About
this course
General Description
With Florence as its backdrop, the summer Landscape Painting course brings students to the squares, gardens and surrounding hillsides of one of the world’s most picturesque and beautiful cities. The academy’s expert instructors guide students through the practical concepts and artistic process of landscape painting from life.
Painting 2-3 days in each setting, students learn to observe and record directly from nature, confront the perspective of monuments, and reproduce the landscape’s structural rhythms and design. They learn how to select a motif and create a composition based on Light and shadow arrangement, and are introduced to basic information about the plein-air oil painting process: finding and mixing color values, organizing the palette, and applying paint to give an illusion of nature.
Beginning – Intermediate – Advanced levels welcome.
Maximum enrollment 15 students.
Additional Info
WORKSHOP CREDITS: 1.5 per session
Please note: The Florence Academy of Art expresses workshop coursework in credits to the equivalent of 1 credit for 20 hours of completed study. Academic grades are not awarded, and there are no exams. Please see each course for total hours of study. Any final acceptance or recognition of hours of study or credits for a workshop (external activity) is at the discretion of the Home University or institution in question and in accordance with each institution’s transfer policy.
Medium & Materials
Oil paint
Students receive a list of materials required for the workshop in their acceptance email. Unless indicated, materials are not included in the tuition fee and may be purchased in advance and at a discounted rate directly from the Florentine art supply store, Zecchi. Students will find their supplies waiting for them in their studio upon arrival in Florence.
Estimated cost of materials: EUR 450 – 530
What’s Included
- 30 or 60 hours of instruction in English
- Individual critiques
- Welcome Party in the gardens of the Budini Gattai Palace in Florence on the first Thursday of the workshop, to meet fellow students and faculty
- Guided museum visit to the Bargello Museum with the Academy’s resident Art Historian to view major works by Renaissance sculptors
- Summer Faculty Exhibition to view the latest work by FAA faculty
- Access to the on-campus FAA Café, where students may purchase breakfast, lunch, and enjoy an afternoon aperitivo
- Extended access to the studios and school facilities after class until 9 pm
- Discounted art supplies
- List of housing recommendations
Faculty
Joakim T.S. Wanrup (b. 1989, Sweden) is a painter and educator based in Berger, Norway. Primarily, he directs and teaches a multi-year Landscape Drawing & Painting Program at Fabrikken Tegne og Maleskole, where he focuses on classical methods of observation and the philosophy of painting and drawing directly from nature. Joakim has years of training in pedagogy, art history, and fine arts. Education from Sigtuna folkhögskola and Edsvik Konstskola in Stockholm, as well as training at FAA, and was part of the Residency program at Barcelona Academy of Art, where he also taught landscape painting from 2018 to 2019. His work centers on the dialogue between human presence and the natural environment, with a strong emphasis on plein-air painting. Joakim has work represented in private collections around the world, has both participated in and been awarded in exhibitions and competitions internationally, and is preparing his first solo exhibition of monumental plein-air works at Fossekleiva Kultursenter in 2027, a project supported by the Department for Art and Cultural Heritage in Norway.
See more of Joakim’s work at www.wanrup.com and @jogsflash
The Florence Academy of Art reserves the right to assign or reassign faculty as needed, based on scheduling and availability. While we strive to maintain consistency in our instructional team, specific instructors may change at any time. You will be contacted by the FAA Office should a change occur.
Location
ADDRESS: Via Aretina 293, Florence, Italy
