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SAN FRANCISCO
OPEN STUDIOS
 Stefan
Baumann and Armand Cabrera will
be participating in the 2005 San Francisco Open Studios.
Open Studios is a unique and fun way for the public
to meet artists, see where artwork is created, explore
San Francisco's diverse neighborhoods and build collections.
October 15 & 16
11 am - 6 pm
A map and guide to SF Open Studios will be available
soon.
Check this site for more information:
http://www.artspan.org/open_studios.php
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Outdoor Painting
in Watercolor
By Larry Cannon
 Watercolor,
as an outdoor medium, has a long and distinguished history
extending from before J.M.W. Turner and the great British
painters of the 19th century to the California Impressionists
and to today’s excellent outdoor watercolorists.
Once considered primarily as a means to
create composition and color studies for later oil paintings,
watercolor has emerged since Turner’s time as
a medium in its own right for finished outdoor paintings.
While watercolor does have some logistical
advantages over other mediums, it presents some special
challenges. The weather of the day can greatly affect
the painting process – causing the paper to stay
wet for what seems like forever to the other extreme
of drying too fast to allow the proper adjustment of
edges. Patience is a must.
Learn
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Master
Outdoor Painters
 Winslow
Homer
By Armand Cabrera
Winslow Homer was born on February 24, 1836 in
Boston and raised in nearby Cambridge. At nineteen, Homer
was apprenticed to a lithographic shop. He found the job
monotonous, so at twenty-one, Homer left to launch himself
into a career as a freelance illustrator.
Although self-taught, Homer excelled in drawing. After
moving to New York City Harpers Weekly, the most prominent
American Magazine at the time, hired the young artist as
an illustrator. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Harpers
Weekly sent Homer to the Virginia front. Instead of depictions
of battles, Homer focused on the daily life of the troops.
His honest portrayal of the soldiers has become one of the
best historical records of how they dressed and lived.
Learn
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Quote
of the Month
“A painter who begins and finishes indoors, that
which is outdoors, misses a hundred little facts…a
hundred little accidental effects of sunshine and shadow
that can be reproduced only in the immediate presence of
Nature.
This making of studies and then taking them home is only
half right. You get composition, but you lose freshness;
you miss the subtle and, to the artist, the finer characteristics
of the scene itself.”
~Winslow Homer
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 Helpful
Tip
Thanks to Jordan Hines from San Francisco for sending
us this Helpful Tip!
Organize your Brushes!
Drill various size holes into your palette along the edge,
just a bit smaller than the ends of your brush handles.
This will allow you to store and have access to several
brushes at once. It also organizes your tools, which saves
time and leaves your hands free to paint. No more fumbling
for the right brush!
With order and quick access to your art materials you will
now be free to focus on making your painting great! |
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Plein Air Florida is a
network of Florida artists
who paint on location.
Here you will find information on plein air painting events,
artists, groups, exhibits, galleries, workshops and more.
www.pleinairflorida.org/
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Armand Cabrera
Outdoor Painting Workshop
Tubac, Arizona
Oil & Acrylic
February 13 - 17, 2006
Beginner - Advanced $585.00
Armand will teach how to mix accurate color.
Focus will be on all aspects of successful painting: concept,
drawing, form, composition, color and harmony.
Kathy Reyes:
520-398-9222
www.losreyes.com
workshops@losreyes.com
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Discover the secrets
of outdoor and studio painting from
plein air master,
Stefan Baumann,
the star of the
National PBS series, "The Grand View".
The techniques acquired in these
dynamic classes will broaden your skill and teach you timeless
secrets of the craft.
Learn More...
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Have an Outdoor
Painting tip to share?
We’d like to share your tips with
our Outdoor Painting readers.
Please send your tips to
diane@outdoorpainting.com
Be sure to include
your name, city,
state and email.
Please note: Not all tips will be published.
Should we decide to publish your tip, we will include
your name, city and state with your tip. Anonymous tips
will not be published.
Thank you very much!
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