EXPERIMENTAL
ARTISTS OF AMERICA
www.experimentalartists.org
September/October 2007 Newsletter
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BITS AND
PIECES
I purchased a DVD from Creative
Catalyst Productions by Jacqueline Sullivan. The
name of it is ACRYLICS: Textures, Layers and
Metallics. I have spent the last three days
looking at the DVD and painting. (Of course, the
first night I dreamed I was painting.) I
have created two new pieces of artwork and salvaged
another one that I thought was a throw-a-way. Here
is one of the new pieces.
I hope you can see all the great
texture. It was fun. I am going to enter it
in the Artist Colony online show. Sure did get my
creative juices to flowing.
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PAPER CRAFTS,
COLLAGE, SCRAPBOOKING, ETC.
If you keep scrapbooks,
make Artist Trading Cards, or are a collage artist, then
we recommend that you visit the following website.
She accepts payment by PayPal or by personal check if
you don't want to pay through PayPal. Her prices
are reasonable, and she is very easy to deal with.
She is an individual who is very creative and markets
the products she generates.
www.b-muse.com
While surfing this website, check out the images of ATCs
made by her and other artists.
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ARTIST
NEWS
NAOMI COLVIN of
Jasper, Alabama, is a new member of EAA.
FRANCESCA MIOLA of
Pointe Vedra, Florida, is a new member of EAA.
MICKEY MICHELLE DAVIS of
Montgomery, Alabama
An angel Christmas ornament by her was featured in
the "Christmas in July:" spread in the July/August
2007 issue of ANGELS ON EARTH magazine.
The ornament entitled "The Timely Angel" is a
collage of watch parts on a decorated foam core
base.
Victoria LENNE,
ISEA,
WSA, MoWS, TnWS, WyWS,
of Knoxville, TN had been juried into the
International Society of Experimental Artists,
“Lying Spirits” by juror Ed
Wordell, thus
attaining Signature status.
Victoria and two friends currently are
exhibiting their work in Knoxville, Tennessee,
at the Flurorsent Gallery. The exhibition
is entitled "Three Seniors. Two Graduating
and One Just Old."
MARIE CUMMINGS
To
subscribe to Marie's Newsletter entitled "Creative
Space," go to her website of www.mariecummings.net
or write to her at
marieh2o@yahoo.com
SUSAN TUTTLE
Susan's artwork is included in
"Kaleidoscope: Ideas and
Projects to Spark Your Creativity" published
by North Light Books, 2007. An article and
mixed media self-portrait are included. I
ordered the book and it is very inspirational as
well as offering a lot of new ideas for creating
art works. The book can be ordered from
North Light Books or from Amazon or probably can
be found at any large bookstore.
KAREN OWEN
Her artwork was included in the July/August
issue of Somerset Studio. If
you don't subscribe, you may want to pick up
an issue at your local bookstore.
PEGGY MILBURN BROWN
had 2 artworks, Up
from the Depths and Door Corps
juried into the Montgomery Art Guild
Museum Exhibition. The biennial was held
at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts,
Montgomery, Alabama. Exhibition of her
work opens at Striplin Performing Arts
Center in Selma Something Old,
Something New, consists of 45 pieces
of printmaking, multi media, and silk
paintings. The Larry Striplin
Performing Arts Center is located at
1000 Selma Avenue, in the heart of
downtown Selma, Alabama. Info,
call 334-874-1752
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DESIGN
ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES
As mentioned previously, we
will begin a more detailed analysis of each of the
elements and principles. Although many artists and
educators have different names for some of the Elements
and Principles of Design, there are still only 7
Elements and 8 Principles, albeit they may be stated
differently by different art educators and writers.
Each month a new description will be added to the list,
but the list will remain in the Newsletter until all
have been referred to.
The seven (7) elements
of Design are what artists, designers, artisans HAVE to
work with:
SIZE
Size is simply the
relationship of the area occupied by one shape to that
of another.
The
relationship of the size of objects helps imply depth.
Size can be used to produce drama or emphasize the
importance of any element in a painting. Some
artists make sure there are three different sizes of a
repetitive shape within the painting.
COLOR
Color Theory is a complex subject and requires a lot of
study on your part if you are that interested. We
are all familiar with the primary colors of Red, yellow
and blue (also known a Triad). But there are other
primaries that are equally effective in the creation of
art. Secondary colors are those primaries that are
mixed together to make a secondary color -- such as
yellow and red makes orange. Tertiary colors are
those colors which are obtained when secondary colors
are mixed with one of the primaries to make a further
variation. Also, you know that the red, yellow and
orange colors (whether primary, secondary or tertiary
are known as the warm colors; while the blue, green and
purple and variations of those are known as the cool
colors. Warm colors come forward and cool colors
recede. My personal favorite book on color is
"Color Choices" by Stephen Quiller. Nita Leland
has also written an excellent book on the use of color
in all forms of artwork.
