ARTGROUP AT ON TOP OF THE WORLD NEW YEARS EVE

WE PAINTED TODAY... I STARTED  THIS  STILL LIFE....I PAINTED  IN OIL ON BOARD. THIS  ONE  IS  24 BY 24. I HOPE  IT  WILL INSPIRE  MY OAKRUN GROUP TO PAINT  STILL LIFES.. SO  GOOD  FOR  ONES  EYE .  I CAN SEE WHERE IT  NEEDS  WORK. 

THE  MUSE  HAS  NOT  QUITE  LEFT ME.. BUT  MY FEET AND  LEGS  TELL ME  TO SIT  AWHILE. 

VIOLA  HIGGINS  AND I  PAINTED  THIS  SET UP THIS  MORNING.  TIS THE  SEASON FOR  REDS  AND  GREENS..

DEC 27 SUNDAY

PENCIL DRAWING  I WOULD LIKE TO  HAVE STUDENTS  DO  IN MASTER THE POSSIBILITIES CLASS  . I SEE AN ERROR.. NEED TO MAKE THE  BASKET  LESS LOP-SIDED..

STRANGE  HOW  THIS  WORKS.. TAKING  PICTURES  OF  AN ART  WORK AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE  ERRORS.

HOW  ABOUT THIS  PASTEL  OF  A  CHILD.. I KEP MAKING THE  CHILD  LOOK TOO OLD.. WITH  THE  HELP  OF  VIOLA HIGGINS AT T HE  ART  GROUP  THAT MEETS   ON THURSDAYS  ON TOP OF THE  WORLD  ART  ROOM.. I WAS  ABLE  TO MAKE THE  DRAWING OF THE  CHILD  LOOK YOUNGER,, VOILA

GETTING TIME TO PAINT  LATELY HAS  BEEN FAR  AND  FEW  BETWEEN.

CHRISTMAS  SEASON IS  OVER. I HAVE  PLANS  . A  LIST 

TO  GET  BACK TO AND   TRY  THE  IDEAS  I WANT  TO DO  INSTEAD OF THE WAY I HAVE  PAINTED  IN THE  PAST.  GOT  TO  CLEAN  THE   STUDIO.. AND  THROW  AWAY THINGS  THAT  ARE  NOT  TRUE  TO THIS  NEW  PLAN

DEC17TH THURSDAY

JULIA CAMERON THE  ARTIST  WAY WRITES WE  ARE, OURSELVES, CREATIONS.  WE, IN TURN, ARE  MEANT  TO CONTINUE CREATIVITY BY BEING  CREATIVE  OURSELVES.

CREATVITY IS  GOD'S  GIFT TO US. USING  OUR  CREATIVITY IS OUR GIFT BACK TO GOD.

I WILL GO UP  TO THE  ART ROOM HERE  AT  OTOW AND  JOIN  FRIENDS  WHO PAINT BECAUSE  THEY JUST  LOVE TO PAINT.. AND  BE WITH OTHERS  WHO PAINT.

THE ARTIST VIOLA  WHO PAINTED THIS.. IS  SO CREATIVE WITH  HER  RENDITIONS.. VINCE PAINTED  THIS.

MORE  LATER.

WEDNESDAY DEC. 16

THESE  ARE  DEMONSTRATIONS  FROM  OAKRUN  OIL AND  ACRYLIC  CLASS..I KNOW   I KNOW  WHERE  ARE THE  PEOPLE?  THEY ARE  COMING... AND  THEY ARE  REALLY  REALLY NOT  COMPLETE...
HERE ARE  SOME OF THE  STUDENTS' WORK

SOME  PEOPLE  WORKED  ON PAINTINGS  THEY HAD  STARTED

DEC14 MID DAY

 FROM  AN ARTBIZ SERVICE  THAT IS  SENT TO ME.


SEEMS TO BE  GOOD  ADVICE
* Decide to go for it  CHANGING TO PEOPLE  PAINTINGS

* Define success for yourself  WELL DONE .. EVOKES  EMOTIONAL RESPONSE..

* Commit to your vision  .. PRACTICE  DRAWING WORKING ON  ANATOMY AND  COMPOSITION

* Identify and personalize strategies.... SAME AS  ABOVE

* Create good habits SPENDING  TWO HOURS  A  DAY  ON JUST  PRACTICE.. CLEANING  UP ART  ROOM.. PUTTING  AWAY  MATERIALS .. CLEANING  BRUSHES

* Release what you don't love.. THOSE PAINTINGS  THAT  ARE  SO  PERDICTABLE
* Set boundaries.. HMMM?  WHAT  COULD  THIS  BE,, SCHEDULE?  NOT  TRYING TO DO  TOO MANY  THINGS.. SPREADING  MYSELF TOO THIN? STOP GIVING  AWAY  PAINTINGS..

DEC.14 2009 PENCIL DRAWINGS

I AM WORKING  ON  PORTRAITS  AND  PEOPLE  DRAWINGS.. THIS  WEEK.. IT IS  STRANGE HOW   MY DECISION TO DO MORE  PEOPLE PAINTINGS AND  THEN THE  WORKSHOP WITH JANET  ROGERS CAME  TO BE. 

OK 
THIS  IS THE  PLAN.. TO  TAKE  THE   LANDSCAPES.. STILL LIFES... DOWN AND  REPLACE  THEM WITH " PEOPLE PAINITNGS"

PAINTING AT THE  MASON JAR

STAY  TUNED.. MORE  TO COME

SATURDAY DEC. 12.. BUSY MONTH

MY EFFORTS DURING JANET  ROGERS  WORKSHOP,, MORE  WILL COME. I AM FINNALY  THROUGH  WITH  ART  SHOWS.

THROUGHLY  ENJOYED  JANET ROGERS  WORKSHOP AND  DEMONSTRATION. WANT TO TAKE   MORE  WITH HER.

I HAD  MADE UP  MY MIND  THAT  MANY PEOPLE  CAN DO LANDSCAPES AND  STILL LIFE S  BUT  PORTRAITS   OR  PEOPLE  PAINTINGS  ARE  NOT  AS  PLENTIFUL.  I COULD   TAKE  A MONTH OF HER  LESSONS.. A  YEAR..

BUT  WHAT  I DID   FIND  MYSELF.. EXCITED  ABOUT  WATERCOLOR  ... AGAIN. THANKS  JANET...

JANET ROGERS PAINTING... LOOK AT THAT  ATTITUDE...