LIVE ONLINE STUDIO WORKSHOPS with DAVID DUNLOP
Emmy Award-winning artist, teacher, and host of PBS Series Landscapes Through Time
Join David for an inspiring series of live online landscape painting workshops that combine painting demonstrations, art history, science, philosophy, and practical techniques to help you see—and paint—the landscape in new ways. He also shares fascinating discoveries from biology and neuroscience that explain how we see—and how artists can use that knowledge to create more compelling paintings.
Drawing on both historic traditions and contemporary discoveries, David explores light, atmosphere, color, texture, and nature’s patterns while sharing innovative methods that can transform your painting. Artists of every level are welcome.
Each Tuesday workshop begins at 11:00 ET and includes the following elements:
- Live Painting Demonstration (1½–2 hours)
- Optional Personal Painting Critiques (1–1½ hours) for participants who submit a painting by 7:00 p.m. ET the evening before the workshop.
- Workshop Recording for unlimited viewing after the event (technical issues permitting).
Paint with whatever materials you enjoy, or use David’s Suggested SUPPLY LIST.
How It Works. Workshops are presented live on Zoom. Your registration confirmation includes your Zoom link and recording access link, with reminder emails – which also include the Zoom Link – sent before each workshop. 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 to ensure there are no important Zoom updates.
The workshops and recordings are copyrighted by David Dunlop and SimmonsArt Inc. All or selected portions of each demonstration may later be used for marketing or future educational purposes and/or later uploaded to YouTube.
RECORDED VERSIONS of Certain Earlier Workshops are now available.
SUMMER-FALL, 2026 LIVE ONLINE STUDIO WORKSHOPS with DAVID DUNLOP
OCTOBER, 2026
David Dunlop’s Tuesdays in October, 2026 Landscape Painting Workshops (October 6, 20, and 27, 2026 at 11:00am ET). Please join us for three different and exciting painting demonstration Workshops with inspiring artist and teacher David Dunlop this October. Each 2-hr. Live Online Landscape Painting Workshop includes a 1.5 Discussion of Composition and Palette and a Painting Demonstration with an Optional Painting Critique and Access to the Recorded Workshop.
$150.00Add to cart
1. A Pond at the Edge of Autumn. In this oil painting workshop, Emmy Award–winning artist David Dunlop explores a lakeshore poised between summer and fall, alive with wildflowers, floating duckweed, shifting reflections, and a forested hillside just beginning to turn. David will demonstrate how changing light, layered color, and expressive brushwork can capture the richness and restless beauty of a season in transition.
2. A Luminous Tangle of Wildflowers. In this oil painting workshop, join David to explore a summer meadow dense with wildflowers, illuminated by the drama of contre-jour lighting. David will demonstrate how backlighting, unexpected color, and expressive brushwork can turn a tangled field of flowers into a shimmering tapestry of light and movement.
3. Across the Water. In this oil painting workshop, David Dunlop paints an intimate shoreline scene where early autumn grasses and foliage reach across the water. David will demonstrate how reflections, layered color, and expressive brushwork can dissolve the boundaries between water and foliage, creating a richly woven landscape alive with the first signs of fall.
SEPTEMBER, 2026
David Dunlop’s Tuesdays in September, 2026 Landscape Painting Workshops (September 15, 22, and 29, 2026 at 11:00am ET). Please join us for three different and exciting painting demonstration Workshops with inspiring artist and teacher David Dunlop this September. Each 2-hr. Live Online Landscape Painting Workshop includes a 1.5 Discussion of Composition and Palette and a Painting Demonstration with an Optional Painting Critique and Access to the Recorded Workshop. $150.00Add to cart
1. New York in Motion: The 59th Street Bridge. Explore the electric energy of New York City in this oil painting workshop with Emmy Award–winning artist David Dunlop. Inspired by a photograph of the 59th Street Bridge, David explores how multiple vanishing points and curvilinear perspective can stretch and bend space, energize architecture, and capture the exhilarating sensation of a city in motion.
2. The Exuberant Memory of Spring. Follow a blossom-filled country lane into the dazzling light of late spring. Beneath arching, flower-laden trees, David will explore how brilliant light, fresh color, and spirited brushwork can lead the eye toward a radiant meadow and capture the irresistible energy of the season.
3. A Tangle of Wildflowers. In this oil painting workshop, David will explore the wild abundance of flowers and grasses along the river’s edge, demonstrating how expressive brushwork, unexpected color, and shifting light can transform the scene into a vibrant, rhythmic landscape.
