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Wildlife and Landscape — Sketching to Studio Painting

21,000 kr

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Instructor: Toby Wright

— beginner, intermediate and advanced levels welcome

Join us for an inspiring and immersive two-week workshop (2 x 5 days) with renowned artist Toby Wright, designed for artists who want to refine their wildlife and landscape sketching skills and translate them into studio paintings. This course is perfect for those passionate about nature, combining fieldwork with studio practice in a supportive, dynamic environment.

The workshop begins with daily outdoor sessions, where participants will sketch directly from nature, focusing on capturing the essence of wildlife and landscapes with precision and spontaneity. Toby Wright will guide you through his expert techniques for sketching in the wild, teaching you how to observe and depict the subtle interplay of light, color, and form. This will be applied to both static animals in museums, and live animals outdoors. All along the sketching and painting action, you will hear Toby talk about the history of diorama painting, natural history painters, and artists that collaborated with science and conservation initiatives.

In the second week, we’ll move into the studio, where you’ll learn how to assemble your sketches into a larger, cohesive composition. Toby will provide one-on-one guidance as you develop your own painting, pushing your artistic boundaries while offering professional insights on composition, color harmony, and storytelling through art.

Expect a fun, inclusive atmosphere that encourages creative exploration, yet remains challenging and professionally enriching. By the end of the two weeks, you will not only have advanced your sketching and painting techniques but will also gain new confidence in your ability to bring the beauty of the natural world onto the canvas. Focus is given to the intermediate stages as much as the final piece, enhancing the value of each part of the process: sketching, drawing, colour study, compositional experiments etc.

This workshop is open to artists of all levels who are ready to deepen their artistic practice in a setting that combines the best of both outdoor adventure and focused studio time.

Course fee: 21 000 SEK

Course Dates: March 24 – 28, March 31 – April 4

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About the instructor

Finding his early inspiration in the natural world, Toby Wright developed a wide range of subjects along with the study of the old masters in Florence. He developed his career with various galleries from London, to New York and Los Angeles, balancing his personal figurative work and landscapes with various portrait commissions.

Following his Bachelor of arts degree in illustration from the U.K, he travelled to Florence Italy, where he graduated and taught at The Florence Academy of Art. His positions included director of the drawing program for the sculpture department, and principal instructor in the advanced painting program. He teaches various workshops and occasionally is a guest instructor at all branches of FAA.

Spending as much time painting outdoors as indoors, he paints from life for his landscapes and in the studio for his figurative work. His most recent commission is a historic 13-person group portrait for Monaco’s oceanographic museum. It represents for the first time since 1909, the museum’s counsel of administrators under Prince Albert II of Monaco.

His love for Nature has lead him to unique places. As an artist aboard the Elysium expedition to the Arctic, Toby Wright painted in the extreme conditions of Svalbard, Greenland, and Iceland. With a passion for working from life, he engages directly with nature; whether snorkelling with Orca and Humpback whales in the Arctic waters of Norway, or drawing underwater with the sea lions in the sea of Cortez. He continues to search and expand his vision of where painting will take him next.

The courses at The Florence Academy of Art / Sweden are designed for students with a strong desire to develop their artistic skills. Most of the instruction is on an individual basis and our instructors adapt the exercises to your level of experience. This means that the courses are suitable for both beginners and professional artists. In addition to the individual feedback there will also be group lessons and in-class demos. The skills you acquire during your course can be applied directly to your continued artistic endeavours.

Full payment for each course is required to secure your spot in the class.

Please review our admission and refunds policy.

If you have any questions please send an email to info@florenceacademyofart.se or call us at +46317060860 during our office hours.

The Florence Academy of Art reserves the right to substitute instructors of any course at the last minute or during the session.