BeckerArt FLOAT-YOUR-PIGMENT Newsletter Jan. 1st Happy New Year... The Beginning

Published: Tue, 01/01/19

Hello

Welcome to the FLOAT-YOUR-PIGMENT Newsletter #189 Happy New Year... The Beginning

Happy New Year!

Thanks to all that wrote back to me last week that loved and laughed at last weeks Comedy Art Videos. This week in my newsletter I hope to help you with your resolution if your resolution is going to be like many artists, which is painting more.

My April workshop trip to France is almost full with those of you that emailed me first. Once I hear more about who is going and how many more spots will be available I will open it up again to others that may have not seen the notice for this workshop.

At the end of this month, I will be heading to Florida for 2 weeks of Dillman's festivals, a workshop, and 2 paint parties. To get more info on these festivals, workshop and paint parties scroll down to the schedule.

January 10th the Lakes Region Watercolor Guild will have Steve Puttrich as the guest demonstrating artist. This is a demo you don't want to miss!

For those of you that are or have been on the committee of the Lakes Region Watercolor Guild while I have been President, I am offering a 1-day free workshop for you on January 14th from 9am to 4pm. I will bring it up again and give more info at the meeting on the 10th.

Dad Report: dad has been recovering so super and has done so well, however with all good news there seems to always be some bad. The bad news is that my dad now needs a hip replacement. I feel if he got through the last 5 ailments the way he did, a hip replacement will hopefully be nothing like what he went through this fall.

Yes to Class at the Civic Center in Libertyville, Thursday, Jan 3rd 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm

Yes to Class at the BeckerArt Gallery in McHenry, Saturday, Dec. 29th 9:00 am to 11:30 am

Happy New Year... The Beginning

As we head into the beginning of a new year I know many artists have one resolution they try to keep and that is to paint more. Is this a resolution you try to keep? I'm not sure why it is a resolution for so many of us artists but most of us that try to keep this resolution by painting more than once a week usually break the resolution pretty quick. I usually tell my students to not make resolutions that are unrealistic and hard to keep.

I suggest to my students to keep the resolution simple like trying to be creative every day with small things like sketching, photographing, reading about art, Talking with other artists about art, watching a movie or teaching video or anything at all that is creative. This is a much more realistic resolution to keep up with and can be just as informative and important as just painting more.

Being more creative will be my resolution this year along with trying to get more organized.

Instead of making a resolution to paint more make a resolution to just be more creative.

I wish you well in your quest to keep your new years resolution.

Happy New Year!

David

Speaking of beginnings, I have posted a great video below I saw about the evolution of watercolor which I thought was really interesting... give it a watch.

The Evolution of Watercolor - A Closer Look

WORKSHOPS and DEMOS in 2019

Dillman's Festival, Ft Myers Beach Art Association DEMO, Florida, January 26th
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Dillman's Festival, Marco Island Center for the Arts DEMO, Florida, January 27th,
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Marco Island Center for the Arts WORKSHOP, Florida, January 29th-30th,
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Dillman's Festival, Dunedin Fine Arts Center, DEMO & Paint Party, Florida, February 1st
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Dillman's Festival, The Villages, Demo & Paint Party, Florida, February 2nd
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Morris Watercolor Guild WORKSHOP, IL, March 1st,
Information to come

France Workshop WORKSHOP,France, March 13th-27th,
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Dillman's Acrylic WORKSHOP, Lac du Flambeau, WI, June 3rd - 6th
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Vermont Art Event WORKSHOP Classes, VT, July 29th - August 2nd,
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Cheap Joes WORKSHOP, Boone NC, Sept. 9th - 13th
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Dillman's Watercolor WORKSHOP, Lac du Flambeau, WI, Sept. 23d - 26th
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Artist of the Week Steve Puttrich

Steve has been the artist of the week before, but I wanted to show you his amazing work again since he will be demonstrating January 10th at the Lake Region Watercolor Guild. Steve teaches at the Palette and Chisel and if you had taken my class when I was teaching at the P&C, I totally recommend Steve's class to replace mine, he is one amazing artist and teacher.

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For any other info please email me at david@davidrbecker.com