AUGUST, 2026
David Dunlop’s Tuesdays in August, 2026 Landscape Painting Workshops (August 4 and 11, 2026 at 11:00am ET). Please join us for two different and exciting painting demonstration Workshops with inspiring artist and teacher David Dunlop this August. Each 2-hr. Live Online Landscape Painting Workshop includes a 1.5 Discussion of Composition and Palette and a Painting Demonstration with an Optional Painting Critique and Access to the Recorded Workshop. $100.00Add to cart
1. The Vivid Tapestry of a Summer Lake. Celebrate the vibrant energy of a summer lake in this oil painting workshop with Emmy Award–winning artist David Dunlop. Inspired by shimmering reflections, lush waterlilies, distant forests, and sunlit meadows, David will demonstrate how to weave together luminous reflections, layered greens, and subtle atmospheric light to create a landscape filled with depth, harmony, and seasonal richness.
2. Shoreline Treasures. In this oil painting workshop inspired by a photograph of a summer beach scattered with seashells, sparkling sunlight, and expansive skies, David will demonstrate how dazzling light, shimmering color, and rich textures bring the ever-changing shoreline to life.
JULY, 2026
David Dunlop’s Tuesdays in July, 2026 Landscape Painting Workshops (July 14, 21, and 28, 2026 at 11:00am ET). Please join us for three different and exciting painting demonstration Workshops with inspiring artist and teacher David Dunlop this July. Each 2-hr. Live Online Landscape Painting Workshop includes a 1.5 Discussion of Composition and Palette and a Painting Demonstration with an Optional Painting Critique and Access to the Recorded Workshop. $150.00Add to cart
2. A Tangle of Sunlight and Shadow. In this exciting oil painting workshop, a quiet summer outcrop becomes extraordinary as sunlight reveals an island of foliage and stone against a dramatic Caravaggesque interplay of light and shadow. David will demonstrate how luminous light, warm reflections, and subtle color relationships create depth, mystery, and a powerful sense of place.
3. Mysteries of a Secluded Forest. Step into the cool mystery of a towering summer forest in this oil painting workshop, where shafts of light filter through the canopy and deep shadows invite exploration. Inspired by a photograph of this secluded hillside landscape, David will reveal how to paint the luminous complexity of the woodland and how light, shadow, and layered color can evoke the mystery and grandeur of this timeless landscape.
JUNE, 2026
David Dunlop’s Tuesdays in June, 2026 Landscape Painting Workshops (June 9, 16, and 23, 2026 at 11:00am ET). Please join us for three different and exciting painting demonstration Workshops with inspiring artist and teacher David Dunlop this June. Each 2-hr. Live Online Landscape Painting Workshop includes a 1.5 Discussion of Composition and Palette and a Painting Demonstration with an Optional Painting Critique and Access to the Recorded Workshop. $150.00Add to cart
MAY, 2026
David Dunlop’s Tuesdays in May, 2026 Landscape Painting Workshops (May 12, 19, and 26, 2026 at 11:00am ET). Please join us for three different and exciting painting demonstration Workshops with inspiring artist and teacher David Dunlop this May. Each 2-hr. Live Online Landscape Painting Workshop includes a 1.5 Discussion of Composition and Palette and a Painting Demonstration with an Optional Painting Critique and Access to the Recorded Workshop. $150.00Add to cart
1. A Tranquil Pond in a Botanical Garden. This Workshop is inspired by a photograph that David took of a tranquil pond in the Edinburgh Botanical Garden. He will demonstrate how to paint cloud reflections on mirrored water and create depth and atmosphere in dense foliage.
2. Spring Blossoms. This Workshop is inspired by photograph of a profusion of spring blossoms billowing over a country road. David will demonstrate how to compose and capture soft floral forms and to balance light and color to suggest the boisterous renewal of Spring.
3. Breaking Light in Waves. Working from a photograph of ocean waves curling and breaking along a sunlit shore. David will demonstrate how to capture the movement of water, the shifting patterns of light, and the subtle refraction within translucent waves to evoke clarity, energy, and atmosphere.
