Online Landscape Workshop with Mel Williamson

Fridays (4 weeks)

Nov 15th - Dec 6th, 2024    

10.00 AM - 1.00 PM (PST)

Online via Zoom

Level: Suitable for Beginner & Intermediate Levels

Medium: Acrylic & Oil

Workshop Overview:

Join Mel Williamson in a fun and engaging online course for beginner and intermediate artists. Working from photographs (hers and yours) you will learn to interpret them to create landscape paintings. Learn how to capture the essence and mood of a scene, while developing a loose, expressive style. With a focus on saying more with less, Mel will guide  you step-by-step through the process of interpreting photos, breaking it down into easy techniques that will help you paint with confidence and creativity. 

About the Instructor -Mel Williamson:

Mel’s work has been described as “fresh and honest”. She enjoys painting almost anything (from apples to landscapes to dead animals), working from photographs and from real life. The tactile and slippery nature of oil paint is celebrated in her work, and her process allows  her subjects to emerge during the process.  

After a 15-year career in graphic design, Mel rediscovered her love of oil painting in 2012 at the Salt Spring Painters Guild life drawing group. Now painting full time, her success and recognition have been growing since winning “Best Work on Canvas” at the Sidney Fine Art Show in 2013 (her first-ever juried event). She practices and studies relentlessly: thru books and online, and at weekly life-drawing sessions. She has attended workshops near and far - recently winning scholarships to a special bootcamp with Jeremy Mann in Menorca, Spain  (2018) and to the Portrait Society of America (2020), and most recently attended the Rome Workshops (2023).  

Mel is represented by Peninsula Gallery in Sidney, Steffich Fine Art on Salt Spring Island and Art Interiors, Toronto.

Student Testimonials:

•  "You are a gentle, generous, gracious teacher and it was a joy to be in your class!” - R.O. 

•  "I’ll take this moment now to tell you how much I loved your workshop! I feel like I have so many take-aways and am amazed that I made all my own colours and shades! You took the mystery out of it. I learned so much.” - J.S.
   
•  "I’m thrilled with the workshop, you really reignited my passion for painting!” - A.B. 

•  "Thank you for all your sharing this weekend. So many valuable insights. And you’re incredibly kind and encouraging to everyone as you teach.” -  F.F. 

• "I loved your class again. There’s something about the way you paint that really resonates with me, and I adore your works so much. Your classes give me permission to use those greys and neutrals that I love.”  -R.M.