Ken Goldman
MASTER ARTIST
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MEDIUMS: Acrylic | Oil | Charcoal | Colored Pencil | Drawing | Gouache | Graphite | Watercolor
SPECIALTY: ✔ Color ✔ Drawing ✔ Murals
I approach each individual’s artwork without preconception and will only advise after carefully analyzing their artwork and reference photos in relation to what they tell me about their goals, intentions, successes and challenges. By doing this, I can usually find a constructive way for them to move forward. I believe in evaluating honestly, but with kindness, and always backing up my observations with an explanation. When critiquing, it’s important to not just point out mistakes, but to also point out areas of success.
Painting is a quest for dynamic visual balance; therefore, circulating a viewer’s eye throughout a well-designed composition is of utmost importance. Because choice of subject matter (objective, semi-objective or non-objective) is not a main concern, I work in any style or technique that is best suited to express a particular idea, exploring it tirelessly and thriving on the uncertainty of not always knowing my next move.
Some of my reasons for painting include
- an attraction to certain light effects or unique compositions.
- a desire to express deeply felt emotions and ideas — either narrative, poetic or formal; and
- an appreciation for the simple joys of painting or drawing as an exercise in skill and draughtsmanship.
Art thrives on change. Without change, there is stagnation. New ideas are everywhere. If I stay open, they continually flow toward me from many directions, including nature, people, places, and literature.
Regarding Teaching, I believe it is as important to cultivate and circulate an art spirit as it is to teach skill and technique. This art spirit is about receiving and passing knowledge onto others – about interconnectedness and cooperation. By teaching and kindling this spirit, I gain new perspectives about my own work and that of others.
Ken’s EXPERTISE
Listed below are this Mentor’s specialty skills. Join this group if you want to grow in these areas.
Specialty: ✔ Color ✔ Drawing ✔ Murals
Technical:
Color & Composition
Teaching How to Self Critique
Technique Demos
Providing Art Critiques
Marketing:
Shows & Exhibits
Business:
Studio Time Management
Running Your Art Business, the Day to Day
“Mastrius is a perfect balance of accountability, community and fun.
It feels like family. Family that makes you a better you.”
~ Elizabeth, Emerging Artist
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- Mentorship Session: Meet via video conference for a monthly 2-hour session with your Mentor and small group. You choose the mentor, we provide the group!
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MORE ABOUT THE ARTIST
Ken Goldman is an internationally known artist, author, teacher, and art juror. A recipient of numerous awards, Goldman has exhibited widely in various group shows and solo exhibitions in Holland, Paris, Italy, Greece, China, Colombia, Mexico, New York, Boston and Washington D.C. In California Goldman has shown at the Oceanside Museum of Art, The Fischer Museum of Art, the Frederick R. Weisman Museum and the Autry Museum. Recently, 2012 through 2022, Ken’s work has been exhibited throughout China: The Shanghai International Biennial, two Shenzhen International Biennials, five Universities: Jimei, Quanzhou, Tsingua, Qingdao and the Shanghai University.
Goldman’s work is included in the permanent collections of the San Diego Museum of Fine Art, the Hilbert Museum of California Art, the San Diego Museum of Natural History, North Carolina’s Hickory Museum of Fine Art, the San Diego Watercolor Society and the Zuo Wen Museum in Qingdao China.
The author of seventeen instructional books on Pastels, Acrylics, Charcoal and Artistic Anatomy, Goldman has also been featured in several magazines, including The Art of Watercolour, Southwest Art, International Artist, Watercolor Magic, Splash 12, 13 & 19 and The Artist’s Magazine, among others.
Ken is Past President of the National Watercolor Society and is represented by CaliforniaWatercolor.com Gallery.
BOOKS AUTHORED
Essential Human Anatomy for Artists, Quarto/Rockport Publishers, Goldman Ken, 2023
Drawing Hands and Feet, Walter Foster Publishing, Inc. Goldman, Ken 2020
The Complete Book of Poses, authors Ken Goldman, Stephanie Goldman, Walter Foster 2016
Soft Paste: Project Book for Beginners, Walter Foster Publishing, Inc. Goldman, Ken 2014
Drawing Concepts: Step by Step Studio Concepts, Walter Foster Publishing, Inc. Goldman, Ken 2008
Basic Anatomy, Walter Foster Publishing, Inc. Goldman, Ken 2012
Drawing Concepts: Workbook, Walter Foster Publishing, Inc. Goldman, Ken 2009
The Art of Drawing & Painting Portraits, Walter Foster Publishing, Inc. Goldman, Ken 2008
The Art of Drawing People, Walter Foster Publishing, Inc. Goldman, Ken 2007
Understanding Values, Walter Foster Publishing, Inc. Goldman, Ken 2006
Anatomy for the Artist, Barnes and Noble. Goldman, Ken 2004
Starting Out in Acrylics, Walter Foster Publishing, Inc. Goldman, Ken 1999
Starting Out in Pastels, Walter Foster Publishing, Inc. Goldman, Ken 1999
Charcoal Drawing, Walter Foster Publishing, Inc. Goldman, Ken 1995
Landscapes in Pastel, Walter Foster Publishing, Inc. Goldman, Ken 1994
Portraits in Pastel, Walter Foster Publishing, Inc. Goldman, Ken. 1992
