Canadian Impressionism: Winter Landscapes
8 Week Class | Available
Experience winter through the eyes of Canada’s greatest landscape painters. Inspired by Tom Thomson, Clarence Gagnon and the Group of Seven, this course explores the bold brushwork and vibrant colour choices that brought their snowy scenes to life. Learn to paint "in the moment" and explore the Canadian winter through an extended palette, revealing rich colours far beyond pure white.
Base Tuition: $425
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- What You Will Learn:
- Techniques for capturing light, colour and atmosphere through expressive brushwork
- Techniques for capturing snowy landscapes using an extended palette
- The evolution of Canadian Impressionism
- How to approach smaller, quicker studies to capture a fleeting moment
- How to build compositions inspired by outdoor observation and spontaneous mark-making
- Methods for developing a personal Impressionist-inspired painting style
- Please keep all purchase receipts in case items need to be returned.
- Oil or acrylic paints (titanium white, ultramarine blue, phthalo blue, cadmium yellow light / lemon yellow, yellow ochre, cadmium red light, alizarin crimson, quinacridone violet, burnt sienna, burnt umber)
- Assorted brushes (rounds and flats, various sizes)
- Palette and palette knife
- Canvas pad
- Canvas boards or pre-gessoed wood/masonite boards (x4, around 8” x 10”)
- GAMSOL Solvent (if using oils)
- 1 glass jar with a lid (to distill solvent, if using oils)
- Rags or paper towels
- Reference photos of Canadian winter landscape paintings you wish to study
Emily Joysmith
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.