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PRACTICE for PAINTING COLOR & LIGHT; ART CONTEST

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Homework for Painting Color & Light

Here is a little assignment you can do, or not, but if you would like to, take the challenge and see what you come up with.
I would love to see what you come up with and maybe blog some of it. If you do something pretty cool, attach it to me in and email. Well, don’t attach it to me, attach it to an email and email it to me to my personal email.
WayneAndreason@Gmail dot com

Art Contest 

(I just got an idea forming in my brain, this is now an art contest or a painting contest, or maybe a coloring contest, either way, see below, or the bottom, or the end of this blog for details.)

Just Color These

If you can figure out how to download these drawings, or save them to your computer or device, print if you wish to paint traditionally, or work digitally if you’d rather. Or do your best to draw them.
Then color them.

Variations of a theme. 

Colored-Mushrooms-lineSM

Take these mushrooms and make set different. That is, color them different colors, explore different light, colors and what ever. We have an example at the end of this blog if you want to see some possibilities.

Complex things are made of basic shapes

practiceDrawing

Bare in mind, that most things are built with basic shapes, so this is simplified. Take it and decide what you will do with it. Light source and direction. Warm light, or cold, dark and dingy or light and cheery, you decide, add detail if you like.
Santa Claus (AKA Father x-mas) on a Tropical Island

SantaBeachValue

So Santa is on the beach. See what you can do with color on this one. Is it morning, is it noon day, is it evening, morning, or night? You decide. Do one in the day and one in the night if you dare. Same scene but Night vs Day.
Mad Scientist in his Laboratory

jakes

This is an awesome black and white that Jake Parker drew during his Inktober phase last year. This could be realy fun to color, heck it’s fun just the way it is. Think of what you could do with color. You could use harsh light, contrasted by soft light, maybe some creepy fog. Have fun with it. This should be fun for comic book and graphic novel lovers.
and this is “below, the bottom, and the end of this blog”

contest details: 

Entries must be emailed to me WayneAndreason@gmail dot com (that’s code, figure it out, the dot means period and there are no spaces) as an attachment in the form of JPEG, no later than one week from today, Okay, 8 days, take Sunday off and go to church for a change. (this was an attempt at humor, please don’t take offence, I can only be so PC)

We will find some artists in the community to judge the artwork who will choose 1 to 4 winners, depending on how many entries we get. Or maybe I should say 0 to 4 winners as we may not get any entries.

By entering a piece or more, you are giving permission for that piece to be displayed on the internet etc. Just in case.

The winner/winners will get a FREE Folio Academy art lesson course of their choice.

Contestants are not allowed to EVER be offended by Will’s or my attempt at humor. We mean no harm, except to that girl named Tammy who tore up a picture I drew of a dinosaur back in second grade. I do mean to offend her but she can still enter. I promise I won’t tear it up. I think her last name was Roundy.

and oh yeah, you can’t go around selling it as your own work as the drawings are drawn by Will Terry

and Jake Parker who are famous artists and hold copyrights.

have fun.

EXAMPLE: COLORED MUSHROOMS

So we took the mushroom theme and ran with it to give you and example of what you could do.

Colored-Mushrooms

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PS if you know Tammy Roundy that went to Lincoln Elementary school in Salt Lake City about 45 years ago, tell her to friend me on FB. Any of you may friend me too. thanks. Your best friend, Wayne  https://www.facebook.com/wayne.andreason

Illustrate the word, Confined.

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How would YOU Illustrate the word, Confined?

What do you do with your spare time?

confined
This is a “Quick and Dirty” that Will Terry did in his, otherwise, spare time. He did this a long time ago for Illustration Friday.
You would thing that he wouldn’t have any spare time with his busy schedule. He deals with FolioAcademy, teaches college art and Illustration classes at Utah Valley University and he spends a lot of time in the boardroom. That is what we call Mother Nature. So a nice hike to clear you head is basically a trip to the board room.

Illustration Friday word or phrase to illustrate

Every week, Illustration Friday has a different word or phrase that they put out there for all their followers to have a go at. The thing is, they don’t really pick a winner. I mean, they don’t choose the winner for it’s merits, I think. In fact I think they just randomly choose one each week to display as the winner.

Artist Jim Madsen, I’m his best friend, has been submitting almost every week, and he his Dang good. They finally chose one of his paintings, (Last Friday, Feb, 14, 2014) for the “random”, pick of the week.

PREHISTORIC

We Should do a Folio Friday weekly competition 

I have thought that would be a good Idea and a lot of fun to allow any and all of our peeps, that is, those follow this blog or use Folio Academy, to enjoy a similar thing but with some kind of judging system that chooses the winner. And they win something like a trip for two to Florence Italy, a brand new car, or our art courses at Folio Academy. (Which ever costs less)

 

Naturally there would be a lot of times when several pieces are near equally good and we would inevitably choose one that may not be the exact best but rather, the best according to our judges opinion. And I don’t want to ever hurt anyone’s feelings, especially one of my peeps. So if we ever do this, and I do want to, I am just apologizing in advance for not choosing YOU every time.

