Magic of Holiday Lights

Showcase the Lights

Learn how to paint different types of holiday decorations and how you can simplify the scene to showcase them better.

Capture the Glow

Learn how to paint holiday decorations with colorful glowing lights, from simple to more complex.

Holiday Streets

Learn how you use color to capture the beauty and atmosphere of the holiday streets illuminated by multiple colored lights.

Painting the Magic of Holiday Lights
with Soft Pastels

Let's learn how to capture the magic that colorful holiday lights add to the evening streets!

In this course, you will learn:

How to create the illusion of glowing lights
How to make the light look transparent
How to deal with multiple light sources in evening/night landscape
How to simplify the architecture so that you can focus on the magic of light, capture the mood it's creating in the evening scene

We will explore the relationship between Light and Color in the night landscape with artificial lights.

Learn at your own pace, working through color exercises and projects in this course. Follow the course demos to learn new skills, then work from your own reference photos to practice and master what you learned.

The course starts with a quick Color Basics review to understand how Light affects Color and how these concepts apply to a night time landscape.

More simple color studies will give you confidence to work on more complex projects.

Unlimited Time Access - you can return to the lessons any time you want - there's no time limit.

Register for the Magic of Holiday Lights

$190

Independent Study Course

Online Independent Study Course: 3 full Video Demos & Exercises Videos

All course materials will be accessible through the student's account on teachable.com (by using it the students agree to receive emails from Lana Ballot’s school set up on this site).

The course does not include any Zoom meetings or critiques of the student's work.

All material in the course is copyrighted and cannot be reproduced or shared with anyone (links, pdfs, etc.), unless explicitly allowed by the instructor Lana Ballot.

Sharing images (on social media) of the work completed during the course is appreciated and needs to include the mention of the course and @lanaballot

By registering for this course, the student agrees to the following terms: the instructor, Lana Ballot, cannot be held responsible for any infringement on someone's copyright by students using the photos not provided within the course. Students using the reference photos not supplied in this course are fully responsible for complying with any copyright laws and getting the permission from the copyright holder of the images.

Teachable.com course platform provides unlimited time access to this course - you'll have many years to master the techniques I teach.

Materials

Dark toned sanded paper, 9”x12” (or you can tone UART paper in darker colors or use wet underpainting)

UART sanded paper (optional), 400 grit, black color (or tone the neutral into a dark color), 9"x12"

Mid tone gray sketching paper (optional, for quick value studies)

Hard and Soft pastels (good range of basic colors from light to dark, chromatic colors and neutrals, etc.)

Bristle brush for corrections

Artists' Masking Tape to attach the paper to the board

Foam core board

Glassine or Tracing paper to protect the finished project

Testimonials

What my students are saying about this course and my classes and workshops:

"I’ve signed up for this course, and I’m absolutely blown away by the professionalism, quality, tons of useful information, and priceless tips that Lana is delivering at each session. She is a great educator!

Highly recommended to everybody who wants to improve his painting skills!"

Mena L.

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"In a word, the workshop was “masterful.” But, I will go beyond just one word to express my deepest appreciation of your dedication to your craft. Whether the way you taught, emailed preparatory materials, painted, or critiqued, you exemplified the traits of a master. Thank you.

I learned a lot and plan to take future workshops with you."

Lisa D.

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"I have always admired your work, so I was thrilled to be able to take this class from you. Being a teacher, I can spot a good teacher a mile away, and you have what it takes to do that...you know how to break down the steps needed to get the lesson across to students and help them paint a successful painting. Thank you so much for offering this workshop!

Thank you again!"

Carole P.

Meet Lana

Hi! I'm Lana Ballot.

I'm excited to share with you my passion for the Color and the beautiful medium of pastels!

I am a professional artist and pastel painting instructor, living on Long Island, NY. I have been teaching classes and workshops throughout the United States and internationally.

I have been exhibiting and won awards in National as well as International Juried competitions, including the Pastel Society of America’s annual show Enduring Brilliance and the prestigious Pastel Journal’s Pastel 100 competition.

My work has been published in national and international art magazines, such as Plein Air Magazine, Pastel Issues of the Pratique des Arts, Artists & Illustrators.

I'm a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America and The American Society of Marine Artists.