To view past messages click here and visit the Callaway Painters blog.
I'll be painting at Callaway again this Friday if anyone wants to join me. 706-975-6419
8x10, oil on panel
Sliding down Callaway
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Callaway paintings
To view past messages click here and visit the Callaway Painters blog.
I'll be painting at Callaway again this Friday if anyone wants to join me. 706-975-6419
8x10, oil on panel
Sliding down Callaway
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Giclée Prints
Yesterday Gretchen asked about giclée prints so to be accurate I turned a web site I go to quite often to find out what current information is available. Take a few minutes and go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet and see what the Wikipedia has to say. I found it quite interesting and did learn some things I didn't know. I'm sure you will enjoy that link too.
Commentary: Today I sat in the Southern Rivers Guild Gallery in Pine Mountain and had a really good time talking art to the visitors and customers that came in. On one of the walls in the gallery I noticed small, framed explanation of giclée prints that I thought was very helpful. This is basically what the note said.
Giclée (pronounced "gee-clay", a sophisticated and widely celebrated ink jet printing process that was introduced in the late 1980's. Designed specifically for the rigorous and precise criteria of fine art collectors and connoisseurs of museum quality limited edition prints, many worldly wide museums have accepted them into their permanent collections. The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles are among the museums that have giclée works hanging.
Giclée prints far exceed other forms of image printing and are so sophisticated that the process produces images which truly capture the artist's original intent.
I totally agree with the above statement. As an artist, making giclée Prints is a good affordable way to offer your work to those that might not wish to invest in your original work but want to enjoy having your work in their home of business. The only consideration, and one we all desire, is for the print to accurately capture the spirit of the original work in color, detail and experience. Be sure that the person you choose to create the giclée for you is actually creating a giclée and not just a ink jet print much like you can get from your home computer. I have seen some work (not at Southern Rivers) that are labeled as giclée prints that were clearly not giclées. To create a giclée takes a special print process and of course archival ink. Printers that can do this are quite expensive not to mention the knowledge and skill the printer has to have to be able to take your digital image and give you back a product you can be proud of. Giclee printing machines measure around 3 feet wide and are often affectionately referred to as a “knitting machine” as they look very similar. Just as you take care to use professional art supplies, be sure the printer you choose is also professional and be sure to ask questions about what kind of printing they do. Do your research and figure the cost expense. The subject of print giclées could go on for pages and I think we should continue to talk about them and learn all we can.
Some of you may already have giclée prints of your work and might want to share the name and phone number of the printer you use. Let us hear from you if you do. Some of you might have had bad experiences with printers and sharing that information would really help us all.
Commentary: Today I sat in the Southern Rivers Guild Gallery in Pine Mountain and had a really good time talking art to the visitors and customers that came in. On one of the walls in the gallery I noticed small, framed explanation of giclée prints that I thought was very helpful. This is basically what the note said.
Giclée (pronounced "gee-clay", a sophisticated and widely celebrated ink jet printing process that was introduced in the late 1980's. Designed specifically for the rigorous and precise criteria of fine art collectors and connoisseurs of museum quality limited edition prints, many worldly wide museums have accepted them into their permanent collections. The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles are among the museums that have giclée works hanging.
Giclée prints far exceed other forms of image printing and are so sophisticated that the process produces images which truly capture the artist's original intent.
I totally agree with the above statement. As an artist, making giclée Prints is a good affordable way to offer your work to those that might not wish to invest in your original work but want to enjoy having your work in their home of business. The only consideration, and one we all desire, is for the print to accurately capture the spirit of the original work in color, detail and experience. Be sure that the person you choose to create the giclée for you is actually creating a giclée and not just a ink jet print much like you can get from your home computer. I have seen some work (not at Southern Rivers) that are labeled as giclée prints that were clearly not giclées. To create a giclée takes a special print process and of course archival ink. Printers that can do this are quite expensive not to mention the knowledge and skill the printer has to have to be able to take your digital image and give you back a product you can be proud of. Giclee printing machines measure around 3 feet wide and are often affectionately referred to as a “knitting machine” as they look very similar. Just as you take care to use professional art supplies, be sure the printer you choose is also professional and be sure to ask questions about what kind of printing they do. Do your research and figure the cost expense. The subject of print giclées could go on for pages and I think we should continue to talk about them and learn all we can.
