Acrylic Landscapes: A Crash Course-Rachel Gering

Acrylic Landscapes: A Crash Course

Name: Rachel Gering
Title: Acrylic Landscapes: A Crash Course
Time: 10:15 am – 12:15 pm
Registration Deadline: September 3rd
Class date(s): September 4, 11, 18 (3 Thursdays)
Cost: Non-member: $160 Member: $140
Minimum to Run: 3 students
Maximum: 8 students
Age: Adults (18+)

Synopsis:
Learn how to bring landscapes to life in this focused three-session crash course! Whether you prefer painting mountains, forests, coastlines, or wide-open skies, this class will equip you with the tools to create compelling acrylic landscapes.

Over the three weeks, you’ll build your painting from the background forward—starting with dynamic skies, smooth gradients, and expressive clouds. You’ll then develop depth using atmospheric perspective, and add midground elements like distant forests, snowy peaks, or waves. In the final session, you’ll focus on foreground details such as rocks, trees, grasses, or shoreline textures. This course is ideal for artists of all levels who want to strengthen their understanding of depth, light, and texture in landscape painting.

Materials List:

Brushes:
Bring at least three brushes in different sizes:

• Detail Brush: For fine lines and textures
• Medium Brush: For general painting and blending
• Large Brush: For backgrounds and washes
  (Recommended types: Round, Flat, and Filbert)

Palette:

• Palette or palette paper
• Disposable paper plates are also fine

Paints:

• Cadmium Yellow Hue (Medium)
• Cadmium Red Hue (Medium)
• Alizarin Crimson
• Ultramarine Blue
• Phthalo Blue
• Titanium White
• Mars Black

Canvases:

• One canvas: 9×12” to 11×14″

About Me:
Rachel Gering is a professional landscape painter based in Portland, OR, specializing in glow-in-the-dark acrylic landscapes, as well as oil, watercolor, and pastel works. She graduated summa cum laude with a BFA in Painting and Drawing from Willamette University | PNCA in 2022. Her work explores the intersection of travel, memory, and the natural world, often reflecting her own journey of healing after a traumatic brain injury.

Rachel teaches part-time at One River School of Art and Design and shares her passion for art education on her YouTube channel, where she provides free tutorials for artists of all levels. She placed 3rd in the Blue Koi Gallery National Landscape Competition in 2024 and continues to exhibit her work locally and nationally.

Learn more at www.rachelgeringart.com.