Creative Catalyst Newsletter - July 31, 2007
JACQUELINE SULLIVAN COLLAGE DVD
Now’s your chance to join Jacqueline Sullivan as she demonstrates the unlimited possibilities of collage. Learn how she layers tissue, cheesecloth and aluminum and selects the medium to use for each texture for durability. Jacqueline clearly explains the differences between Golden mediums. In addition to stencils and metallics, she incorporates everyday household items and discusses how to analyze your design for a better composition.
This DVD is perfect for collage artists of any level and style.
Great Workshop - CHEE’s CRINKLE PAPER TECHNIQUE
Learn to work with watercolor from master artist Cheng-Khee Chee. You learn to achieve a sense of texture, atmosphere, dappled light and dense foliage without painting details. Chee shows you the tips that make the difference between success and frustration!
This Creative Catalyst watercolor workshop contains two complete demonstrations. It’s a wonderful workshop from one of America’s living masters.
REASONS TO BE HAPPY
Recently, I became bummed because I exceeded my listening allotment of NEWS. In reaction, I began thinking about all the great things in my life, and ART ranked high for so many reasons!
Aside from the occasional creative frustration, art is a wonderful constant source of pleasure. It provides opportunities for personal growth. We can challenge ourselves and celebrate when we see progress. We can share what we create with others in the form of gift giving.
Art provides an opportunity for social interaction when painting with friends, watching a CCP DVD workshop together (forgive me for slipping in that plug….) or taking a class together. It has been through art that I have made some of my best friends, and it has been through ART that I’ve been able to, now and then, admire the work of Mother Nature while Plein air painting. I think we also get the side benefit of seeing more: colors, values and patterns than the average non-artist. In addition, I enjoy art museums on a very personal level. It is as if I connect with the painters of long ago.
So permit ART to be important in your life. Honor it, it is far more than only a past time to be pursued after the “laundry gets folded”.
-Lynn-
“To be an artist is to believe in life”
~ Henry Moore
1898-1986
From Artist to Artist
Compiled by Clint Brown