Landscape composition workshop with Anne Pfeiffer

Composition is the hidden plan of your art work. It’s what first grabs attention, then invites the viewer in and encourages them to move throughout the piece, staying enchanted from the first glance to last. In this work shop, teaching artist Anne Pfeiffer will share composition wisdom from master and contemporary artists, and lead you in hands on practice. You’ll create thumbnail sketches from on-site views and photo references, and analyze existing works of art to see composition principles in action. We will also paint some small grayscale landscape studies with acrylic paint. These sketching exercises will build a compositional eye you can apply to any medium, whether you paint, draw or print or work in mixed media. You’ll come away with practical tools to strengthen every piece you create, at any stage in your artistic practice. You will also receive a follow-up pdf outlining key ideas to remember when composing a landscape, so you can keep applying what you have learned long after the class ends. This workshop is relevant to artists of all mediums and includes a 1 hour lunch break.

Cost: $130 for non-members, $110 for OPAA Members.

Supply Information: Students should bring a mixed media sketchbook as well as 2B, 4B & 6B pencils. Also bring printed or digital photos of landscapes to discuss.

About the Instructor: Anne Pfeiffer has a graduate degree in painting and decades of experience as a high school art teacher, community college art instructor and adult and teen workshop instructor. She lives in Port Angeles and paints landscapes and still lifes, often plein air, and participates in regional and national exhibitions and events.

Level: Beginner to Advanced, Adults age 18+ Schedule: Saturday, November 14th, 10am-4pm. Location: St. Luke’s Episcopal Church 525 North 5th Ave Sequim