 John Salminen
Watercolor, Mixed Media, and Design
John Salminen teaches
Master Classes in design and watercolor
painting. Workshops are chosen to be part of the MASTER'S
SERIES based on their exceptionally high design and thinking content.
John emphasizes strong design in his paintings. He
manipulates color and value, even in his complex city-scapes, to improve the
image. When needing to push an area back or add additional value to a detailed
dark area, he prefers to spray the area with color using a mouth
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In John Salminen's watercolor instruction DVD workshop, A
Designed Approach to Abstraction, John explains each step, reveals
his composition and problem solving strategies, and shows how he uses the
design principles of dominance, texture, linkage, and repetition to bring
unity to the painting. With this watercolor video, you will learn how to
paint with clear design principles as well as learn John's techniques,
including use of the mouth atomizer. John's
in-depth design analysis applies to all art media. This watercolor
instruction video from Creative Catalyst Productions has been
called a college design class in a box! John's watercolor lessons begin
with simple objects to suggest shapes and line. He then teaches his sequence
of steps to paint intriguing and unpredictable effects while using core
design principles to create a cohesive captivating painting.
In John's DVD Urban Landscape in Watercolor,
John designs and composes from the moment he takes his reference photos. In
this workshop, John hits the streets of New York to gather candid reference
shots. He returns to the studio to teach his simplified system for accurate
drawing. The workshop includes exercises in perspective drawing and extensive
discussions of design. You'll capture the energy and nuance of city streets
in Urban Landscape in Watercolor.
John Salminen, AWS, DF, NWS (continued)
John Salminen is a highly regarded master instructor,
and has won numerous awards for his mixed media abstract paintings and complex
city-scapes. While perhaps best known for his realistic urban landscapes,
John is also highly acclaimed for his mixed media abstract paintings.
John has also gained increasing recognition for his mixed media
abstract paintings, one of which won first place in Artist's Magazine's 2000
Art competition in the experimental category judged by Edward Betts. He served
as judge of the experimental category for the Artist Magazine's 2005 Competition.
John is a signature member of eleven (11) watercolor societies,
including the American
Watercolor Society, National Watercolor
Society, Watercolor
USA Honor Society, Transparent Watercolor
Society of America, and
Watercolor
West. In addition, he has been honored with "Master" status in the
Transparent Watercolor Society of America and inclusion in the American Watercolor
Society's Dolphin Fellowship.
John has won numerous awards in national and international exhibitions, including
several major awards from the American
Watercolor Society, National
Watercolor Society, Transparent
Watercolor Society of America, New England Watercolor Society, Watercolor USA, and Watercolor West.
In 2005, he was awarded the first place award in both
the National Watercolor
Society Exhibition and Watercolor West.
John Salminen’s work has been exhibited in the National Academy show in New
York. He served as a juror of selection for the American Watercolor Society's
2000 and 2003 Exhibitions and the National Watercolor Society's 2003 Show.
He served as an awards judge for the 2005 American Watercolor Exhibition. In
2006 he was awarded the Gold
Medal at the American Watercolor Society-139th International Exhibition. His work has been featured in several books and in many national and international magazines, including American
Artist's Watercolor Magazine, Artist's
Magazine, Watercolor Magic and International
Artist.
John lives with his wife Kathy in northern Minnesota on 40 acres of wilderness.
When asked why he paints urban scenes and not wilderness he replies, “It is
impossible to improve on the beauty already there.”
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