Over the past few weeks I've been taking a Monday afternoon art class (oil landscapes) from Kevin Menck. The classes have been held at Warehouse 521 - which is a studio in the Hundred Oaks area of south Nashville. Kevin is fascinating in that he paints almost entirely with a #1 round brush - usually on a 9 x 12 linen panel. He does a lot of plein air painting - although he admits that in hot weather like this, he likes to stick with the studio in the heat of the day.
The things he keeps emphasizing are (1) find the big shapes, (2) value (light, dark) , and (3) temperature (coolness, warmth)
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| My first painting in the class - a wooded scene with sun and shadows |
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| Kevin painting a field with hay bales. I missed the class in which we students painted this scene. |
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| This is my second painting from the class - looking down on water with a rocky bank. |
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| This was Kevin's painting from last week - a mountain and tree scene with snow. This was probably the painting from the class that I was most frustrated with - I was just "done" with that particular painting -and painting in general before I finished. It was one of those days. |
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| This is Kevin demo-ing in class yesterday (6/18/2018) We students will paint this scene in class next week. It's a field with a small pond and grass in the foreground. |
It's been a good class. It has been good to watch how Kevin paints. He paints quickly and doesn't get bogged down with details - big shapes, value, and temperature. To cool down colors, add blue or white. To warm up colors, add yellow or red. He paints with a limited palette of 4 colors: titanium white, cad scarlet, ultramarine blue, cad lemon.
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