Some of you may already have giclée prints of your work and might want to share the name and phone number of the printer you use. Let us hear from you if you do. Some of you might have had bad experiences with printers and sharing that information would really help us all.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
How to become a contributing author-editor
How to Join this Blog As a contributing editor:
Send an email to phyllisfranklin@hotmail.com telling her of your interest in becoming a contributing author-editor. Then:
1. You will receive an email invitation from Phyllis Franklin (no-reply@google.com) to join a private blog: Callaway Painter’s
2. To become an author or contributing editorr, click on the link in the email.
3. Sign in to your Google Account. If you do not have a Google Account, you must create one. Click on "Create your account now."
4. Follow Google instructions. Enter your email address. This email address will not show on the blog unless you later set it to show, but it is important that the email address you submit match the email address you use for the Yahoo email group Callaway Painters. If you are not a member of the email group or don’t want to receive email alerts when a new article is written, this will not matter.
5. Enter a password. Remember your email and password. This is how you get into the blog to post.
6. Enter a display name. This is how you want your name to show on the contributor list. Some artists use their real name. Others use a screen name. You can change how your name appears any time by updating your profile. This is just your display name and not your actual ID.
7. Type in the word verification letters.
8. Accept the terms of service after you read them.
9. Click on “continue” at the lower right of the page.
10. The next page says Dashboard and Blogger Buzz. This is where you read the latest blogger news and also where you manage your blogs. You will see Callaway Painter’s listed under Manage Your Blogs. You can view the blog or you can click on New Post here and write your first post at Callaway Painters. You can also Edit your Profile here or edit your Account. Once you create a post you will notice that your dashboard has disappeared. To get back to your dashboard, just click on new post, and then from their find the link back to your dashboard. At some point in time the Google people will make navigating back to the dashboard easier but until then, the only other way is to sign out and then sign back in, which is a pain.
11. Once finished here, click on Sign out in the blue bar in the upper right hand corner of the page.
Now that you have your Google Account and have the Callaway Painters blog on your dashboard:
1. Go to http://callawaypainters.blogspot.com in your browser window.
2. Click on “Sign In” in the upper right hand corner of the page. It is way up in the banner bar where you see” Search Blog, Flag Blog, Next Blog, Create Blog and Sign In.”
3. You are now at the Blogger start page. In the upper right it says Sign in to use Blogger.
4. Enter Username. This is the email address you used when you set up your Google Account. Nothing else will work.
5. Enter your Password. This is the password you used to set up your Google Account.
6. Click on Sign In.
7. You will see your dashboard and can create a new blog of your very own which will appear with all the other blogs that belong under your email that you used to set up your google account. Or, you can post to an existing blog, one of which will be Callaway Painter’s.
8. All other buttons should be self-explanatory, but if you need additional help just email one of the existing editors or look in the blogger help files.
Send an email to phyllisfranklin@hotmail.com telling her of your interest in becoming a contributing author-editor. Then:
1. You will receive an email invitation from Phyllis Franklin (no-reply@google.com) to join a private blog: Callaway Painter’s
2. To become an author or contributing editorr, click on the link in the email.
3. Sign in to your Google Account. If you do not have a Google Account, you must create one. Click on "Create your account now."
4. Follow Google instructions. Enter your email address. This email address will not show on the blog unless you later set it to show, but it is important that the email address you submit match the email address you use for the Yahoo email group Callaway Painters. If you are not a member of the email group or don’t want to receive email alerts when a new article is written, this will not matter.
5. Enter a password. Remember your email and password. This is how you get into the blog to post.
6. Enter a display name. This is how you want your name to show on the contributor list. Some artists use their real name. Others use a screen name. You can change how your name appears any time by updating your profile. This is just your display name and not your actual ID.
