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Live of a Tree — revisited

admin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:19:22 +0000

Submitted by foothills & highlands 11″x14″ oil on linen panel, painted en plein air, alla prima, on November 6th, ‘08 (completed at 11:30) - $160 including shipping - contact me for purchase. Sandra and I painted at Mountain Cove Farm on this warm, breezy November day. The 1800+ acres were ablaze with the glory that is [...]

Dorne’s Pragmatic Idealism

admin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:16:57 +0000

Submitted by Gurney Journey Here’s Al Dorne, one of the founders of the Famous Artists School, and the illustrator with the most resplendent eyebrows. His philosophy of teaching was a mix of pragmatism, idealism, and populism. “Commercial illustration means pictures you can understand,” he said. He also believed the work of the illustrator was the highest possible [...]

Guardian Angel Of The Heartless

admin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:15:08 +0000

Submitted by BRENDA YORK’S PAINTING A DAY 8×6″ oil on canvas This is my last Recession Angel for the week. Now I’m on to help the elves with the Angel Ornaments. Keep an eye out in the next couple of days for my new 2009 Ornament! $125 + free shipping Visit 1800blogger to see all of our [...]

“Colorado Red Rocks - Garden of the gods” ~ Up for Bid! A Painting a Day Hudson River School Mountain Autumn Tree Landscape Paintings by Connie Tom

admin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:13:03 +0000

Submitted by A Painting for You! “Colorado Red Rocks - Garden of the gods” I’ve been painting in festive colors these days. This work pictures a panaramic view from the Garden of the gods” located in Colorado. ~ Enjoy! This is an original oil painting by Connie Tom that is painted on a 24″h x 36″w stretched canvas, [...]

Monster’s Assistant

admin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:48:53 +0000

Submitted by Gurney Journey Arthur Rackham, the story goes, hired an old woman model who posed for many of his characters: not just nymphs and hags, but also trees and dragons. Whenever you’re creating an imaginary creature, it’s good to have someone act out the pose. In a pinch you can act it out yourself in front [...]

How to Get Published

admin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:47:34 +0000

Submitted by Gurney Journey A blog reader recently posed this question, and agreed to let me answer it here: “I have a book that I’m thinking about publishing. My friends and I worked on the book before I graduated and it’s not 100% complete by any means, but I already have a mock up version of the [...]

Recession Angel #2, Cherub Of Chapter 11

admin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:46:24 +0000

Submitted by BRENDA YORK’S PAINTING A DAY 4×4″ mixed media Doesn’t he look just miserable? Well, this is the second in my series of Recession Angels and I really don’t think they should look anything other than miserable. Like yesterday’s painting this one also has old newspaper collaged into the background. It gives this little angel a [...]

“Autumn’s Glories” ~ Up for Bid! A Painting a Day Hudson River School Luminous Autumn Tree Landscape Paintings by Connie Tom

admin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:43:22 +0000

Submitted by A Painting for You! “Autumn’s Glories” Autumn is such a beautiful, cheerful time of the year. People are settling in for the the winter and making preparations for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. As with the festive colors outside, we tend to want to bring some of that excitement and festive color inside our homes. [...]

“Captured by the Light III” ~ Up for Bid! A Painting a Day Hudson River School Luminous Landscapes Paintings by Connie Tom

admin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:58:41 +0000

Submitted by A Painting for You! I absolutely love the luminosity of Light! When you think of “light”, it’s something light and airy, not heavy and burdensome. I think of purity, holiness, and rightousness, cleanliness, godliness, not dark, dreary, tainted, down and dirty, and filthy. Jesus Christ said, “I am the Light of the world”. “He [...]

Archangel Of The Silver Bullet, Recession Angel #1

admin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:57:15 +0000

Submitted by BRENDA YORK’S PAINTING A DAY 4×4″ mixed media OK, I am starting on this year’s angel series for the Holidays. And my guess is that not many folks are feeling all that festive this year with the constant brain upload of bad news about the economy, the recession, unemployment, blah, blah, blah…Are we sick of [...]

Looking Again….

admin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:55:49 +0000

Submitted by foothills & highlands 10″ x 8″ oil on RayMar panel, painted en plein air, alla prima on November 5th (completed at 4:30)…$85 including shipping…contact me at beejw@charter.net for purchase. Sandra and I set up our easels in her front yard on a simply gorgeous day with Autumn blazing all around us. Looking directly across the [...]

Walter Wick at Work

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:50:25 +0000

Submitted by Gurney Journey Last Saturday we visited the Hartford, Connecticut studio of Walter Wick, the photographer and children’s book author who has produced the “I Spy” and “Can You See What I See” books, sales of which have totaled over 19 million copies. He is a master model builder, creating layered scenes of found or created [...]

Maintenance Man

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:48:24 +0000

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The Creative Brain

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:31:03 +0000

Submitted by Ancient Artist: Developing an art career after 50 This is an art test: Without thinking, clasp your hands together. Which thumb is on top? Hold a straight object ( like a pencil or paint brush handle) out at arm’s length, upright and lined up on an object across the room. Using both eyes, focus on the [...]

The Eyes Have It

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:13:37 +0000

Submitted by Gurney Journey Check out this abstract painting. It’s full of energy and bravura. Brushstrokes are dancing with wild abandon. By contrast, look at this detail of a portrait. It’s very closely observed and controlled, right down to the structures of bone and flesh around the eyes and even the tiny highlights in the eyes. [...]