Simplifying Clothed Figures in Sketch Groups - Live In Gallery. San Diego Watercolor Society

Workshops - Simplifying Clothed Figures in Sketch Groups - Live In Gallery

men on telephone pole Loose figure paintings

How to simplify drawings or paintings of people in landscapes and interiors.

How to make bold, simple strokes in acrylics, gouache and/or watercolor using as few strokes as possible.

I will teach essential time-tested drawing techniques for drawing accurately but not noodling-out details.

We will draw from clothed models in a variety of clothes differing in shape, color and value:

Pose length: Gestures — 30 minutes (in a variety of mediums).

I will put together some images of everyday folks and animals roaming about, outdoors and indoors which we can draw or paint from on the SDWS TV monitor or I can make a PDF of them for people to put onto their phones or iPads to work from. Details are unimportant in this sort of sketching — just large masses and shapes.

The emphasis will be about capturing (and even slightly exaggerating) major gestural shapes in simple line-work and bold expressive strokes.

A few essential anatomical pointers to look for in any pose.

How to convey dynamism and balance in any type of pose.

How to use clothing as a part of good design.

Making paintings from your drawings

Experience Level: Intermediate to advanced with some drawing experience. Beginners are welcome since instruction is individual, but the class will definitely be geared towards artists with SOME life drawing experience.

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KEN GOLDMAN

Ken Goldman is an internationally known artist, author, teacher and art juror. A recipient of numerous awards, Goldman has exhibited widely in various group shows and solo exhibitions in Holland, Paris, Italy, Greece, China, Colombia, Mexico, New York, Boston and Washington, DC.

In California Goldman has shown at Oceanside Museum of Art, Fischer Museum of Art and Autry Museum. Recently, (2012–2018), Ken’s work has been exhibited throughout China at The Shanghai International Biennial, two Shenzhen International Biennials and five Universities: Jimei, Quanzhou, Tsinghua, Qingdao and the Shanghai University.

Goldman's work is included in the permanent collections of the San Diego Museum of Fine Art, Hilbert Museum of California Art, North Carolina's Hickory Museum of Fine Art, the Zhuo Wen Museum in Qingdao China, the San Diego Museum of Natural History and the San Diego Watercolor Society. In 2018, Ken curated an exhibition for Oceanside Museum of Art titled National Watercolor Society, Southern California Inspirations: Past and Present - December 22, 2018 - April 21, 2019.

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The author of fifteen instructional books on Pastels, Acrylics, Charcoal and Artistic Anatomy, Goldman has also been featured in several magazines, including The Art of Watercolour, Southwest Art, International Artist, Watercolor Magic, Splash 12, 13 & 19 and The Artist’s Magazine, among others.

Ken is Past-President of the National Watercolor Society and is represented by CaliforniaWatercolor.com Gallery.

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For more information please visit www.goldmanfineart.com

Non Members Fee: $400.00 Members Fee: $375.00

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