Mediums: Oil or acrylic
Level: All levels welcome
Class Dates: Fridays, June 5-19, 2026
Class Times:
• 10:00 am-12:30 pm Pacific Time
• 1:00 pm-3:30 pm Eastern Time
• 6:00 pm-8:30 pm UK Time
Photographs have become the de-facto reference material for artists, but they have both strengths and limitations. Join Mark as he guides you through an in depth use of photographs, from initial composition to the final layering of colour. Using both the study of art history and contemporary technology, this course will enable you to interpret your references with confidence.
The three week course unfolds as follows:
Week One:
The basics of Photography – understanding cameras, apps and composition.
Decoding colour and a strategy for the palette.
Underdrawing – freehand, grids and projection
Underpainting
Week Two:
A deeper look at relative colour
Glazing for success – mediums, pigments and methods
Seeing what’s actually there
Week Three:
The scumble
How to select and correctly use white
Useful uses of technology and optics
Gaining confidence and taking the long view
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$225.00
Born in the Fenlands of Eastern England, Mark Thompson went on to study painting at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. His early memories of the land informed his studies, and he continues to explore the inextricable link between landscape and memory in his current body of work. After completing his degree at the Slade School of Fine Art in 1997, he won first the Duveen and then the Rootstein Hopkins travel scholarships, which took him to Iceland, Norway and Finland. Mark’s experiences in these harsh Nordic landscapes inspired his first solo exhibition at the Proud Galleries in London.
Since that first show, Mark has been the recipient of numerous awards and scholarships, including the Gilchrist Fisher Landscape Painting Award, the Villiers David Award, and most recently a Pouch Cove Foundation residency. Mark’s paintings have been the subject of numerous solo and group exhibitions in Europe and America. His work is represented in public and private collections, including the Government Art Collection of Great Britain and Microsoft collections.
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