Her ease as an instructor encourages you to experiment and take on new challenges.  During this session, you will improve your ability to analyze your own work as well as the work of others. You are encouraged to bring your own photos for reference and to have your drawings on professional grade paper ready for paint.

Kim will step you through using contour drawing as a guide, not a border, and how to build form through glazes and washes. You will gain understanding on how the contribution of lights, darks, mid-tones add visual interest; and how to increase value through dynamic shapes and the use of lost and found edges. Explore wet vs. dry, wet into wet, and controlled glazes and washes. Breathe life into your subject matter using positive and negative space, while improving your color selection for skin tones and backgrounds to see them come alive!

 

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San Diego Watercolor Society Workshop Attendees!

 

To ensure we make the best use of your time, I’m highly recommending you complete the following items to bring with you to the workshop:

• I suggest using at least a quarter-sheet.

• Prepare at least 1-animal/bird and 1-figure on the beach in advance (more if you paint fast). We will be focusing on animals the first day and a half, and figures on the beach the second day and a half.

• Please understand that this is a painting class, so do whatever is necessary to get your drawing on the paper in advance of the class— use a light box, use gridlines, trace, or free draw if you’re comfortable. Also, use the paper you are most comfortable with as long as it is not student grade(same with the colors you intend to bring).

• When looking for your reference, be sure it has a good light source-including light, mid, and dark tones.

• I prefer to paint from a black and white print that’s as large as my actual

painting to best see actual shapes. Again, I recommend you have a good contour drawing already on your paper (email kim@kj-art.com if you need

more clarification).

• If you don’t know how to make your reference the same size as your finished painting, there are two programs I recommend. If you use a Mac the program is SplitPrint and I believe the cost is under $5, and if you are a PC user the program is Split@Print and I believe this is free. Both are easy to use.

 

                                          Artist Bio

I love to capture life, to use color to express the joy of living combined with the pleasure I get from the medium. As life brings new experiences to me as a person, there’s an exponential increase in confidence to my expression of life through color. I particularly enjoy the challenge of carefully working out a composition without losing spontaneity.

Most of my paints are Daniel Smith, but I also have some Winsor and Newton, and Holbein on my pallet. My preference is 300-pound hot press Fabriano Artistico paper, but for some paintings I've used cold press and 140 pound.

 

Signature Memberships

American Watercolor Society

National Watercolor Society

Transparent Watercolor Society of America

Watercolor West

San Diego Watercolor Society

Western Federation of Watercolor Societies

Arizona Watercolor Association

Features

Splash 13: Alternative Approaches

Splash 14: Light and Color

Splash 16: Exploring Texture

Splash 17: Inspiring Subjects

              Splash 21: Capturing Mood

The Art of Watercolour Magazine (21st Issue)

Pratique des Arts Magazine (No 133)

Art Journey Animals: A Collection of Inspiring Contemporary Masterworks (North Light Books)

 

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Website

www.kj-art.com

 

 

Non Members Fee: $275.00 Members Fee: $250.00