When
Where
Studio in the Park
The main facility for the Art Guild of Louisiana is the Studio in the Park. This BREC building is located in Cedarcrest Park in Baton Rouge.
More InfoThis workshop is Sold Out.
If you want to be on the waiting list, please contact the Workshop Coordinator.
Recommended Experience
All levels (basic knowledge and some previous experiences strongly recommended to benefit from this workshop)
Workshop Coordinator
David Gary, dgary@redstick.com, 225-252-8384
Keiko Tanabe
Keiko Tanabe, AWS, NWS, AIS, LPAPA. Often working en plein air, her atmospheric watercolors perfectly capture a sense of time and place. Through her use of color, textures, and signature brushwork, Keiko’s landscapes and cityscapes beautifully convey both the exotic and the simple scenes of the many places she travels. Never attending art school, Keiko took only one drawing class to learn basic technical skills before she started painting in 2005. One year later, after learning basic drawing and watercolor painting skills at a local community school in San Diego, Keiko decided to paint full-time. From then on, she intensely taught herself to be fluent in watercolor painting, just as one would do to master a foreign language. Her subjects include landscape, cityscape, waterscape, and interior scenes, which will be demonstrated in the workshop using representational and impressionistic compositions. Since 2011, Keiko has successfully completed numerous workshops and live demonstrations around the world. She has four DVDs and several books of her art and has been featured in many art magazines.
To learn more about Keiko, visit her website at www.ktanabefineart.com.
Description
Do you paint everything that your eyes see? In this class, you will start seeing things differently and learn how to turn reality into a captivating, impressionistic image. The goal is to capture the essence of the subject that conveys a certain mood and atmosphere. Keiko will show you how to take the initial inspiration, through the simplification process, to an expressive painting that is strong in composition and content.
The introduction focuses on the fundamentals including getting to know our materials and seeing things with an artist’s eye. The topics covered in this workshop include a preliminary drawing and composition, a variety of watercolor techniques in paint application and brush handling, what makes a good design, an understanding of the relationship of dark and light values, planning and intuition, and how to edit complex visual information.
Keiko does a daily demonstration with helpful tips and insights. Reference photos will be provided. There will be plenty of one-on-one guidance/critique and a question-and-answer session on a daily basis.
Supply List
PAINTS
Professional quality brands. My basic palette consists of cobalt blue, phthalo blue, alizarin crimson, orange, cadmium red, burnt sienna, raw sienna, quinacridone gold, lemon yellow, Dioxazine purple, viridian or phthalo green, turquoise, transparent brown, titanium white (all Sennelier). Feel free to bring your own favorites, too. Include one suitable for a monochromatic painting such as neutral tint, gray, sepia.
PALETTE
Any kind. Plenty of mixing areas will be useful.
BRUSHES
Large brushes for a wash such as Escoda Ultimo/Versatil/Aquario (#12 or larger) or something similar. Medium-sized rounds of the same or something similar. Brushes for details such as Escoda Perla (up to #14) or something similar. Other brushes useful: liner, rigger, dagger, flat (hake), Oriental brush, etc.
PAPER
Rough or cold-pressed; 140lb (300gm) or heavier; cotton, professional quality such as Fabriano Artistico, Arches, and Saunders/Waterford. Please plan on using two sheets per day. Also some paper to test colors (old or lesser quality paper will be fine).
PAPER SIZE
¼ sheet or 12″ x 16″ up to half sheet (15″ x 22″) recommended
OTHER (required)
Drawing board, gatorboard, foamcore or anything that supports paper (If you use a block, this will not be necessary.), masking tape, clips or stapler to secure paper to the board, Pencil & eraser, Sketchbook or drawing pad for thumbnail sketches and small studies, Container for washing brushes, towels or sponge
This workshop is Sold Out.
If you want to be on the waiting list, please contact the Workshop Coordinator.