February 2009 Blog Posts (93)

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Beautiful Emily Dickinson poem....

If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.

Added by LittleGreenSquirrel on February 28, 2009 at 10:57pm — 2 Comments

Waving at February

Really enjoyed this February with all those challenges and the loosen up course and all you guys, you've been the most warm company, cant remember when exactly i had so much fun really. So March and spring is on our doorstep and i cant wait for all the things we are going to do together from now on.

I felt like saying goodbye to february and this month's challenge, Vincent, with some drawing with the new techniques i've learn.

Who is next month's painter we are studying? I guess we… Continue

Added by Mary Alexandra on February 28, 2009 at 9:30pm — 6 Comments

Fingers, Hands And Claws...Oh My!

I have finally gotten around to doing this excersize. This is so much fun that I have found myself drawing these hands at work as well.



I really like the hand at the bottom left. I made a "Claw" shape and that one was particularly challenging cuz my fingers were going every which way and crossing over one another. I didn't look, at least not too much!



Then I held a paint brush and added that to the hands. I don't feel it's really 'Done" yet. I think I will play with it a… Continue

Added by Ellen on February 28, 2009 at 7:50am — 3 Comments

Help! Suggestions/advice needed with printer problem

I want to try the t-shirt transfer technique so I have this large image that I'm trying to print out in tiles. I want to iron on the transfers to six 8x10 canvas boards. The program I'm printing from is MS Paint. It is a jpeg file. When I check print preview the margins are correct and everything fits, but when I print out the paper proof there is no margin on some of the tiles. Do you think this is the printer or the program? I'm trying to use a printer that's better than my own for this so am… Continue

Added by Lisa Rose on February 28, 2009 at 1:47am — 2 Comments

Copying Gary's Sunflowers

I followed step by step on gary's sunflowers video ... well until about the 4th video, i started loosing him after a while. I copy paintings that i like quite often, although i dont know much about the painter's process. So it was very tempting for me to try. All this was -and still is- new to me but i enjoyed it very very much.…



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Added by Mary Alexandra on February 28, 2009 at 1:36am — 5 Comments

Put your hand in the hand...

So, I was scared silly of this loosen me up excercise...the whole draw without looking thing..was so scary!!! and yet..I said "shutup!! to those voices..just like Gary said...and well, Im nothing short of amazed at how in proportion they turned out!!!!..sure..some look a little kooky..but as I am a huge fan of kooky..Im stoked!!! Thanks Gary!!!

So..this is the hand drawings....



and this is after I threw some aquarelles at it...…

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Added by Deb Godley on February 27, 2009 at 8:59pm — 3 Comments

Sweet Distractions

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Added by Lidija Ivanek on February 27, 2009 at 7:30pm — 1 Comment

Information on Prizes

Added by Greef on February 27, 2009 at 3:14pm — 2 Comments

The landscape transformation

For the past 3 or 4 days, I have been playing around with a piece with lots of media and textures. It started out as a simple tissue paper and gloss gel texture work and has morphed into something otherworldly.



Here is the piece from the 1st and 2nd day. It reminds me of flying over the Southwestern region of the US with all of it's beautiful landscape.

I think this piece was mostly glazing and maybe a little dry brushing to highlight… Continue

Added by Kraphti-Dez on February 27, 2009 at 6:00am — 4 Comments

Today was exercise day







Three different themes for my exercise day :)

Acrylics diluted with water and for Van Damme in combination with charcoal.



I can't stop painting. It is already night time, but ideas and combination's rumbling through my… Continue

Added by Lidija Ivanek on February 27, 2009 at 5:45am — 2 Comments

Sunflower Challenge Final painting

Here is the final painting for the Sunflower challenge. I think I may have overdone this one. Gary, maybe you could talk a bit about knowing when you're done??

