BeckerArt FLOAT-YOUR-PIGMENT Newsletter April 14th, Facebook Live

Published: Tue, 04/14/20

Hello

Welcome to the FLOAT-YOUR-PIGMENT Newsletter #255, Facbook Live

Week Four and are you sure you know what day it is. It is very strange when you don't have an exact schedule you have to keep, it tends to jumble all the days together. Well, it's Tuesday because here is your BeckerArt Float-Your-Pigment newsletter.

Been working on setting up a virtual classroom program and also working on demonstrating on Facebook Live, which is what I will explain in this newsletter.

The next workshop that I have planned after the stay at home order is lifted will be at Dillman's at the end of June June 28-July 3, 2020. It hasn't been canceled and you can sign-up online HERE. If the workshop gets canceled due to the Covid19 pandemic you will receive a full refund or you can transfer your registration to another class at a later time.

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NO CLASSES at the Civic Center in Libertyville until further notice.

NO CLASSES at the BeckerArt Gallery until further notice.

Facebook Live Demonstrations

I finally have been practicing with the digital world of communicating and it has taken me to the world of Facebook Live. It has been me in my studio alone painting demonstrations for the camera on my smartphone and I broadcast on Facebook Live for anybody that wants to watch. So far I have broadcast 2 demonstrations that are posted below on YouTube or you can go to my Facebook Page to find the videos there.

The lessons are all free and if you would like to use the lessons and try to paint them, be my guest. You can run the videos over and over to see how I have painted them.

I plan on doing an advertised demonstration every Saturday morning at 9:30 am CST. you can tune in at that time or you can just watch it afterward on either Facebook or YouTube

I try to keep the videos under 40 minutes but I decided not to edit the videos after the live broadcast so you can see everything I paint and talk about in real-time.

I also will do live demonstrations without notice as I am painting a lot so I may just decide to record it when I am working at my studio. So go and follow my Facebook page and stay tuned.

I also have put in place a way to buy my demonstrations online on my website. Each day of this pandemic I plan on putting up a daily painting and that painting will be put up for sale on my website. I'm doing this to help fund keeping my Studio/Classroom/Gallery open during this hard times for small art businesses.

Stay Safe!

David

BeckerArt Facebook Live Demo of Vienna Church Interior

BeckerArt Facebook Live Demonstration Sunset Sailboat

WORKSHOPS and DEMOS of 2020

WORKSHOP Lake Superior Watercolor Guild, W/C, Duluth, MN, CANCELED

DEMONSTRATION_DILLMAN'S FEST at my Gallery in McHenry, IL. May 3rd CANCELED

WORKSHOP Dillman's, Lac Du Flambeau, W/C, Wisconsin, June 29th to July 2nd INFO HERE

WORKSHOP Vermont Art Event, W/C& Acrylic, Burlington, Vermont, July 27th to July 31st CANCELED

WORKSHOP Thousand Island Art Center, W/C, Thousand Island, NY, August 4th to August 6th INFO HERE

WORKSHOP Goshen Painters Guild, W/C, Indiana, August 13th to August 15th INFO HERE

WORKSHOP Dillman's, Lac Du Flambeau, W/C, Wisconsin, Aug. 31st to Sept. 3rd INFO HERE

WORKSHOP Artisan Expo, W/C & Acrylics, Santa Fe, MN. Sept. 24th to Sept. 26th INFO HERE

WORKSHOP Sangamon Watercolor Society, W/C, Springfield, IL. Oct. 9th to Oct. 12th INFO HERE

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TV Artist of the Week

First there was William Alexander and then Bill trained Bob Ross to take his place for the first of the video TV painters. Bob Ross became more of a household name for the painters on TV and to this day people still love watching his quiet voice telling us to love the happy little trees and squirrels.

Even as a watercolorist I feel it is good to watch how Ross paints so directly and it kinds of helps a watercolorist paint very directly. Sit back now and then and watch the Bob Ross Magic, he's fun to watch paint!

See all Bob Ross' videos on YouTube HERE

Daily Paintings to Purchase

Every day during this pandemic I plan on putting up a daily demo painting on my website that will be for sale on my website. A lot of art instructors and artist are struggling through these stay at home order times as many of our classes, workshops, paint parties, and demonstrations have been canceled, so I am starting to sell the demonstrations that I do in my classes at extremely low prices to help keep some funds coming in to help keep my BeckerArt classroom/studio/gallery open.

All the paintings are original works of art that are
10 x 14" in size and have been done as a demonstration in a classroom or as a live demonstration.

Thanks!

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