Summer Garden

Master Your Greens

Learn to create beautiful rich greens in your summer landscape to show the shadow or sunlit areas, to capture the glow or create depth.

Light & Color

Learn how the Light affects the Colors in landscape. Use that knowledge to make your focal points stand out and lead through the scene.

Atmospheric Greens

Learn how to create depth and atmosphere in the landscape with trees.

Independent Study Course

Painting Summer Garden

with Soft Pastels

Summer gardens (and parks) are a great subject and a source of inspiration for an artist! But it comes with challenges.

How to avoid monotonous greens that are making the whole scene look flat?
How to get more luminous rich colors with a more limited palette? A particularly helpful skill when you are painting outdoors.
How to paint the flowers in the landscape without painting every petal? How to capture their glow?

*Students will have unlimited access to the workshop recordings and videos (provided by Teachable.com).

Launch Special Price $150 (regular $160)

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Register for Painting Summer Garden

$150

Launch Special Price (regular $160)

Online Independent Study Course: 3 Video Demos

All course materials will be accessible through the student's account at 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

UART sanded paper, 400 grit, neutral color, 9"x12"

Pastel Premier sanded paper, Clay color, 9”x12” (or you can tone UART paper into warm tan mid tone color)

Mid tone gray sketching paper (for quick value studies)

Hard and Soft pastels (good range of basic colors from light to dark, particularly in greens, blues, etc.)

Isopropyl Alcohol (you can use water instead)

Flat synthetic brush about 3/4"

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.