Views: 2248... USA, South Korea, Turkey, France & Philippines.

Cynthia: Check out Cynthia's website (on the right)....she is a talented artist, writer and was one of my students (all to briefly). 

Sorry, I have been absent from posting for such a long while. I have had a busy time. It seems when one least expects it...life changes and moves in different directions. Life is good, if not just different. 

It looks like my Italian trip may be put on hold until next year...that is one adjustment I can share with you that really has disappointed me. My dreams of living in a quaint Italian apartment on a quaint side alley, near all the great eateries, sights and art, still burns in my soul...so I know it must happen. After all...I created the perfect travel watercolor painting kit to tote around the country!! 

I have a new class of Credit Drawing students for Summer Term...I still get excited in knowing what is ahead for each one and hope that art will become a permanent joy. 

My on going Intermediate Watercolor/Acrylic class also started. It came to my attention that some of my regulars have been taking classes from me since 1997. There is a comfort in knowing these artist/friends that I can't explain. There are also 3 new students to this class (they all finished my beginner class). Each one adds greatly to the class.

Travel Journal: I, of course, had several journals ready for an international adventure...but, why go out of the country to fill it up? Join me in filling up a journal this summer...lots of sketches crowded with writings of your feelings or memories. Have several journals...one for your home town, one for your state, one for your homestead, your neighborhood ...etc.....a memory album painted by you. Send me your pages to post...I would love to see them.

Quiz: What is the term used to describe a figure in a painting in which the body and legs are twisted so that they're in different planes?
Answer:  contrapposto.

Views: 2152....from USA, Russia & Poland.

Finals week is next week so another term of art students fade into the past while in a few weeks a new term of art students will fill the art lab. It is always a mixed bag of emotions. I wish all a great future. Keep art in your life.

(I'm still hoping for my Italy trip this year...so I'm sending out Italian Painting Terms for the Quiz questions !!!).

Quiz:  What is the term used to describe a figure in a painting in which the body and legs are twisted so that they're in different planes?

__Contrapposotional.

__Contrapposto.

__Contrapuntal.

__Contrarious.

Views: 2,125....from...USA, Mexico, Brazil, Serbia and Russia.

Art Work:

More art work to enjoy.....

Colette:

                                                           Watercolor and Pen

Kathy:

                                                               Watercolor

Diana:

                                                                      Watercolor
 Thanks for sharing.

Quiz: What is the term derived from the Italian for a sculpture that sticks out slightly from the surface it is carved from, but is not completely detached from it?
Answer: bas-relief.

Views:...1991...USA, United Kingdom, Germany, Russia, and South Korea.

Pick your words wisely:
As an art instructor, I have a statement I always refrain  myself from saying to students. It sounds sort of snobbish and could really discourage others. However, it seem to fit for my last Abstract Workshop....so I said it. Sometimes, I feel like saying it when I see a great student not put that "Emotion or Pre-Thought" into their artwork (but that is my stuff and not always needed to be passed along).  However, it just needed to be said when dealing with Abstract...all that emotion and all. That statement goes...

"There are Artist and there are Painters".  
One isn't especially better than the other...they are different breeds and neither are purebreds. I paint to keep my skills up, but I create for my artists within. 

I realize...the "Artist" stage may come along later in the career...when one decides that there could be more an artist is suppose to do than maybe paint a painting....but I also realize that it isn't necessary to be great at artwork. It is just a stage, a thought, an emotion or a need that some develop along the way. An Artist can change minds, show the climate of the times, be a guide, teach, make viewers see and do....besides being enjoyed and viewed. Some artist excite, shock, enrage, question, please and stimulate with their art. 

May all your art be satisfying for you and all others that view it. Keep art in your life.

Thanks for listening.