MARCH 2010 NEWSLETTER
FOR
CREATIVE PEOPLE

REMEMBER THAT MARCH 17TH IS

ST PATRICK'S DAY

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TEST YOUR ART KNOWLEDGE
Answers below:

1.  Abbozzo
a) specialized clown painting
b) a sketch or rough drawing; first draft of an artwork
c) both of the above

2. Alla Prima
a) expensive Italian primer
b) the first strokes of a painting
c) a direct painting technique

3. Alligatoring
a) adding mythical creatures to a painting
b) a glazing technique in oils
c) a network of fine cracks on a painting

4. Baren
a) massive artist's block
b) a rounded tool used in printmaking
c) a minimal landscape

5. Bloom
a) a brush with rounded bristles
b) a dull, whitish effect on the surface of a varnished painting
c) a type of flower painting

Answers:
1 b; 2 c; 3 c; 4 b; 5 b.

Registration is in full swing for the workshop

 

CELEBRATING THE CREATIVE SPIRIT


WITH


 MARILYN HUGHEY PHILLIS

www.mhphillisart.com

Sponsored by
Watercolor Society of Alabama
Workshop in Troy, Alabama
May 13-15, 2010

The highly creative and unique style of Marilyn Hugh Phillis tends toward abstract utilizing layering techniques and often incorporates collage. She will share her techniques and her process by beginning each day with warm-up exercises – getting progressively more complicated each day. This provides a fun challenge towards the mood for the day. She will also lecture and show slides to demonstrate her techniques along with constructive critiques to aid the students’ artistic growth.

This workshop is sponsored by the Watercolor Society of Alabama in conjunction with its 69th Annual Exhibition.

3 day workshop
$300 for Members of Watercolor Society of Alabama

$325 for Non-Watercolor Society of Alabama Members

To secure reservation, mail your reservation fee of $200.00 payable to Watercolor Society of Alabama along with your name and contact information. Reservations will be accepted on a first come basis. The registration fee (less a $25.00 processing fee) is refundable until April 15, 2010.

 For more information, contact:

Jaceena Shepard 256-810-9240
 or e-mail: jaeshep@aol.com

 

 

FRIENDSHIP

"We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed.  As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over."
Samuel Johnson
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ATC SWAP

If you would like to participate in an ATC Swap, write to:

Sandra Starkey 710 West Ocean View Ave Norfolk, Virginia 23503-1420 Phone: (757) 531-8826
for more information.

Enter The Artist’s Magazine 27th Annual Art Competition

Win cash and see your artwork featured in the pages of The Artist’s Magazine.  More than $25,000 in awards in 5 categories.  Deadline is May 3, 2010. 

Categories:

Abstract/Experimental* Animal/Wildlife* Landscape/Interior* Portrait/Figure*Still Life/Floral

Click here for more information or to enter online:

http://www.artistsnetwork.com/annualcompetition/

Students and beginners, visit:
www.artistsmagazine.com to find out how you can participate in a special category just for you!

 

 

An American wigeon painted in acrylic by David Nix of Cottondale, Ala., is the winner of the 2010 Alabama Waterfowl Stamp Art Contest. The winning artwork will adorn the 2011-2012 Alabama Waterfowl Stamp. Nix also won the 2006 contest with a painting of a blue-winged teal.

The annual contest, sponsored by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division (WFF), is open to all resident Alabama artists only.  

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