YSA Monthly Meeting and Demo with John Cosby
07/17/2021
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Join us Saturday, July 17th at 11am via Zoom for our monthly YSA meeting and Art Demo with John Cosby.
John will be demonstrating landscape painting.
Appropriate for all Mediums
To paint a painting in any medium several skills need to be learned. Of these skills arguably one of the most important is how to create depth or the illusion of distance in a scene on a flat surface, to accomplish this these three things are in play. First is Value (or tone), Edges then Temperature.
To truly master these three things my experience in teaching hundreds of artists has shown me that taking these thoughts in small bites works best.
This demonstration we deal with Value and Edges only and leave color temperature for another time.
Through a demonstration and short lecture, I will address these 2 concepts in Black and White paint. We will break down the planes and aerial perspective into 4 Values and place them in a design that maximizes their use to create an interesting image. We will then go in and soften edges to create the best effect possible.
This Method is one I use to plan all my work and it is appropriate for all mediums.
$10 members • $15 non-members
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About John
“When a person stands in front of one of my paintings, I want that person to feel the wind and the heat I felt when I painted it.” – John Cosby
JOHN COSBY
AMERICIAN IMPRESSIONIST PAINTER
“While standing on location in a place I have never visited, I begin to recognize what is different about it from all the other places I have been. I try to capture that, the uniqueness,” says Cosby.
As a painter Cosby travels extensively painting what he sees and feels. Bold use of color and an energetic brush stroke combined with the truth of the place is what you will see and feel when viewing a painting by Cosby.
Born in Hollywood California in 1955, Cosby was raised in the west. At an early age he began to draw and paint and was lucky enough to have been inspired by a grandmother who was an oil painter. “She would give me the paint, some brushes and a scrap of canvas and set me off to paint. This early experience took the fear out of creating a painting,” said Cosby.
Cosby started traveling at an early age. At 18 he was chosen as an advance man for the Executive Branch of the US Government, served under two Presidents and traveled the world. He met many interesting people and saw many things but what most interested him were the great works of art he encountered. “They haunted me and helped set the course for my career as a painter”. After leaving the White House, Cosby rebuilt an old classic sailing sloop designed by Nathaniel Herrishoff. With a friend (who had dreams of being a writer) set sail up and down the eastern seaboard in the inland waterway for 3 years. Thus he began his art career.
“Doing drawings of anything that moved me, things began to sell and my course was set,” said Cosby.
Upon his return to the California, Cosby began painting the sea and landscape of coastal California. With a strong gallery response, his success as a painter quickly followed.
Cosby currently resides and maintains a studio in San Clemente CA. He works on location around the world and is represented by some of the finest galleries. Cosby was a founding board member of the prestigious “Laguna Plein Air Painters Association”, a Signature member of both Pleinair Painters of America and The California Art Club. He has served as an officer of these groups to help further the cause of Art. Cosby was also a founder of the Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational that was held at the Laguna Art Museum for thirteen years and is now in it’s 18th year.
List of Awards and Recent Exhibitions
2013 One man show at Redfern Gallery “Beached and Coves of Laguna Beach
2011 First Place, Plein Air in the Park, Paso Robles CA. Awarded by Jean Stern, The Irvine Museum