Eric Jacobsen

Bold & Expressive Painting

Loosen up your style and paint expressive landscapes with award-winning artist and popular instructor Eric Jacobsen!  This three-day workshop focuses on the fundamentals of good landscape painting.  All levels welcome, from beginner to advanced.  This is a plein air workshop.  Susquehanna Art Workshops will provide easels upon request. This workshop will cover:

• Composition

• Value

• Design

• Choosing a Motif

• Identifying and mixing accurate Warm and Cool Colors

• Establishing a Focal Point as well as Tips and Do’s and Don’ts for the Landscape Painter to consider. 

The workshop will be complete with informal lectures, instructor demos, group critiques and plenty of individual instruction. Please come and join Eric for an informative and enjoyable workshop experience.

 

About the Instructor

Eric Jacobsen was born and raised in New England. He received a BA in History from Gordon College in Wenham, MA in 1989 and studied fine art at the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts in Old Lyme, CT from 1991-1995. At the Academy he received training in the Beaux Arts tradition of drawing and painting from life.

Eric's true inspiration is the amazing beauty that he sees in nature. Jacobsen is a “Plein Air” painter. He takes his oils wherever he goes, setting up on site, working until his painting is finished.

 

"It is most important to me that my paintings convey a certain mood", Eric says. "I want them to be felt by the viewer without his or her having to analyze or think about them. As a general rule, I try to nd strong compositions in nature and then paint the scene accurately while leaving out any extraneous details which would only busy up the painting and detract from the strength of the piece as a whole. My painting process consists of nding a painting site and setting up to paint for a couple of hours, or until the light has changed. For larger paintings, I will return on consecutive days at the same time, under similar lighting conditions to nish a piece.”