Thomas Jefferson Kitts | Impressionism + Realism
www.thomaskitts.com
Thomas Jefferson Kitts
Essential Painting Techniques:
Learn How to Paint Quickly, Decisively,
and with more Confidence!
3 Day AGPI Oil Workshop, January 23 - 25, 2017 - $300
This hands-on workshop is designed to teach you what every successful
painter needs to know, neatly organized into five easily remembered categories
of Shape, Value, Color, Edges, and Brushwork. When combined in different
ways, these categories can create exciting compositions that go beyond painting a picture. Thomas will also offer you practical tips and tricks appropriate
to your skill level, such as how to mix your color efficiently, improve your paint
handling, and ways to master alla prima painting. The knowledge you take
home from his workshop can be applied to any genre or subject matter – be it
figurative, still life, studio, or painting en plein air. This will be a class that keeps
inspiring you for years to come!
About the Instructor
Thomas is inspired and exhilarated by how light plays across the landscape
he and has devoted most of his life to capturing it in oil. He prefers to work
directly from life for its honesty and immediacy, incorporating many alla prima
techniques developed by master painters such as Sargent, Sorolla, and Zorn.
Thomas is a signature member of the Laguna Beach Plein Air Painters
Association, a member of the Oil Painters of America, American Impressionist Society, and the California Art Club. He travels extensively and maintains
a distinguished exhibition history that includes the Maryhill Museum of Art,
Portland Art Museum, the Laguna Art Museum, the Maritime Museum of
Curacao, the Academy Museum of Art in Easton, the American Impressionist Society, Oil Painters of America’s National & Regional Exhibitions,
and the Arts for the Parks Top 100. His work is actively collected throughout
North America by private and public insititutions and can be found in the permanent collections of the Kaiser, Maryhill and Fleischer Art Museums.
In the past ten years Thomas has been honored with numerous prestigious
plein air awards such as Best of Show (Carmel, CA), Best International Artist
(Curacao), Artist Choice (Laguna Beach, CA ), Hamilton Family Foundation
Award (Lauguna Beach, CA), First Place (Maryhill Museum, WA), and Best
New Artist (Easton MA) and many Honorable Mentions. Thomas has also featured in several issues of PleinAir Magazine and named as an Artist to Watch
by The Informed Collector. He is also a multiple Raymar Art and PleinAir
Magazine Salon Finalist. Thomas was also a guest lecturer at three Plein Air
Convention & Expos in Monterey, California.
Thomas is noted for his in-depth knowledge of art history and painting technique and for his enthusiasm for teaching. Besides pursuing his own work, he
offers both group and private instruction throughout the year.
For more information visit: www.thomaskitts.com