This workshop takes a deep dive into the nuts and bolts of a strong landscape composition. The emphasis is on shapes and editing. And the goal is to create the illusion of subject matter details in your landscape painting without laboring over unnecessary rendering, resulting in a more expressive and eloquent capture of your subject.
We’ll address the thumbnail planning stage and then work through a painting process that maintains the initial shapes and editing, while learning to make selective decisions for the finishing stages. Other painting skills, especially values and edges, will also be addressed regarding how those skills contribute to a good design.
All information presented and demonstrated will apply equally to oil and pastel. Students will start off using instructor-provided reference photos but will have the option to use their own photos, too. We’ll kick things off with a few composition exercises and then proceed to small studies that take the composition toward a finished piece.
Students may work in pastel or oil, or both, although for this workshop, it may be best to focus on one or the other. Acrylic is also welcome. This workshop is open to all levels but geared primarily toward artists with at least some basic painting experience and familiarity with the supplies.
About Barbara Jaenicke
Barbara Courtney Jaenicke (pronounced JAN-i-kee) loved drawing and painting as a child, but she can’t really say that there was any teacher or family member who identified her as a particularly gifted artist at a young age. It was simply stubborn determination beginning in her early teen years that launched her artistic journey. Her grandmother was an accomplished oil painter, and although she didn’t directly encourage Barbara to follow in her footsteps, Barbara’s childhood was surrounded by her beautiful paintings.
Barbara’s earliest training was with the late Juanita Crosby in Bordentown, New Jersey, who instilled a strong initial foundation of painting basics, and with whom she studied during her high school and college years.
Not realizing that a career in fine art could be a possibility, she steered her initial career choice toward another art-related field, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1986 from The College of New Jersey (formerly Trenton State College), majoring in Art with an emphasis in Advertising and Design.
Barbara’s early career was spent in advertising as an art director, then later in corporate marketing communications. Without much time for painting during these earlier careers, she always knew she would eventually continue her original artistic passion, and in 1999 she gradually but intensely began to do so. Finally, in 2002, she was able to turn her focus to a fine art career, pursuing it full steam ahead.
Working in oil and pastel, Barbara strives to capture light-filled landscapes in a painterly, impressionist style. Although most of her work is completed in the studio, a steady practice of plein air (outdoor) painting enhances her ability to create a genuine impression of light in her landscape paintings. She holds signature memberships in Oil Painters of America (OPA) and American Impressionist Society (AIS), and has earned the distinctions of Master Pastelist in the Pastel Society of America (PSA) and Eminent Pastelist in the International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS).
Born and raised in New Jersey, Barbara also lived in Atlanta, Georgia for many years until she yearned for snow and mountains for her landscape subject matter, which prompted her family’s move to Bend, Oregon in 2015.
Rates & Enrollment
Day Student Tuition: $1,165.00
Full 5-Day Package*: $3,018.28 (double occupancy) or $3,232.12 (single occupancy)
*5-Day Workshop Package includes: Tuition for 5 full class days, 6 nights of dinner, lodging, breakfast, daily cookie and fruit breaks, unlimited coffee and tea, and welcoming wine and cheese reception. Your choice between a room to yourself (single occupancy) or bring a friend and split a room (double occupancy).
Get more information about your options to enroll here.