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 Thursday, July 31, 2008
Milford Zornes 100th Birthday Celebration Demo on DVD
Posted by jessica
 Most of you are aware of Milford Zornes’ 100th birthday celebration at the Pasadena Museum of California Art in late January, almost one month before his passing. There at the museum, the artist gave a full sheet, full color watercolor demonstration, and donated the proceeds from the auctioned-off finished painting back to the museum. According to the National Watercolor Society (NWS) newsletter, Zornes’ last gift to the society was permission to offer a DVD of that demonstration (with proceeds benefiting the NWS Building Fund). The DVD is now available, and it also features many of the artist’s paintings. If you'd like a copy of the DVD, send a $20 donation payable to: The National Watercolor Society, c/o Chris Van Winkle, 436 Fresno Ave., Morro Bay, CA 93442.
Overheard | Videos
7/31/2008 9:29:33 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00) 
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Monday, July 28, 2008
Blues on Monday
Posted by sarah
View a gallery paintings from Picasso's blue period (those he painted between 1900 and 1904), tastefully accompanied by Spanish strings. Something about the sky made me think of them this morning and I had a feeling I'd find something appropriate on You Tube. Incidentally, one of Picasso's most famous paintings from this period, Portrait of Suzanne Bloch, went for a little ride last year when it was stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art. It was recovered in January of 2008.
Overheard
7/28/2008 8:26:35 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
Watercolor Artist Editors on the Move
Posted by sarah
 I thought I'd continue on Jessica's travel theme today and mention my recent trip to San Francisco's de Young museum in Golden Gate Park, which is amazing both outside and in. I was disappointed to find that the Chihuly exhibition was sold out when I arrived (big sigh), but there was plenty to see, including Timothy Horn's Bitter Suite, a good deal of which is made out of sugar. Jane Hammond's large scale works on paper were also a treat. The number of American paintings in the de Young's collection is not small and I got to see a painting I'd long desired to see in person: John Singer Sargent's A Dinner Table at Night. In short, no matter what's going on a the de Young, there's always enough happening to fill an afternoon, if not an evening too.
Overheard
7/24/2008 8:23:05 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Watercolors in Nashville
Posted by jessica
 Last weekend, while in Nashville, Tennessee (look for the town in the upcoming "Where It's At" column in the October issue), I had the opportunity to visit the Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art—a truly fantastic place for both lush gardens and top-notch art. What surprised me about the attraction wasn’t the 1932 mansion or its 100 acres of land, but rather what hung on the walls around us. We got to catch “A Century on Paper,” prints, drawings and watercolors from the museum’s collection by renowned and lesser-known artists—some of which haven’t been exhibited in 20 years. And as for the well-known artists, think John Marin, Thomas Hart Benton, Georgia O’Keeffe, Robert Rauschenberg. Below are some photos (of the gardens), but I definitely recommend seeing it for yourself if you’re going to be in the Nashville area before Sept. 21.
From the Magazine | Overheard | Reviews
7/23/2008 5:01:49 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Stephen Quiller: Color Theory for Watercolorists
Posted by jessica
One of the seven videos currently offered on ArtistsNetwork.tv—a new site from F+W Media that offers instructional (streaming) videos from today’s leading artists—features beloved artist Stephen Quiller on color theory for watercolorists. Click below to see a preview of the video.
You can also click here for previews of the other six 40-plus minute videos to help you decide if you’d like to subscribe to an individual workshop for a six-month period, or subscribe to all of them for a six-month period. You don’t have to download anything, and you can watch any time of the day as long as you have a high-speed Internet connection. Take note that more artists’ workshops are on the production lineup, including ones from watermedia artists Mark Willenbrink and Jean Grastorf, so visit often, and sign up to receive the e-mail newsletter for advance notice on new workshops.
From the Magazine | Tips and Tools | Videos
7/16/2008 10:17:42 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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Wednesday, July 09, 2008
August Creativity Workshop
Posted by sarah
From the Magazine
7/9/2008 10:52:43 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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Monday, July 07, 2008
Nita Leland Blogs
Posted by sarah
 While strolling around the web today, I noticed that Nita Leland is blogging. In addition to authoring several popular art-instruction books for North Light, she's also contributed a number of articles to the magazine. In fact, we debuted our Creativity Workshop column with an exerpt from Leland's The New Creative Artist: A Guide to Developing Your Creative Spirit. With the recent success of the column (the entries for the June installment of the column positively flooded our inbox), it strikes me as fitting to take a look back at the column's genesis. So, let's take a look at what Leland is doing these days: She's got a new book in the works ( check out her pre-pub offer) and she's taking a look at what her readers are doing with her Photoshopping tips. Visit her archives for some insightful ramblings on gouache.
From the Magazine | Overheard
7/7/2008 9:14:33 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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Thursday, July 03, 2008
18 Places to Sell Your Art
Posted by jessica
 Looking to break into the professional art arena and make a living making your art? Michael Chesley Johnson explored the many facets of this subject in our June issue. Click here to download the free PDF and have the file right on your desktop. Happy Fourth!
From the Magazine | Tips and Tools
7/3/2008 1:08:49 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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