7. Type in the word verification letters.
8. Accept the terms of service after you read them.
9. Click on “continue” at the lower right of the page.
10. The next page says Dashboard and Blogger Buzz. This is where you read the latest blogger news and also where you manage your blogs. You will see Callaway Painter’s listed under Manage Your Blogs. You can view the blog or you can click on New Post here and write your first post at Callaway Painters. You can also Edit your Profile here or edit your Account. Once you create a post you will notice that your dashboard has disappeared. To get back to your dashboard, just click on new post, and then from their find the link back to your dashboard. At some point in time the Google people will make navigating back to the dashboard easier but until then, the only other way is to sign out and then sign back in, which is a pain.
11. Once finished here, click on Sign out in the blue bar in the upper right hand corner of the page.
Now that you have your Google Account and have the Callaway Painters blog on your dashboard:
1. Go to http://callawaypainters.blogspot.com in your browser window.
2. Click on “Sign In” in the upper right hand corner of the page. It is way up in the banner bar where you see” Search Blog, Flag Blog, Next Blog, Create Blog and Sign In.”
3. You are now at the Blogger start page. In the upper right it says Sign in to use Blogger.
4. Enter Username. This is the email address you used when you set up your Google Account. Nothing else will work.
5. Enter your Password. This is the password you used to set up your Google Account.
6. Click on Sign In.
7. You will see your dashboard and can create a new blog of your very own which will appear with all the other blogs that belong under your email that you used to set up your google account. Or, you can post to an existing blog, one of which will be Callaway Painter’s.
8. All other buttons should be self-explanatory, but if you need additional help just email one of the existing editors or look in the blogger help files.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Field Studies
To view past messages click here and visit the Callaway Painters blog.
One of the values of painting from life is learning to observe more closely. When you get to the point in your painting career that you find you are actually learning from yourself it's a huge breakthru. What I mean by that is that you realize that it's your efforts that are the best teachers. Each time you go out to paint you learn something new either about painting or about yourself. Some how you file this new knowledge back in your memory to be used when you need it next. It's surprising how often something will jog your memory and you find it useful to have already gone down that path.
This is what we do when we go out to do field studies. A field study doesn't actually have to be any more than just that. It's a way of capturing what you see so you can use it again later maybe for a larger studio work. Plein air painters have found this act of doing field studies valuable because it takes the pressure off of doing a completed work. It's surprising how that label affords such freedom of expression and many times you end up with paintings that are completely sellable just as they are. Many collectors really enjoy collecting field studies and often times end up buying the companion studio work as well.
Today, if you have time, take a look at the field studies of Marc Hanson. http://www.marchansonart.com/ . Get inspired and if you want to go out and paint, call me and we'll go. I'll be in Pine Mountain this Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. I'd love to paint with someone and do some field studies.
Hope you have a great plein air day, Phyllis
One of the values of painting from life is learning to observe more closely. When you get to the point in your painting career that you find you are actually learning from yourself it's a huge breakthru. What I mean by that is that you realize that it's your efforts that are the best teachers. Each time you go out to paint you learn something new either about painting or about yourself. Some how you file this new knowledge back in your memory to be used when you need it next. It's surprising how often something will jog your memory and you find it useful to have already gone down that path.
This is what we do when we go out to do field studies. A field study doesn't actually have to be any more than just that. It's a way of capturing what you see so you can use it again later maybe for a larger studio work. Plein air painters have found this act of doing field studies valuable because it takes the pressure off of doing a completed work. It's surprising how that label affords such freedom of expression and many times you end up with paintings that are completely sellable just as they are. Many collectors really enjoy collecting field studies and often times end up buying the companion studio work as well.
Today, if you have time, take a look at the field studies of Marc Hanson. http://www.marchansonart.com/ . Get inspired and if you want to go out and paint, call me and we'll go. I'll be in Pine Mountain this Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. I'd love to paint with someone and do some field studies.
