Landscape painting has a rich tradition across humankind, and for much of it, the focus has been on replicating the earth as realistically as possible. It wasn’t until the Impressionist movement that landscape painting in the Western world was redefined. Now, there are many ways in which to express the mountains, oceans, and grassy plains—no exacting approach required. In fact, you don’t need to be a realistic painter to be a landscape artist. Elyse Dodge is living proof of that, and best of all, she’ll show you how to cultivate a unique style.
Dodge is known for turning elements of the landscape into colorful, low-poly forms reminiscent of computer graphics from decades ago. The planes of a mountain, for instance, become a series of bright triangles, comprising wide and acute forms to make up one gigantic whole. The result is a mix of abstraction with additional scenery, such as plants and trees, painted more organically. But with the same color palette, it all works. The candy-colored forms are instantly recognizable as landscape art, yet with a contemporary point of view that combines tradition with a digital aesthetic.
If this style of painting excites you, the artist shares how to transform majestic mountains into geometric forms. Her class Acrylic Landscapes: Reimagining Mountains as Polygons is only available on My Modern Met Academy, our e-learning platform. During the hour-long course, she takes you through her process, which includes a digital component to help you plan your composition before you ever start painting. Much of the piece is planned digitally, so that once you begin painting on canvas, you can simply enjoy applying pigment without much extra thought, making it a relaxing experience.
Get a peek into Acrylic Landscapes: Reimagining Mountains as Polygons and enroll today on My Modern Met Academy.
You don’t need to be a realistic painter to be a landscape artist. Elyse Dodge is living proof of that with her colorful paintings that transform mountains into low-poly forms.
Dodge shows you how to create a stylized landscape painting in her course titled Acrylic Landscapes: Reimagining Mountains as Polygons.
In it, she takes you through her entire process, which includes laying out the composition digitally and planning for all of the triangles.
She then demonstrates transferring the design to canvas and painting it using acrylic paint.
Much of the piece is planned digitally, so that once you begin painting on canvas, you can enjoy applying pigment with little extra thought, making it a relaxing experience.
Get a peek into the class below:
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