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A place where all types of artist can network, get and give help and ideas, make great friends in the process of taking their art to the next level!

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New Year New Art------Work in progress!

I am not a full time artist. In fact I have hardly touched my paints these past few years. Life gets ahold of you, you blink and before you know it you are trying to find a way back to what you used to love so much. I remember what some of my biggest issues were when I stopped painting. My frustration left most paintings unfinished and my lack of time was a great excuse to let the dust build on all my supplies. NO MORE! I promised myself this year I would find a way back and I am getting there slowly but surely. I recently took an art class to help brush up on the basics. By the end of the class I was fired up and ready to go........but now I am trying to figure what next....Should I continue to work on some of the exercises we did in class? Work on some of my old paintings? Work on something new?

I did find something in class that I had forgotten about that I feel is crucial to my growth as an artist......I found fellow artist. We all shared the similar frustrations, dreams and demands for our time but most importantly the love of creating art. I really do hope that this group can come together again like it once did in supporting each other. If anyone has any ideas or discussions they want to get started please let me know.

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Comment by Katharine Gilbert on August 8, 2009 at 12:06pm: Sloane, why are these "sculptures" being painted- what is the purpose? Are they in relief or in the round? As Donald pointed out the Greeks painted theirs in colours that today we might think of as gaudy. Later the play of light was to be the "colour" so I am curious as to why paint?

Comment by Donald Kennedy on August 8, 2009 at 10:43am: Dear Sloane, What is all this stereotypical approach towards sculpture that it is monochromatic or pristine white a concept which is is the result of a art historians not doing their home work. Classical sculpture was painted on a yearly basis and it was imbued with color. After the classical period the exterior sculpture wasn't painted and the surface color had weathered away giving the miss conception that classical sculpture was unpainted In the fifties Ibram Lassaw and John Little reintroduce color sculpture they investigated actual classical sculpture and found color in places that had been protected from the ravages of time . Donald

Comment by Slone Fries on August 8, 2009 at 9:19am: okay that makes sense, now the sculptures are normally on a creamy white to darker gray level. Usually I would just get two paints and blend. Since I am not painting what I would consider "normal", should I be buying lots of different colors on that scale? Also should I buy a darker version of the background color to make it seem recessed? I have no idea how this works on outside textured surfaces!

Comment by Keith B McCulloch on August 8, 2009 at 5:37am: Hi Sloane To get your painted "sculptures" to really stand out you need to model them with light and dark with a consistent light source-somewhat from the side and from above, but as you go up the arches more to the side and at the very top of the arch light from below- do not do frontal lighting -pretty simple

Comment by Slone Fries on August 7, 2009 at 1:32pm: Okay I am needing help with my art! I left a message for Catherine but any and all ideas would be great! I am going tobe painting 2 scuptures on walls outside in arches about 10-12 feet tall. I would really like these "sculptures" to pop out and not seem flat. Any ideas on how to go about doing something like this?

Comment by Slone Fries on August 7, 2009 at 1:04pm: Well it looks like we ended up with 2 Artist Knowledge Features! No one in the hot seat these next few weeks! Cyndy does have some great advice for us newbie artist and Catherine is on hand to answer questions so lets give it a go!

Comment by Cyndy Carstens on August 4, 2009 at 10:58am: MASTERMIND DISCUSSION GROUP - Due to a situation beyond my control, I am having to bow out of leading the Mastermind Group Discussion this month as promised. Out of those interested in participating, the group needs a new leader. If one of you can lead the group, please post a comment here or on Aletta de Wal's profile page.
I apologize for the late notice and hope this group has a chance to continue - getting involved is the only way we can learn and help each other at the same time.
Wishing you all much success,
Cyndy

Comment by Slone Fries on August 3, 2009 at 9:51am: Mac users are going to have a problem accessing the websites, I don't know why. If any mac users want to get on as a feature let me know!

Comment by Renuka Pillai on July 25, 2009 at 11:02pm: Kelly, sounds good!!

Comment by Wm. Kelly Bailey on July 25, 2009 at 6:18pm: I'm new to this kind of forum and still don't really know what I'm doing as far as how to use the site, so please forgive me if this is posted in the wrong place (and someone please kindly correct me!) but I just wanted to post a quick note to say thank you so much to Aletta de Wal for facilitating the ' artist mastermind' call last week... I think it was great. It wasn't nearly as intimidating as I had imagined and I think I benefited a lot: just the act of stopping work, focusing on art matters for that one hour brainstorming session and hearing others talk about art and the business of art was a tremendous emotional boost! I was greatly encouraged and want to express my appreciation for Aletta's kind and generous spirit... this world is a much better place for having her in it! If any of you other artists have not already signed up for Aletta's email newsletter I highly recommend you do so! It's always full of great ideas and tips. And ask her about the brand new once-a-month "mastermind" group too! It's free (except for normal phone call charge) and participants can hear advice or ideas from your fellow artists in various parts of the country.

-Kelly-