Linda Kyser Smith
Linda Kyser Smith understands and captures the feminine mystique in her portraits of women, and the endearing qualities and freshness of children. For Kyser Smith, the process of painting is an endless and rewarding cycle of learning and teaching. Although she has a rich academic background, most of her education in the visual arts has taken place out-side the university, in the studios of some of the finest artists in the nation and from her own trial and error. She has studied with some of the country’s leading painters including three presidential portraitists: Everett Raymond Kinstler, Aaron Shikler, and Burton Silverman. She also studied with Harley Brown, Ned Jacob, Milt Kobayashi, Ramon Froman, and Bettina Steinke. Kyser Smith was the Gold Medal winner for oil at the 1997 Knickerbocker Open. Her Painting “Waiting” was selected for publication in the book “Best of Portrait Painting” (January 1998). Kyser Smith is a member of Allied Artists of America, the Portrait Society of America, and the Salmagundi Club. Linda Kyser Smith’s paintings are found in private, public, and corporate collections in France, England, Australia, Mexico, Bali, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Canada, and Ireland. Her work is included in the collections of Sir Anthony Hopkins, Whoopee Goldberg, and Carole Burnett. Currently, her new works are shown at Meyer Gallery in Santa Fe, as well as other galleries across the country and in London, England.
Classes taught by Linda Kyser Smith
The Impressionist Portrait
Learn the secret of painting jewel-toned images using only four colors from master colorist Linda Kyser Smith. The course welcomes beginners to professionals and will be taught with a four-color palette in oils comprised of alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue, cadmium orange, and cadmium yellow light, along with white. These pigments arm the artist with the colors of the rainbow that enable the painter to keep the palette as fresh and luscious as icing on a birthday cake. The palette also helps the artist to more easily replicate the unique colors of individual skin tones, having “color values” ready to dip into. The elimination of earth tones on the palette helps the painter avoid “mud”.
Ms. Kyser Smith will also cover the elements of design, gesture and character in a portrait. After morning demonstrations, students will work from a model on one portrait per day.