Plein Aire Watercolor
Workshop with Ken Spiering at the
Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens
Saturday, September 14th &
Sunday, September 15th, 8 am to 12 noon
Location: Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens
507
W. Seventh Ave.
Spokane,
WA 99204
Fees: $80.
workshop fee
Preregistration
is required for all classes.
Workshop
held by Spokane Art School
Learn watercolor techniques suited for the outdoors in
the beautiful restored gardens of Moore-Turner located in Spokane’s lower South
Hill. Create beautiful and dynamic
foliage, with vibrant greens, and vivid colors that have the contrast and
intensity of the plants and the environment that you are seeing. This workshop will explore the entire
spectrum of the artist’s palette using warm and cool colors, mixing them with
adjoining colors; how to use complementary colors to balance each other to
achieve rich and realistic volumes; how to create 3-D forms using shape making
and color; how to establish a mood or atmosphere; how to impart a richness of color
by juxtaposing multiple colors. Ken will
give an introduction about color, demonstrate masking, scratching
through, painting negative spaces within negative spaces, and other special
techniques to achieve bold and believable results.
This workshop is open to participants who are high school
age and older. Watercolor experience is
helpful but not necessary. If you have
experience with watercolor, bring your own supplies that you are used to using,
including paper. If you have little or
no experience and need supplies, see Materials List. You will also want to bring a water container,
a camp stool, a broad brimmed hat, and appropriate attire for working
outside. Sunglasses and sunscreen are a
must.
About the artist…..Ken Spiering is internationally
known for his diverse mediums and techniques including illustrations, watercolors
and oil paintings, woodblock prints and etchings, carved wood, cast bronze,
concrete and steel sculptures, copper enamels, as well as many monumental
public art works. His work is in
collections throughout the world, and he has been an instructor of art at
selected universities, public and private schools.
Moore-Turner Heritage
Gardens is owned and operated by City of Spokane Parks & Recreation
Department
