Wide Open Landscapes
Finding space and scale in landscape painting
New for 2025!
2 Week Online Course
8 - 20 September 2025
Sparkling Sky 100x100cm oil/ mixed media on canvas
Who is this Course for?
I’m delighted to present my new online course for 2025!
‘Wide Open Landscapes’ is all about getting a feeling of space and scale in your work.
Painting landscapes means different things to different people but for many, recreating the emotion of an expansive landscape is what they yearn for. However, do you feel it can be quite daunting? How on earth do you get it all in?
In this course I want to show you ways to get that energy across while making sure it still looks like a landscape.
Some of the topics we’ll be working on:
Dealing with horizons
Creating rhythm & movement
Suggesting depth and space
Exploring composition
How a little detail goes a long way
Mark making
Observation is the key, so we’ll start by gathering visual ideas outside through a combination of sketches, taking photos and written notes.
In the studio we will explore different compositions and work towards finished paintings.
What’s included?
- In depth videos tutorials on a wide range of topics
- Always-on Private Facebook Group Community
- Weekly LIVE STREAM ZOOM Q&A
- Individual feedback on all your work from Lewis over 2 weeks
- 12 Months unlimited access to all course material
“Having taken several online courses, Lewis’s are hands-down the best because he tailors them to accommodate artists of all abilities and styles— from beginner to advanced; from representational to abstract. A compassionate, generous teacher, his lessons are detailed and easy to follow. I can honestly say that Lewis has helped me take my art to a new level. Last year, I felt confident enough to have a show and sold almost every painting!”
Carolyn S.
How does it work?
This is a 2 week course. For each week you will receive video tutorials with in-depth demonstrations giving you all the information you need to do your own work. These detailed demonstrations are presented as if you were taking part in an in-person workshop. Except you can watch as many times as you like!
As you make your own work in response to the tutorials, you can share on the Private Facebook Group where you’ll get personal feedback and advice. This makes it a very interactive course with lots of discussion and support.
I keep class sizes low so everyone gets the help they need. I don’t have a team of helpers, so you can be sure that all comments are from me!
You will have complete access to all material for 12 months from the beginning of the course.!
What do previous students have to say?
Judy P.
"I enjoyed this course enormously and have nothing but praise for all that you have done for us all , Lewis, but I also really hope that people will want to remain a part of this extremely supportive virtual community."
Kathy A.
"Lewis, this has just been an outstanding class, and so important for me! I think I especially love having permission - and a format - to work from a combination of outdoor sketches, photos, and personal responses to the landscape.
Wow, I’m right on my growing edge. The brain squeeze of discretion and composition had a field day with me today, but what a blast and what an amazing education! THANK YOU LEWIS, for keeping it light, for having us work in our sketchbooks, for your amazing demos."
Sonja W.
"Lewis thank you for all your time, your knowledge and your heart to help each and everyone one of us travel further on our journey. You personally commented to each of us. I am so grateful. I will miss this class so much. You are a great teacher.