July 7-August 4 Five-Session Workshop: Friday mornings with Barbara Thomas

In this workshop, students will explore the extraordinary plant life, scenery, trees, waterways, light and shade of LongHouse Gardens to paint. Students will learn and practice the principals of landscape and nature painting: composition, creating distance, skies, trees, water, mixing the colors of nature, and how to compose a beautiful landscape painting. Five sessions will allow for lots of painting exploration: flowers, trees, reflection, weather, light. Workshops offered in June and July-August; students can sign up for one or both. Beginner to experienced, students bring own materials. Materials list provided on registration.

Choose from two different five-session workshops:

Workshop 1: June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Workshop 2: July 7, 14, 21, 28, August 4
$350 for members
$375 for non-members

For all Barbara Thomas Summer Painting Workshops click here.

About Barbara Thomas

We are thrilled to have Artist Barbara Thomas at LongHouse Reserve this summer.

Barbara attended The Art Students League and Pratt Institute in New York, and received her MFA degree from the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston, Massachusetts.

Barbara’s work explores the natural world and man’s relationship to it. Her subjects include earth and sky, flora and fauna, and seasons. Working mostly in traditional media, oil paint and gouache watercolor, she renders her views of the elements of nature with detail and attention.

Barbara’s work also delves into contemporary media—digital photography and video, as well as experiments in direct use of land in her work.