Kevin Macpherson
2008 Taos, New Mexico workshops
Special 25th Anniversary SAS Event
Painting Demonstration, Exhibit, and Critique
With Kevin Macpherson and Matt Smith
Two of America’s foremost landscape artists
Registration begins now!
Seating is limited. · No registration fee
Contact: Scottsdale Artist's School, (800) 333-5707
When: Saturday, November 8, 2008
Times: Matt Smith demo 9am-12pm
Kevin Macpherson demo 2pm-5pm
Where: Stagebrush Theater (2nd St. and Marshall Way, opposite
Scottsdale Artists’ School)
Tuition: $195 each or $350 for both.
Contact: Mary (480) 9901422 ext. 203, or http://www.scottsdaleartschool.org/
This special 25th Anniversary Event features demonstrations by Kevin
Macpherson and Matt Smith, two of America’s foremost landscape artists, who
studied at Scottsdale Artists’ School. Both demonstrations will be filmed, and
copies of the DVD will be available for purchase in the SAS Store. Lunch will
follow the morning demo, and after the evening demo, there will be a reception
and exhibit of the artists’ paintings at Scottsdale Artists’ School. Those who
attend both sessions are also invited to join the artists for a Sunday morning
Coffee and Critique. After registering, you will be sent instructions to participate
in the critique.
Tuition includes:
- One or both demonstration sessions
- Drawing for a chance to purchase demonstration paintings
- Lunch with the artists at Scottsdale Artists’ School
- Evening reception and exhibition at Scottsdale Artists’ School
- Sunday morning (9am-12pm) coffee and critique (participants in both sessions only)
- 20% discount on advance copies of demonstration DVDs
Instructional Book Available
Landscape Painting - Inside and Out.
Order a signed hard bound copy today
for $29.99 plus $8.95 for shipping and handling, (Priority Mail).
My first book, Fill Your Oil Paintings with Light and Color, has guided many beginning and struggling artists with its simple approach to
picture making. For me, seeing the world through the eyes of an artist and sharing the gifts of art have been most rewarding.
This book will encourage you to let your intuition rule when you paint outdoors. Step-by-step demonstrations and stimulating practice exercised in the studio will prepare you for your adventures outside. I encourage you to paint both outdoors and inside. Contemplative study
in the solitude of your studio is important to your develop-ment into a highly skilled passionate plein air painter. A balanced approach in which you work both indoors and outdoors will foster your growth as an artist painting with purpose.
The great painters of the past created thoughtful art in the studios with no loss of the vitality and spontaneity we associate with painting outdoors. We will explore ways to relive the outdoor experience, enlarge our ideas and refine
our compositions.
Discover the secrets to retaining the vitality, spontaneity and harmony
of painting outdoors, while using your picture-making skills to create a more thoughtful and powerful statement.
Full of fresh air and fresh art, Landscape Painting Inside and Out will guide and encourage beginners while challenging more accomplished artists to bring greater vitality and a
more natural, less formulaic finish
to their paintings. Total of 144 pages.
Credit Cards are accepted, only through paypal.
You don't need to be a paypal member.
Now available by PayPal.
Just click at the top of this page under "Instructional Material" heading and put Kevin's new book in the shopping basket. Other books, paint set, and DVD's are available.
Postal orders: Send a check payable to:
Kevin Macpherson
12 Clint Road, Taos, NM 87571
Total amount $38.94
Email: mwanda@newmex.com
For buyers out of the United States please email me first to let you know
the shipping costs before purchasing.
LANDSCAPE PAINTING INSIDE AND OUT REVIEWS
The book fills a void left by others in seeing the importance and relationship of the outdoor and studio painting experiences. – Paul
Mouth Watering!
It’s like Starbust meets oil paining. –Tom
I just purchased your new book…and it is GREAT. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and techniques. It will be a wonderful help
to many of us playing with oils. – Bill
Very insightful! It opened my eyes to things I had not explored yet. – John
I thoroughly enjoyed your new book, read it cover to cover! - Jeff
Today I purchased your new book and could not put it down. The key sentence for me in your book was that age has really nothing
to do with it! - Jim
I’ve been very frustrated with painting this last year and receiving this book has given me inspiration. I did read “Wanda’s Story” and found it quite encouraging. It was like she was talking directly to me. – Jan
I found it very amazing that although “Light and Color” seemed to cover just about everything, then came this new book and even added more. Kudos! - Valerie
Gamblin Artist's Colors (Oil Paint set)
The Kevin Macpherson Plein Air Color and Medium Set is made as a companion to Kevin Macpherson's new book "Landscape Painting Inside and Out." Using this set, you can practice the approach to painting that Kevin has used to become pre-eminent in the field of plein air landscape painting.
This set includes:
9 37ml tubes of Gamblin Artists' Grade oil colors,
1 150ml tube of Titanium White,
2oz Galkyd Lite,
2oz Gamsol OMS,
Artists Grade Color Chart,
and Oil Painting Guide to Mediums
This item is available for $110.00.
For a limited time there are no shipping charges for U.S. residents only. This item will be shipped UPS Ground only, due to the contents.
Credit Cards are accepted, only through paypal.
You don't need to be a paypal member.
Just click at the top of this page under "Instructional Material", heading and put into your shopping basket. Other items are available.
Postal orders: Send check payable to:
Kevin Macpherson
12 Clint Road, Taos, NM 87571
Total amount $110.00
Email: mwanda@newmex.com
This item is not available to residents outside the U.S. due to the contents.
We are not able to ship air.