Added by Julie Paquin on February 27, 2009 at 3:50am — No Comments

Loosen Me Up Art Challenge - Hands

I loved this challenge and plan on doing more and more exercises like it. I also hate drawing feet, so that might be next! Wow - have I ever missed a structured layout for learning new techniques ard refining old skills! Thanks again for this Gary. I love this way of working!





I will definitely be working on this piece more, adding paint and depth, hopfully making it some sort of cohesive piece by end of day. As per usual, updates to… Continue

Added by keeley on February 26, 2009 at 5:17am — 4 Comments

YEAR BOOK YOURSELF



OK have you ever wanted to see what you would look like in a school year book from different time periods 40,50,60,70,80,90's? The Video above is what i did...and you can do it too by going to this website and uploading a single clear face picture.

BUT IT SEEMS THE SITE IS BEING REMODELED but here is the link for future

http://www.yearbookyourself.com



Feel free to post your REAL YEAR BOOK… Continue

Added by Greef on February 26, 2009 at 12:00am — 4 Comments

Have you got a show coming up? Need to write a Press Release?

Now You've Got a Show Coming Up... Here Are Some Tips for Writing a Press Release:



Your press release should be just one page. Check with the gallery or organization hosting the show to see if they already have a press release for the show. If not, you'll need to write your own.



The first paragraph (intro text) of the press release holds the specifics of the exhibition. Include the title, artist(s) name(s), what works are being shown, date(s) the show is running, times.… Continue

Added by Greef on February 25, 2009 at 5:31am — No Comments

Like a child



All day was upside down :(

I usually paint in the morning but today I didn't have the opportunity. So, I decided to try new paper and have relax painting on the afternoon, but I experienced constant interruption.

My intention with this painting was to achieve child's mind, free from judgment and expectation, just put the colors on the paper to see what will happen...

If I am pleased or not with this work, I will know tomorrow...… Continue

Added by Lidija Ivanek on February 25, 2009 at 4:28am — 3 Comments

'Dreams' by Langston Hughes

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.

Added by LittleGreenSquirrel on February 24, 2009 at 10:46pm — 3 Comments

Blue Moments

One day she took me aside. "I watch you," she said. I see the loneliness in your eyes. I watch your heart running away. You are like so many people. When life is hard, they try to look over the difficulty into the future. Or they long for the hapiness of the past. Time is their enemy. The day they are living is their enemy. They are dead to the moment. They live only for the future or the past and that is wrong.

"You must learn to seek the blue moment," she said..."The blue moment can… Continue

Added by Lisa Rose on February 24, 2009 at 9:00am — 3 Comments

Loosen Me Up Art Challenge

so here are my results from this challenge.



i loved doing this. the videos were perfect gary. just enough detail, instruction and guidance to help me move freely through this oh-so-new process of working. i loved every second, and plan on working this through even further. i think it has so much empty space that it could use another 'round' of layers, and some charcoal.



we'll see! if it changes, of course i will update it… Continue

Added by keeley on February 24, 2009 at 6:42am — 3 Comments

Loosening Up and the Sunflower Challenge

I did upload a different image of my first attempt at doing the Loosen Me Up lesson and, yes, I did remove it. After seeing some of the more finished pieces...mine was VERY unfinished because when the video stopped, I stopped painting because I didn't know if the next video would start from where that one had finished...I decided that mine just didn't measure up...ok ok I admit that it was some of that negative self speak that we are all supposed to be stopping but hey, it happens once in a… Continue

Added by Donna AKA artsycalgal on February 24, 2009 at 6:14am — 7 Comments

Finger/knife painting



I'm attached to finger/knife painting. When I begin new painting I prepare only pallet knifes and certain colors. But, eventually end up with finger stuck in to paint and adding new colors and reject the one I choose at the beginning.

O, that creative process! .. and how little do I know about the beautiful talent that came from God who is the ultimate… Continue

Added by Lidija Ivanek on February 23, 2009 at 9:32pm — 9 Comments

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