~ July 2008 ~
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July 3rd, 2008 ~ Education
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is only one week to the start of my first four day workshop!
Participants can choose to take a one day class at $48. for the
day or three or more days at $38. per day. If you wish to attend
the demo and lecture in the morning only, the fee is $22. I strongly
recommend the Thursday introductory class for those of you interested
in design, technique and materials for working in watercolor.
The principles and elements of design will be covered in depth
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Quotes
On Education:
"A
man's mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently
cultivated or
allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it
must, and will bring forth.
If no useful seeds are put into it, then an abundance of useless
weed-seeds
will fall therein, and will continue to produce their kind."
~ James Allen
"If
you think education is expensive, try ignorance." ~ Derek
C. Bok
"There
is nothing harder to learn than painting and nothing which most
people take less trouble about learning." ~ G. K. Chesterton
"An
artist who is self-taught is taught by a very ignorant person
indeed." ~ John Constable
"Live
as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live
forever." ~ Mohandas Gandhi
22"
x 30" original watercolor ~ *Sold
"Spring Peonies V"
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July 7th, 2008 ~ Influence
| As
I prepare for my workshop this week, I've been thinking a lot
about all the art instructors that have helped and influenced
me. I firmly believe that when the student is ready, the teacher
will appear. Knowing and studying with Monte
Guynes
had one of the greatest effects on my art and career. Since he
has passed, I am so grateful that I had the courage and determination
to travel out to California and take his workshop. You never
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Quotes On
Influence:
"The
influences may be subliminal and subtle but all that surrounds
us
in some way changes how we see things and who we are." ~
Martine Gourbault
"Example
is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing."
~ Albert Schweitzer
"The
life I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and that
in turn another,
until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place
my touch
will be felt." ~ Frederick Buechner
"Monte's
Flowers"
16" x 20" ~ Double
Matted and Framed
silver level ~ original watercolor ~ $399.00
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July 10th, 2008 ~ Accomplishment
/ Watercolor Workshop
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Robert H. Schuller
said; "Today's accomplishments were yesterday's impossibilities."
Instead of the new Sunflower painting I was going to post today,
I thought I'd show you a photo of two of today's workshop participants.
Neither Lee or Joyce had worked in wet-in-wet watercolor before
and Joyce had never even drawn, let alone paint, prior to today!
What do you think about their work? Hard to tell theirs from
mine, isn't it?! I'm impressed. They left here very happy campers!
See my demos
on: http://www.sketchingeveryday.com
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Quotes On
Accomplishment:
"Look
at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not
a day
when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything
to do, and you've done it." ~ Margaret Thatcher
"The
supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play."
~Arnold J. Toynbee
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July 14th, 2008 ~ More Accomplishment
/ Workshop
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The past four
workshop days whizzed by and took my energy with them. Drained
but enthused, my head is swimming with ideas for the next one,
scheduled for mid September. I'm limiting this seminar to four
students so I will be able to give plenty of personal attention.
I think it is already filled. The students enthusiasm has enhanced
my desire to teach them.
See my demos
on: http://www.sketchingeveryday.com
See students' work at: http://www.sandysandysweblog.blogspot.com
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More Quotes
On Accomplishment:
"Having
once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs
of tedium
and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished
a tiresome labor is immense." ~ Thomas A. Bennett
"Great
things are accomplished by talented people who believe they
will accomplish them." ~ Warren Bennis
"There
is nothing in this world you cannot accomplish if you are willing
to forfeit your deposit." ~ Robert Brault
"Miss Sunshine"
16" x 20" ~ Double Matted and Framed
silver level ~ original watercolor ~ $399.00
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July 17th ~ Workshop Feedback
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My next Watercolor
Workshop, Sept. 12th - 14th is filled! I'm planning another,
limited to four students on September 20th - 21st. Check my main
web site for more information - coming later today! I handed
out questionnaires at the end of the last session. If you could
see me right now, you might possibly notice an increase in the
size of my head!
See my demos on: http://www.sketchingeveryday.com
See students' work at: http://www.sandysandysweblog.blogspot.com
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What was
your favorite thing about the seminar?
"Personal
attention, great space! " ~ Carol R.
"Time
spent with others doing something I love and learning together."
~ Judy S.
"Having
(making) time to paint." ~ Carol A.
"Working
with you and sharing with the other members of the class. It
was neat! "
~ Lee G.
"You
provided a wonderful climate for learning. I loved drawing to
the
background music , not distracting; instead, relaxing. Acceptance
and encouragement helped immensely." ~ Joyce K.
"Fun Times"
8" x 10" ~ Silver Level ~ original watercolor
Double Matted and Framed ~ $149.00
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July 20th ~ Colorado Adventure
| Tomorrow
I will be in Colorado! It is an exciting adventure for me to
get back out to the Rockies in Summertime. I can hardly wait
to connect to the grand spirit of the mountains and soak up nature's
beauty like a sponge. |
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Quotes on
Adventure:
"We
are all, in some sense, mountaineers, and going to the mountains
is going home." ~ John Muir
"Art
is on the same adventure as Science, with this difference, that
science tries to
comprehend nature's body while art tries to apprehend her spirit."
~ F. B. Housser
See trip
pictures and updates on my "Sketching Everyday Blog" and "Web
Log".
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July 24th ~ Communication
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This morning
I'll be going into the town of Crested Butte, CO to visit the
Rijks
Gallery.
I'll be giving a talk on Hummingbirds in the morning and doing
a Drawing Demo there in the afternoon. I hope to share with others
what I know. Ideally, I'll make connections, exchange thoughts
and communicate feelings.
Check out my
sketching everyday and web log for updates about my
trip!
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Quotes On
Communication:
"What
comes from the heart, goes to the heart." ~ Samuel Taylor
Coleridge
"Keep
communications simple and direct; everyone will appreciate this."
~ Jeff
Davidson
"In
the end my art is a dialogue between two souls... yours and mine."
~
Allison Merriweather
20"
x 24" original watercolor
Double Matted and Framed ~ $549.00
"Energizing Altitudes"
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July 28h ~ More on Adventure
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I'm sitting here
in the Denver airport laptopping you from a bar. I've still got
an hour and a half until my flight leaves. Hopefully it will
be a perfect ending to a perfect trip. I've got lots of photos
- over 400 - to inspire me. Here's one taken by my friend, Sally.
Check out the beautiful
photos of her last trip to Greece.
I hope she posts
some of the great shots she got while we were out this week!
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More Quotes
On Adventure:
"Go
and dare to create your own adventures." ~ Elana Lindquist
"We
live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure.
There
is no
end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with
our eyes
open." ~ Jawaharlal Nehru
Check
out my Web
Log for
more photos of this gorgeous rugged country
and see my Colorado sketches on my Sketching Everyday Blog.
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July 31st ~ Nature
| I've
been back home since early Tuesday morning. I still feel in some
kind of a time warp between the mountains and the coast however.
My body is back to sea level but my head is still in the clouds. |
Quotes on
Nature:
"The
artist and the photographer seek the mysteries and
the adventure of experience in nature." ~ Ansel Adams
"Art
will never be able to exist without nature." ~ Pierre Bonnard
"Nature's
own masterpieces will never go away. If I am able to
cast just a few of them in favorable light, and convince you,
the viewer, to look at them again with greater appreciation and
perhaps a fresh perspective, then I have succeeded as an artist."
~ Scott L. Christensen
This photo of me was taken by Sally Vennel.
Check out my Web
Log for
more photos of this gorgeous rugged country
and see my Colorado sketches on my Sketching Everyday Blog.
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See
these peony paintings in the June Spirit Art Archives
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