And now I'd better get to drawing faces on 300# watercolor paper. I've hired Ted Nuttall for a workshop which starts Monday.
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Showing posts with label lee brown. Show all posts
Day 94: Saturday, June 11
I painted a new version of the landscape for Lee Brown's Challenge "A Day Not Wasted" and asked him if he'd remove my earlier submission. I've been painting under a fluorescent bulb and I hadn't realized how off all the colors are. I liike this little one that I did much better than the one I submitted earlier and he was nice enough to say he'd accommodate me.
And now I'd better get to drawing faces on 300# watercolor paper. I've hired Ted Nuttall for a workshop which starts Monday.
And now I'd better get to drawing faces on 300# watercolor paper. I've hired Ted Nuttall for a workshop which starts Monday.
Day 56: Wednesday, April 6
I mention Lee Brown quite often. He's a photographer that does beautiful work as he travels the world and he's a painter and he's a generous poster of a monthly challenge. This March's challenge was a saxophone player in Central Park and Lee was so excited by the number of submissions to the Challenge that he's going to make a photo book out of the submissions and give it to Ralph, the sax player in Central Park, N.Y. What fun and how astonished Ralph will be.
And then I spent some of this morning wandering the web, looking at other peoples' blogs. Have added a list of challenge sites to the blog since I learned how to do that this morning. There's a blogging website that has "handy hints".
And then I went out to "do my job" as "Art Chairman" for the Arlington Garden's Second Celebration of Its Fifth Anniversary" which is coming up April 30, Saturday, from 9:30 - 2. By Art Chairman I mean I'm out there recruiting painters, painting groups, plein air painters....anyone and everyone who paints because they're all welcome to exhibit and sell at our Party. The Art has to be painted in or of the Garden (there are no huge pink roses in the Garden for example and I'll know you didn't paint it in/of the Garden ;-)) If you'd like to participate, please email me so that we talk rules and regs which are few but necessary.
And while wandering the Garden I ran into a favorite of mine: Brenda Swenson with her always perpetual smile and wonderful welcoming. Thinking about her I went to her blog and found this wonderful lesson, by Brenda, about painting shadows. I think it's something we all have trouble with and I hope Brenda appreciates my pointing you in her direction. She has some wonderful workshops in negative painting, has a wonderful painting tour of Italy coming up.....take a look at her blog if you have the time.
And then I spent some of this morning wandering the web, looking at other peoples' blogs. Have added a list of challenge sites to the blog since I learned how to do that this morning. There's a blogging website that has "handy hints".
And then I went out to "do my job" as "Art Chairman" for the Arlington Garden's Second Celebration of Its Fifth Anniversary" which is coming up April 30, Saturday, from 9:30 - 2. By Art Chairman I mean I'm out there recruiting painters, painting groups, plein air painters....anyone and everyone who paints because they're all welcome to exhibit and sell at our Party. The Art has to be painted in or of the Garden (there are no huge pink roses in the Garden for example and I'll know you didn't paint it in/of the Garden ;-)) If you'd like to participate, please email me so that we talk rules and regs which are few but necessary.
And while wandering the Garden I ran into a favorite of mine: Brenda Swenson with her always perpetual smile and wonderful welcoming. Thinking about her I went to her blog and found this wonderful lesson, by Brenda, about painting shadows. I think it's something we all have trouble with and I hope Brenda appreciates my pointing you in her direction. She has some wonderful workshops in negative painting, has a wonderful painting tour of Italy coming up.....take a look at her blog if you have the time.
Day 44: Monday, March 21
Painted away yesterday and today on Lee Brown's challenge at A Day Not Wasted. This photo of the sax player is the challenge photograph.
I painted two different versions for the heck of it. I liked cropping way down into the hands.
Day 40: Tuesday, March 1
A painting challenge for all of us who love to do portrait work! Lee Brown of A Day Not Wasted has posted his latest challenge: a glorious photo of a man playing the saxophone in Central Park. We have the whole month to paint it (or portions thereof) and get it posted back to Lee.
This exercise could be in preparation for the Ted Nuttall Portait Painting Workshop that I'm sponsoring June 13-17 in Glendale, California. Feel free to contact me if you have any interest in Ted's class. I have 2 openings left.
This exercise could be in preparation for the Ted Nuttall Portait Painting Workshop that I'm sponsoring June 13-17 in Glendale, California. Feel free to contact me if you have any interest in Ted's class. I have 2 openings left.
Day 20, Tuesday, January 25 - Painting Challenges
I'm always looking for painting challenges and through Horst Hittenberger, Karin Jurick and several other artists, I've come across some fun and/or interesting and/or challenging sites. Take a look and do what you will? Let me know if you decide to try any of them.
Lela Stankovic's http://paintanddrawtogether.blogspot.com/
Barb Benick's http://studioatelier.blogspot.com/
recommended by Karin Jurick http://www.rookiepainter.blogspot.com/
and one of the more interesting ones
where you paint from the google maps of the world
http://behindthescenes-ppasp.blogspot.com/2011/01/behind-scenes-january-challengechoose.html
http://behindthescenes-ppasp.blogspot.com/2011/01/behind-scenes-january-challengechoose.html
and one that looked wonderful but doesn't exist any more...
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