Kathleen B. Hudson lives and paints in Colorado Springs, CO. She creates landscapes in oil, both in her studio and en plein air. Her style is shaped by her close observation of nature and her desire to explore light and atmospherics in the landscape.
Learn more about Kathleen Hudson through her blog. If you're interested in a painting, a workshop, or commissioning a work of art, don't hesitate to contact her.
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Painting Demonstration: Waterfall
Kathleen teaches you how to divide the creative process into sections where you can focus on different things. It’s impossible to think of everything (value, composition, color, brushwork, texture, edges, detail) at once, so breaking it down into stages makes it possible for you to have the best chance of succeeding in a painting.
Waterfalls are the perfect subject for a multistep method because they have such flexible and pronounced value designs with dramatic highlights, yet they are also a great subject for experimenting with bold brushwork.
Learn how to set your painting up for success with a transparent underpainting — without needing to wait for it to dry.
Learn the key to joyful, bold brushwork: pre-mixing piles of paint and laying color down with confidence on an underpainting where all the composition and drawing problems have already been solved.