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plein air painting in N.J.
By Margepainting in a journal
By ANNEMARIE BOURKEJust want to tell you all about the fabulous journals available from John Purcell Papers
They have 50 sheets of Saunders Waterford 200lb paper in a hardback stitch bound book. They come in a4 anda3 sizes and are fantastic for sketching.
they cost about 14 pounds sterling
I take them with me when I go teaching or painting on the continent and have done so for many years, with the result that I now have a huge amount of reference for those rainy irish days.
the one tip I would give is just to say
DON'T BE PRECIOUS ABOUT YOUR JOURNAL
they are fabulous but a journal is a place for you to grow and develope
to make mistakes,and learn from them , it's not a showpiece that you have to stress out over
happy painting
Annemarie
Sometimes its not so important to know what an artist created, feeling it just might be enough
By Mehriban Efendiyeva
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Mehriban hanum, your expression of
arts has some very interesting points. I’d like to
concentrate on them. You said, “nice music drives you up,
and you lose your sense of reality”… Now, please tell how
does music help you get your ideas? Does the music style
matter? How, in your case, is music connected to the
drawings you later do?Yes, it is truth that a music which suits to my emotional condition drives me up.It is usually a spiritual one and also classical music too. I feel like in a trance and I really lose a sense of reality. Sometimes this condition is called meditating. While painting, I get an unusual feeling of being close to God, Space, and to the Universe. That mystic sense has been the primary inspiration that has allowed my imagination to transfer my feelings from the sub consciousness to the consciousness of a paper. And all this natural meditation experience started when I was 5 years old. Then, at the age of 7, I could not stop painting even though before I did not paint at all. What is abstract art in your point of understanding? As an artist, how do you think abstract drawings (since you happen to draw like that, and like it) should be accepted by viewers? I love freedom and independency and even though I obey to all the laws which help to prevent chaos. Abstract art is for me is expression of Your own point of view, your individuality. Not dictated by any rules or conditions. I am a surrealist artist. Surrealism, abstract or just modern art mentality is harder than one can comprehend. Sometimes people think that it is easy to paint some art piece which is not clear to understand, and complicated with figures or lines. But only professionals know that this ability requires more fantasy, and creativity. I am in love with classic art style too. I believe that without studying the basics of classical art one cannot create an art piece properly. Besides, all the knowledge, talent and hardship work the creativity also require to have a your self in order to express yourself. Sometimes it is not so much important to know what an artist created. Feeling it just might be enough. You participated in a “Surrealism Now” exhibition in Portugal, representing Azerbaijan. Please, tell us how you first got invited to the exhibition, what new attractions and views you experienced? How do works of other masters compare to yours? “The International Surrealism Now exhibition “which is organized by Bissaya Barreto Foundation in Portugal,Coimbra is a unique event gathering together from all over the world a great number professional well known surrealist artists. The aim of this exhibition is to show the Surrealism Art of 21st century, by leading surrealist artists of the world living and creating nowadays. For the first time the artists are all together demonstrating their masterpieces. This project was launched 2 years ago and started for the exploration and invitation of artists of the World. The opening ceremony was in the 20th of may 2010 in SANT´ANNA CONVENT AND BISSAYA BARRETO MUSEUM HOUSE in Portugal. My art picture of “Mugam” is being demonstrated to the public in this exhibition for the first time. It is a new picture and I started to paint it before getting the invitation from Santiago Ribeiro who expressed his wish for my participation in this art event, He considers that my style of expression is very imaginative and unique. He decided to send me the invitation even though the limits for participating was already finished and my situation was an exception. I value this exhibition, because there are so many interesting artists and it seems, that there are has been a revolution in the art world. I think, surrealist artists get more understanding and interest to their unusual style of expression in this ecologically disaster world, full of negativity. And international projects like this one break all the walls which divide us from the information and growth and joins people with different beliefs and culture. According to your biography, you’ve had nearly 15 exhibitions around the whole world, including Australia, Britain, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, France… Can you remember which exhibition are you most proud of? Anything interesting of those exhibitions you would like to share with us? I remember all the exhibitions, and they all have their own history and importance for me. But one of the most interesting was when I got the invitation from Australian well known digital artist Parys St Martin to participate in The International digital art exhibition of “Cyber art to the dining table”, in Australia 2003. The exhibition required art works in digital format, and even though I create everything with my hands, the organizers were glad to have me participated in the exhibition. With participating in this (unusual for me) art exhibition, I found new friends and we still continue our collaborations. A big role in my art career is my collaboration and