Saturday, December 21, 2013

Landscapes





Title: Sailing Alone

I created the background by applying a multi-colored wash and let it
dry, washed in transparent colors to suggest clouds, established the
hills using darker washes, and carefully painted the sailboat.




Title: Across the Field

In this painting a light wash of many colors was applied.  Background
trees were suggested using darker values applied wet.  The barn was
painted using a combination of hard and soft edges and a bit of dry
brush.  I completed the painting with foreground spattering.






Title: Hermitage

Here is an example of painting a suggested subject.  I washed in a
light background.  A slanting line and white patch suggested a hill
and cottage, so I developed them using positive and negative painting
techniques.





Title: Color Brew

I penciled in the design, applied a multi-colored wash, then began
painting shapes.  Dry brush, scraping, and small washes define the
shapes.


Monday, November 25, 2013

Why Not?

Why not take ordinary shapes and interpret them so they take on individuality and life?  The images to the left are cliches, but with some bold strokes they become more vital.

Thursday, October 24, 2013

A series of classes at SAS in November

Upcoming classes
Experimental Painting
Spokane Art Supply (509-327-6628) 1303 N. Monroe, Spokane, Washington
Dates: Wednesdays, November 6, 13, 20 9 a.m. to Noon
Cost: $20 per session Let Spokane Art Supply know by November 1 if you will attend.
Here is your chance to go wild using your closet of supplies. Join me as we draw and learn to paint 
using pencils, pens, chalk, collage, watercolor and acrylics. Use new techniques to paint from 
nature toward abstraction and from abstract designs toward realistic subjects.

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Go Wild with Watercolor SAS


Spokane Art Supply (509-327-6628) 1303 N. Monroe, Spokane Washington
Date: November 9 and 10 10 till 4 (One hour lunch)
Cost: $70 (US) Registration deadline: November 4
Learn various ways to paint watercolors by painting along with me and working on your own subjects. 
Techniques will be illustrated, practiced, and then applied to paintings.

Monday, October 14, 2013

An invitation

Complementary colors create vivid contrast and interesting mid-tones.  Use them to increase visual impact.

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Monday, September 23, 2013

It has been a wonderful summer.
Fall is here and it is filled with classes and events.
Check out the new additions to my class schedule and note that I will be at the Great Art Adventure on October 5th painting in oil for the Jack Richeson company.

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Working in Black & White


There are times when working in simple black and white can be an eye opener!


Thursday, May 16, 2013

Call Spokane Art for June class series

"Dropping Though Space"

Above, I used spatulas, brushes, and acrylics to paint 
"Dropping Through Space."


"Evening Blossoms"

Using brilliant poured inks, India ink, and opaque white, I had fun painting "Evening Blossoms."

Call the store at 509-327-6622 or check out the full description at
Wes Hanson Spontaneous Watercolor

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Mixed Media Painting Class at Creative Element, May 18, 2013



Rampage River


Mixed-Media Painting
Creative Element (667-0813) at 210 W. Sunset, Coeur d’Alene (south of Home Depot)
Saturday, May 18, 2013  10 till 4 (One hour lunch)
Cost: $35 (US) Registration deadline: Monday, May 13

This painting makes use of acrylics, collage, colored pencil and pastels.  Great fun.  Join me at Creative Element.

Mixed Media Painting Class at Creative Element, May 18, 2013



Rampage River


Mixed-Media Painting
Creative Element (667-0813) at 210 W. Sunset, Coeur d’Alene (south of Home Depot)
Saturday, May 18, 2013  10 till 4 (One hour lunch)
Cost: $35 (US) Registration deadline: Monday, May 13

This painting makes use of acrylics, collage, colored pencil and pastels.  Great fun.  Join me at Creative Element.

Wild Washes



This quickly done watercolor pops from the imagination.  I played with colors and used infused washes  (color introduced into wet shapes--always more pigment and less water as you proceed).  Play with shapes.  See what materializes.

No Mortgage


Wander.  Wander and you sometimes discover something the earth is reclaiming and that you can claim as an artist too.  Sketch it.  Paint it.  Keep a great memory.

Monday, May 6, 2013

Blue River



This watercolor was painted from a sketch done in the Methow Valley.  I was playing with a variety of blues, experimenting with lost and found edges.

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

A Little Spring


This close up watercolor study illustrates that a world of subjects is right at our feet.  Instead of looking at a sunset, I look at a picket fence and spring flowers weaving through boards.

Friday, April 26, 2013

Class at Spokane Art Sat April 27th

There are still a few spots left for the Wes Hanson class Tomorrow at SAS on Monroe. Call 509-327-6622 for more info and to reserve your space.

Sunday, April 21, 2013

winter scene

Next Saturday April 27th Class at Spokane Art Supply. Give them a call 509-327-6622

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Painting on hardboard

I am enjoying painting watercolors on new surfaces--canvas, gessoed hardboard and clayboard.  The canvas needs to be wiped off with water before starting.  The hardboard needs to be swabbed off with rubbing alcohol.  Paint with these surfaces flat.  Correct mistakes by wiping them clean.  When the painting is done, seal it with archival acrylic spray applied in three layers (horizontally, vertically, horizontally), allowing the spray to dry between each application.

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Today Join Me in Spokane April 6th


Loads going on this Saturday at SAS on Monroe.....Free Abstract watercolor and acrylic demos with Wes Hanson and MaryJo McGraw ( Gelli Prints too), Figure Drawing with Julie and Shirley Bird has a Pastel workshop.......Join us for all the fun , we open at 10am

Monday, March 25, 2013

A new day

Wes will be at Spokane Art Supply on April 6th 2013 to demonstrate Abstract Watercolor. Stop by and Chat with Wes about his upcoming class on April 27th!