SHAPE
My favorite book on design is Tony Couch's Keys to
Successful Painting. Tony Couch demonstrates
the principles of design and is the most comprehensive,
readable and understandable book I have ever read on the
design principles. Mr. Couch states that a shape
is a two-dimensional pattern such as a circle, square,
rectangle, triangle--or a combination of these. It
may be a realistic rendering of an object (realism), a
distorted but recognizable object (abstract art), or a
shape unrecognizable as an object (nonobjective art.)
He further states that although the variety of shapes an
artist might produce is infinite, all will fit into
three broad categories: angular, curved or
rectangular. It's important to remember that
although each of these may be in a painting, only one of
these types should be dominant. If you don't have
this book you may want to check your local library to
see if they have one available for check-out.
VALUE
LINE
TEXTURE
DIRECTION
The
eight (8) principles of design are what artists,
designers, artisans DO with the elements:
DOMINANCE
VARIATION
BALANCE
ALTERNATION
CONTRAST
HARMONY
GRADATION
UNITY
Although it is possible for each of the principles to be
applied to each of the elements in a design, it is not
necessary or even practical, in most cases. For
instance, dominance applied to three or four of the
elements will probably be enough for a successful
design.
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ARTIST COLONY ONLINE EXHIBITION
Artist
Colony, a division of Creative Computer Services of Gulf
Breeze, LLC, together with contributors, is sponsoring
its Second Online Exhibition. For those of you
unfamiliar with online exhibitions, it means that your
artwork is judged for awards, but you do not have to
frame or ship your artwork. The images will remain
on the Internet for public viewing for approximately two
years. You can submit images as attachments to an
e-mail or by slides or photos of your artwork.
Read all
about it at:
http://www.artistcolony.net/2007exhibition/index.htm
If you have
been considering having your own website in the art
community at
www.artistcolony.net, now is the time to do it.
If you join Artist Colony and enter the online
exhibition, the fee is discounted to Eighty Dollars
($80.00) which covers your first year in the Artist
Colony art community and your entry fee in the online
exhibition. This is a savings of $10.00. If
you have any questions concerning this, contact either
Pat at
captpj28@aol.com or Nanette at
nanetteljones@bellsouth.net
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OPPORTUNITIES
We
highly recommend that you visit frequently the
website of
www.artjury.com This website is a nonprofit
group of mostly college and university art
professors. They hold periodic exhibitions.
Several of my e-mail friends have been accepted into
the exhibitions.
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The Richeson 75: Artist's Choice
Competition
Over $13,000 in cash and
prizes!
Richeson School of Art & Gallery, a division of Jack
Richeson & Co., Inc. is proud to announce the
Richeson 75: Artist's Choice 2008 Competition.
Seventy-five two-dimensional works of art and
several alternates will be selected to represent the
finest examples of painting and drawing being
produced by today's visual artists.
International Postmark Deadline: October 30, 2007
For full contest details
and an entry form, click below:
http://www.richesonart.com/richeson75.htm
If you have any trouble getting to the entry
form, let me know, and I will send you an additional
link.
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DANIEL SMITH
SWEEPSTAKES
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We are proud to present a special
offering from a great art supply company, Daniel Smith
Art Materials.
To register for the sweepstakes, click on the ad.
It will take you to the
www.danielsmith.com
website.
If asked, enter Offer Code SAEX0607.
The remainder of the process should be
self-explanatory.
If you place an order with Daniel Smith by using the
toll free number of 1-800-426-6740,
please mention the Offer Code to the person taking your
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| It is hoped that you took advantage of the
special offers from Daniel Smith. This is the last
one for a while, so take time now to enter the
Sweepstakes. Since there will be no monthly
Special Offer for the time being, the EAA Newsletter
will be published bi-monthly. This is the
July/August issue. The next issue will be
September/October. If you have any news for that
issue, try to get it to me by August 29th. Thanks. |
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BITS AND
PIECES
Getting Paint Stains Out of Your Carpet,
Your Favorite Shirt, Your Cat's Fur...
By Honor Treadaway
It is without fail that one's cat will walk
through only the most staining colors on one's
palette, such as pthalo green, and then walk
across the new carpet, or jump onto you when you're
all dressed up with someplace to go. Or you
just can't resist adding one little touch to a
painting in progress on your way through the studio
and somehow manage to spatter that new silk blouse
while you're at it...Or Mr. Itwasntme and Mr. I.
