Jun 25

How to Photograph Your Art
For those of you putting your artwork online or emailing it to friends and family:
How to Photograph Your 2D Art the Right Way

Hundertwasser 

Friday was a quirky, energetic, fun time at the library. We had a moment remembering, appreciating and enjoying a great artist and an inspiration to many of us.
Slideshow: Hundertwasser, the painter
Website, a little hard to manage but try it: Hundertwasser
Wikipedia page: Friedensreich Hundertwasser
 
Quote of the Week
“Perfection is boring. Getting better is where all the fun is.” -Dragos Roua

Painting Figures

 


Tuesday Cafe + Art brought up a discussion on painting figures. I have saved a bunch of YouTube videos on the subject. Here are the first bunch, I know I have some others, somewhere:
Watercolor Figures 1
Watercolor Figures 2
Watercolor Figures, Simple Poses



Francis Towne

Lee H. thought this was interesting:
Why Francis Towne is having a moment
 

Jun 18

Not Quite Watercolor

Netflix has just added the "Bob Ross; The Joy of Painting" series. The first episode is the one where he shows, in the middle of his demonstration, a video about how he feeds some baby squirrels.
Everyone knows who Bob Ross is, regardless of age, race, gender and/or artist temperament. So, a question came to mind; "Has anyone ever seen a real life Bob Ross painting?"

Product Junkie Alert
Check this out: The Little Brass Box Company

Quote of the Week
Found this in Watercolor Techniques by Michael Reardon: "Humidity and temperature are very important in painting wet-in-wet. If it is too hot and dry, mixing colors before they dry can be problematic. There is a reason the British make watercolors and the Navajo make sand paintings."

June 06

Handprint
This is a great site for all you watercolor geeks out there. I have posted this before but it is so good, I am doing it again.
This is the section on Watercolor
If you want to see what else Bruce has to offer, go to Handprint

Quote
“Each color lives by its mysterious life.” -Wassily Kandinsky

Book to Check Out
I found this book that may be interesting to the Tuesday Cafe + Art group. Amazon is showing a lot of pages, so see if it intrigues you:
Jean Haines' World of Watercolour