As a contemporary landscape painter, Shanna's work is a conscious play of mood, light and color, but as a naturalist raised and rooted in the diverse landscapes of western America, a painting means more than that to her. Each location is an encounter with the land, the trees, and the waters that have always given her a sense of connection and order. When a location intrigues and inspires her, Shanna will paint the scene into a series using a range of keys or themes, experimenting and searching to learn more about the natural threads that tie the landscape together with complexity, subtlety and - more importantly - balance. She looks for new ways to express spatial relationships and distance with layers of paint, brushwork, gradations, and diffusions of light. Hopefully, her study of the landscape will bring her somewhat closer to an honest translation - of both soul and land - as she pushes color and value into new compositions and continues a lifelong effort to communicate the emotional connection she feels with her environment.
Shanna has been featured in Southwest art, Western Art & Architecture, Western Art Collector, American Art Collector and has won numerous awards including "Best of Show" at the 2016 Rocky Mountain Plein Air Event.
What You'll Learn
- What materials to use
- Learn compositional patterns
- Learn the importance of quick pencil sketches to get the "big idea"
- Importance of value patterns
- Learn problem solving
- Value relationships
- How not to be a "slave" to the photo
- The importance of the "ground" to establish the key
Full Video Length: 01:55:49
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