Dunno have been to visit...
If the cat is the guilty
party, do wash her little feet with soap and water
before you do anything else. Kitty will not be
amused but some paints contain heavy metals which
are not healthy for kitty to injest.
If it's the upholstery or carpet,
and you have a preferred household cleaner, such as
Woolite, try that first. Do read the label and
follow the directions carefully. If this
doesn't work try one of the tips below.
If it's clothing,
first try washing the garment with soap and
water. This works best if the paint is still wet.
Do not dry the garment if this doesn't work because
the dryer might set the stain in. Go to the
tricks below.
Here are a few tricks that can help. As
always, test on an area of the fabric or carpet that
won't show---to see how the cleaning agent reacts
with the natural color of whatever you're trying to
clean:
- Certain colors like pthalo green, pthalo
blue, mauve and violet can often be decolorized with
ordinary rubbing alcohol.
Pour a goodly amount on the stain and then blot up
(do not rub or scrub). This is the best thing
to use first on delicate fabrics as it's the least
likely to damage them.
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ARTIST
NEWS
(NOT NECESSARILY EAA MEMBERS)
CAM WALKER and SHIRLEY QUARLES BAIRD
will have a joint show at the Striplin Performing
Arts Center, 1000 Selma Avenue in Selma, Alabama.
The opening reception is Sunday, July 1 from 2:00
until 4:00. The artwork will be on display for
the month of July.MICKEY MICHELLE
DAVIS of Montgomery, Alabama
An angel Christmas ornament by her will be featured
in the "Christmas in July:" spread in the
July/August 2007 issue of ANGELS ON EARTH
magazine. The ornament entitled "The Timely
Angel" is a collage of watch parts on a decorated
foam core base.
Victoria LENNE,
ISEA,
WSA, MoWS, TnWS,
WyWS, of Knoxville, TN had been
juried into the International Society of
Experimental Artists, “Lying Spirits” by juror
Ed Wordell, thus
attaining Signature status.
Victoria and two friends currently are
exhibiting their work in Knoxville, Tennessee,
at the Flurorsent Gallery. The exhibition
is entitled "Three Seniors. Two Graduating
and One Just Old."
MARIE CUMMINGS
To
subscribe to Marie's Newsletter entitled "Creative
Space," go to her website of www.mariecummings.net
or write to her at
marieh2o@yahoo.com
SUSAN TUTTLE
Susan's is included in
"Kaleidoscope: Ideas and
Projects to Spark Your Creativity" published
by North Light Books, 2007. An article and
mixed media self-portrait are included. I
ordered the book and it is very inspirational as
well as offering a lot of new ideas for creating
art works. The book can be ordered from
North Light Books or from Amazon or probably can
be found at any large bookstore.
KAREN OWEN
has just received word that her artwork will
be included in the July/August issue of
Somerset Studio. If you don't
subscribe, you may want to pick up an issue
at your local bookstore.
PEGGY MILBURN BROWN
had 2 artworks, Up
from the Depths and Door Corps
juried into the Montgomery Art Guild
Museum Exhibition. The biennial
is held at the
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts,
Montgomery, Alabama. Exhibition of her
work opens at Striplin Performing Arts
Center in Selma Something Old,
Something New, consists of 45 pieces
of printmaking, multi media, and silk
paintings. The Larry Striplin
Performing Arts Center is located at
1000 Selma Avenue, in the heart of
downtown Selma, Alabama. Info,
call 334-874-1752
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TIPS
AND TECHNIQUES
ADOBE
PHOTOSHOP
If any of you work with Adobe Photoshop and have a
question, our in-house expert, EAA Member Karen Owen
will try to help you with your question. Send
your question to me and I will forward it to her, or
if you would like her e-mail address, let me know.
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DESIGN
ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES
As mentioned previously, we
will begin a more detailed analysis of each of the
elements and principles. Although many artists and
educators have different names for some of the Elements
and Principles of Design, there are still only 7
Elements and 8 Principles, albeit they may be stated
differently by different art educators and writers.
Each month a new description will be added to the list,
but the list will remain in the Newsletter until all
have been referred to.
The seven (7) elements
of Design are what artists, designers, artisans HAVE to
work with:
SIZE
Size is simply the
relationship of the area occupied by one shape to that
of another.
The
relationship of the size of objects helps imply depth.
Size can be used to produce drama or emphasize the
importance of any element in a painting. Some
artists make sure there are three different sizes of a
repetitive shape within the painting.
