Creating Expressive Animal Paintings in Watercolor

Class | This program is completed

All Levels

4/22/2019-5/20/2019

9:00 AM-12:00 PM on Mon

$210.00

Get loose, go outside the lines, and don’t be afraid of watercolors! During this four-week course, Kim will guide students through three different approaches to an animal subject: a very direct painting approach, a wet-into-wet approach, and a unique “throwing paint” approach. Students will let their fears evaporate, learning instead to relax and open up their creativity and imaginations. Students will continue to explore additional techniques around the making of shapes, using color combinations, simultaneously designing foreground and background, and taking advantage of soft and hard edges. Students will gain confidence in reaching the point where they realize their painting is complete. www.kj-art.com
* No Class May 6

Johnson Nechtman, Kim

Kim is a signature member of The American Watercolor Society, The National Watercolor Society, Watercolor West, The San Diego Watercolor Society, The Transparent Watercolor Society of America, The Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, and Arizona Watercolor Association. Her works have been featured in Splash 13: Alternative Approaches; Splash 14: Light and Color; Splash 16: Exploring Texture; and Splash 17: Inspiring Subjects. Kim was recently featured in The Art of Watercolour (21st Issue) magazine for her work with canine portraits. Kim was most recently awarded the Tina Langham-Smith & Glenn Smith Award for “Pearls on the Beach” at the 2016 7th Annual Signature American Watermedia Exhibition. Her work “The Stories Men Tell” was also selected for inclusion in the 2016 HVAA 83rd Annual National Exhibition. Kim Johnson received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Arizona State University. She lives in Phoenix, AZ where she teaches watercolor and drawing.