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.