Any way, it may be awhile till we get that, or not, what say ye? I am still pretty stupe when it comes to running a blog, so if you have an opinion, you should let me know via my personal email. wayneandreason at gmail dod com. (that is in code to keep bots from spamming me.

In the meantime, this week’s winner for the word, confined, is the above cat in the cage by my good and probably best friend, Will Terry.

Liberty, the world’s longest tie-dye is back

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Orriginal Record Holder Demands a Recount. (re-Measure)

Liberty: World Record, Largest Tie-Die

Worlds Largest Tie-Die

The current, or previous world record tie-dye held by Artist Masami Shaingai of Tokushima Japan is considered a part of Japanese national heritage, so Guinness requested a re-verification of the new world record held by American artist Inez Harwood.

Liberty took four months to tie-dye.

Using over nine-thousand zip ties to hold the 950 pounds of fabric and one-hundred-twenty pounds of dye. (Dry weight) Dye that was generously donated by California based company Dharma Trading Company, who helped get the word out about the project on their blog. On rinse day, fire rescue volunteers pumped approximately 300, 000 gallons of water to rinse of “Liberty”. Official measure of Liberty is 2945 feet and 7 inches, 200+ feet longer than the record held by Artist Masami Shaingai ofTokushima Japan. Shibori, the Japanese version of tie-dye is a traditional art in Japan and the current Japanese world record is considered a part of Japanese national heritage, so Guinness requested a re-verification of the new world record held by American artist Inez Harwood. The official remeasure will be calculated by Greg Loweden of Hunt Land Surveying Inc. of Weaverville California. Since the first measure was completed while the fabric encircled two holding pond and was still wet from the rinse, Lowden feels the remeasure could be significantly longer. He has started a local betting pool to benefit the local high school, that offers a prize to the person who can guess the exact measurement of Liberty. (email glowden@velotech.net for more information)

Contact: Inez Harwood (646)397-5385 or (801)874-6184 inez@greyforeststudio.com vibrantprotest.com

Contact: Terry Nagle (530)739-9366 terry@unseen-arena.com unseen-arena.com

Last March Artist Inez Harwood set out to break the world record for longest tie-dye. Harwood wanted fabric sourced from cotton grown in the United States, however finding a piece of domestic fabric long enough to break the world record wasn’t easy.   The search for fabric made from domestically grown and milled cotton took many months as Harwood searched local textile suppliers, the internet and finally, took to calling textile mills; through this research Harwood found that a very high percentage of American cotton is outsourced to places like the middle east and China for the spinning and weaving process, then shipped back to the U.S. The search ended in the discovery of Inman Mills in South Carolina. “I care about the American’s who have lost their cotton textile jobs. So I named my world’s longest tie-dye, Liberty that’s how this became my vibrant protest. “Says Harwood.Expecting to pay a premium, Harwood was surprised that the price of the high quality domestic fabric undercut the foreign equivalent by a significant percentage.

Liberty took four months to tie-dye. Using over nine-thousand zip ties to hold the 950 pounds of fabric and one-hundred-twenty pounds of dye. (Dry weight) Dye that was generously donated by California based company Dharma Trading Company, who helped get the word out about the project on their blog. On rinse day, fire rescue volunteers pumped approximately 300, 000 gallons of water to rinse of “Liberty”. Official measure of Liberty is 2945 feet and 7 inches, 200+ feet longer than the record held by Artist Masami Shaingai ofTokushima Japan. Shibori, the Japanese version of tie-dye is a traditional art in Japan and the current Japanese world record is considered a part of Japanese national heritage, so Guinness requested a re-verification of the new world record held by American artist Inez Harwood. The official remeasure will be calculated by Greg Loweden of Hunt Land Surveying Inc. of Weaverville California. Since the first measure was completed while the fabric encircled two holding pond and was still wet from the rinse, Lowden feels the remeasure could be significantly longer. He has started a local betting pool to benefit the local high school, that offers a prize to the person who can guess the exact measurement of Liberty. (email glowden@velotech.net for more information)

Harwood visited the Trinity county area this month to attend several meetings with local civic leaders, businesses and artists aimed at blustering the local economy through e-commerce and tourism centered on the Saint Francis Festival and an official re-measuring of Liberty the worlds longest tie-dye. Harwood’s focus is on attracting attendees of the remeasure event to local businesses and events taking place during the Saint Francis Festival. In her interview with ABC (channel 7 news) Tracy Leong, Harwood said, “ I think we should start voting for the home team.” Harwood believes that if U.S. citizens choose to buy American products first, the current economic crisis will resolve itself. (to see a webcast of the interview visit http://vibrantprotest.com/2013/08/13/vibrant-protest-liberty-is-going-places/) If you are interested in seeing “liberty” the worlds longest tie-dye it will be on display at the Unseen Arena in Hayfork California during the Saint Francis Festival September 25th– October 6, 2013. To find out more visit vibrantprotest.com or unseen-arena.com

CAN PINTEREST HELP IMPROVE YOUR ART?

