Medium: Gouache or acrylic (Brian will work in gouache)
Level: All levels welcome
Class Dates: Fridays, October 30-November 13, 2026
Class Times:
• 10:30 am-12:30 pm Pacific time
• 1:30 pm-3:30 pm Eastern time
• 6:30 pm-8:30 pm UK time
Please note: Due to the daylight saving time change, class on October 30 will take place from 5:30–7:30 pm (UK time)
Join 13brokenhorses (Brian McPhee) for a three-week online painting class designed for painters of all levels.
In this class, Brian will guide you through a direct and practical approach to making small, quick gouache studies in your sketchbook. Working from landscape or still-life subjects, you’ll learn how to simplify what you see and make confident decisions about composition, value, and color.
Each study will focus on three essential steps:
• Simplify the subject-reduce the composition to its basic shapes.
• Identify the values-establish the light and dark patterns.
• Address local color-add color while keeping the larger structure of the painting clear.
These small, full-color studies can become the starting point for larger, more developed paintings. You’ll learn how to simplify a composition to fit a small sketchbook format while developing strong ideas for future work.
Brian will also demonstrate problem-solving strategies and a straightforward approach to painting both transparently and opaquely.
Students may work in gouache or acrylic. Brian will demo in gouache.
In stock
$225.00
13 Broken Horses (Brian McPhee) is a Canadian artist and graduate of the Ontario College Of Art and Design with over 35 years experience of painting landscape and figurative images. His work has been used commercially and appears in private collections throughout Canada, the U.S. and Europe.
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