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Vol.7 - #4 Summer 2021-2
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Stan Kurth, NWS
 


Greetings  <<First Name>>,

Hope you're doing well.

There's a blog post on the Phoenix Art Museum website where I'm interviewed by Samantha Andreacchi, Assistant Director of Communications. In this interview I reveal the secret (no longer) behind titling my paintings. I'm of the opinion paintings should speak for themselves without a title or series (click on the Phoenix Art Museum logo above to read the interview, or click here: https://phxart.org/blog/stan-kurth/.)  I'm not saying paintings shouldn't have titles. I am saying those who create paintings shouldn't be thought less of because they don't title them. This is VISUAL art! We don't need no stinking titles! So, if you are one of those who believes artists must title their paintings, then the link below is for you. 

https://youtu.be/u8WbLU958Lg


Every now and then my patrons will send photos of paintings displayed in their homes. I love getting them and it is a good reminder of how blessed I am to be doing what I am. I thank all of you who have supported me through the years. 
 
Recently acquired by a couple I've known since college where we all attended Northern Arizona University. Kris and Barbara reside in Northern California
These two were purchased by long time friends, Dennis and Jackie. Dennis worked with me in a commercial art studio back in the late 70's and early 80's. 

Recent Paintings

Windowpane No.62  -  15 X 15 inches  -  Ink, Watercolor and Gouache on Paper
Windowpane No.63  -  15 X 15 inches  -  Ink, Watercolor and Gouache on Paper

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 at stan.kurth@gmail.com or reply to this newsletter. At the time this newsletter was published all of those shown here were available. ($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:

https://learn.watermediaworkshops.com
 
8 X 8 inches square on a 12 X 9 inch Canson Watercolor Sketchbook page
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Workshops

Franciscan Life Process Center
Franciscan Life Process Center
Franciscan Life Process Center workshop classroom
Franciscan Life Process Center workshop classroom
Workshops:

Intuitive Sketching with Ink, Watercolor and Gouache 
Online
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 in September 2021

Kanuga Watemedia Workshops  -  March 26 - April 1, 2022
Ink, Watercolor and Gouache
Kanuga Conference Center, North Carolina
Registration

Chicago Workshop  -  September 26 - 25, 2022
Ink, Watercolor and Gouache
Registration will be available soon here: https://www.ingridsartoriginals.com/workshops

Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society  -  October 18-22, 2022
Watercolor and Gouache
Buffalo, New York 
Registration

Northwest Watercolor Society - October 24-27,  2022
Seattle, WA
Registration

 
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.


Ink, Watercolor and Gouache

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 ink, watercolor 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.
 
Kanuga Watermedia Workshops
Kanuga Watermedia Workshops
Kanuga Watermedia Workshops
Kanuga Watermedia Workshops
Kanuga Watermedia Workshops
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.



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