Virtual Workshop: Abstract Landscape Painting with Amanda Hawkins

Abstract Landscape Painting with Amanda Hawkins

THIS WORKSHOP WILL BE HOSTED ON ZOOM

How do you experience nature? Some climb the biggest mountain they can find, others comb the beach for treasures, while some prefer to watch the sky change from their own backyard. How can we capture that energy and express those fleeting feelings of exhilaration, nostalgia, or serenity with paint?

Explore abstraction, color, and mark through the lens of landscape painting. This 1-day workshop aims to instill the traditional principles of landscape painting, and swiftly encourages artists to break those rules. My approach to abstraction is both structured and intuitive, meant to give students the tools and confidence to take risks and make informed decisions on the canvas. We will build unconventional color palettes, explore our own unique mark, pay careful attention to value, and most importantly transform our reference imagery into rich, energetic, abstract paintings.

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About Amanda Hawkins

Amanda K. Hawkins is an award-winning painter living and working in Boston, MA. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Montserrat College of Art in 2014 and is currently a candidate for a Master of Fine Arts from Boston University. Amanda exhibits her work throughout New England teaches painting workshops across North America and has work in private collections across the globe. She maintains an active blog, sharing her studio practice with over 25K people worldwide. If Amanda isn’t in the studio, she’s likely swimming in the sea or exploring the Maine backcountry.