Hope you have a great plein air day, Phyllis
Thursday, July 12, 2007
What to do in the Summer months
During the Summer months its sometimes hard to get out and paint, but there are plenty of things to do to keep our supplies ready for that window of plein air opportunity. Some of us have working studios but others of us just have a shelf or maybe a closet that we keep our supplies in. Keeping our shelves organized is an on going project, but sure speeds things up when you find you need to rush out to catch the light before it changes.
What can you do today to get ready for your next plein air outing? First of all decide what kind of set up you need. If you need a pochade (po shod) box, then either make one out of a craft box, old cigar box, or purchase one from one of the suppliers like www.pochade.com/ or www.openboxm.com/ I have the pochade box made by the Judson Plein Air Outfiters and find it meets my needs, but the Open Box M looks like it would be a good box too and it will take a larger canvas. Both have accessories for different mediums. Don’t discount just taking a back pack and filling it with what you need either. You don’t have to get fancy, just get ready. I think this would be good for us to add an activity each day that we all can do to get ready for our next outing, so if you have a tip or suggestion, just chime in. All of us like to hear what other artists do to make working outside easier.
On the other end of keeping our shelves organized is the framing issue. What do you do for framing? Do you sell your work unframed and let your client select what they want, or do you make that choice for them. Do you have your framing supplies ready? We can talk about that too. In the meantime, don’t forget that we have a great sponsor in Garrett Moulding. Visit their web site at http://www.garrettmoulding.com/
Yesterday I mentioned that Carolyn Molder had won an award and some of you wanted to see a picture of Carolyn, so I dug out a photograph of some of the painters from this Aprils paint out and posted it at the top of this message. From left to right you will see, Phyllis Franklin, Durinda Cheek, Sandra Babb, Jan Heberger, and Carolyn Molder. Tomorrow I’ll show some other photos I ran across from the April paint out. I’ll post those to http://www.callawaypainters.blogspot.com/ so we can keep an archive that everyone can see and help promote our group at the same time.
Again, if you want to get out and paint any day, just post and I’m sure someone will want to go with you. Painting from life is the best way to continue to expand your painting experience, knowledge and pleasure.
Got news? Let us know. :) Enquiring minds want to know.
Get ready for your next Plein Air outing
During the Summer months its sometimes hard to get out and paint, but there are plenty of things to do to keep our supplies ready for that window of plein air opportunity. Some of us have working studios but others of us just have a shelf or maybe a closet that we keep our supplies in. Keeping our shelves organized is an on going project, but sure speeds things up when you find you need to rush out to catch the light before it changes.
What can you do today to get ready for your next plein air outing? First of all decide what kind of set up you need. If you need a pochade (po shod) box, then either make one out of a craft box, old cigar box, or purchase one from one of the suppliers like www.pochade.com/ or www.openboxm.com/ I have the pochade box made by the Judson Plein Air Outfiters and find it meets my needs, but the Open Box M looks like it would be a good box too and it will take a larger canvas. Both have accessories for different mediums. Don’t discount just taking a back pack and filling it with what you need either. You don’t have to get fancy, just get ready. I think this would be good for us to add an activity each day that we all can do to get ready for our next outing, so if you have a tip or suggestion, just chime in. All of us like to hear what other artists do to make working outside easier.
On the other end of keeping our shelves organized is the framing issue. What do you do for framing? Do you sell your work unframed and let your client select what they want, or do you make that choice for them. Do you have your framing supplies ready? We can talk about that too. In the meantime, don’t forget that we have a great sponsor in Garrett Moulding. Visit their web site at www.garrettmoulding.com
Yesterday I mentioned that Carolyn Molder had won an award and some of you wanted to see a picture of Carolyn, so I dug out a photograph of some of the painters from this Aprils paint out. From left to right you will see, Phyllis Franklin, Durinda Cheek, Sandra Babb, Jan Heberger, and Carolyn Molder. Tomorrow I’ll show some other photos I ran across from the April paint out. I’ll post those to www.callawaypainters.blogspot.com so we can keep an archive that everyone can see and help promote our group at the same time.
