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Sequoia Foothill Art Show
50th Anniversary – Sequoia Foothill Art Show Veterans Memorial Building 35944 Hwy 190, Springville, CA March 26th & 27th, 2011 10am-4pm View art from the past Art & Craft Demonstrations Refreshments Silent Auction For more info and entry forms: http://www.springville.ca.us/2011sequoiafoothillartshow.pdf … Continue reading
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Here’s a bit of Taro by Janet Church
Do the best you can. That is your only flag. Hold your flag high. That is all you have. Creation is not making up. Creation is your attempt to get at the essential meaning of existence that YOU can see, … Continue reading
Flexible Art Tools by Janet Church
FLEXIBLE TOOLS: for the growth of your artistic perception. FLEXIBLE TOOLS: that you can USE to develop your skill in art. Traditionally, art has been a SEARCH for form, a search for the truth of how the artist felt about … Continue reading
Enhance Your Creative Process
If you are anything like me you just love creating beautiful imagery and nothing distracts from the joy of this creation process like working for hours using a software just to find out that it won’t do what you intended. … Continue reading
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A Blast from the Past
I’ve got to tell you when Anja’s daughter Lynne called me I was a bit surprised. I haven’t seen Anja Maki for years. I missed seeing her at Janet’s memorial art show, and I haven’t seen her for maybe 30 … Continue reading
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Tagged Anja Maki, Holly Overin Eisner, Joy Collier, plein aire artists
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What Does a Three Day Painting Trip Require?
Whew – I’m not sure if you’re anything like me but going anywhere for several days is a monumental effort on both ends, getting ready and returning home. Painting Gear • Clean it up • Make sure you have everything … Continue reading
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Tagged Painting in the outdoors, Painting Trip, Plein Aire Painting
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Tools for Drawing
1- Direction. Hold your arm straight out. Keep the stick flat against your thumb and forefinger. In other words, don’t poke or point with the stick. Pretend you are a clock. When you find the direction, swing the arm back … Continue reading
Taro’s Speech on Art Today
I want to explain what I believe and what I do. I am not here to argue. You can talk about art in a simple way and you can talk about art in a complicated way. Why do we paint? … Continue reading
Taro’s Mural
Takikawa Museum of Art and Natural History Takikawa, Hokkaido JAPAN Highlights: Tyrannosaurus and Protoceratops skeletons are included in the prehistoric exhibit. Taro Yashima in front of Kagoshima Science Museum mural at Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, February 25, 1969] … Continue reading
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Jan. 26th, 1969 Taro Class
Jan. 26th, 1969 Taro Class When you start a painting, you don’t know what is beginning, receiving, high spot and ending. You don’t know how much goes to what, how to make the delicate connections between them, how much to … Continue reading