Author Archives: John Mac Kah (JMK Studio236)

About John Mac Kah (JMK Studio236)

Working artist, teaching in my studio, regional art groups, schools. Traditional oils and acrylics, drawing. Original landscapes in oils. Archival prints on canvas and paper from selected originals, signed limited editions. Studio in the River Arts District, Asheville, NC.

Workshop: Arrowmont: April 2012

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Open Air Landscape, Abazzo

With John Mac Kah  April 15-21, 2012

Abazzo is the layering of colors rich in oil and varnish mediums to create maximum depth and control. Employ methods and recipes of Florentine and Flemish masters as you develop an understanding of how to use oils to their full advantage. The class will prepare its own paint mediums and supports of line, panel and  paper. For the beginner, this is a foundation course; for the experienced painter a springboard to deeper understanding of materials. Painting will take place both in the studio and on-location. Some supplies provided by the instructor for an additional studio fee.

The residential art-craft school, located in Gatlinburg, TN, Arrowmont School marks its 100th anniversary this year as a place of education and inspiration. The early years were about general education in a settlement school setting, but curriculum was soon added in mountain handicrafts to preserve those skills in the region. In 1945, the signature summer workshop program was launched in craft education and the school was opened to everyone who traveled to take classes in the beautiful Great Smoky Mountains.

Join me on the historic campus in April of 2012 to learn more about painting using traditional oils and materials.

View their catalog, contact them and register.

FALC Students-Spring Session

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Fine Arts League of the Carolinas , 356 Depot Street, Asheville.  Winter session opens on January 22, 2012. I will be teaching Still-life – Landscape, beginning in the studio and then working outside, weather permitting.

The core course is designed to establish skills in oil painting, understanding color and paint application, developing a vocabulary to explain observation and memory working from life and plein-air.

Because I will be at Folk School the week of January 22-29th, 2012, we will meet at Fine Arts League of Carolinas at 1pm on January 21st to get you started.  Please contact me if you have questions!

Masters Class Oil Painting

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Campbell Folk School – Masters’ Class.  January 22 – 27, 2012.  Studio Composition: Design for Larger Work.  Gain methods for managing problems with enlargement of two-dimensional work. Continuity, perspective and scale are issues that come into focus with increased size. Work from original sketches (figurative or landscape), enlarge them to create a cartoon to be transposed to any surfae.

Color and value, paint mixing and selection of style and techniques will also be covered. For intermediate or advance painter i n oil or acrylics.  Week long advanced  and intermediate classes in the midst of the southeast’s finest schools.  1- 800 – 365 – 5724 or  register online.

I have been teaching at Folk School for over 20 years and it’s a marvelous experience with a beautiful campus, even in winter. Located in Brasstown, NC just north of the Georgia border in western corner of the mountain region, the valley is full of fantastic views with several historic buildings. Known as a heritage craft and  regional music school, and founded on Danish rural education principles, it’s a really vital and inspiring community.  This is an intensive, with lots of time in their functional and comfortable painting studio. There are still spaces available and I’d love to work with you to show you how to work big!