Winter Landscape Painting with Mariah Reading

Winter Landscape Painting with Mariah Reading

Monday, November 3rd, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM in the Kaleidoscope Studio

Capture the serene beauty of the season with this Winter Landscape Painting class, led by artist Mariah Reading.

This is the perfect opportunity to learn how to translate a crisp winter scene onto canvas. No experience is necessary! Mariah will provide step-by-step guidance, covering all the fundamentals you need to create a successful painting, including:

• Composition: How to arrange your scene for maximum impact.
• Color Mixing: Techniques for achieving subtle winter whites, cool shadows, and warm skies.
• Brushwork: Tips for creating texture and defining snow, trees, and distant hills.

You will leave the class with a completed landscape painting ready to hang! All materials are provided.

About the Instructor: Mariah Reading is an eco-artist and strong advocate for the existence, preservation, and accessibility of the National Parks. She was born and raised in Bangor, Maine where the surrounding landscape gave her a deep appreciation of nature’s beauty that was reinforced by her degree in Visual Arts at Bowdoin College. The 2016 National Park Centennial propelled her Recycled Landscapes, designed to bring attention to the need of preserving and protecting the environment. Having already visited 33 National Parks, she plans to continue her project in all 63 US National Parks. Mariah has dedicated herself to the field of eco-art through Art Residencies at Denali, Zion, Acadia, Guadalupe Mountains National Parks, working as an Arts In the Parks Volunteer at the Guadalupe Mountains National Park, assisting in Yosemite Facelift efforts, developing a K-12 STREAM curriculum with University of California Santa Barbara Oceanography students, and creating conservation workshops with the Channel Islands National Park. She has exhibited work in San Antonio, TX; Seattle, WA; Fort Collins, CO; McKinley Village, AK; Brunswick, ME; and Kamuela, HI; Poughkeepsie, NY; Davis, CA; Rockland, ME; and Portland, ME. From April through September, Reading has worked as an environmental interpreter.