Link for Free Webinar for the rest of the session

The following is a  email notification I received for the new webcode to be able to attend the web classes presented through Wet Canvas on the upcoming weekends.... 

Here is a new web class registration code so you can continue taking these FREE live art classes. This code is now universal meaning you use it for all the remaining web classes until April 17.  So please store in where you can find it easily. You will get a reminder each week. Please click on the link below and type in your name and your email address. Double check your email address because Johannes will be sending you hand outs and other class related matters so you don’t want to miss this. F&W Media (publishers of The Artists Magazine and most of the art related educational books distributed in the world) and Johannes are looking to see you back this coming weekend  on Saturdays and Sundays from 3 to 5 PM Eastern Standard Time.

Registration Web Link: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/616569648

Wet Canvas Webinar

I just finished watching the first of 12 weeks of Live web classes made available by Wet Canvas.  The first class discussed how to use photographs for your paintings and how to avoid the pitfalls of the camera. There was lots of great information so I thought maybe you would want to register also.  I have the information from the web site and how to register in the following paragraphs below. You will also need to register as a member to www.wetcanvas.com to get the class handouts.  The link for the handouts will be at www.wetcanvas.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?=553.  Let me know if you think the classes helped spur some new ideas for your paintings!

 You're invited to take free, live and interactive web art courses on weekends. Johannes Vloothuis, an award winning professional artist, will host a series of web classes, Every Saturday and Sunday Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM EST until April 17. Join him this weekend for How to Use Photos to Create Stunning Landscape Paintings: Do you feel stuck in your painting? Do you find yourself second guessing what will your next step will be? Even if you have never painted or painted a little, how about starting your art with a good foundation? We all rely on photos to develop our paintings, but how much of the information should we include or edit? Johannes Vloothuis, an award winning, professional artist will host a 12 weekend complete course on how to use photos to create stunning paintings. He will provide answers and help you overcome the common problematic areas in your paintings that result from photo dependency. Click here to register and join him and many others fellow artists in this unique course!


https://www1.gotowebinar.com/register/589190704

Exploring Color and Texture while catching up...

I am posting a painting I just finished that is  also a part of the Weekly Artist Challenge.  The original photo was one I submitted in August of my son, quite a few years ago, while at Cafe Du Monde in New Orleans.   After the initial sketch I lost the feeling for the painting, but the work I have  been doing in the last  few weeks, exploring texture, helped me get back into the frame of mind to finish it.  Once I dug  in, I remembered how fun it is to sometimes  let go, not trying to go for exact reality.  All the while experimenting using different colors than normally would be used in portraiture to capture the New Orleans  atmosphere!




Sketch done in August



Finished Painting of "Memories of Cafe Du Monde"