Biography

Ned is a very accomplished and highly respected artist, having been drawing and painting for over 65 years.He has been designated as a “Master Artist” with both the Oil Painters of America and the American Impressionist Society.  He is a graduate of the prestigious Art Center School of Design in Los Angeles where as still a student he also taught drawing classes. He has participated in many of the major invitational shows in the country, including the “Artist’s of America Show”,”Great American Artist’s Show”, “National Academy of Western Art”, “Oil Painters of America”, “Laguna Plein Air Show”, “Pastel Society of America”, “The Autry Western Masters Show”,  “The Northwest Rendezvous Show” and the annual “Plein Air Painters of America Exhibition. Ned has had three exhibitions at the Frye Art Museum in Seatte and has shown in some of the Finest Galleries in the country, has won numerous awards and is included in many private fine art collections. He is a Signature member of the Oil Painters of America, American Impressionist Society, Plein Air Painters of America. California Art Club, Northwest Pastel Society, Puget Sound Group of Northwest Artists, Northwest Rendezvous Group, and the American Society of Marine Artists. He continues to challenge himself to grow artiscally. Ned is asked to jury Regional and National Art Shows and he loves to teach and share his many years of knowledge and experience by teaching classes and workshops, regionally, nationally and internationally

Supply List for Value studies and Color studies Workshop:

For doing Value studies one may find a medium and surface that works best for you. I suggest trying different things to see what is most comfortable..you may find that a number of things will work or just one. I have used both black and white  and sienna tone mixtures in oil. The range going from 0 being white and 10 being black, I mix four or five tones, a 1 or 2 for my lightest and an 8 or 9 for my darkest and then two or three values in between the lightest and darkest..saving the pure white and black if needed at the end. You may find the Sienna tones are better for you as they get away from some of the harshness that the black and white tones have. With the Sienna tones I use the same range, but am using Titanium White and Ivory Black, Cad orange, Cad red and  Transparent Brown Oxide to get the five tones…trying to mix them so they are all somewhat harmonious with each other. I will demonstrate that the first day. That can all get a bit messy in oils and one could also use gouache or acrylics. You might want to wait until after the first days lecture and demos on their use to see what you think will work best for you. The Color studies will all be done in Oil…there again, gouache or Acrylic may be an option.I use canvas or linen panels for my oil studies..usually 6″x8″ or 8″x10″. One could use a 12″x16″ panel and mark it up into four 6″x8″ or cut the four out of it. With the color studies, I use my regular palette of Titanium White, Cad Lemon, Cad Yellow Light, Cad Orange, Cad Red Light, Alizarin Crimson, Transparent Brown Oxide, Chromium Oxide Green, Viridian, Cobalt Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Ivory Black..sometimes I add a Permanent Rose and a Thalo Green or Blue. I mostly use Bristle Brushes…Brights #2,#4,#6,#8,#10. I clean my brushes with mineral spirits and also use mineral spirits for my medium. I would advise against paper palettes if possible and use paper towels to wipe my  brushes and a scrapper and paper towel to clean my palette. Hopefully you have some sort of easel to hold your panels to paint on.Art supplies get expensive ,but try not to get the cheapest panels and cheapest paints as they often can be more frustrating an discouraging to use. Do the best you can. Like I said earlier..you may want to get your supplies after the first weeks session as it could save you some money in buying some things you won’t like. We will be working from photos and you may use your own..but I will need to OK them, or I have some great photos from all over the world and various subjects and landscapes that you may use starting with the second session.

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