APRIL, 2026
David Dunlop’s Tuesdays in April, 2026 Landscape Painting Workshops (April 7, 14, and 21, 2026 at 11:00am ET). Please join us for three different and exciting painting demonstration Workshops with inspiring artist and teacher David Dunlop this April. Each 2-hr. Live Online Landscape Painting Workshop includes a 1.5 Discussion of Composition and Palette and a Painting Demonstration with an Optional Painting Critique and Access to the Recorded Workshop. $150.00Add to cart
MARCH, 2026
David Dunlop’s Tuesdays in March, 2026 Landscape Painting Workshops (March 10, 24, and 31 2026 at 11:00am ET). Please join us for three different and exciting painting demonstration Workshops with inspiring artist and teacher David Dunlop this March. Each 2-hr. Live Online Landscape Painting Workshop includes a 1.5 Discussion of Composition and Palette and a Painting Demonstration with an Optional Painting Critique and Access to the Recorded Workshop. $150.00Add to cart
2. Meadow Windflowers Bathed in Sparkling Light. In this demonstration David will explore the play of warmth and shadow across dancing grasses and wildflowers. He will demonstrate how to create an up-close landscape tapestry of radiant meadow wildflowers in a frame of sparkling movement.
3. Mysterious Forest Pond. Join David to explore a shadowed pond nestled within a sun-dappled forest. David will demonstrate how to suggest reflective water, layered foliage, and shifting patterns of light to create a landscape alive with depth, atmosphere, and quiet mystery.
FEBRUARY, 2026
David Dunlop’s Tuesdays in February, 2026 Landscape Painting Workshops (February 10, 17, and 24, 2026 at 11:00am ET). Please join us for three different and exciting painting demonstration Workshops with inspiring artist and teacher David Dunlop this February. Each 2-hr. Live Online Landscape Painting Workshop includes a 1.5 Discussion of Composition and Palette and a Painting Demonstration with an Optional Painting Critique and Access to the Recorded Workshop. $150.00Add to cart
2. Winter Woodland: Snowbound. Join David for a live online oil painting workshop inspired by sunlight filtering on snowbanks in a winter woodland. David will demonstrate how to capture crisp, colorful snow shadows, and glowing winter light.
3. Winter Cascade. Join David for a live online oil painting workshop inspired by winter rapids cascading through a forest alive with movement. David will demonstrate how to capture rushing water, icy highlights, and the interplay of water and woodland.
JANUARY, 2026
David Dunlop’s Tuesdays in January, 2025 Landscape Painting Workshops (January (January 13, 20, and 27, 2026 at 11:00am ET). Please join us for three different and exciting painting demonstration Workshops with inspiring artist and teacher David Dunlop this January. Each 2-hr. Live Online Landscape Painting Workshop includes a 1.5 Discussion of Composition and Palette and a Painting Demonstration with an Optional Painting Critique and Access to the Recorded Workshop. $150.00Add to cart
2. Summer Mill Pond with Reaching Fronds. Join David for a live online oil painting workshop inspired by a radiant summer mill pond, where lush fronds sweep across shimmering water. David will explore techniques for capturing glowing reflections, rhythmic foliage, and the rich, vibrant colors that bring summer landscapes to life.
3. J. Alden Weir’s Winter Pond: Ice and Blue Water. Join Emmy Award–winning artist David Dunlop for a live online oil painting workshop inspired by a photograph of the farm pond of American Impressionist J. Alden Weir, where ice fractures the surface and cool blue water glows beneath winter light. David will demonstrate how to capture subtle color, broken reflections, the staccato rhythm of winter grasses, and the quiet poetry of a frozen landscape.
DECEMBER, 2025
David Dunlop’s Tuesdays in December, 2025 Landscape Painting Workshops (December 2, 9 and 16, 2025 at 11:00am ET). Please join us for three different and exciting painting demonstration Workshops with inspiring artist and teacher David Dunlop this December. Each 2-hr. Live Online Landscape Painting Workshop includes a 1.5 Discussion of Composition and Palette and a Painting Demonstration with an Optional Painting Critique and Access to the Recorded Workshop. $150.00Add to cart
2. Coastal Fog Sweeping Across a River Cove in a Rising Storm. Join David for a live online oil painting workshop inspired by a dramatic photograph of coastal fog sweeping over a river cove in a rising storm. David will demonstrate how to paint shifting mist, turbulent skies, and the restless energy of wind and water as weather transforms the landscape.
3. Golden Autumnal Trees Reflected in a Tranquil Evening Pond. Join David for a live online oil painting workshop inspired by a glowing photograph of golden autumnal trees mirrored in a calm evening pond. David will demonstrate how to capture shimmering reflections, rich seasonal color, and the quiet serenity of an autumn dusk in oil.
