Workshop: Ken Elliott and Casey Klahn 4-day intensive Art Workshop, April 25-28, 2019

Ken Elliott Summer Sunset, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches

Ken Elliott and Casey Klahn 4-day intensive Art Workshop

Castle Rock, CO (Denver metro)

Thurs-Sun, April 25-28, 2019
9:30 am - 4:30 pm daily

workshop flyer
Limited to 8 artists, $750 each, 2 spaces left
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Open to artists in all media. This is a two-instructor workshop for artists wanting to make advancements in their techniques and strategies.

Casey and Ken will have ample time to give very focused attention to individuals and offer a number of provoking ideas to the group and they will do demos in oil and pastel.

Also, Ken will present simple Photoshop techniques for taking your works to the next level and creating better pathways for finishing your artworks.

You will be given a Photoshop instruction guide and have access to Ken's personal photo file of over 1500 inspiring images by various artists.

These workshops typically sell out, so sign up soon!
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From a recent Casey Klahn / Ken Elliott Workshop

Casey Klahn  Long Remembered, New Vision Pastel, 13 x 21 inches

Ken Elliott  Evening Light, oil on canvas, 60 x 60 inches

Casey Klahn  The Rain, the Light & the River, pastel, 11 3/4 x 18 1/4 inches

Ken Elliott  Gathering Light II  oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches

Making It Fine Art Workshop / Castle Rock, March 2019

Some of the results from the sold out class.  More photos below

We just finished up the latest Making it Fine Art Workshop: Moving to the Next Level class last weekend. It was a pleasure working with this wonderful group of artists and watching the breakthroughs emerge!

Thank you all for filling the class and I'm looking forward to seeing your progress!

Here's what's coming up next:

My next Workshop with be with Casey Klahn and me in Castle Rock, CO, Thurs-Sun, April 25-28 Complete info and registration workshop flyer
Limited to 8 artists, $750 each, 4 spaces left
Contact Ken

Open to artists in all media. This is a two-instructor workshop for artists wanting to make advancements in their techniques and strategies. Casey and Ken will have ample time to give very focused attention to individuals and offer a number of provoking ideas to the group.

More photos from the March, 2019 Workshop:

Grateful Notices: Contrasts at the Creek, oil on canvas 47.5 x 47.5 inches

Contrasts at the Creek, oil on canvas 47.5 x 47.5 inches

It is always a pleasure to hear that a sale has come through, and in this case from an esteemed art consultant in the Boston area. This is a favorite work I did some years ago using a strip landscape as a backdrop for the overall tree patterns. 

There is plenty of bright color coming through the darks and everything is further accentuated by the band of sky and even brighter glow from the creek. 

I was very happy to hear that the oil went into a private collection and they sent me a photo of the installation. Thank you!

Ken Elliott Making it Fine Art Workshop: Moving to the Next Level / Castle Rock, CO / March 23 -24, 2019

Winters Morning  oil on canvas 36 x 48 inches

Ken Elliott Making it Fine Art Workshop: Moving to the Next Level

www.kenelliott.com

Denver Metro / Castle Rock, CO

Sat-Sun, March 23-24, 2019

2 1/2 days

Complete info and registration

Limited to 6 artists, $390 each   sold out

Open to artists in all media. Ken will discuss strategies for creating better artworks with a variety of common and creative tools.

The workshop will focus the strategies for making better artworks, going to new places in your work and how to make fine art. He will use informative videos and pass on strategies not the literature, but handed down from the very best teachers.

Also, Ken will present simple Photoshop techniques for taking your works to the next level and creating better pathways for finishing your artworks. You will be given a Photoshop instruction guide and have access to Ken's personal photo file of over 1500 inspiring images by various artists.

View the Fine Art Workshop Video

in the class

in the class / oil

in the class / pastel

New Work: Cloudswept in Blue, 0il on panel, 24 x 24 inches

Cloudswept in Blue
Oil on panel, 24 x 24 on panel    $2450 framed
Saks Galleries, Denver

Looking out over the snow covered fields, I became enamored of the many of blues in combination. Compositionally, I was looking for something interesting in the stark fields when I noticed that the cloud forms held an array of blues as well.

The clouds were a perfect counterpart to the simple landscape below and more interesting than the fields on their own. It was a very still and quiet day with the sunset just beginning to add the yellows and pinks to everything. With those warm colors added in, the scene came to life, making a place where all of the blues could gather harmoniously.

New Work: Saccades XIV, oil on canvas, 50 x 50 inches

Saccades XIV, oil on canvas, 50 x 50 inches  $9850 framed
Saks Galleries, Denver

With this view of the forest, the colors are very unnatural but the result is believable and interesting. While painting this oil I continued to lay in new colors, pushing this forest view beyond the typical portrait of a place. This wood doesn't exist in nature but it easily recognizable for what it is, a stand of trees receding into space.

As the painting developed, different lighting options were tried out: color, brightness, shadows-no shadows and more. Finally, I decided on a soft, yellow glow that permeated everything, making it difficult to find the source of the light.

There is a bit of sky in the upper right, but it's not a focal point and that is the nature of this Saccades series. The composition draws the eye across the canvas in all directions without resting.

It's an interesting result seeing this oil on the wall because the entire canvas becomes an art object rather than a picture of a place. The large oil transcends the pictorial and becomes a glowing presence in the room. It was a satisfying task to create this delightful and intriguing place.

Winters Morning  oil on canvas 36 x 48 inches

Ken Elliott Making it Fine Art Workshop: Moving to the Next Level

www.kenelliott.com

Denver Metro / Castle Rock, CO

Sat-Sun, March 23-24, 2019

2 1/2 days

Complete info and registration

Limited to 6 artists, $390 each   4 spaces left

Open to artists in all media. Ken will discuss strategies for creating better artworks with a variety of common and creative tools.

The workshop will focus the strategies for making better artworks, going to new places in your work and how to make fine art. He will use informative videos and pass on strategies not the literature, but handed down from the very best teachers.

Also, Ken will present simple Photoshop techniques for taking your works to the next level and creating better pathways for finishing your artworks. You will be given a Photoshop instruction guide and have access to Ken's personal photo file of over 1500 inspiring images by various artists.

View the Fine Art Workshop Video

in the class

in the class / oil

in the class / pastel