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-
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
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