Attendees of all levels will explore color and composition in all genres.
Beginning watercolor classes, focusing on brush techniques, color theory, pigment properties, etc. We will start on class projects and proceed to individual paintings. Classes 6:30 to 8:30 PM.
Monday evenings, every week but the 3rd week of the month.
Contact Kathy for supplies list.
Attendees of all levels will explore color and composition in all genres.
CREATING ENGAGING PORTRAITS IN WATERCOLOR Kathy will demonstrate her approach to creating portraits. She will discuss what makes a good source image, how she focuses on shapes and values, cropping for drama, identifying a center of interest, and uses lost and found edges. She will also review the color pale!e that she uses overall, and how she modifes that palette for skin tone and age of the subject.
Do you find yourself picking up those small brushes too soon? Do you wish you could see more and different colors in your images? Do some colors scare you? Do you always intend to loose some edges but then find your finished paintings very tight?
Attendees will work on expanding their color palette and then applying what they learn to working from photographs.
A good drawing is the critical foundation to any painting. For example, in a portrait, a viewer has an expectation of facial structure; differences from that expectation impact how the viewer sees the work. In a landscape or still life, the viewer has expectations of perspective. With a good drawing, the artist can be creative with other techniques.
Attendees will work on creating focus, simplifying, and using the photograph as a starting point to explore color and lose edges. We will work on finding centers of interest and focusing our detail in the area of the center of interest.
We will also work on creating color unity, painting large areas of light and dark, creating backgrounds and losing edges and using color to create interest and emotion.
Color creates emotion and can focus the viewer. Deconstructed color and unexpected colors excite and engage the viewer. Attendees will explore color properties -- mixing colors to maintain clarity, using complementary colors to focus and create excitement, and exploring colors in highlights and shadows.
Attendees will apply what they have learned about drawing and color and work from their photograph. We will explore what makes a good photograph to work from and how to crop the photograph to create interest and emotion for the viewer. We will also work on composition and discuss improving our composition.
While Kathy may demo a portrait or figurative work, the attendees may also paint subjects other than portraits.
Day 1 – Color / Composition
Day 2 –Figurative / portrait
Time – 9AM – 4 PM with break for lunch
Location – Whispering Pines Park Recreation Bldg
$ 110 Members $ 140 Non-members
Please make checks payable to CWS
For more information
Contact Susan Strawbridge
Email: susand319@aol.com
to notify her that you have sent your registration.
I will be demonstrating dying art tissue using liquid watercolor, and using those tissues to create collages. You can also use these papers to enhance your paintings.
You have mastered techniques and are proficient with your preferred media, but are you satisfied with the art you create? Does your finished work communicate your vision? We can all improve our composition to enhance our work and make it more successful.
We all want to dive in and create our work. However, without adequate planning, our creations generally are not as effective as they could be. By improving our compositions, we make our work more effective in communicating our vision and focusing our viewer.
Composition includes the layout of our image, as well as design elements such as unity, contrast, repetition, movement, shapes, value, color and edges.
In the workshop, Kathy and the attendees will work through composition exercises. Attendees will use their own reference images and still life materials on hand to develop enhanced compositions. Attendees will not need to acquire new supplies, as they will be using their preferred media. We will explore digital applications that help us examine our works. We will also conduct a portfolio review of the work of each student, discussing how each work succeeds and how it could be enhanced.
For information, to register and the Zoom link, go to Tamparegionalartists.com.
You have mastered techniques and are proficient with your preferred media, but are you satisfied with the art you create? Does your finished work communicate your vision? We can all improve our composition to enhance our work and make it more successful.
We all want to dive in and create our work. However, without adequate planning, our creations generally are not as effective as they could be. By improving our compositions, we make our work more effective in communicating our vision and focusing our viewer.
Composition includes the layout of our image, as well as design elements such as unity, contrast, repetition, movement, shapes, value, color and edges, which Kathy will overview during the demonstration, along with illustrations.
For information and the Zoom link, go to Tamparegionalartists.com.
