Posts tagged with: portrait with patterns
The show runs from July 9th – 29th at the Federation of Canadian Artists
241 Cartwright Street
Vancouver, BC, V6H 4B7
Phone: 604.681.2744
Click here to read more about the subconscious drawing technique.
This technique has been developed with The Big Picture Art Project in mind. The Big Picture Art Project is a collective art work where artists from all over the world are sharing stories in drawings.
Here are some other posts that can give you some ideas and inspiration to participate in this one of a kind art project:
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- Visit our page “I don’t know how or what to draw” to see actual examples and techniques you could use and captions.
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- Visit this post on the Artist’s Network blog No need to know how to draw, Use the No-Phone Selfie technique.
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- Visit this post on the Artist’s Network blogHow your simple drawings can be part of something big?
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- Make a monoprint with this fun and easy technique, working from a reference picture
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- Don’t draw it, Stamp it! Check out this alternate way to draw On the Artist Network
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- How to Have Fun and Embrace Imperfections in Your DrawingsVisit this post on the Artist’s Network blog
I have been re-working some of my favourite life drawings recently for a new series of drawings made available on my online store.
Some drawings are heavily patterned:
You can see a video of the making of that drawing here:
I also worked with fluid acrylic on a series of life drawings:
Painting on the edge is the 15th Annual Open International Juried Exhibition at the Federation of Canadian Artists :
The show runs from July 18 to August 6, 2017 at the Federation Gallery
Summer Gallery Hours
Effective May 20 – September 31
Monday – Sunday, 10:00 – 5.00
Gallery located at
1241 Cartwright Street
Vancouver, BC, V6H 4B7
We’re located on Granville Island, accross from the Granville Island Hotel and Performance Works.
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In 2016 Forest Dream has won third place and in 2015 Slice of Life, Louise won second place.
From Acrylicsworks: Value is one of the key art elements of any two-dimensional artwork. To many artists, value represents the single most important element of a painting. The compositional structure that the tonal values create in a painting is the framework that holds everything else—color and detail—together. In a complex painting, the artist generally decides on a value key, whether in the light or dark range, or a full range of values from black to white. It is tonal value that most creates the illusion of three dimensions in an artwork, and it is also the foundation of composition. One cannot overstate the importance of value in painting and drawing.
For the AcrylicWorks 5 contest, we are looking for excellence in acrylic painting in a variety of styles and subjects. The dominant medium must be acrylic, but some minor use of other media is acceptable. If selected, you will be asked to write about your painting in relation to the theme Bold Values. This could be interpreted through your creative or technical process, materials and/or artistic inspiration.
For the AcrylicWorks 5 contest, we are looking for excellence in acrylic painting in a variety of styles and subjects. The dominant medium must be acrylic, but some minor use of other media is acceptable. If selected, you will be asked to write about your painting in relation to the theme Bold Values. This could be interpreted through your creative or technical process, materials and/or artistic inspiration.
Very nice to see Green Bouquet and Slice of Life-Louise in this selection of gorgeous acrylic paintings!
Color has the power to demand attention, quicken the heart and transport us to another place and time. The virtuosos featured in AcrylicWorks 4 have successfully employed acrylic paint to capture and use that power to magnificent effect.
This brilliant collection features 127 paintings from modern-day acrylic artists. The artists themselves reveal acrylic painting ideas, tips and secrets, sharing how they play colors against each other–light and dark, bright and soft, delicate glazes and bold impasto–to make their paintings sing. They share secrets for creating mood, capturing a subject’s personality and conveying the spirit of an animal in the wild. And how they approach subjects ranging from a shock of sunset sky, to the liquid ripples of antique glass, to purely abstract color play.
It’s the kind of collection that reminds artists why they paint and gives art lovers a real appreciation for the breathtaking possibilities of this most versatile medium.
“Color is the very soul and spirit of a painting.” –Diana Lee, p75
See you for my open studio 🙂
I am number 17, page 10 on the brochure.
You can pick up the brochures at many location on the North Shore or download it from the NVCAC website here.You can also browse the many participating artists profiles here.
I am number 17, page 10 on the brochure.
You can pick up the brochures at many location on the North Shore or download it from the NVCAC website here.You can also browse the many participating artists profiles here.
The “First Western Canadian Artists Portrait Exhibition (2017)”, exhibiting live portrait works by 28 artists ranging from 2006 to 2016, as well as portrait works by numerous renowned Canadian artists.4th Feb.to 9th Feb at the International Arts Gallery in Vancouver.
What is great about this exhibition organized by Herman Zheng is that the accent is put on the models, without them, there would be no portrait paintings.
Sophie in front of her painting!
Some of the models with their paintings in the show
The show will run from January 10 to 22 at the federation gallery in Granville island.
GALLERY HOURS OF OPERATION:
Tuesday – Friday, 10:00 – 4:00
Saturday – Sunday,
10:00 – 1:00 and 1.30 – 4.00
GALLERY HOURS OF OPERATION:
Tuesday – Friday, 10:00 – 4:00
Saturday – Sunday,
10:00 – 1:00 and 1.30 – 4.00
1241 Cartwright Street
Vancouver, BC, V6H 4B7
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