Using Fundamentals When Painting Skies

Price and other info to come. Reach out to Ruth at Grand Marais Art Colony if interested.

Oil or pastel artists welcome.

All skill levels, drawing skills necessary

In this workshop, each artist will design, create and finish their paintings under Kim’s guidance.  Artists will have the option to either use the same reference photos of clouds and skies that Kim supplies OR use their own sky and cloud photos.  Artists using their own photos will email them to Kim in advance to make sure their photos will work with the lesson.  Kim will demonstrate a painting start to finish in stages during the workshop.  We will work in stages, so that after demonstrating a step in the painting process, students will work on that step on their own.  We will go over fundamentals of the landscape: line, shape, value, temperature of color, intensity of color, and quality of mark, and how they specifically apply to a cloud/sky painting.  Clouds and skies have their own, unique attributes which we will discuss and practice.  Drawing exercises such as value sketches using design markers will be used.  Kim will offer lots of individual attention at the easel during the workshop.  At the end of the workshop, there will be a group discussion of the work completed so artists have an opportunity to learn from one another.  All skill levels, with drawing skills necessary.