Abstract Watercolor with Pantry Tools
Lynda Kingsley
Saturday, October 27, 10:00AM - 1:00PM
$45
Class Description
“Straight from the Pantry: Creating an Organic Abstract Watercolor with Common Kitchen Tools”
Learn an easy method to break out of the realism mold and create a beautiful organic watercolor. You will learn and test several different techniques and then create a 15"x22" abstract.
Supply List
1 sheet of cold press watercolor paper, Arches 140 or 300 (22"x30”)
Round and flat brushes
Quinacridone Gold (or Raw Sienna), Quinacridone Burnt Scarlet (or Q. Burnt Orange), Manganese Blue Hue (or Cobalt Turquoise Light)
Other colors like Neutral Tint, or Payne’s Gray, Ultramarine Blue or Cobalt Blue, Alizarin Crimson or Rose Madder.
All the “tools” we will use to create the abstract look will be provided.
Instructor’s Resume
Education
• BFA Studio Art, with an emphasis on watercolors, December 2014, University of North Texas, Denton
• Intensive workshops with masters, Jane Jones, Timothy J. Clark, Karlyn Holman, Nel Dorn Byrd, 2008-2016
Exhibitions
• One Woman Show, Intuition, The Cove, McKinney, TX, March 2017
• One Woman Show, Peonies en Transit, Haley-Henman Contemporary, Dallas, TX May 2016
• One Woman Show, Rusted Elements, The Martin Place, McKinney, TX June 2015
• Collin County Art Show, Church Hall, McKinney, TX March 2015, 2016
• Ne Plus Ultra, A Watercolor Exhibition, UNT Cora Stafford Gallery, Nov. 2014
• The Art Club of McKinney Centennial Exhibition, Heard-Craig Hall, Nov. 2014
• Essential Transition, A Watercolor Exhibition, UNT North Gallery, October 2014
• And Then…, A Collaborative Exhibition, UNT Lightwell, Sept. 2014
• Against the Current Watercolor Show, UNT Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton, TX, 2014
• All Class Watercolor Show, Lightwell Gallery, UNT, Denton, TX 2013
• Ebb and Flow Watercolor Show, UNT Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton, TX, 2013
• McKinney Unique by Nature juried Show, McKinney, TX, 2013-2017
• North Gallery Watercolor Show, UNT , Denton, TX 2012
• Collin County Art Show, McKinney, TX 2008,2009, 2010, 2011, 2013,2015
• Southwestern Watercolor Society Show, Plano, TX, juried national show, 2011, 2010
• Royal Lane Baptist, Dallas, TX, juried show, 2011
• Kathryn Heard juried show, McKinney, TX, 2011
Awards
• The Martin Place, Small Works Show, Second Place, 2016 cash award
• The Martin Place, Small Works Show, People's Choice, 2015 cash award
• Collin County Art Show, People's Choice Award, 2016, cash award
• Collin County Art Show, People's Choice Award, 2015, two cash awards
• Collin County Art Show, 2011 Best of Show, 1st Place Watercolor, two cash awards
• Royal Lane Baptist Faith in the Arts, 2011, People’s Choice, cash award
• Collin County Art Show, 2009, Founders Award, cash award
• Collin County Art Show 2008, Beginners Award, cash award
Exhibitions Curated
• Intuition, The Cove, 2017
• Rusted Elements, The Martin Place, 2015
• Collin County Adult Art Show 2015, 2016
• Essential Transition, a Watercolor Exhibition, North Gallery, UNT, 2014.
Publications
• Commissioned Cover Art for Non-Fiction Book, “A Place at the Table”, 2014.
Galleries
• The Artist Showplace, Dallas, TX
• LAST Gallery, McKinney, TX
• Original artworks and glicees are sold at The Martin Place, McKinney, TX
• Commissioned pieces and framed artworks have been sold to customers throughout the US., 2008-current
Work Experience
• Watercolor/Mixed Media Instructor, 2016-present
• President, The Art Club of McKinney, the oldest art club in the state of Texas, 2014-2015
• Owner of Mesilla Valley Snacks 1984-2009, formerly, the largest vending corporation in NM
• Costume designer and costume mistress of the Las Cruces Chamber Ballet. I re-designed and re-built the ballet,company’s stock of costumes after a fire destroyed a twenty year collection, 1998-2003
• Co-owner of The Plant Shop, Athens, GA, horticulture specialist