mainly the friendship with an American residence of Tauni Greener, who lives in Montana (U.S). And everything started with a simple group exhibition of Azerbaijani artists in a gallery in Baku. She became my sponsor and art manager for several projects held not only in Azerbaijan, but also in USA, and other countries as well. She even got a proposal from Sony musical company designers to use my art pictures in Bob Dylan CD cover. This project we could not get off the ground for some reasons. At that time, I even did not have a web site and other necessary materials for promotion of my art. But she could organize a great personal exhibition in Montana, Bigfork and opened my website of www.mehribanefendi.com and organized a contract with Digi Pix company to print the copies of my pictures and found a sponsor as “Weatherford” company based on Germany which has led to my being discovered by art critiques. So that’s how it all started. Again, getting back to your bio, that states you as the leading specialist of the State Film Company of Azerbaijan, and also a member of film directors Guild of Azerbaijan, Union of Cinematographers Russia(CIS)… all of these pretty much connected with Film… being an artist, have you ever had anything to do with films? Have you ever considered acting, or directing? I am, in fact, a filmmaker too. I work at the film Studio of “Azerbaijanfilm “as the head of the department of preparation to shooting films. I have worked in many Feature and TV films as an art director and as a costume designer too. One of my last international film projects was “Absurdistan “ by famous German film director Veit Helmer, of German/Azerbaijani Production. I was the costume designer for this interesting film which has gotten more than 15 international prizes as the best film in more than 50 film festivals around the world. I am proud of my work in such Azerbaijani films like “Hotel Room” by Rasim Odjagov, Melody of Space and “Strange time” by Huseyn Mehdiyev, which won 4 international prizes like in Madrid film festival. I know one thing, that whatever I do, I like to do it with a full heart and imagination. Wherever I am, I carry the main mission of my creativity of spreading to the world through my art pictures. And that is love, Peace and Harmony. T. Teymur /Today.Az/ |
http://www.today.az/news/entertainment/68941.html
Custom Orders – Painting by Personal Guidelines
By Laura BarbosaThere is nothing more confining then having someone who is not an Artist tell you how to paint. For me, this is a love/hate relationship because I get awesome clients most of the time and bad clients every so often.
In dealing with a person who insists that they know art better than the artist (Bad Client) can be very challenging. This is where you MUST separate yourself from the soul of painting and become a worker to whomever has hired you. You will know whether the client you have acquired for your custom order will be hard to deal with or a pleasure right from the start. As Artists, we can feel what kind of experience is to come! People that do not have a sense for true art usually order cheap work. This is the first sign of trouble. The second sign is a list of letters and demands telling the artist how EXACTLY they need to paint their artwork. As a professional, you must remain very PATIENT and COMPOSED in order to pull this kind of work out of the hat, so to speak. If you really need the money like most of the starving artist’s who survive solely on painting for profit do, you must adhere to your client’s guidelines and this can be daunting. Especially when you know the art will look horrible the way they want you to paint it.
My recent decision to stop all custom commissions that delegate my talent in unfavorable directions is a good one. It is a good choice for the mind and the soul to NOT take orders that disintegrate your artwork by any means.
A good client is one that orders with great enthusiasm and confidence that the Artists will finish the piece on their own and use their talent to achieve what they have ordered without a list of demands.
My advice for people who are ordering custom artwork: You must first LOVE the Artist’s style of painting before ordering anything. The second thing is that you must have 100% confidence in the chosen Artist’s talent. The 3rd and most important thing is not to demand Your Own Style and try to change your artist in any way. You must rejoice in your Artist and LOVE their art full heartedly, if you don’t, than any machine can handle your task efficiently and to your exact specifications.
If you are an ARTIST and wish to share your story, please leave a comment! Thank you
History of Painting
By Adrian
art for art's sake: part one - art history from the renaissance
to realism
Below is the second part of a series on the art movements that
shaped the arts that we know today.
How To Price Quote An Art Commission
By AdrianBy Ben Zoltak
How much will it cost me?
When I meet someone from around the world, someone not from my home country of the USA and I tell them I am an artist they tend to ask a question that my countrymen don't often ask. Namely they ask, what is your art about? In my country people sometimes get around to asking that question, but more often they ask, how do you make a living as an artist? Or how much does your art cost? It can be daunting at times to jump right into bottom line figures for creatives who feel the entire reason they pursue artistic endeavors is because they don't want to fill their heads with the trappings of commodity or materialism. But talk to an artist who has lived in this money-driven world for awhile and you'll find they aren't afraid to throw some numbers at you. As well they shouldn't, the so called starving artist is just another stereo-type that the world would do well to be rid of completely. Artists need to gain vigor when speaking about the worth of their art.
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