Coastal Colors: Oil Painting Color Saturation
with Jeffrey Neel McDaniel, AFC
RCA POSTER ARTIST 2022
April 22-24, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
638 E Market Street in Rockport, Texas.
$285 for Members, $340 for Nonmembers.
Goals: A demonstration of techniques, skills, tools, and materials, to fully use your palette to get bright, clear, deep colors in your oil paintings. It would be expected that each participant would be able to create one or more paintings to take home with them.
We will most likely start to paint two or more paintings during this workshop as there is a drying time between layers that is integral to the process.
Participants should have basic knowledge of the use of oils and painting. The goal of this workshop is to communicate the techniques and skills necessary to utilize full saturation to get the bright colors of the coastal light transformed onto your canvas.
Materials:
1. 3 -6 canvases (16”x20”), ( acrylic color toned primer in blue or orange is suggested)
2. Brushes(your choice, but recommended are a variety of A. flats ( #’s 2,6,8, 12)in bristle and
synthetic or hair, B.round sable or synthetic( 1 or #2 for detailing, C. mop or fan blender,
and D. any other kind of your preference...
3. Palette knives, several in a variety of basic shapes is suggested.
4. Oil paints. I prefer Windsor and Newton paints, but any good quality brand will substitute.
(Naples yellow, Yellow Ochre, cadmium yellow light, cad yellow medium, cad orange, cad scarlet or light red, alizarin crimson, magenta, Titanium White, Cerulean Blue, Veridian Green, perm Green light, Cerulean Blue, Manganese Blue, Cobalt Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna , Burnt Umber, and Ivory Black),
5. Paint thinner( I prefer turpentine, but Gamsol may be used) , 6. Paper towels, shop towels
7. Easel,
8. Liquin Medium. The Liquin Gel is also suggested to use.
9. Wax pencil or charcoal stick 10. Straight edge, or yardstick
About the Instructor
Jeffrey Neel McDaniel, A.F.C.
Art from the Coast of Texas and Elsewhere...I believe art enriches and improves our lives.
My art is inspired by the natural beauty of the South Texas Coast, Big Bend, and the Texas Hill Country, especially around the Laguna Madre, the Chisos Mountains, and the Frio River.
I am pleased to acknowledge my acceptance as a Signature Artist into the Artists For Conservation Group, an international group of artists using their art to promote conservation...
This group consists of 500 artists from 30 countries, and includes such luminaries as Robert Bateman, Guy Harvey, Guy Coheleach, John and Susie Seerey-Lester, and Kathleen Dunphy. I am grateful, humbled, and honored by this event.
A long time native of Corpus Christi, I now split my time between there and the Frio River. I live with my wife, Jessica, amid an ever changing menagerie of animals. In addition to painting, I enjoy fishing, golfing, music, photography, birding, reading, and joking around with family and friends.
I also volunteer my services as the captain of the search and rescue boat, the “Laguna Mermaid”, for the Texas Sealife Center. When not engaging in these activities, I work as a Licensed Professional Counselor, specializing in trauma and crisis counseling.
Painting is a great stress reliever for me, but the urge to paint is driven by the marvel and mystery of the natural world around me. I express my wonder, curiosity, and gratitude through my art, and hope people feel a connection to nature when they view my paintings and sculpture.
Shows, Recognition and Honors
-2022 Artfest Poster Artist
Rockport Art Center
-Juried Plein Air Artist Participant, Outdoor Painters Society Annual Competition and Show
2022 Plein Air SouthWest, Galveston Historical Society(Sponsors)
-Commissioned Artist/ Backlit Bloom and Romantic, Beautiful Love
Women’s Imaging Center, Uvalde Memorial Hospital
-Juror, “Currents Show” Rockport Art Center
2021 Annual Member Show
-First Place, Crane Flower
2021 “Botanicals Show”, Art Center Corpus Christi
- Juried Artist, Rising Sun, Falling Tide, Copano Bay
2021 Artists For Conservation Signature Artist Members Annual Show
-Juried Participant Vendor, Oil Paintings
2021 Art Center of Rockport Artfest
-First Place, Works on Canvas, Santa Elena Sundown
2021 South Texas Art League Annual Member Show
- Honorable Mention, Sculpture, Sometimes I Feel Like I’m Falling…
2021 South Texas Art League Annual Member Show
- Third Place, Sundown on Nighthawk Bay
2021 Art Association of Corpus Christi Annual “Silver Cup” Member Show
-Second Place, Galveston Bait Shrimper
2021 Bay Area Annual Member Show
-2021 Meritorious Artist Award , Hurricane Survivors
2021 Richeson 75 Art Competition “Landscapes, Seascapes, and Architecture Show”
-Juried Plein Air Artist Participant, Outdoor Painters Society Annual Competition and Show
2021 Plein Air SouthWest, Galveston Historical Society(Sponsors)
-2nd Place, Fiery Skies on the Salt Flats
2021 Art Center of Corpus Christi All-Member Show
-Best of Show, September Sunset, San Antonio Bay
2021 Kerrville Art Club Annual Member Show
-Honorable Mention, End of Day on East Flats
2021 Kerrville Art Club Annual Member Show
- 3rd Place, Galveston Bay Shrimper
Outdoor Painters Society, 2020 Associates Show: "Plein Vision in Miniature"
-1st Place, Wildlife/Animal category, Playing Hard to Get
2020 Kerrville Art Club Annual Member Show
- Special Award. The Artisan
- Merchandise Award. Night Heron
- HM Award. Galveston Bay Shrimper
2020 Guadalupe Watercolor Group Art Show
- 3rd Place, Works on Canvas. Early Spring, Late Afternoon...
2020 Annual Hill Country Arts Foundation Member Show
- HM, Works on Canvas. Reflections on the Frio
2020 Annual Hill Country Arts Foundation Member Show
- 1st Place, Works on Canvas. Laguna Reflections
2020 Kerr Arts & Cultural Center, Juried Member Show