ABSTRACTING THE LANDSCAPE | ELAINE HALL

Dates: Sat 18th & Sun 19th apr 2026
Times: 10am - 4pm
Location: Enniskerry
Skill Level: all levels welcome

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aBOUT THE WORKSHOP

This two-day practical workshop invites participants to explore how to interpret and abstract the landscape through mixed media. Working from reference materials such as sketches, photographs, or memory, participants will learn how to simplify forms, explore composition, and identify key points of interest within a scene.

Through guided exercises, demonstrations, and individual feedback, the workshop will focus on tone, colour harmony, texture, and mark-making. Participants will experiment with layering, collage, and mixed media to capture the essence and mood of the landscape rather than a literal depiction.

By the end of the workshop, each participant will have developed a finished abstract piece inspired by the landscape and a deeper understanding of how to translate observation into expressive visual language.

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• What Will I Learn On This Course

  • How to use reference materials as a starting point for abstraction

  • Ways to simplify and interpret the landscape into expressive compositions

  • How to identify points of interest and balance within an image

  • Techniques for applying tone, colour, and texture to create depth and atmosphere

  • How to experiment confidently with mixed media and layering

  • Approaches to developing a personal response through expressive mark-making

  • How to complete a resolved abstract artwork that reflects your individual interpretation of the landscape

• Materials Needed

  • Reference materials (photos, sketches, or images from memory)

  • Drawing materials (pencils, charcoal, pens, etc.)

  • A4 sketchbook

  • Painting materials (e.g., acrylics, watercolours, brushes)

  • Glue stick

  • A couple of old magazines for collage

  • A surface for your finished painting (e.g., mixed media paper, board, or canvas)

“Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.”

— Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

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