Jim Davies Workshop


Jim Davies Workshop
 
Dates & Times
Aurora College, Room 307 (use the Aurora College doors, not the NUP doors) 

Saturday, January 22 
9:00am-4:30pm (lunch from 12-1)

Sunday, January 23
9:00am-3:00pm

We have the room until 6pm each day, so there is opportunity to stay and paint after the lesson.

Workshop Fee
  • Workshop fee is $120 ( plus additional $20 if you are not already a member of the Watercolour Society ($140). 
  • Please make cheques payable to the Yellowknife Watercolour Society
  • Please pay at the workshop if you haven't done so already! 
 


What to Bring

Jim has requested we stretch our paper before the class to prevent the paper from buckling.
Please try this if possible:

1. Prepare  2 half sheets of 22 x30' w/c paper (or whatever size you have).  
2. Tightly tape the edges of your paper to a stiff board with masking tape. 
3. Wet the paper with a mister or brush, and evenly brush to coat the paper with a thin layer of water. 
4. Let water dry on your board. Bring to class! 

* if you're buying the good quality paper from Lynn at the class, you probably won't need to do this.

Jim Davies Workshop Materials List:
  • Sketchbook
  • Photo or magazine clipping of a simple landscape (low ground, clouds etc. no mountains please)
  • Still life objects: plain tea cup, a large apple, small light-coloured table cloth or dish towel
  • A table lamp and extension cord if you like more light
  • Watercolours – 12 at least Artist or good Student Grade (see below)
  • Watercolour Brushes – your usual assortment (natural hair brushes if you have them, otherwise, whatever you've got!)
  • 18 X 24 140lb watercolour paper – Strathmore, BFK Rives, or Arches (see below)
  • Pencils (HB – 2B)
  • Eraser
  • Pens – no colour specified
  • Pastels or Coloured Chalks
  • Masking Tape
  • X-Acto Knife
  • Kleenex or Rags (for wiping brushes etc.)
  • Palette
  • Water Containers
  • Support Board (tough cardboard will do) – 18 X 24
YWS Suggested Paint Colours for Beginners:  
  • Cadmium Yellow Light (cool yellow)
  • Cadmium Yellow (warm yellow)
  • Cadmium Red (cool red)
  • Permament Alizarin Crimson (warm red)
  • Ultramaine Blue (cool blue)
  • Pthalocyanine Blue (or Winsor Blue Red Shade) (warm blue)
  • Pthalocycnine Green (cool green)
  • Sap Green (warm green)
  • Burnt Sienna (cool brown)
  • Burnt Umber (warm brown)
Paper
If you'd like good quailty art paper, Lynn is selling it for Arches for $15/sheet (this is good value, and can be cut down to make a lot of paintings). He'll bring some to the class, so bring $ if you want some. Otherwise, you can grab some student grade paper at Artistic Hound/JJ Hobbies.

Lesson Plan

2-Day Workshop/Jan 22, 23-2011                                                                          
Instructor: Jim Davies

The projects that I will require you to do, involve some basic theory, problem solving/creative exercises, and representational interpretation of simple genres such as still-life, and landscape.

Sat Morning:   9am – 10am
  •  slides/ real artwork, discussion of my work.
  • demonstration of technique (still-life) pieces of the puzzle –drawing design
  • precise rendering (ellipses, cubic shapes)                                             
10am- 12pm    *Ex#1:   2-hr ‘Preserving the white’ (pos/neg)
…a compositional tool
Palette: ultramarine blue, or other.

12 -1pm (lunch break)

Afternoon: 1:10  -  3pm   *Ex#2:  2 Color painting’ (Visual Weight) (transition t o color harmonies) Palette: ultramarine blue/ burnt sienna -
white shapes/other
                                           
 3:15 – 4:30pm?  *Ex#3:  Warm + Cool + their Neutrals
(orange blue +mixed neutrals)

3:00-4:30      *Ex#3: (if time)….”Imaginary Landscape” + color greys –(discuss procedure)
  • Demonstration:  how to build cloud/color 
  • Thru limited palette 
  • Student provide landscape photo  (Sunday)  
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Sunday Morn:  9:15am – 10:am   
Demonstration: limited palette/color greys
In landscape =cloud studies 
                                                                        
10:00am - 12p   *Ex#4: w/c landscape 2 -1/4sht + 1-1/2 sht.
(Cloud Rhythms/preserving white + color Neutrals)
                                           
12:00 -  2pm    *Ex#5: Landscape wash, preserving the whites   ( variety of sizes)
                                          
 2:00 -  3:00pm            (independent work + instructor Critique)        

Any questions, please contact Rae Braden 873-6906, rae_braden@hotmail.com
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