Again, if you want to get out and paint any day, just post and I’m sure someone will want to go with you. Painting from life is the best way to continue to expand your painting experience, knowledge and pleasure.
Got news? Let us know.
What can you do today to get ready for your next plein air outing? First of all decide what kind of set up you need. If you need a pochade (po shod) box, then either make one out of a craft box, old cigar box, or purchase one from one of the suppliers like www.pochade.com/ or www.openboxm.com/ I have the pochade box made by the Judson Plein Air Outfiters and find it meets my needs, but the Open Box M looks like it would be a good box too and it will take a larger canvas. Both have accessories for different mediums. Don’t discount just taking a back pack and filling it with what you need either. You don’t have to get fancy, just get ready. I think this would be good for us to add an activity each day that we all can do to get ready for our next outing, so if you have a tip or suggestion, just chime in. All of us like to hear what other artists do to make working outside easier.
On the other end of keeping our shelves organized is the framing issue. What do you do for framing? Do you sell your work unframed and let your client select what they want, or do you make that choice for them. Do you have your framing supplies ready? We can talk about that too. In the meantime, don’t forget that we have a great sponsor in Garrett Moulding. Visit their web site at www.garrettmoulding.com
Yesterday I mentioned that Carolyn Molder had won an award and some of you wanted to see a picture of Carolyn, so I dug out a photograph of some of the painters from this Aprils paint out. From left to right you will see, Phyllis Franklin, Durinda Cheek, Sandra Babb, Jan Heberger, and Carolyn Molder. Tomorrow I’ll show some other photos I ran across from the April paint out. I’ll post those to www.callawaypainters.blogspot.com so we can keep an archive that everyone can see and help promote our group at the same time.
Again, if you want to get out and paint any day, just post and I’m sure someone will want to go with you. Painting from life is the best way to continue to expand your painting experience, knowledge and pleasure.
Got news? Let us know.
During the Summer months its sometimes hard to get out and paint, but there are plenty of things to do to keep our supplies ready for that window of plein air opportunity. Some of us have working studios but others of us just have a shelf or maybe a closet that we keep our supplies in. Keeping our shelves organized is an on going project, but sure speeds things up when you find you need to rush out to catch the light before it changes.
What can you do today to get ready for your next plein air outing? First of all decide what kind of set up you need. If you need a pochade (po shod) box, then either make one out of a craft box, old cigar box, or purchase one from one of the suppliers like www.pochade.com/ or www.openboxm.com/ I have the pochade box made by the Judson Plein Air Outfiters and find it meets my needs, but the Open Box M looks like it would be a good box too and it will take a larger canvas. Both have accessories for different mediums. Don’t discount just taking a back pack and filling it with what you need either. You don’t have to get fancy, just get ready. I think this would be good for us to add an activity each day that we all can do to get ready for our next outing, so if you have a tip or suggestion, just chime in. All of us like to hear what other artists do to make working outside easier.
On the other end of keeping our shelves organized is the framing issue. What do you do for framing? Do you sell your work unframed and let your client select what they want, or do you make that choice for them. Do you have your framing supplies ready? We can talk about that too. In the meantime, don’t forget that we have a great sponsor in Garrett Moulding. Visit their web site at http://www.garrettmoulding.com/
Yesterday I mentioned that Carolyn Molder had won an award and some of you wanted to see a picture of Carolyn, so I dug out a photograph of some of the painters from this Aprils paint out. From left to right you will see, Phyllis Franklin, Durinda Cheek, Sandra Babb, Jan Heberger, and Carolyn Molder. Tomorrow I’ll show some other photos I ran across from the April paint out. I’ll post those to http://www.callawaypainters.blogspot.com/ so we can keep an archive that everyone can see and help promote our group at the same time.
Again, if you want to get out and paint any day, just post and I’m sure someone will want to go with you. Painting from life is the best way to continue to expand your painting experience, knowledge and pleasure.
Got news? Let us know.
