This workshop is intended to make artists aware of the connection between landscape and still life and to improve their ability to paint an illusion of light, form and space. Mornings will be spent doing landscapes and with still lifes in the afternoons. Still life painting is one of the best ways to learn and practice painting form which, in turn, enhances the ability to do portraits, figures, houses, trees, etc. Landscape painting increases the awareness of space and atmosphere, which will give your still life painting a greater sense of depth. Each discipline helps the other. All painting will be from life (not photos), and the landscape portion will be outdoors, so a portable easel will be necessary. Planes, values, perspective, color and composition will be practiced. Learning to paint in mass (instead of filling in outlines), compose in rhythms and use universal artistic principles to create paintings with unified light effects will be our goal. This workshop is open to oils, pastels and watercolors.