Archive for February, 2008
Kunz DVD workshops and "Painting Watercolor Portraits that Glow" Book!
Take the worry out of watercolor! Jan Kunz’s structured approach takes the fear out of any subject, including portraits! Introduce a friend to watercolor with Getting Started Right in Watercolor. This workshop includes two entry level exercises and basic information to help beginners avoid some very common problems.
Jan’s Roses in Crystal workshop, is a [...]
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Why Paint Abstract / Non-Objective Art?
We have filmed two purely abstract workshops: John Salminen’s, A Designed Approach to Abstraction and
Virginia Cobb’s, Acrylic Abstract Painting: The Evolving Image. I asked both artists to explain what it was about abstract painting they liked, what held their interest.
John Salminen said abstract paintings grew and changed with the viewer. A subject oriented [...]
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AWS Winning News
The American Watercolor Society has been sending letters to award recipients. Up to now, we have heard that Mark Mehaffey won the AWS SILVER MEDAL OF HONOR award for (a.) ‘Blue Monolith’ and
Donna Zagotta (on our schedule to be filmed in April) won the SAMUEL LEITMAN award for (b.) “This Way”. We know that [...]
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The Power of Design
We’ve all heard this art instructor question, “Where is your center of interest or focal point?” We are encouraged to draw attention to our focal point by placing the lightest light next to the darkest dark.
Creating a personal, visual expression is much more than developing a set of instructions about where to look! All [...]
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THREE great drawing workshops!
Make drawing second nature!Three excellent workshops: Carl Dalio’s Sketching in Perspective - Drawing and Composition for Artists,
David N. Kitler’s Draw with Confidence, from Basic to Brilliant and
Craig Nelson’s Drawing a Duotone Portrait. You will learn skills that are integral to fine painting and drawing. Check it out!
Preview all of our drawing DVDs
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