George James Workshops
If creativity is a fire, then George James may well be the blow torch of ignition!
As a pioneer of YUPO (synthetic paper) James generously reveals his techniques to achieve dependable results in his first workshop, Mastering Yupo. It is a library of information.
In workshop two, The Artistic Process on Yupo, James shares his design considerations, use of symbolism and patterning to create a cohesive composition.
In his third workshop, Designing for Content (part of the CCP Masters’ Series) James focuses on how to develop a personal memory into a meaningful visual statement. He introduces a few new techniques, but the main thrust of the workshop is about one artist’s inner dialog with shape, color, rhythm, form and imagery. It’s a powerful collection from a wonderful teacher.
Sale ends Tuesday, November 4, 08.
John Salminen Urban Landscape
Overwhelmed by complex subject matter? Learn how one of the nation’s most award-winning artists unifies design in his intricate scenes.
Join John Salminen AWS DF, NWS as he hits the streets of New York City to gather candid reference shots for his urban scene. He shoots with a designer’s eye.
When he returns to the studio, he modifies the color and composition of his reference materials. John teaches a simple system for accurately transferring his complex image to watercolor paper. He lays a foundation with careful masking and vivid washes of hard-to-define colors. He concentrates on value relationships as he fills his landscape with shimmering streets and glowing neon. He uses mesmerizing reflective effects as an entry point to the composition and directs attention with white paper. John tones down conflicting passages with a mouth atomizer. He continually solves design problems, modifying colors in his foreground figure and lifting to enhance lines.
This workshop includes exercises in perspective drawing and extensive discussions of design and reference photography.
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Mark Mehaffey
COLOR AND DESIGN USING A MOUTH ATOMIZER with Mark Mehaffey WATERCOLOR – Mehaffey proves there’s more than one way to get paint on paper in “Color and Design Using a Mouth Atomizer.” First you learn what the mouth atomizer is and how to use it to create vivid work. Next, Mehaffey shows how to adhere your drawing to frisket and explains how to sequence your spray passages by approaching your work backwards. Mehaffey discusses a few simple rules that will help you strengthen your design including color balance and bounce. His final painting is crisp and radiant, and he didn’t use a brush. (From Lynn, “The mouth atomizer has become one of my favorite tools.”) From its simplest application (to smooth out a large area without disturbing the underlying paint) to creating a subtle, yet complex design, it is fun and opens up new opportunities. Mehaffey isn’t the only one who uses the atomizer, John Salminen also takes advantage of this tiny tool’s big effects in his upcoming workshop, “Urban Landscape in Watercolor.”
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