Working In A Series

You are an intermediate to advanced artist who has learned the "nuts and bolts" of making art and you now want to take your work and your studio practice to a more authentic, productive place. This is the course for you if:

  • You feel stuck in your art and are not sure how to move forward or

  • You are often unsure of what to paint next or

  • You want to find your own personal style but are unsure about how to do that, or

  • You are an experienced artist looking for a way to invigorate your studio practice, or

  • You need help establishing a productive, consistent studio practice, or

  • You want to build a cohesive body of work to submit to galleries or for an exhibition

I Can Help!

With over 30 years as an artist and 20 years as a teacher I've learned that working in a series can unleash your creativity in expansive and unexpected ways! Building a series can:

  • foster a deeper, richer engagement with their subject matter which leads to more personal, authentic work,

  • establish or strengthen a focused, prolific studio practice so you make more art

  • spark new ideas, creative combinations of ideas, motifs, materials and tools

  • encourage exploration and engagement through process and experimentation

  • result in an authentic, personal body of work that looks and feels more like you

What will you learn and discover in this course?

  • Locate and explore motifs, themes, ideas, connections that have a deeper, richer meaning for you and result in more impactful, authentic work

  • Use the process to explore, investigate, experiment and dig deeper into new ideas, combinations of ideas, motifs, techniques, materials and tools

  • Reveal or strengthen your intentions for your work and your unique voice

  • How to organize, plan and execute a series

  • Promote visibility and career goals (solo shows, gallery representation, publications, etc.)

Here's What's Included

  • Weekly Live Zoom classes (recorded)

  • Video and written content

  • Private community for sharing and feedback

Bonus!

  • Private Mentoring Sessions!

    $600 Value! 4 individual mentoring sessions designed to focus specifically on your work and progress in building a series. These can be used at any time during the course or up to 3 months following.

Course Curriculum

  • What Is A Series

    Elements of a Series ~ Your Why ~ Your Concept ~ Process ~ The Importance of Play

  • Building Your Series

    Iterations ~ Mining Your Work ~ Visual Vocabulary ~ Voice Finding

  • Launching Your Series

    Artist Statements ~ Exhibition Proposals ~ Marketing Your Series ~ Repackaging and Expanding Your Series

Pricing options

Choose the payment option that's right for you!

About This Course

For over twenty years, I have been teaching what I call the nuts and bolts of landscape painting—foundational concepts like values, color, drawing, and composition, as well as techniques like indirect painting, brushwork, and direct painting. I also wrote a book called Painting the Woods, in which I wrote about how my process is tied to a deep connection with nature, observation, and memory. 

I often mentor students as well, helping them move further along their journey as landscape painters. Once the “nuts and bolts” are addressed, there is little help for the artist looking for guidance in their creative journey. So in 2023,  I began teaching courses on creative development.

During the course of my career as a professional artist, and particularly in the last ten years, I have often worked in a series, producing bodies of work that were tied together by a common idea, theme, or concept. I discovered that the process of working in a series could be enormously rewarding-- invigorating new ideas, new ways of working, and new connections. In fact, I would call it transformative! It has also been rewarding for my career as an artist exhibiting and selling my work.

This year we are offering a 12-week course called Working in a Series. This 12-week intensive course is for the intermediate to advanced landscape painter - someone with a good foundation in nuts and bolts. You might be a relatively new landscape painter with a couple of years of experience in the “how to” of landscape painting, wanting to take the next step in your journey, or you might have many years of experience but be ready for a shift or change of direction in your work.

This course is limited to ten students. We will work together in a small, collegial, supportive group, and there will also be individual coaching sessions to address each artist’s particular goals and intentions for their work.

I am very excited about this course and look forward to facilitating an intensive program of creative development. I hope you will join us!

What Students Are Saying

“When covid hit, I decided to take on-line classes and workshops to elevate my painting skills. I wanted to take a deep dive to fill in the skills I was missing. I have signed up for every class Deborah offers. I am thrilled with what I am learning and how it is advancing my painting skills.”

Susan Powers

“My landscape art has improved so much because of the Landscape Atelier with Deborah Paris. Her classes simplify the complex nature of landscape art. Deborah’s classes helped me breakdown the landscape so I could focus and improve on one part at a time. Deborah’s classes will help you find your visual voice in landscape art.”

Kathy Wood

“After finishing a year of classes at the Landscape Atelier, I can honestly say that Deborah is not only a top-notch artist but also a gifted teacher. She brings her experience as an artist to teaching with a generosity of spirit that make her classes both instructive and fun. The interactive online setting with not just Deborah but also the fellow artists who participate in her classes adds to the overall experience.”

Susanne Jantsch

“Deborah is a world-class teacher. She is thorough, thoughtful, kind, and very skilled. This atelier is the place where week by week you build on your skills and understanding with lesson plans, exercises, video demonstrations and zoom meetings. You have a sense of community with the other students and her platform allows you to see other people’s work for her appraisal and for yours. She replies quickly, kindly, thoroughly.”

Maggie Parkinson

“The Landscape Atelier offers a comprehensive set of courses for developing skills as a landscape artist. Deborah Paris is an excellent instructor who has put together a package of course materials that provides guidance and inspiration. I am on my seventh course, and the way the lessons from each course connect and build on each other has been very powerful in underscoring key concepts.”

Susan J.

“Deborah Paris’ deep appreciation for the fundamentals of her craft, her intimate approach to the natural world, and her enthusiasm for teaching the traditions of landscape painting is what makes the Landscape Atelier such a special place. It is a profound place for artistic development.”

Rob Wellings

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Instructor

Deborah Paris

Deborah Paris is an American landscape painter, author, and teacher. She is the founder of The Landscape Atelier, her teaching studio, and the author of Painting the Woods: Nature, Memory and Metaphor (Texas A&M University Press 2020). Based on a foundation of intense and close observation, drawing, memory, and imagination, her work explores an intuitive connection to and her experience of nature.

Deborah’s work is represented by galleries throughout the US. She has been featured in Art of the West, American Painting Video Magazine, American Artist, Southwest Art, The Pastel Journal and Professional Artist Magazine. Her work has been shown at the Laguna Art Museum, the Albuquerque Museum of Art, the Panhandle-Plains Museum, the Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, The National Wildlife Museum, and the Gilcrease Museum.

When she isn’t painting or teaching, Deborah is an avid walker, birder, naturalist, reader, and writer. She lives and works in northeast Texas.

Visit Deborah at her website – https://www.deborahparis.com

For more about Deborah’s teaching philosophy and online learning, you can listen to this podcast.

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