tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304049007448072644.post6481865529049935682..comments2024-01-07T08:32:33.301-05:00Comments on J. Perrault: Kim English Workshop: A ReviewJ Perraulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10306453450131482343noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304049007448072644.post-65238371672371191552012-09-13T00:01:37.948-04:002012-09-13T00:01:37.948-04:00Day three of the workshop at the Fechin Art Instit...Day three of the workshop at the Fechin Art Institute. Things are going better. Kim was much more attentive to each individual and I feel I learned more today than the first two days. It is a boot camp workout, doing many paintings a day, but worth the effort. I think I was just overwhelmed. Tomorrow we will be painting outdoors if it doesn't rain. I'm feeling much better about Kim's workshop. <br />Deborah McKennanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304049007448072644.post-58615341457036658432012-09-12T00:19:46.584-04:002012-09-12T00:19:46.584-04:00Day two of the Kim English workshop at the Fechin ...Day two of the Kim English workshop at the Fechin Art Institute in Taos, September 2012. Still waiting to learn something. Kim is a great artist but not a particularly good teacher. He did one demo the first day, the rest of it has been pretty much just painting on our own with an occasional stop by and comment (and not particularly instructional comments, more in the line of negative criticism). He is on some silly 500-calorie a day diet and doesn't join the rest of us for any of the meals, but disappears somewhere. I don't think a person can have the energy to teach while being on a fanatical diet the entire week. Quite disappointed so far and hoping the next three days actually yield something worth coming here for! My advice: Don't wait to be "instructed" by Kim -- ask questions, watch him paint, follow him around if you really want to get something out of the workshop!Deborah McKennanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304049007448072644.post-92123131498744028732012-06-30T08:43:50.173-04:002012-06-30T08:43:50.173-04:00This was an all star review. I took one workshop ...This was an all star review. I took one workshop with him in New Mexico. I was very green but in a week, I learned enough to launch me. I do not, however remember the 5 stages of the human walk. Can you recall for me?Nancy Dusenberryhttp://nancydusenberry.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304049007448072644.post-76670476244333855802011-04-18T16:34:39.935-04:002011-04-18T16:34:39.935-04:00To answer your question, I think if I could take m...To answer your question, I think if I could take many workshops with him then the regime would help my painting. To come back home and then plod around like I usually do is falling back on the same bad habits. The ideas which stuck with me were: to paint the darks transparently, and key the lightest light in first, and make sure your paints don't get muddy--use a clean brush for every stroke, use interesting brushstrokes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304049007448072644.post-9621643871910018212011-04-14T17:30:02.501-04:002011-04-14T17:30:02.501-04:00Hi Donna, either of the two will work. It's no...Hi Donna, either of the two will work. It's not so much the priming as the surface.. The (very) cheap duck panels we brought didn't wipe clean and didn't hold the paint well. Personally I prefer oil or lead primed because I think they wipe best and the paint lays nice on the surface - but oil or lead primed panels can be more expensive. Acrylic primed linen should work fine. Hope this helps! Have fun!J Perraulthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306453450131482343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304049007448072644.post-51309794794805052722011-04-14T15:35:13.589-04:002011-04-14T15:35:13.589-04:00Hello again, my workshop with Kim English is comin...Hello again, my workshop with Kim English is coming quickly and I just wanted to clarify the type of panels that you worked on. In your post you said that towards the end of the week you purchased primed linen panels....do you remember if they were oil primed or acrylic primed? Thanks again for your insights.<br /><br />DonnaDonna MacDonald AFCAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16716718966981032946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304049007448072644.post-58340150699956261512011-04-08T17:34:12.066-04:002011-04-08T17:34:12.066-04:00Thanks for the comment Valerie. Was wondering if t...Thanks for the comment Valerie. Was wondering if the regime helped your painting or not? Were you able to take some of the ideas and incorporate them into your own work?J Perraulthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306453450131482343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304049007448072644.post-73818019261641459712011-04-01T15:28:57.850-04:002011-04-01T15:28:57.850-04:00I took Kim's workshop in Scottsdale in 2010, a...I took Kim's workshop in Scottsdale in 2010, and was amazed at Kim's work. When you wrote about the 5 minute poses I practically broke out in a cold sweat---those were brutal having never done anything like that before. In his workshop I felt like someone who was just learning to fly and found themselves in an F-15.<br /><br />I am slowly building up the nerve to take another one of his workshops. Nobody can paint like him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304049007448072644.post-23872908647093899352011-03-18T07:13:43.937-04:002011-03-18T07:13:43.937-04:00Hi Donna, Great question! Short answer is Kim will...Hi Donna, Great question! Short answer is Kim will talk about his painting and methods, but you have to ask him. He seems to be a natural teacher and would prefer to talk about his student's work.<br /><br />Long answer - Kim doesn't do any demos per se. There are no three or four hour long monologues or Q & A like I've heard other workshops have. If some of you crowd around his painting and start asking questions, he's delighted to answer them. Or what I sometimes did was wait until he came around to my painting and ask questions then. <br /><br />Hope the workshop works out for you and say "Hi" for me!J Perraulthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306453450131482343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304049007448072644.post-91814952722687782522011-03-17T11:32:51.811-04:002011-03-17T11:32:51.811-04:00Thank you so much for posting your thoughts on Kim...Thank you so much for posting your thoughts on Kim's workshop. I have signed up for the one he's doing in Colorado in May. They need one more person to commit before it is a go - I sure hope it doesn't get canceled. <br /><br />Does he spend any time talking about how he captures the light so well in his paintings?<br /><br />Donna M<br />www.donnmacdonald.caDonna MacDonald AFCAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16716718966981032946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304049007448072644.post-65092516465416045002011-03-06T11:48:13.014-05:002011-03-06T11:48:13.014-05:00Wow wow wow, what an intensive week! Great write ...Wow wow wow, what an intensive week! Great write up, and I'm thrilled that you and Bruce got a lot out of it. I'm sure if I had gone, Kim would have stood behind me and just wept.Bella Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02139728758198482234noreply@blogger.com