David (1.5-2 hours).    David will present his painting topic for each workshop in his inimitable style, and he may discuss different photographs and paintings to illustrate his discussion – from Old Master to contemporary paintings.  He will select a composition, diagram the painting, discuss his palette considerations, and then complete a unique demonstration painting.

Through demonstrations in oil and mixed media, David will explore subjects of land, water, sky and cities. He will demonstrate a spectrum of subjects from micro close-ups to broad vistas, from water’s movements to the effects of wind in the sky, from primeval forests to frenzied cities, from soft, misty illumination to sparkling reflections, from wild flowers to meadows.He will merge contemporary and historic ideas, techniques and materials and push representational traditions toward abstraction.   David will explore nature’s patterns and textures and how to create their effects.   He will experiment and expand traditional models of landscape painting.  David’s explores how biology and neuroscience determine our vision and can be used to make arresting artworks.

b. Painting Critique of Submitted Workshop Member Paintings – Tuesday (1-1.5 hrs for individual painting critiques).   If you are interested in having David look at one of your paintings and offer a personal critique of the painting for approximately 3-5 minutes, then you can send a high resolution image of your painting to us by 7pm of the evening before the respective workshop.  David will discuss your painting with you during the workshop in the order in which the paintings are submitted to him.  The monthly workshops do not contain individual critiques.

c. Recordings of the workshops will be available for workshops participants after the Workshop, assuming there are no technical problems.  The programs and their recordings are created and produced by David Dunlop and SimmonsArt Inc and subject to their copyright.  All or selected portions of each demonstration may later be used for marketing purposes and/or uploaded to YouTube.

d.   ZOOM VIDEO CONFERENCING.   We are using the Zoom video conferencing technology, which also allows us to record the workshops.  You can use the free Zoom option and – PLEASE NOTE – you will need to register at Zoom before the class.  Click here for more information on how to register for Zoom.  Please update your Zoom software because there have been issues with Zoom because of the recent surge in usage because so many people are now at home.

David’s Suggested SUPPLY LIST.

RECORDED VERSIONS OF DAVID’S WORKSHOPS ARE NOW AVAILABLE 

LANDSCAPES OF SPRING – ONLINE RECORDED VERSION (Not a DVD)

Live Online Workshop on SATURDAY, May 20, 2023  at 1:00PM EDT($50)

2-Hour Live Online Landscape Painting Workshop with NO individual painting critiques.  

Join David in this 2-hour Workshop to explore hour Workshop to explore the the radiant abundance of flowering Spring.  We wander through Spring’s luminous meadows with sparkling streams and sun kissed flora.   David will examine how flower-laden trees and flower-peppered meadows – reminiscent of Impressionist and tonalist landscapes – were constructed by past masters.   He will consider how to compose a compelling painting from the mosaic of colors and textures of Spring, using contemporary techniques and palettes.  David’s painting demonstration will illustrate how to create the bright spray of sunlight over thick and infinite flora and how to create an expanse of sparkling Spring flora ascending and receding into infinite sunlight.  The demonstration will include oils and acrylics.

You will Receive the Link to the Recorded Version of the Workshop. You will also receive a link to a recorded version of the Workshop so that you may review it later at your leisure.There are no personal painting critiques in this Workshop, but David will be happy to answer any of your questions.

$50.00Add to cart

VISIONS OF VENICE  – ONLINE RECORDED VERSION (Not a DVD)  Recorded Version of Live Online Workshop on SATURDAY, March 18, 2023 ($50)   2-Hour Landscape Painting Workshop with NO individual painting critiques.

Join David in this 2-hour Workshop to explore the joy and beauty of painting the atmosphere and play of light, water and reflections of Venice. David’s exciting new live online demonstration workshop on March 18 will explore different Visions of Venice, which has been a magnet of romance and mystery for artists throughout the centuries. He will present iconic paintings of Venice by JMW Turner (1775-1851), Venetian view painters such as Antonio Canaletto (1697-1768) and Francesco Guardi (1712-1793), and later paintings by John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) and Claude Monet (1840-1926).David will then paint a demonstration painting in mixed media and will experiment with how to create the textures, atmosphere and motion of Venice with different tools and palettes. We hope that you can join David and create your own view of Venice.

In this Workshop you’ll learn how to:

• Create the effects of moving water with its reflections and translucence.
• Experiment with painting translucence and sparkling reflections.
• Explore and create the atmosphere of Venice.

You will Receive the Link to the Recorded Version of the Workshop. You will also receive a link to a recorded version of the Workshop so that you may review it later at your leisure.There are no personal painting critiques in this Workshop, but David will be happy to answer any of your questions.

$50.00Add to cart

TRANSLUCENCE AND REFLECTIONS – ONLINE RECORDED VERSION (Not a DVD) Recorded Version of Live Online Workshop on SATURDAY, February 18, 2023 ($50)  2-Hour Landscape Painting Workshop with NO individual painting critiques.

In this 2-hour Workshop you will discover how to evoke the magical effects of watery translucence and quivering surface reflections.  David David will show you new tools and techniques while demonstrating in oils and acrylic.

In this Workshop you’ll learn how to:

• Create the effects of seeing simultaneously below, on and above the surface of water.
• Mesmerize the viewer with translucence, sparkling reflections and shadowy pools.
• Glaze and create misty atmospheres
• Create the effects of moving water with its reflections and translucence in ponds and streams.

You will Receive the Link to the Recorded Version of the Workshop. You will  receive a link to a recorded version of the Workshop so that you may review it later at your leisure.There are no personal painting critiques in this Workshop, but David will be happy to answer any of your questions.

$50.00Add to cart

IMMENSE PANORAMIC LANDSCAPES WORKSHOP – ONLINE RECORDED VERSION (Not a DVD)  Recorded Version of Live Online Workshop on SATURDAY, January 21, 2023 ($50)  –  2-Hour Landscape Painting Workshop with NO individual painting critiques.

In this 2-hour Workshop David explores how to create Immense views of hills, mountains and skies from Europe to the American Southwest. The Workshop will include a discussion of historical and contemporary paintings and compositions and a 1.5 – 2 hr. Painting Demonstration.  David examines and explores how artists from Rembrandt to Turner created landscapes that carry you from an intimate foreground into immense distance.  You will learn how to use principles of disappearance, including linear, aerial and atmospheric perspective, optical shifts, color recession and more.   David will demonstrate different techniques to create vivid textures and colors that recede into blended atmosphere.   David will demonstrate contemporary techniques and materials and will paint in oil and incorporate different techniques of mixed media.
You will Receive the Link to the Recorded Version. You will receive a link to a recorded version of the Workshop so that you may review it at your leisure.  There are no personal painting critiques in this Workshop, but David will be happy to answer any of your questions.

$50.00Add to cart

WINTER LANDSCAPES  – David Dunlop’s Adventures in Landscape Painting Workshop – ONLINE RECORDED VERSION (Not a DVD)

Recorded Version of David’s Live Online Workshop on SATURDAY, December 17, 2022  ($50)

2-Hour Landscape Painting Workshop with NO individual painting critiques.

In this 2-hour online landscape painting workshop, David will explore and examine historic designs. David will then apply these different concepts and ideas to paint a contemporary landscape painting demonstration touching on themes of winter. He will paint in oil and may incorporate mixed media, using contemporary techniques and materials. You are invited to paint along with David or just relax with a sandwich.
You will Receive the Link to the Recorded Version. You will receive a link to a recorded version of the Workshop so that you may review it at your leisure.  There are no personal painting critiques in this Workshop, but David will be happy to answer any of your questions.

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