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I must think so or this would be a really short post right?

First let me just say that I’m like a lot of you – “NOT ANOTHER SOCIAL MEDIA SITE!!!” I know I know – but trust me – Pinterest is worth it…and you can get in and out quickly!

I will show you how to find out what people think of your work.

For starters lets deal with that title – what if I told you that there is a way to see how your art stacks up against your competition? What if you could be that fly on the wall in the office of an editor, art director, agent, or fellow artist? What if you could know what people really think of your work? I’ll show you a very simple way to use Pinterest to do just this.

1. Make your own Pinterest account

BUT do it by logging in from Facebook or choose the setting so that every time you make a “PIN” it updates facebook.
Why? So people see your pins, visit your board, and re’pin your pins.

2. Type a Key word in the “search bar”.

In the “search” bar at the top of the Pinterest page after you’re logged in – type in something like “illustration” or “Children’s illustration” or “characters” and hit enter.

3. Click on “boards”

4. Click on a piece of art that interests you.

You might want to scroll a little – pick a goody! Ok – now pick five images to “re-pin” AND – pin them to your illustration board.  (I figured all this stuff out so if I can do it a snail can do it – I mean a snail with a high school educations. Sorry snails :( …make sure you REALLY like the images you’re re-pinning. These need to be images that you really admire and perhaps wish you’d created so be picky!  Also – if you don’t pin really good stuff people will ignore your board and that will kill this whole experiment.

5. pin one of your own images.

Now pin one of your own images and then throughout the next year or so, repeat this ratio – a handful of other artist’s images to one of your own.  I suggest you pin from your website or blog so that if people click on them they come back to your portal – but that’s not what this post is about. (You should still do it for marketing reasons.) There’s a way to download some thing-a-ma-jig to your browser so you can “pin” from any site – I don’t remember how I got it to work, you could ask a snail. I think I googled “how to pin with Pinterest” or something like that. I need one of those snails to do that stuff for me.

6. Below is a look at my illustration board on Pinterest. If you go there or zoom in, you can see how many times each image was “re-pinned”, or not re-pinned. – and here in lies the magic! You get to see how many votes or “pins” each image gets including your own. In a way people are casting their votes in an impartial way – self serving! They see something they like and they re-pin it for themselves. This is more valuable than a critique from friends in some ways because it’s a rather large sample size and it’s honest. The people pinning don’t really know or care that you’re looking at the data this way -they’re just grabbing images for future consumption on their own boards.

link to Will Terry's Pinterest boards

So how can Pinterest help you improve your art? You can learn a lot by seeing what people like and don’t like. If you’re work isn’t getting re-pinned as much as the other work you pin you have some work to do – but not in the blind – because you can see exactly what images people respond to the most. You might want to make a list of the things the popular images have in common – then compare to your work. However, this could also be a little dangerous if you follow it too closely and copy what is getting votes – you could become a follower- you still have to innovate but in order to create great art you have to consume great art!

Pinterest is in my opinion a very valuable tool for inspiration, strategy, and marketing – I’m starting to get emails and messages from customers who are finding me on Pinterest – and I hear it’s the fastest growing social network! so get pinning!

The Teacher In Me

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App makers

The teacher in me is excited to teach the student in you.

The teacher in me wants you to find out what you can do.

The teacher in me knows what it’s like to have dreams come true and wants yours to come true too.

 

The teacher in me is afraid you won’t do what you need to do – but the teacher in me is still rooting for you.

The teacher in me lives through your triumphs.

The teacher in me knows you will fail again and again but prays you won’t quit.

 

The teacher in me can’t wait to see the teacher in you.

The teacher in me wants to be taught by the teacher in you.

 

Classes begin for me again today at UVU and I love it!

When I’m not teaching at FolioAcademy you can find me at UVU. I get so much out of teaching. Last semester in my children’s book class I gave my students the option to work on story apps. A hand full went in that direction and it was really fun to see what they came up with. We didn’t have time to work on their stories since it is an illustration class so they lack some of the polish that taking a children’s writing class would provide – but they learned by doing and are that much further along.

 

Here are a few of the apps they created last semester…

but one is missing :( Alicia VanNoy Call had her (TOTALLY AMAZING) app rejected by Apple twice because it didn’t have enough animation/interactivity. They wanted her to publish it as an iBook but she doesn’t want to do that for various reasons – so it’s in limbo at the moment.

I will really miss this group of kids – we really had a lot of fun!

Kitty Wants by Ginny Tilby (pink sweater)

 

 

Ricky the Fortune Cookie by Jared Salmond (second goof from the right)

 

 

Jumping Jackie by Kari & Von Brimhall

Jumping Jackie is from my long time college friends Kari & Von Brimhall – They did an amazing job animating their app using Talespring.com …if you want to see what’s possible at Talespring you should check out their app! I love their enthusiasim for creating ebooks and story apps. Kari is a homeschooler who’s kids are flying the coop and doing very well at college and now she and Von are living out their dreams creating for the pure love of it. They are one step ahead of me in that they already created a website to showcase their titles called instant sunshine.