Group of Seven: Autumn Landscape
1 Day Workshop | Registration opens 2025-07-03 12:00 PM
In this one day workshop, students will explore the Canadian Autumn Landscape through the eyes of the Group of Seven. We will explore the works of the Group of Seven, particularly Franklin Carmichael and Tom Thomson, and practice mixing colours from their Autumn colour palettes and replicating their fall landscapes full of oranges, reds and yellows. Students will complete 1 small painting study of a Group of Seven work through the duration of the class.
Base Tuition: $125
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- What You Will Learn:
- The style and technique of members of the Group of Seven, particularly Tom Thomson and Franklin Carmichael
- How to capture realistic sense of space in a vibrant landscape
- How to create comprehensible tonal variation from a still life of similar colours (Autumn landscapes will be made up of primarily vibrant warm tones)
- Please keep all purchase receipts in case items need to be returned.
1-2 small pre-primed canvases or panels to work on (between 8x10 and 9x12)
Paint palette
Any of your Oil paint OR acrylic paint colours can be brought to the class. If you are purchasing new paint specifically for the class, you can gather the following limited palette to get a wide range of colour mixes: cadmium red, alizarin crimson, lemon yellow, cadmium yellow medium, phthalo blue/cerulean blue hue, ultramarine blue, titanium white, burnt umber
Emily Joyce
Emily is a Toronto-based painter and paintings conservator. She specializes in the study of paint materials, from traditional egg tempera and oil paints to contemporary acrylics and mediums. The crossover of art and science in her profession has allowed her an in-depth exploration of the history and techniques of painters from a range of historical time periods such as the Renaissance, Impressionism and Pop Art. These studies have inspired her classes and workshops at the TSA. Emily has a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) with a minor in art History and a Master's of Art Conservation (Queen’s University), as well as a certificate in Traditional Materials, Methods of Painting and Restoration techniques through San Gemini Preservation Studies in Italy. Outside of the TSA, Emily works at Toronto Art Restoration in the west end, conserving a range of artworks from Tom Thomson landscapes to Michael Snow's Eaton Centre’s Geese.