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Volume 5, Number 3

In This Issue

OutdoorPainting.com Congratulates Joseph Paquet
Politics, Prose & Painting in Washington DC
Maye River Gallery
Creating large Scale Paintings and The 7 “P”s
More about Edges and Composition
Master Outdoor Painters
Quote of the Month

Joseph Paquet has been honored with another award! Congratulations to Joseph for his great work.

Joseph Paquet
Corner of Kent & Selby, St. Paul - 24" x 30" Oil
First Place Award, Landscape
Richeson 75: Artist's Choice Competition

Politics, Prose & Painting in Washington DC

Armand Cabrera
Chinese Restaurant 8 x 10 Oil

OutdoorPainting.com’s James Gurney was in Washington DC with his wife, Jeanette, last week as part of his Journey to Chandra book tour. “Politics and Prose Bookstore and Coffeehouse” hosted this exciting gathering. After the book signing, James and his wife took time out of their busy schedule to paint outdoors with Armand Cabrera. They found a cool looking Chinese Restaurant to paint near the bookstore. Author and painter, Patrick O’Brien, (www.patrickobrienstudio.com) joined the group…and a good time was had by all! Check out James’ notes and painting of the restaurant on his March 13th blog.
http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2008/03/politics-prose-and-painting.html

AN EXCITING NEW ART GALLERY OPENING
IN SOUTH CAROLINA!
Run by artists – many of them OutdoorPainting.com subscribers
http://mayerivergallery.com/

Creating Large Scale Paintings and The 7 “P”s
By Charles Muench

Kenn Backhaus - Still Life with Pheasants

Charles Muench

“Prior Planning and Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance.”

This old Army adage holds true when endeavoring to create large paintings. A minor compositional error will go mostly unnoticed on a 9” x 12” canvas. Enlarge that same error on a 36” x 48” canvas and you have a major problem obvious to everyone. The key to creating successful large paintings is to simply slow down. Small plein air paintings are like 100 yard dashes, you are relying on sheer adrenaline to get you through the race. A big painting requires the pace of a marathon runner, even and measured. Before begin a large painting you should ask the following question:
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More about Edges and Composition
By Stefan Baumann

Stefan Baumann - GV ranch One of the keys to creating movement in a composition is allowing the viewer to flow from one object to another. Decreasing the use of hard edges facilitates this. Balance is the key to beauty, and having a variety of both hard and soft edges is the secret to creating a masterpiece. By softening the edges of the objects, the eye is able to move through the objects so that the entire composition is experienced.
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Master Outdoor Painters

Arthur Wesley Dow
By Armand Cabrera

Arthur Wesley Dow was born to a poor family in Ipswich, Massachusetts. After Dow graduated from High School, he was unable to afford to go to college. He did, however, receive further training from Reverend John Cowles, a retired seminary teacher, who taught Dow Latin, Greek and Mathematics.
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Quote of the Month

Art is the most useful thing in the world and the most valued thing. The most useful is always that which is made as finely as possible and completely adapted to its purpose: the most valued because it is the expression of the highest form of human energy, the creative power which is nearest to the divine.
~Arthur Wesley Dow

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ARMAND CABRERA OUTDOOR PAINTING WORKSHOP

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Tucson, Arizona

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October 23 – 26
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October 12 - 17

Join us near Luray, Virginia to paint the spectacular Fall Colors.

Stay at the River’s Bend Guest Ranch and paint rolling hills, horses, barns, cows…and the beautiful Shenandoah River.
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