“There is nothing quite like being outside in the fresh air, in an inspiring environment and taking time to express not just what that place looks like, but how it feels.”
There is a whole world out there to inspire our creativity and ‘draw’ from. No matter where you live, or what scenery surrounds you or landscapes you can visit, there is a wealth of opportunity for expressing something about the world in which we live.
Are you ready?
• To venture into new places in your creativity?
• To be inspired by where you live or where you travel?
• To take some time to observe, appreciate and fall in love with the landscape?
• To see the world with a different perspective – for the beautiful and inspiring place that it is?
• Most of all, to find new ways of taking time for your creative self and venture outside?
Where better to create art than out in our wonderful world?
I don’t think you need to be a ‘landscape artist’ to enjoy responding to the landscape and creating within it.
There is great joy to be found in observing, appreciating our surroundings - taking time to notice and just be - and to fall in love with the landscape. To see the world with a different perspective - for the beautiful and inspiring place that it is. Most of all, to find new ways of taking time for your creative self and venture outside. Where better to create art than out in our wonderful world?
There is something magical about being able to record a visual expression of what it feels like to be in a certain time in a certain place. Gathering the Landscape is created to help you experience this feeling in your own part of the world.
"I have taken both in person and online courses with Gillian. She is a brilliant teacher and a kind soul. She encourages you to find and own your own style while teaching foundational methods. I felt like I was at art school! Gillian was instrumental in helping me find my own style and encouraged me to believe in my abilities. I’m so grateful."
Jodi Kincaid
Where to go?
What to sketch?
What materials to take?
What practical things do I need to think about?
What if people look at me and judge what I am doing?
What about the weather?
How do I even begin?
All of these questions and more are answered in this course.
Gathering the Landscape will enable you to:
• Be inspired by your own unique surroundings and find a new appreciation for the places you love.• Find ways of expressing not just what you see but more about where you are and how you feel about it.
• Dive deep into an addictive way of gathering inspiration from your surroundings.
• Create a visual language that says something unique about how you see the world and the emotions that connect you to a specific time in a particular place.
• Have the confidence to take your creativity outside!
• Work through the practical challenges of sketching on location.
• Overcome the fear of sketching out in public.
COURSE CONTENT
This course incorporates video tutorials, prompts and practical tips that will enable you to venture out into your world in order to immerse yourself in creating in the landscape.
I will be sharing with you my absolute love for where I live and create and some of the ways that I gather inspiration from the landscape and places that surround me. My hope is that it will encourage you to see your surroundings in a new light and to find ways of gathering from your landscape. It will bring a fresh energy to your artwork and also allow you to embrace the idea of taking time out of your day to day life in order to observe, be inspired, and express something about where you live.
We will be focussing on the fundamental elements and principles of art and using those to find new and exciting tools for expression. To say something about what your landscape looks like but most of all what if feels like to be there – to immerse yourself in expressive ways of creating outdoors.
Whilst this is a course on gathering IN the landscape, there will be a very small number of downloadable images for you to work from should you wish to gain confidence in the techniques in the comfort of your usual creative space*.
*Please note however, that this is a course to encourage you to get outside, immerse yourself in your surroundings, observe what is around you in the time and place that you are in. So please know that this is the main focus of the course and I hope you embrace the act of getting outside into the fresh air and all the joy of creating outside and gathering your own inspiration.
MATERIALS
In order to fully explore the potential for creating outdoors and Gathering from your Landscape, the materials will be varied and will encourage exploration and experimentation.
Many of the materials will likely be in your creative toolbox if you already have a creative practice. The materials list will be filled with suggested items based on the demonstrations.
My aim, however, is not for you to feel bound to buy everything on the list. There is no pressure to buy materials that do not suit your practice or your pocket.
So the materials list highlights recommendations, alternatives, and materials that are optional but not absolutely necessary.
"I enjoyed and learned in ALL Gillian classes and cannot wait for new, but I keep going through these classes and see new every time! Get them!"
Mary Simpson Hunt