Painting Landscapes in Alaska
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Something to Paint On
This post describes three options for panel surfaces to use for painting, whether getting started on a budget or stepping up to higher quality.
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Paint Like Sydney Laurence – A Gathering
This post describes an online gathering hosted by UAF for fans of historic Alaska painter Sydney Laurence. Participants paint in the recognizable Laurence style for five afternoons over the course of a week.
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A Landscape Limited Color Palette
A light bulb illuminated in my head while participating in an online painting course by Scott Christensen (Adventure of Painting). He was illustrating the color harmony of a limited palette, where all colors in a painting relate to each other because they are mixed from a few base colors. Applying this strategy to my own…
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Alaska Landscape Artist: Sydney Laurence
No other artist captures the presence of Denali across the mountain’s many moods and seasons quite like Sydney Laurence. Most recognizable are his paintings of Denali’s southern aspect from the banks of the Tokositna River. Although born in New York in 1865, he moved to Alaska in 1904 and eventually became known as Alaska’s premier…
Looking for inspiration! Check out the outstanding collection of landscape paintings at the Anchorage Museum.