NOVEMBER, 2025
David Dunlop’s Tuesdays in November, 2025 Landscape Painting Workshops (November 11, 18 and 25, 2025 at 11:00am ET). Please join us for three different and exciting painting demonstration Workshops with inspiring artist and teacher David Dunlop this November. Each 2-hr. Live Online Landscape Painting Workshop includes a 1.5 Discussion of Composition and Palette and a Painting Demonstration with an Optional Painting Critique and Access to the Recorded Workshop.
$150.00Add to cart
1. Golden Forest Cathedral of Trees. Join Emmy Award–winning artist David Dunlop for a live online oil painting workshop inspired by a glowing autumn forest—an ethereal cathedral of golden trees and dappled light. David will guide you through techniques to capture the shimmer, depth, and radiance of this luminous woodland scene.
2. New York in Motion. Join David for a live online oil painting workshop inspired by a vibrant New York cityscape. Using a dynamic reference photograph, David will demonstrate how to capture the rhythm, movement, color, and reflected light of the city—its soaring architecture, bustling streets, and electric and luminous energy.
3. Sunset Reflected in Evening Tidepools. Join David for a live online oil painting workshop inspired by a luminous photograph of a glowing sunset mirrored in tranquil tidepools. David will demonstrate how to capture the glow of fading light, the shimmer of reflections, and the quiet poetry of sea and sky at day’s end.
OCTOBER, 2025
David Dunlop’s Tuesdays in October, 2025 Landscape Painting Workshops (October 14, 21 & 28, 2025 at 11:00am ET). Please join us for three different and exciting painting demonstration Workshops with inspiring artist and teacher David Dunlop this October. Each 2-hr. Live Online Landscape Painting Workshop includes a 1.5 Discussion of Composition and Palette and a Painting Demonstration with an Optional Painting Critique and Access to the Recorded Workshop.
$150.00Add to cart
1. Sunlit Flora Across a Shimmering Pond. Join David for a luminous journey through sunlit flora and across a shimmering pond toward a distant, cloud-shadowed shore. David will demonstrate different techniques to reveal light, reflection, and a tangle of foliage while creating atmospheric perspective and radiant light.
2. A Trail Through the Meadow towards a Windswept Horizon. Join David in this studio painting workshop inspired bya hillside trail tilting through a sun-dappled meadow toward distant forests beneath windswept, shadowing clouds. In this workshop David will demonstrate how to capture the interplay of light, movement, and atmosphere to translate the gentle sway of grasses, the distant tree line, and the drama of shifting skies.
3. October Wildflowers Searching for a High Horizon. Join David for a workshop inspired by an inspiration photo ofan October wildflower meadow, searching for a high horizon where earth meets sky. In this workshop David will explore how to evoke the glow of autumnal light, the textures of blooming meadow flowers, and the gentle sweep of seasonal color.
Please join us for two different and exciting painting demonstration Workshops with inspiring artist and teacher David Dunlop this September. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced artist, these workshops provide valuable insights and techniques for creating evocative and captivating landscape paintings while learning new techniques for your own painting explorations. We will announce the subjects of the Workshops soon.
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1. Evening Skies over a Coastal Port Town. Join Emmy Award–winning artist David Dunlop for a live online oil painting workshop inspired by Evening Skies over a Coastal Port Town—a luminous scene of a small seaside village nestled in a quiet port, with pale blue mountains rising in the distance. David will demonstrate how to capture the atmosphere and light of Mediterranean coastal towns, with soft transitions between sea, sky, and land. Explore techniques for conveying depth, glowing skies, and architectural textures bathed in sun.
2. Towering Cloud-Filled Skies over Distant Plains. Join David Dunlop for a live online oil painting workshop inspired by the photograph Towering Cloud-Filled Skies over Distant Plains—a sweeping view of towering cloud-filled skies above a glowing mosaic of fields and far distant mountains. David will demonstrate how to create dramatic skies, atmospheric perspective, and layered color to evoke vast open space and radiant light.
3. Rugged Beach Trails in Mallorca, Spain. This live online oil painting workshop is based upon the inspiration photograph Rugged Beach Trails in Mallorca, Spain—a captivating coastal scene of craggy headlands, gentle waves lapping against rocky shores, and pale mountains shimmering across the sea. David will demonstrate techniques for capturing the textures of rocks and surf, the movement of water, and the atmospheric depth of a luminous seascape.
