Windowpane No.58 - 21 X 27 inches - Watercolor, Acrylic and Gesso on Paper
Greetings <<First Name>>,
Hope you're doing well.
I'm doing quite well, and partially because the painting posted above was selected for inclusion in the 101st National Watercolor Society International Open Exhibition by Jurors of selection Donna Zagotta, Ken Goldman, and Bev Jozwiak.
Aside from good news from NWS it looks as though we are transitioning into what we might call post-covid normalcy. The CDC has revised its recommendations on social distancing and wearing masks. Over 300 million U.S. citizens have been vaccinated. Businesses are shifting gears. Sporting venues are replacing cutouts with human beings. Restaurants are getting busy again. Masks are piling up on the streets. Hopefully I haven't spoken too soon.
In light of these trends I've scheduled a few workshops for the new normal. First up, two local workshops at Arizona Art Supply. Details can be seen in the flyer below and listed under Workshops at the end of the newsletter. Some of you have been asking when I was going to do another local workshop. Well, here they are. At Arizona Art Supply I'm limiting enrollment for each workshop to eight so everyone has their own table. As of the writing of this newsletter there are five openings left for the July workshop.
Following the July and August workshops at Arizona Art Supply I'll be doing a workshop September 16th through the 18th in Lowell, Michigan at the Franciscan Life Process Center. It's one of my favorite places on the planet to do a workshop. It is such a serene and relaxing environment.
Franciscan Life Process Center workshop classroom
Franciscan Life Process Center workshop classroom
Franciscan Life Process Center
3.14.2021 - 8 X 8 inches - Ink, Watercolor and Gouache on Paper
Honorable Mention in the San Diego June Member Exhibition
Exhibition theme: Violent Hues - Juror: Robert Burridge
In my last newsletter I thanked juror Sarah Yeoman for including my painting Windowpane No.46 in the 46th Annual Western Federation of Watercolor Societies Exhibition. After the newsletter was sent I received an email from the WFWS sponsor organization announcing I had won an award. I was delighted to hear at the Zoom opening the award was the Beehive State Award of Excellence. This WFWS virtual exhibition is open through June 23rd and you can see it here: https://wfws46exhibition.artcall.org/pages/web-gallery
If you are a Phoenix Art Museum member or subscribe to their newsletter be sure to look for my inclusion in the Phoenix Art Museum’s PhxArtist Spotlight series sometime near the end of July.
300 DPI?
Having worked a number of years in a graphic arts studio which had both digital and offset printing capabilities, and having been a prepress manager for said studio, I am completely baffled as to why so many exhibition administrators have a total lack of understanding and subsequent erroneous use of the term "DPI." How many times have you seen a prospectus requiring digital submittals be 300 DPI? PLEASE understand this: DPI is Dots Per Inch not Pixels Per Inch and is used by output devices such as printers, imagesetters, platesetters, flatbed scanners, drum scanners and others. It has nothing to do with the digital file you are submitting for inclusion in a competition or exhibition. Prospectus writers take note: JUST USE PIXEL DIMENSIONS in your prospectus. An example might be 1800 pixels on the longest side. Pixel dimension will suffice! It's all about pixels for file submissions, not DPI software/hardware interpolation for output devices. If you look at the image size options in Photoshop there is not an option for DPI, only pixels per inch (PPI.) You might see a DPI option in a print dialog box depending on what kind of device you are outputting to but it has nothing to do with saving a JPEG file. When you write a prospectus use something like "1800 pixels on the longest side" and leave out any reference to DPI. Most will understand this, but I guarantee someone will ask if it should be 300 DPI. A 4x6 image at 300 PPI, NOT DPI is 1200 x 1800 pixels (the math: 4*300 x 6*300 - PPI = Pixels Per Inch and DPI = Dots Per Inch.)
