Linda Kemp - Watercolor Painting Outside the Lines

IN THIS NEW LIGHT
Watercolor
11 11 (28cm 28cm)
Collection of Harriet McCaig

watercolor

painting outside the lines

a positive approach to negative painting

Linda Kemp

NORTH LIGHT BOOKS
CINCINNATI, OHIO
www.artistsnetwork.com

Watercolor Painting Outside the Lines. Copyright 2003 by Linda Kemp. Manufactured in China. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review. Published by North Light Books, an imprint of F&W Publications, Inc., 4700 East Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45236. (800) 289-0963. First Edition.

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Kemp, Linda.

Watercolor Painting Outside the Lines: A Positive Approach to Negative Painting / Linda Kemp.1st ed.

p. cm

ISBN 1-58180-376-1 (hc.: alk. paper)

1. Watercolor paintingTechnique. 2. Form Perception. I. Title.

ND2422.K45 2004

751.42'2dc22 2003059267

Content edited by James A. Markle
Production edited by Gina Rath
Designed by Wendy Dunning
Production art by Christine Long
Production coordinated by Mark Griffin

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

A full-time artist, Linda Kemp frequently instructs and lectures at national symposiums and watercolor workshops throughout Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom.

Her paintings and articles have been featured in Color and Light for Watercolor Painters by Christopher Schink and Twenty Wonders edited by Sean Charlebois; in art publications such as International Artist, Watermedia Focus, Palette Magazine, and The Watercolour Gazette; and on the television program Watercolour Workshop. Linda is a contributor for Jack Reid's newest (spring of 2004) North Light book, Watercolor for the Fun of It, Easy Landscapes. She also has an instructional video, WatercolorPainting Outside the Lines.

She is an elected member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, the Ontario Society of Artists and the Society of Canadian Artists, and was awarded an honorary membership into The Society for All Artists. Linda is profiled in Canadian Who's Who (University of Toronto Press, 2003), Who's Who of Canadian Women (Toronto Press, 1999), The Dictionary of International Biography (Houghton Mifflin, 2003), The 20th Anniversary Edition of Trivial Pursuit and 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century. Her award winning work is in private, public, and corporate collections around the world, including The Royal Collection, Windsor Castle, U.K.

Linda's home and studio are nestled in the woods on the Niagara Escarpment in southern Ontario, Canada. More of Linda's work can be seen at www.lindakemp.com.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I would like to express my appreciation to the many individuals who have patiently helped and encouraged me in the preparation of this book. Particular thanks must go to the talented Lisa Welch Riggs for her assistance with my original manuscript and to Archie Hood for his photographic expertise and guidance. Special thanks to Jack Reid, Gordon MacKenzie and Christopher Schink for their unfailingly good advice. I am grateful to Barbara McKay and Tim and Doug Hopper of H.K. Holbein for their generosity and support. In addition, John Heikkila, Larry Barton, Anthony Batten, Marijke and Harriet McCaig, and Susanne and David Massie, all of whom provided much assistance and contributions.

It has been my great fortune to have the pleasure of working with my editors James Markle and Gina Rath. I also appreciate the skills of Pam Wissman and the creative staff at North Light Books.

Thanks also to my enthusiastic students who prompted me to assemble my ideas and who continually encourage and challenge me in developing and fine-tuning the strategies and exercises that are the foundation of this book.

I extend a heartfelt thank you to my beautiful children, Jamie and Eric, for their assistance and understanding throughout my severe obsession with this book, and to my parents, GiGi and the Frayne gang, who believe in me even when I am unbelievable.

Most of all I'd like to thank my husband and partner, Barry, for putting up with me and all of my big ideas. My dreams and schemes always end up meaning more work for him, as when minor house repairs became major renovations or a little landscaping project required a backhoe. This book is no exception. Barry has assumed the tasks of grocery shopping and laundry without complaint. He has become a terrific cook and housekeeper during the many years that it has taken to pull this book together.

DEDICATION

To Jamie, Eric and Barry: you are the light that brings color to my life.

LIGHTS THAT SPARK AND FLY
Watercolor
11 11 (28cm 28cm)
Private collection

DID GENTLY KISS THE TREES
Watercolor
11 11 (28cm 28cm)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

basic
painting supplies

To accomplish these projects and paintings you need only be armed with basic painting supplies, many of which you may already possess.

underpaintings
laying the groundwork

An underpainting is the foundation or groundwork on which you will build your painting. These exciting beginnings are as personal and expressive as the individual who creates them and can be approached in a variety of ways, implementing a broad spectrum of techniques.

getting
into shapes

Become a shape makeryou will simplify and greatly improve your artwork. By designing with shapes, instead of attempting to recreate things, you can produce creative and original artworks and make the experience of painting more rewarding and satisfying.

working with glazes
and building layers

These projects have been designed to teach you how to weave your negative shapes together and to build with layers for a variety of subject matter. Along with learning how to glaze colors, you will discover two different strategies for working in the negative: how to develop florals and still life arrangements by working from the front to the back and how to build landscapes from the ground up.