BeckerArt FLOAT-YOUR-PIGMENT Newsletter July 28th, Textured Rocks

Published: Tue, 07/28/20

Hello

Welcome to the FLOAT-YOUR-PIGMENT Newsletter #270, Textured Rocks

Hello from Duluth, MN, where I am painting up a storm! Since there are so many waterfalls and rocks and boulders up here on the North Shore of Lake Superior I have decided that I am going to go over painting rocks in this newsletter, see below

Next week I will be around the 1000 Islands New York area conducting a workshop so please check my website or below for info on my weekly classes.

Yes Class at the Civic Center in Libertyville with Sue MacFarlan will be July 30th from 1pm to 3:30pm

NO CLASS at the BeckerArt Studio in McHenry August 1st

Email me at Beckerart@gmail.com for any info you may need about my classes.

Textured Rocks by Scraping

Like I mentioned above I am in Minnesota on the North-shore of Lake Superior and painting a ton of rocks and boulders. I didn't have enough time to film my own video on how to use the credit card or palette knife to scrap away the top of a rock to create texture or to form a rock but this video below from CheapJoes videos you can get a really good lesson on how I do the exact same thing. If you look at the Lighthouse painting above you can see how the affect looks when using it to get light and texture to the tops of the rocks

Watercolor Techniques - Scraping to Create Texture

BeckerArt WORKSHOPS and DEMOS of 2020

Pre-recorded demo this Wednesday the 29th on my YouTube Channel

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 CANCELED

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

Product of the Week
P lein-air Painting Umbrella

If you are painting outside and in the sun may I recommend this great attaching umbrella that can be attached to your easel or any object close by.

It's always important to remember to not paint with the sun shining directly on your painting surface.
Buy it here

Artists of the Week

Stanislaw Zoladz

One of my favorite subject has to be rocks and water and seeing through the water. This artist does it just perfectly... great work!

PAINT-A-LONG PLEIN-AIR COMING UP

BeckerArt demonstration paint-a-long will be pre-recorded and then downloaded on Thursday July 30th. Hoping to do something outside plein-air so no photo supplied until after I paint it.

YouTube Channel

Daily paintings available at BeckerArt.net
Please be aware that if you order a painting anytime after July 24 to August 16th I will be away conducting workshops and will not get the chance to mat or ship a painting that you may have bought in between those dates. I will not get to send them until After I come back on the 16th.

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