How to Photograph Your Artwork (For Non-Photographers)
I have posted articles about this before, but this one has some good ideas that may be new for some of you.
"Even the best piece of art can look lacklustre if the photo is defocused, the lighting is poor and the outer edges haven't been cropped. "
ArtTutor Post
How to Erase Watercolors
A list of the tools and techniques you can use to "erase" watercolors and therefore build your confidence with the medium and add more flexibility to the way your work with them.
Beware the sanded eraser - it eats paper! -Shirley
Greenlear & Blueberry Post
Thank you, Pam
A Quote from Mary
“I think that the great part of creativity is overcoming fear. Fear is a given. When you sit down and have to begin something, don’t be afraid to be filled with fear because it goes with the turf."
This quote is from Jerry Goldsmith, the composer of the music for Chinatown and other movies:
Thank you, Mary
Shirley Trevena
"I have a sort of love-hate relationship with painting. I would rather do anything than start a painting: clean the oven, make lists or even do the ironing. But once I’m in the studio and the first marks are on the white paper, I go into a world of my own, oblivious of everything except colour and form. I find my creativity so hard to start up and even harder to walk away from."
Gallery
Shirley Trevena - Talking about Painting
Yuko Nagayama
A leading watercolorist and teacher exhibiting and selling in galleries across Japan, the United States, and France, and she is featured regularly in Watercolor Magazine. She is currently a professor at Musashino Art University and presides over the Otsuka Atelier.
Gallery
Cafe Seventy8 Show
Here are some photos of the 9th show at this lovely cafe for the Watercolor Community of San Francisco. The show runs until Nov 01, check it out!
Enjoy and thank you, Heather
Greenleaf & Blueberry
"We are a tiny Artist and Chemist owned and operated company specializing in handmade supplies and materials for the traveling artist. Everything we create is held to the highest possible quality standards and made with obsessive attention to detail. We offer Artisanal Handmade Watercolors, Travel Palettes, Hand-Carved Paintbrushes, Digital Paintable Projects, Stickers, and tons of information on our Blog. We are based in Western Colorado.
G&B Blog
How to Erase Watercolors An example of a post about a subject that has been coming up lately.
Thank you, Joanie
Barbara Nicholls
Barbara Nicholls is based in the UK, takes on issues of history, memory and metaphor, involving detailed research into architectural and archeological sites. Her art has employed a broad range of mediums and materials, including photography, video, sound, fabric and installation. Most recently, Nicholls uses techniques of watercolour wash on a monumental scale.
Exhibits
Book
Messy Nessy Chic
She’s been Drawing her Road Trips in Sketchbooks for 20 Years
Click here for that story.
And so much more. If you delve a little deeper into her site, she has a lot of interesting tidbits discovered during her extensive travels around the USA and the world.
Check out her entries in Don’t Be A Tourist, Life is Messy, Nostalgia and More.
