Creative Catalyst Newsletter - July 10, 2007
CRAZY YUPO WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP SALE
You might think we’ve gone crazy or the heat has gotten to us because our Yupo titles sell so well, but for summer, we encourage you to expand your horizons! Therefore, we are offering, for one week only, all our Yupo workshop DVDs at $5.00 off regular price.
Buy any three DVD workshops and receive a coupon with your order for $10 OFF your next purchase of Creative Catalyst produced DVDs.
YUPO titles include three by George James AWS DF, NWS
Mastering Yupo,
The Artistic Process, and the Masters’ Class,
Designing for Content and Taylor Ikin wraps it up with her watercolor workshop,
Dancing with YUPO.
Share this sale with a friend and learn how controllable and versatile YUPO can be.
Learn more about the George James workshops
DRAW WITH CONFIDENCE: From Basic to Brilliant
The $5 OFF, Pre-Sale continues for this top-of-the-line drawing workshop. Artists of all experience levels will find this workshop will enhance their skills and speed up many of the processes previously time intensive.
MAKE IT PERSONAL With Your Point of View
A few years ago when I taught drawing at a local Junior College extension class, I had the students move outside to draw while enjoying a beautiful Oregon day. A particularly talented student was very frustrated with her drawing. It looked quite nice to me, but after talking to her for a moment, it became apparent she was not so much frustrated with the drawing but rather with what it said. It had missed the mark. She had been particularly attracted to a shadow cast across the bark of an old tree and the line and texture it created. Instead of focusing in on that particular aspect of the scene, she felt compelled to draw the entire tree AND a few others nearby. The result was that her drawing was less personal to her. Does that sound familiar?
Take ownership of your painting process by painting what interests YOU. Your paintings will have more energy and be more satisfying and unique! Here are a few examples.
If it’s a selected few flowers that interest you, why not zoom in on them and save the bouquet and it’s surroundings for another day. Likewise if it is the model’s hair that is her defining feature, make it dominant or perhaps change her pose all together for a more unique portrait. You’re in charge!
-Lynn-
“I want to paint men and women with that something of the external which the halo used to symbolize, and which ewe now seek to give by the actual radiance and vibrancy of our colorings.”
~ Vincent VanGogh ~
1853-1890
From Artist to Artist
compiled by Clint Brown