AUGUST, 2025
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Floating Across a Waterlily Pond towards a Distant Windmill. Join David for a live online workshop inspired by the luminous beauty of a Dutch summer, drawn from a recent journey to Holland. Working from an evocative reference photo of a mosaic of waterlilies drifting toward a distant windmill, David will demonstrate how to paint the poetic motion of a floating world, to create soft atmospheric depth, and to capture the glowing colors of summer light in oil.
- Summer Waves Crashing on a Sunlit Shore. Join David for a live online oil painting workshop inspired by a striking reference photo of ocean waves surging toward a sunlit shore and dissolving into frothy patterns. David will demonstrate how to capture the depth, motion, and energy of the summer sea through atmospheric perspective, rich textures, and luminous transitions from sand to surf to sky.
JULY, 2025
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- Dive Deep into the Shadows of a Summer Garden. Join Emmy Award–winning artist David Dunlop for a live online oil painting workshop based upon a scene which features a pathway meandering across a verdant summer meadow toward a range of pale blue mountains. David will demonstrate how to capture the movement of a sunlit path, soft atmospheric depth, and the luminous color of summer light.
- Wading across a summer pond. Join artist David Dunlop for a live online oil painting workshop inspired by an inspiration photograph which drifts across a summer pond. Explore techniques for painting reflective water, layered textures and luminous contrasts—from reedy foregrounds and waterlilies to glowing marsh grasses and shadowed forest. David will discuss different considerations involved in painting a vertical painting.
JUNE, 2025
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- Dive Deep into the Shadows of a Summer Garden. In this live online landscape painting demonstration, David explores the interplay of light and shadow as bright floral notes frame a meandering lagoon in a summer garden. Learn how to create depth, atmosphere, and emotional resonance through layered glazes, dynamic brushwork, and masterful composition—capturing the garden’s hidden mystery and radiant beauty.
- Summer Garden with a Shadowed Tree. Join David for an inspiring oil painting workshop based on Summer Garden with a Shadowed Tree, an image that invites you to tuck yourself into a quiet corner of a garden where blooms nestle in shade and sunlight wraps around a tall, commanding tree. In this live demonstration, David will show how to evoke intimacy and depth using contrasting light, rich textures, and expressive brushwork—capturing the tranquil drama of a sun-dappled summer sanctuary.
- Summer Stream in Motion. Join David for a dynamic oil painting workshop inspired by Summer Stream in Motion. David will demonstrate how to paint silvery reflections that follow the fluid contours of moving water. Through layered glazes and gestural brushwork, David reveals how to capture the golden translucence above and beneath the surface, conveying both the motion and luminosity of a sunlit summer stream.
MAY, 2025
$100.00Add to cart
1. The Poetry of Spring in Bloom (May 6, 2025). In this workshop, David invites you to paint the poetry of spring in bloom with a beautiful inspiration photo of a blossoming tree lifting skyward, like an angel unfurling her wings. David will demonstrate how to shape dynamic perspective and how to create a spring atmosphere with the emotional power of nature in bloom through expressive brushwork and luminous color.2. Intimate Garden Perspectives (May 13, 2025). Step into a world where flowers float like jeweled plates beneath a soft, luminous sky. Join David for an inspiring oil painting workshop that explores the magic of the garden from an intimate, elevated view. Guided by a richly detailed photo reference, David will demonstrate how to weave light, rich textures, and a close-up perspective into your paintings, capturing the wonder and immediacy of towering blooms.
APRIL, 2025
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1. The Haunting Beauty of a Windswept Coast. Join David for an enriching and stimulating oil painting workshop, capturing the misty atmosphere of fog rolling over sandbanks, where cliffs, seagrass, and scrub pines emerge through shifting light. Learn to create depth and movement with luminous glazes, bold brushwork, and rich textures, bringing the ephemeral coastal landscape to life.2. A Tangled Nest of Reeds in Early Spring along a River Bank. Join David for an inspiring oil painting workshop, capturing the beauty of a river landscape in early spring. Explore the intricate textures of a tangled golden nest of reeds along the riverbank, illuminated by the soft, shifting light of the season. David will demonstrate how to use layered glazes, expressive brushwork, and atmospheric perspective to bring the scene to life.
3. Dramatic Panoramic View of Edinburgh, Scotland from a High Cliffside Perspective. Join David for an exciting oil painting workshop capturing a breathtaking landscape from an outcropped hill and cliff overlooking Edinburgh, Scotland. The cliffside perspective offers a sweeping composition, leading the eye over the city below towards the hazy blue silhouette of distant mountains, backlit by the dramatic cloudscapes and soft atmospheric perspective.