What can you do today to get ready for your next plein air outing? First of all decide what kind of set up you need. If you need a pochade (po shod) box, then either make one out of a craft box, old cigar box, or purchase one from one of the suppliers like www.pochade.com/ or www.openboxm.com/ I have the pochade box made by the Judson Plein Air Outfiters and find it meets my needs, but the Open Box M looks like it would be a good box too and it will take a larger canvas. Both have accessories for different mediums. Don’t discount just taking a back pack and filling it with what you need either. You don’t have to get fancy, just get ready. I think this would be good for us to add an activity each day that we all can do to get ready for our next outing, so if you have a tip or suggestion, just chime in. All of us like to hear what other artists do to make working outside easier.
On the other end of keeping our shelves organized is the framing issue. What do you do for framing? Do you sell your work unframed and let your client select what they want, or do you make that choice for them. Do you have your framing supplies ready? We can talk about that too. In the meantime, don’t forget that we have a great sponsor in Garrett Moulding. Visit their web site at http://www.garrettmoulding.com/
Yesterday I mentioned that Carolyn Molder had won an award and some of you wanted to see a picture of Carolyn, so I dug out a photograph of some of the painters from this Aprils paint out. From left to right you will see, Phyllis Franklin, Durinda Cheek, Sandra Babb, Jan Heberger, and Carolyn Molder. Tomorrow I’ll show some other photos I ran across from the April paint out. I’ll post those to http://www.callawaypainters.blogspot.com/ so we can keep an archive that everyone can see and help promote our group at the same time.
Again, if you want to get out and paint any day, just post and I’m sure someone will want to go with you. Painting from life is the best way to continue to expand your painting experience, knowledge and pleasure.
Got news? Let us know.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Carolyn Molder Wins Award
Callaway painter, Carolyn Molder has won the Art Spectrum Award at the Alabama Pastel Society Member show for her 9x8 pastel painting “Fishing”. This was Carolyn's first win with pastel which she is very exicited about. The show judge was Terry Ludwig who makes custom pastels which he sells on his web site
http://www.terryludwig.com.
View more of Carolyn's work by going to http://carolynmolder.com/.
.:.
Congratulations Carolyn!
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Saturday, July 7, 2007
Maureen Smith Exhibits
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Maureen Butler Smith
recent works
at the Pettigrew Center
of the Fort Valley State University
Artist Series
featured artist for July 2007
On July 14th the Pettigrew Center will celebrate
its 25th Anniversary with events
from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Maureen will be doing
a painting demonstration.
The Pettigrew Center
1005 State University Drive
Fort Valley, Georgia 31030-4313
Maureen Butler Smith
recent works
at the Pettigrew Center
of the Fort Valley State University
Artist Series
featured artist for July 2007
On July 14th the Pettigrew Center will celebrate
its 25th Anniversary with events
from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Maureen will be doing
a painting demonstration.
The Pettigrew Center
1005 State University Drive
Fort Valley, Georgia 31030-4313
Possible workshop
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With Summer well on it way and the Spring Azaleas gone, many of us have retreated inside to our studios to paint from all the plein air studies we did. If you are one of these and would like to come to a workshop specifically geared to painting from your plein air studies, please let me know. I have an instructor who would like to come to the Callaway area and is fairly flexible with her schedule, so setting something up for a small group would be very possible this summer.
Hope everyone had a great day today. All the news programs kept saying how 07-07-07 was supposed to be a very lucky day. For me, every day I wake up and can go paint is a lucky day. *smile* Well, every day is lucky... right?
With Summer well on it way and the Spring Azaleas gone, many of us have retreated inside to our studios to paint from all the plein air studies we did. If you are one of these and would like to come to a workshop specifically geared to painting from your plein air studies, please let me know. I have an instructor who would like to come to the Callaway area and is fairly flexible with her schedule, so setting something up for a small group would be very possible this summer.
Hope everyone had a great day today. All the news programs kept saying how 07-07-07 was supposed to be a very lucky day. For me, every day I wake up and can go paint is a lucky day. *smile* Well, every day is lucky... right?
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