Creative Catalyst Newsletter - July 17, 2007
TRY-SOMETHING-NEW Chinese Brush Painting - $10 OFF SALE!
We encourage you to try something new this summer with a $10 savings! on this DVD workshop.
Learn brush dexterity from master artist Kwan Jung while you marvel at his handling of this ancient art form. Kwan is one of America’s leading Chinese Brush painters.
In this DVD workshop, Kwan starts with a tutorial on materials and then demonstrates, from several different camera angles, exactly how to hold your brush. You learn the impact of sizing on paper, how to double load a brush, suggested strokes to create a variety of effects …and many more invaluable lessons. You then progress through six different demonstrations, each of a classic Chinese brush-painting subject. Even though Kwan’s workshop was one of Creative Catalyst’s early productions, it is still one of the best DVD workshops on the subject!
Note: Offer applies to the DVD NOT to the VHS (which is already half price).
Learn More About This DVD & try something new this summer
LAST CHANCE TO SAVE on DRAW WITH CONFIDENCE: From Basic to Brilliant
The pre-sale ends this week when this DVD arrives in our warehouse.
Enhance your drawing skills and speed up many of the processes you have previously found to be time intensive with this content-rich drawing DVD by David N. Kitler. DRAW WITH CONFIDENCE: From Basic to Brilliant.
Artists of all experience levels will benefit from this DVD workshop.
One woman’s observation about what makes an ARTIST
Have you ever asked yourself “What makes a person an artist instead of just a painter?” The answer to that frequently asked question was again brought home to me this week while filming Carla O’Connor.
For me, a PAINTER is someone who finds joy in the act of painting, frequently has a preconceived idea of the end result before beginning and is directed by the ‘object’ being painted. In addition, there is often an element of risk-aversion in a painter’s way of attacking a painting.
An ARTIST is frequently inspired by visual stimuli, is inwardly driven, permits the painting to ’speak to them’ and is as interested in the creative process as in the result. An artist is willing to ‘risk it all’ for the improvement of the whole. They are willing to alter much more than a few edges to improve a painting. Artists are also willing to spend as much time thinking about their composition as they are painting.
I watched Carla wipe out entire areas to strengthen her painting (even her “favorite” section). She was brave and exercised the power of design. The result was wonderful “¦ a learning experience on so many levels. This is going to be an excellent workshop.
-Lynn-