Windowpane No.59 - 36 X 36 inches - Acrylic and Gesso on Paper
Windowpane No.60 - 36 X 36 inches - Mixed Media/Collage on Canvas
Windowpane No.61 - 36 X 36 inches - Mixed Media/Collage on Canvas
Intuitive Sketches
These sketches are rendered with ink, watercolor and gouache. They are roughly 8 X 8 inches square on a 12 X 9 inch sheet in a Canson 140 lb. Watercolor sketchbook, signed and dated right below the square as depicted in the image below. If you would like one please contact me here or reply to this newsletter. ($60 shipped anywhere in the continental U.S.)
If you're interested in learning the intuitive process I use to create these sketches, my only online workshop is available. In the workshop there is a start-to-finish painting demonstration of my intuitive process for these sketches. You can also download the supply list and two documents with descriptions of the elements and principles of design. The workshop shouldn't take more than a day to complete, but you can take as much time as you like. You can enroll in the workshop here:
8 X 8 inches square on a 12 X 9 inch Canson Watercolor Sketchbook page
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Workshops
Freedom in Watermedia
The Freedom in Watermedia Workshop is designed to help all levels of students paint intuitively, starting without preconceived notions or outcome. There will be no preliminary planning or drawing. Process will dictate direction as students use a variety of techniques to implement elements and principles of design. Instruction will start with random mark making and color application, working transparent to opaque creating a library of design elements using a variety of mark making tools, watercolor, gesso and acrylic. There will be regular comments and evaluation of work in progress concerning relationships between elements and principles. It is entirely possible finished work may be representational, but the goal is work which is compositionally pleasing and aligned with the artist's personal aesthetic.
Mixed Media/Collage on Canvas
Participants in the Mix It Up on Canvas workshop will create mixed media/collage paintings on canvas using an intuitive process, starting with no preconceived notions or outcome. Process will dictate direction as students use a variety of techniques to implement elements and principles of design. Instruction will start with semi-arbitrary application of collage materials in combination with acrylic, gesso, acrylic mediums and assorted mark-making tools. There will be regular comments and evaluation of work in progress concerning relationships between elements and principles. It is entirely possible finished work may be representational, but the goal is work which is compositionally pleasing and aligned with the artist's personal aesthetic.
Watercolor, Gouache and Ink
This workshop is designed to help all levels of students paint intuitively, starting without preconceived notions or outcome. There will be no preliminary planning or drawing. Process will dictate direction as students use watercolor, ink and gouache to implement elements and principles of design. Instruction will start with random ink marks, then color using a mixture of watercolor, gouache and titanium white gouache to create a library of design elements. There will be regular comments and evaluation of work in progress concerning relationships between elements and principles. It is entirely possible finished work may be representational, but the goal is work which is compositionally pleasing and aligned with the artist's personal aesthetic.
Workshops:
Intuitive Sketching with Ink, Watercolor and Gouache
Online Registration
Arizona Art Supply - July 16th, 2021 - 9:30 to 4:00
Intuitive Painting with Ink, Watercolor and Gouache on Paper
16th St. and Indian School Rd, Phoenix, AZ Registration
Arizona Art Supply - August 20th, 2021 - 9:30 to 4:00
Intuitive Painting with Ink, Watercolor and Gouache on Paper
16th St. and Indian School Rd, Phoenix, AZ Registration
Franciscan Life Process Center - September 16-18, 2021 Mixed Media/Collage on Canvas Workshop
11650 Downes Street, Lowell, MI 49331 Registration
Terravita Art Leauge - 2 Day Workshop - February 9th and 16th, 2022
Acrylic on Canvas
Desert Pavilion Community Center
Terravita Golf and Country Club, Scottsdale, Arizona
Registration information coming soon
Kanuga Watemedia Workshops - March 27- April 1, 2022
Ink, Watercolor and Gouache
Kanuga Conference Center, North Carolina Registration
Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society - October 18-22, 2021
Watercolor and Gouache
Buffalo, New York Registration
Northwest Watercolor Society - October 24-27, 2022
Seattle, WA Registration
If you or your group would like to sponsor a workshop in your area and would like more information about workshop costs, please reply to this email or inquire here.