Book
REFLECTIONS ON A POND
A VISUAL JOURNAL BY KEVIN MACPHERSON
"The process of plein air painting elevates my senses and allows me to appreciate the moment, recording my emotions through a vocabulary of color. The colorful conversation that takes place on my canvas is a witness to life." - Kevin Macpherson
Inspiring book from Kevin Macpherson, "Reflections on a Pond" not only lives within the series of paintings themselves but also in the beautiful book. Over 400 color reproductions, 260 pages that capture the ever-changing daily and seasonal differences coupled with the moods and insight of the artist, Kevin Macpherson. Commentary by the artist and essays by editor Susan McGarry, Jean Stern, the Director of the Irvine Museum and art collector Roy Rose, grandnephew of California Impressionist, Guy Rose.
NEWS RELEASE:
REFLECTIONS ON A POND: A VISUAL JOURNAL WAS AWARDED AN
HONORABLE MENTION WITH THE 14TH ANNUAL WRITER'S DIGEST INTERNATIONAL
SELF-PUBLISHED BOOK AWARDS.
Commentary from the judge.
"The total package is awesome and truly inspiring".
"There are no words to describe the beauty of this book. It speaks for itself. The poetically handled text complements the paintings, both therefore offering the reader/spectator new insights and new appreciation. Having been inspired by viewing these pictures and reading
these words, the reader will never again be blinded to the seemingly simple scenes that constitute daily life. The artist, the commentators, the publisher-all have excelled. This book is a work of art. I cannot imagine anyone not wanting a copy of it".
$95.00 plus $12.00 for shipping and handling, (Priority Mail).
Just click at the top of this page under "Instructional Material" heading and put Kevin's new book in the shopping basket. Other books and DVD are available.
Postal orders: Send check payable to:
Kevin Macpherson
12 Clint Road, Taos, NM 87571
Total amount $107.00
Email: mwanda@newmex.com
For buyers out of the United States please email me first to let you know
the shipping costs before purchasing.
REFLECTIONS ON A POND BOOK REVIEWS
WOW! I love it – Especially the “interview” which is very informative. This book is a real surprise – much more to it than I expected which is FANTASTIC! I plan to tell everyone to buy a copy! - Colleen
The pond series absolutely floored me. Your words and your work made a huge impression on me. First your work made me smile, then your words made me think. - Antrese
My book arrived yesterday – what a sensory overload! Stunning and really helpful too – color, paint texture, mood, wow! Thanks for sending it so quick, I was so excited. - Betsy
What a labor of love, and diligence, and inspiration to aspiring artists like me. - Virginia
This book is a true work of art in its own right. Because of the amazing variety of paintings, designs and color harmonies, I had to keep reminding myself that all the marvelously varied and individual paintings represent a single location! One comes away from this book with the truth that the beauty of nature is surely inexhaustible if, like Kevin, we simply take the time to look! – Scott Burdick
Reading it and seeing the paintings you did inspired me – got my juices going, and for the first time since June First, I am anxious to paint again. – Bob
What a beautiful book and tremendous venture. It came in the mail yesterday and we could not put it down. It is amazing, too, how every day is so unique and different. We have thought about that many times…there’s never been a day just like today! – Rebecca
Beyond art it’s a doorway to your very intimate personality and who you are. – Ronaldo
It has quickly become my bathroom book in the morning…what great inspiration for the day. – Raleigh
I especially like the close ups of your palette and the commentary in the back. I have barely started. – Joy
I started reading your book and I don’t read art books because I find them soooo boring. But I have found yours to be very inspiring and it reminds me what art is really all about. – Ron
Plein Air Instructional DVD
Available Now
To order Kevin Macpherson's / Brush With Life DVD/Landscape
$95.00 plus $6.00 for shipping and handling, (Priority Mail).
Just click at the top of this page under "Instructional Material" heading and put Kevin's DVD in the shopping basket. Other books and DVD's are available.
Postal orders: Send a check payable to:
Kevin Macpherson
12 Clint Road, Taos, NM 87571
Total amount $101.00
Email: mwanda@newmex.com
For buyers out of the United States please email me first to let you know
the shipping costs before purchasing.
Time of DVD - 1:41
Kevin Macpherson is a master of the art of painting landscapes directly from nature, en plein air. Kevin approaches each painting experience as a unique dialog with nature. He shares his effective method capturing the magic of the moment with spots of beautifully related color in an impressionistic painterly style. See how to manipulate shapes with energetic and delicate brushwork. Achieve a sense of light and shade, color and atmosphere without details. Learn to keep your colors clean and vibrant as you make your painting full of life. Discover that virtually any color under the sun can be mixed with a limited palette.
At any level, the stunning visuals, inspiring words, special visual effects, hints and tips encourage you to apply these lessons to your own art endeavors. This video is a rare opportunity to learn from Kevin’s years of experience painting the landscape. Learn how this artist works and thinks as it will help take your painting to the next level. Insightful and entertaining, he shares his process so you may pursue your artistic journey.
This video is a rare opportunity to learn from Kevin's years of experience painting the landscape. The idyllic French countryside becomes the living canvas for sharing the landscape painting in the comfort of your home.
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“ProChade Kit”
The ProChade box is a professional pochade box.
The first plein air easel designed to make the artist's dream come true: travel and paint without heavy and burdensome equipment.
The ProChade easel box together with a tripod is a revolutionary design incorporating many unique features, such as an adaptive panel holder to suit variable panel sizes, an easy-to-use knob and sliding hinge for panel angle adjustment, and a detachable palette extension board which provides additional color mixing area or can be used as a handheld palette… Almost a year of research and design has resulted in an ideal travel painting kit with a total weight of
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Kit price: $329.00 + S & H
Phone orders: (949) 856-2196
Website: http://www.artworkessentials.com
Visit his wife's paintings on her website:
http://www.wandamacpherson.com
All images copyrighted by the artist. Images can not be reproduced from his books, video or website. Reproducing the video without permission is a felony.
