I am taking a Class at the John C Campbell Folk School with WAYLAND MOORE teaching. We had orientation Sunday night with Wayland talking about many different subjects. He has lots of drawings and paintings to demonstrate what he speaks about and also started and worked a painting himself to further demo. We started painting Monday Morning.

Now he asked us if we mind if HE paints on our canvas. I told him I won’t mind as long as it is not on the final layer. I want it to be MINE…but I don’t mind him teaching me on the levels the eye won’t see.

He did so on my first piece. I was struggling with this inside, but also trying to see what he wanted me to. He was trying to teach me depth and height on a painting along with levels of lighting. A bit much for me at first and I can see that I am on my way to “getting it”!

I hope we will paint more as I don’t feel they are finished.

People that have seen my work would look at the two I have started and NOT believe this is my work!

I asked him to really challenge me on the second with levels by choosing my subject. It is a cathedral window from a black and white photo.

Today I hope to start two more. Next post perhaps I will get my photos of painting on.

Laura

Today the wood thrush did not sing.
The air seemed still and wrong,
Without his fluty, flighty song.

The humming birds buzz in a rush.
Swooping, feeding, fighting jewels,
But they will never be the thrush.

Contrasting gifts these tiny birds
Whose song is but a twitter,
And the reclusive singing thrush,
Whose glitter is his song.
Rodney Roe

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Poll question from EmptyEasel.

I saw this in Tony Moffitt’s Art Blog and thought it was a terrific idea: a handout kit for your buyers, like the press kit that companies send to the media.

As in everything else, advertising is the name of the game. You have just sold your work and this kit gives you the opportunity of reaching people not there at that moment.

It could be just an envelope with some pictures of your art work still for sale, a short bio, a list of galleries or places where you are exhibiting. Make sure to include your business card with information about how to reach you, the address of your website if you have one, an email or telephone number.

Just imagine, somebody just bought one of your pieces, took it home and showed it to his or her friends and family. Now with the kit, they can show their enthusiasm about their buy, sharing with them more information about you and your work.

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Not as spectacular like the previous Northern Georgia Falls pictures and thank God not as serious as the photos of cars and houses submerged in the water we are seeing on TV, but this photo shows our backyard yesterday during the rain. Half of the fountain lower tier is covered by the water and the whole back was a lake slowly advancing toward the house.

Today the sun is drying most everything. We’ll see what tomorrow brings us.

How about you?

Tocoa Falls

Amicalola Falls

From the Xanadu Gallery page:

A one-day intensive workshop where you will learn everything you need to know to get into galleries and sell more art

Saturday, October 10th, 2009

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Have you always dreamed of creating your art full-time? Are you selling your work and tasting success, knowing that others appreciate what you have created? Are you ready to take your art career to the next level and start selling your work in galleries?

You are invited to participate in an exclusive marketing seminar that will put you on the path of reaching your goal to become a professional, full-time artist. This unique seminar will give you marketing insights from Scottsdale, AZ gallery owner and author J. Jason Horejs.

Amazingly, despite the fact that there are thousands of workshops and courses providing artists with opportunities to learn new artistic techniques and skills, there are very few opportunities to learn about the practical side of the art business, especially when it comes to the topic of finding the right galleries to carry your work and how best to approach them. Finding a great demand for information in this area, Horejs developed this intensive workshop that will provide you with an inside understanding of the gallery business.

Armed with the knowledge of what gallery owners are looking for, what groundwork needs to be laid ahead of time and how best to present themselves, Horejs believes every artist can successfully find good representation for their work and generate sales.

For more information about the workshop visit Xanadu Gallery.

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Poll question from EmptyEasel.

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