with JAMES JOHNSON

• Two day workshop, Friday, September 27, and Saturday, September 28, 2024

• 10:00 a.m. - 5 p.m.

• $225.00

In this watercolor workshop, Jim will start with a brief talk on brushes, paints, paper and other tools. Next a demonstration on the application of water and pigment to paper and how different papers react differently. Then he will demonstrate painting a simple still life using the three primary colors and then we all all paint. The second day we will paint a still life or landscape, depending on the weather, using a full pallet. At the end of the day I will give a critique to the artist's that want one.

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ABOUT THE ARTIST

I was raised in Grand Rapids and educated at Kendall College and the Art Institute of Chicago. After serving in the Navy I returned to Grand Rapids and began a thirty year career in commercial Illustration. I began messing around with watercolors in 1984 to get away from the restrictions of my commercial art business and found that painting from life was spontaneous, intense and emotional. And I've never tired of it. In 2021 The Michigan Watercolor Society inducted me as a signatory member. I've been a long time member of Grand Valley Artists and currently serve as Gallery Director.

Website: johnsontheartist.com