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Landscape Painting Outdoors (outdoor classroom)

Dates:June 17 - July 8, 2022
Meets:F from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Location:Marine Park in Fairhaven
Cost: $169.00

Sorry, we are no longer accepting registrations for this course. Please contact our office to find out if it will be rescheduled, or if alternative classes are available.

Experience landscape painting with artist Trish Harding! Working from photographs, learn how to design your composition, select a color system, and plan a compelling (or "atmospheric") mood. Discover the importance of thumbnail sketches and how to move to the canvas with color, value, and intensity to bring your painting to a successful conclusion. Personal focus and voice will be encouraged. Leave with an understanding of your process, confidence in your medium, and two to three completed paintings in oil or acrylic. All skill levels welcome! For class supply list, click on "Notes" below.

Notes:

Visit our website for the class supply list. In-person classes will adhere to required safety protocols and are subject to change based on current recommendations from local and state health officials. Safety instructions will be emailed to participants prior to class.
Fee: $169.00
Hours:12.00

Marine Park in Fairhaven

100 Harris Ave.
Bellingham, WA 98225

Trish Harding


Recognized as a Northwest Painter of regional icons she is best known for her land and seascapes as well as her urban industrial landscapes due to her work inspired by the deconstruction of the Georgia Pacific Paper Mill near her studio.

Her love of plein air painting offers an in the moment quality to her brush strokes and application of paint which helps her to push the boundaries of Northwest liquid light and color and to express the sense of interconnection of the region’s natural flora and fauna, earth, water and sky. She has facilitated the Annual Downtown Bellingham Plein Air Paint Out and Exhibition (PAPO) event for 12years.

She also does considerable figurative work in her studio, Studio UFO. Her paintings in oil, acrylic and pastel offer a unique, confident personal style.

Her most recent studio work utilizes personal meanings and perspective to push the boundaries of her previous work farther into the realm of symbolism. Using icons such as the nest, circle, & sphere she is driven to express new and even surreal feelings that are layered throughout her work.

In 2017 Trish was selected as the Skagit Valley International Tulip Festival Poster Artist. Her image was used on all the festival’s product and the official poster. At the signings she was honored to meet people who came to see the spectacular fields of color from all over the world.

Trish is owner of Studio UFO in Bellingham, which has proven to be the hot spot in town for leading edge art and art education. Trish not only teaches at Studio UFO she also has been teaching at Whatcom Community College for over 20years, and Creative Arts Community for 13 years, and countless workshops around the Pacific Northwest. She is an art trip leader to various places in the world including Paris, France, San Miguel & Mexico City Mexico, Yellowstone Park & Cody, Wyoming, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, Palm Springs, and Victoria BC, Canada.
Date Day Time Location
06/17/2022Friday1 PM to 4 PM Marine Park in Fairhaven
06/24/2022Friday1 PM to 4 PM Marine Park in Fairhaven
07/01/2022Friday1 PM to 4 PM Marine Park in Fairhaven
07/08/2022Friday1 PM to 4 PM Marine Park in Fairhaven