COLOR
Color Theory is a complex subject and requires a lot of
study on your part if you are that interested. We
are all familiar with the primary colors of Red, yellow
and blue (also known a Triad). But there are other
primaries that are equally effective in the creation of
art. Secondary colors are those primaries that are
mixed together to make a secondary color -- such as
yellow and red makes orange. Tertiary colors are
those colors which are obtained when secondary colors
are mixed with one of the primaries to make a further
variation. Also, you know that the red, yellow and
orange colors (whether primary, secondary or tertiary
are known as the warm colors; while the blue, green and
purple and variations of those are known as the cool
colors. Warm colors come forward and cool colors
recede. My personal favorite book on color is
"Color Choices" by Stephen Quiller. Nita Leland
has also written an excellent book on the use of color
in all forms of artwork. I notice that Daniel
Smith has an interesting three tube Triad of colors
consisting of Phthalo Turquoise, Interference Silver and
Purpurite Genuine. They are stunning, and they are ON
SALE. Check it out for yourself at
www.danielsmith.com
SHAPE
VALUE
LINE
TEXTURE
DIRECTION
The
eight (8) principles of design are what artists,
designers, artisans DO with the elements:
DOMINANCE
VARIATION
BALANCE
ALTERNATION
CONTRAST
HARMONY
GRADATION
UNITY
Although it is possible for each of the principles to be
applied to each of the elements in a design, it is not
necessary or even practical, in most cases. For
instance, dominance applied to three or four of the
elements will probably be enough for a successful
design.
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POTPOURRI
On the Home Page of
www.artistcolony.net, check out the
POTPOURRI link. Creative Computer Services
offers a range of services and products to enhance your
artistic career. Some are:
Scan slides and save them as digital images on a CD
Make PowerPoint Presentations
Archive on a CD images of your paintings
Make a CD for presentation to a Gallery Director
Art supplies
Art instruction books
Bookmarks
Note cards and post cards
Business cards, Stationery and Envelopes
Check it out, and if
you have any questions, write to us at:
captpj28@aol.com
nanetteljones@bellsouth.net
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OPPORTUNITIES
We
highly recommend that you visit frequently the
website of
www.artjury.com This website is a nonprofit
group of mostly college and university art
professors. They hold periodic exhibitions.
Several of my e-mail friends have been accepted into
the exhibitions.
___________________________________
To enter the online exhibition
sponsored by www.artshow.com, watch for them by
visiting this link for further information:
http://www.artshow.com/artkudos/index.html
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Call for Entries
The Hollywood Festival of the
Arts in beautiful Hollywood, Florida is now
accepting applications for the October 2007
festival. Festival dates are October 20 and 21
(Saturday and Sunday) and the event will be held in
beautiful ArtsPark at Young Circle in downtown
Hollywood. Artists are eligible for cash prizes in
the following categories: ceramics, crafts, glass,
jewelry, mixed media, painting/watercolor,
photography, sculpture, and outdoor crafts, and Best
of Show.
Download an application at
http://www.hollywoodfl.org/parks_rec/hlwd_par.htm
Call Toni Bridges at
954-921-3404 or email
tbridges@hollywoodfl.org for more information.
Application deadline August 31.
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WORKSHOPS
Check out the new posting of
workshops to come this fall and winter. There is
always something for everyone and a good time included,
guaranteed!
CAMP McDOWELL WORKSHOPS
To
experimental artists
Lana L. Grow, AWS will be conducting a workshop at Camp
McDowell October 21-26.
See some of her artwork at:
www.artshow.com/grow
To representational artists
Richard J. Willows will be conducting a workshop at the same
time and place offering new Directions in Watercolor. See
Rich’s website at
www.willowsstudios.com
And
Wayne Spradley will be conducting a workshop at the same
time and place in Realist, Transparent Watercolor
These workshops are where the lodging, meals and workshop
are all included.
This is a quiet and peaceful area just slightly north of
Jasper, Alabama.
You will
enjoy the workshop and the surroundings.
For a brochure, contact
Tora Johnson
525 Paige Hill Road
Anniston, AL 36207
256-237-9900
E-mail:
toradave@earthlink.net
Space is limited, so early registration is recommended.
Artiscape
– An Artist’s Retreat
60 Workshops
Visit
www.europeanpapers.com
for more
info
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ART STUFF
FOR SALE
While packing and unpacking from our move
from Shady Lane in Gulf Breeze to our new home in Milton, I
have learned that I have entirely too much art stuff and too
many books -- art instruction books, fiction and
non-fiction. If there is anything in the way of art
materials and/or books that you need or want, please let me
know. The price is highly negotiable -- probably free
with your paying the shipping and packing material cost.
Email me at:
nanetteljones@bellsouth.net
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