Heads up my people….My art is on exhibit at Fleet Feet Corp. Office in Carrboro for the month of April. It will be up one more week. I have a new invention too there…I have four batiks that have lights behind them…very cool looking. Check it out. Fleet Feet Corp. office is open 9am till 5pm Monday through Friday…you can just walk in and look. The building is on W. Franklin St., on the left, stucco contemporary building right before Franklin merges with Rosemary.
Hi my friends…
I just want to let you know that I have seven pieces of art on exhibit at “Jack Sprat” cafe in Chapel Hill on Franklin St. So if you are in or near Chapel Hill, NC…please stop by and have some java and look at the art that is up.
Ciao!
Sorry my readers for being absent for a little while…Been taking a break…In between summer and fall semesters…and trying to enjoy the no homework…no reading…(although I am reading for my next course and for pleasure)…thing…
Will be back in the swing soon…Watch for my next art tip!!
Jesus said..the number one commandment…the most important one…is
to love others as you would love yourself…
Haters…take note…
Tip for the day…acrylic paint and hobby paint…you know the bottles of paint to paint craft stuff like wooden houses…etc…that is so cheap…is literally almost the same thing as tube acrylic…except it is thinner…so if you like a thinner paint…not thick…I often have to water down my paint to get washes…buy these…You can luck out and get them for $.50 a bottle…WOW…much better than over $3 a tube…
Remember:
Do not sit by while your rights are taken…You have the right to vote…Many many people in our world do not have this…do not have the right to speak their opinion…Some of our so called representatives in government are trying to chip away at the rights your Constitution guarantees you…Do not let them…speak out…vote …protest…I am old enough to remember the 60’s and 70’s, when this was the way…You still have the right to speak your mind…stand up…Grassroots movements …that is how all major changes are done…
Nearing the end of my course in Digital Media. I want to thank my fellow students and my professor for a wonderful experience. This course was really fun…and I enjoyed learning about how to use GIMP, digital /graphic editing program and how to use Windows Live Movie Maker…I intend on working further with both of these programs as I continue to explore my life and my art!!!
In my Art 106 course we had to do an artist presentation and I choose to do Cai Guo-Qiang, Chinese born artist who now lives in NY. He is a very creative artist who uses gun powder and fireworks to create art on paper and in the sky. In addition he is quite an amazing sculptor. Below is a link to my paper. Please do a search on Youtube to see more of his work…it is very unique and very cool!!
I love this organization…Charity Water…They provide clean water for third world countries where many can not get clean water.
Another fav charity of mine…Donors Choose….They are a charity that you can go to and pick out public school teachers to help with funding arts projects. Unfortunately in our world…the first thing to get cut by greedy politicians is education and the arts…Extremely sad…our children are the ones who suffer from this…This organization makes it possible for teachers to have the supplies they need. I taught pre-school for ten years..many a time I spent my own money buying supplies for my kids…their website is:
Take some time and donate a little to these two charities…The rewards are awesome…I get letters from the children I have helped with donations for arts projects…and pics…it is so cool!!!!
When using chalk pastels…or basically doing any drawing…put a blank piece of paper under your writing hand to keep that hand from smearing what you have already done…works great…
Have foam peanuts from receiving packages? Make a good use out of some of them…they make great blending tools for chalk pastels and pencil drawings..
Once you have a layer done when using pencil or chalk…but you need to add to it more…spray your piece with fixative…then let dry. Then start your next layer…This will keep it from smearing the bottom layers..when you add on top..
Pencils!! Do not waste your money buying fancy smancy pencils…Go to your hobby store…or drug store…Look for pencils for kids…you know the ones that have all the fun colorful sides…and white erasers. They are very soft…their erasers do not leave smudges on your paper…They are fantastic…and you can sometimes get them four for a dollar…sometimes a whole pack for a buck…
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