• Mark making and develop an abstract language that is unique to you
• The importance of using value in your work to create a sense of depth and space
• How to mix a limited harmonious pallet, and
• Explore the construction of organic forms. Then focus on composition by arranging these forms to create dynamic relationships

Learn how to paint landscapes with oils and acrylic in the Alla Prima style from plein air and landscape artist Cliff Austin. Techniques for approaching how to paint a landscape will be covered in this class at an intermediate and advanced level. Class will be structured around the drawing, painting and development of expressive techniques of landscape art with students working in both oils and acrylic.

Class will include ongoing critiques, “how to” demos from Cliff, and tutorials designed for each individual student’s natural way of painting.

Students will learn Nōtan and planning before putting brush to canvas. All the “work” is planned before so that the actual fun of painting can show amazing results.

Experience level

Intermediate to Advanced – Intermediate skills include basic drawing skills and mixing colors. Participants will benefit from some experience with the media (i.e. applying paint to canvas).  

Supplies Students Bring

• Paints - Titanium white, Cadmium Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Orange, Cadmium Red Medium, Alizarin Crimson, Burnt Umber, Ultramarine Blue, Sap Green, Dioxazine Purple, Ivory Black
• Medium – Liquin or Galkyd for Oil
• 11x14 Palette
• Palette Knife
• Assorted Paint Brushes
• Recommended – no cheapos, filberts, flats, rigors, etc. Size 2 -12
• Gamsol or odorless mineral spirits for oil
• Container with a tight-fitting lid for cleaning brushes       
• Container with a tight-fitting lid for cleaning brushes       

  PLEASE NOTE: Students are required to bring a container for acrylic and/or oil paint waste and will need to take it home to dispose of properly. It CANNOT be poured down the drains at our new location. Students are also encouraged to wipe brushes clean.

• Paper Towels
• Plastic Bag – pack all trash out

CLASS CAPACITY

Questions

Email or call instructor. cliffaustin@comcast.net or 720-401-3496.

About the Instructor

Cliff Austin is a graduate of Denver Institute of Technology and the Rocky Mountain School of Art. He lives and has his studio in Aurora, Colorado. He has been painting and illustrating since 1980 when he graduated from Rocky Mountain School of Art. He has affiliation with many Colorado art organizations such as the Pastel Society of Colorado, the Plein Air Artists of Colorado, the Oil Painters of America and the American Impressionists Society. His work can be seen at Marh Williams Fine Arts Boulder, CO. The core of Cliff’s art is the relationship of light on shape using line and tone and color as it wraps and flows around the landscape and cityscape. He has won awards in Pastel and Oil in national shows around Colorado.

Cliff Austin 
17806 E. Ada Dr. 
Aurora, CO 80017 

www.cliffaustin.com 
cliff@cliffaustin.com

www.pastelsocietyofcolorado.org
www.pleinairartistscolorado.com
www.americanimpressionistsociety.org
www.oilpaintersofamerica.com