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Welcome to the FLOAT-YOUR-PIGMENT Newsletter #286 Trying New Stuff
Happy Veterans day week! Thank you to all you Veterans, I hope nobody ever forgets what you Veterans have done for us all. I was to have my Never Forget Armed Forces Exhibition this Veterans Day but due to the Virus I have postponed it again... It will happen and I will never forget!
Time sure does fly as I think back on how busy I was a year ago with so many workshops, classes, demonstrations, and paint parties. Fast forward to Covid19 and I can't believe how different 2020 is and how different 2021 will be. In a couple of weeks I will no longer be in my storefront studio but going back to my home studio and teaching my classes with The Studio in McHenry like I had done back when I started them there in McHenry. The building I was housed in has sold and the new
owner has some new plans for the building and that would make my rent just be too hard to handle at this time. All is good and things will be fine as I finally will get the chance to organize my home studio and get it working as good and maybe even better than my storefront studio. As I am organizing and getting out of the building I have come to notice that I have way too much stuff and that stuff will be for sale at the BeckerArt Gallery Closing sale this coming weekend November 14th and 15th.
From Noon to 3 pm on both days at the BeckerArt Studio located at 3314 Pearl Street, in McHenry IL.
In 2 weeks I will be doing a dual live and online workshop together in Hibbing Minnesota for the Borealis Art Guild. This was a last-minute workshop, so I will keep you posted on how it went.
Yes to Class at the Civic Center in Libertyville November 12th from 1pm to 3:30pm
Yes to Class at the BeckerArt Studio in McHenry November 14th From 9am to 11:30
For the last 3 or more years I have had the opportunity to work with a few art supply companies and test their products and at the same time get the chance to let the company know what I thought about those products. Recently I have been working with the Holbein and the Legion paper company testing many of their mainline products and also with many of the new products that they are and have been developing.
Just last week I had the chance to test a masking film to see if it would work on the Stonehenge paper and I used 2 different oil paints on a new surface that Legion is looking to bring to the market. I also just found out last week that Holbein makes colored gesso in 24 different colors.
So why am I telling you all this... because while I have been trying new things it has helped my painting development immensely and as a teacher I love passing along lessons that help out my students. So may I suggest that you try new things. Try a new color, a new kind of paint, maybe a new paper or a different kind of surface. Try a new style or copy an artist's work that you admire and try bringing it into your medium and surface.
Try painting outside or painting under a different light. Mix different mediums together like I have mixed my acrylics with my watercolors and it really has helped out both mediums. By doing things differently now and then it just helps you grow as an artist. You don't have to switch to those new mediums or styles it just means you learn and grow as an artist when you try new things.
As a beginner you want to stick with the same things over and over until you learn to handle that certain medium, style, and surface you are using, but once you get past the basics that is when you want to try new things.
Getting comfortable with certain paints and paper is a really good thing and I'm not saying you should stop using those things you like, I'm only saying it is fun to try new things and it helps you grow as an artist.
If you can find classes and workshops where everything is supplied, that would be a great place to try new things, and this helps in that you don't have to purchase high-cost supplies just to try them.
Happy Veterans Day!
David
BeckerArt WORKSHOPS and DEMOS of 2021
WORKSHOP The Villages, WC, Villages, FL. January 11th and 12th INFO HERE
WORKSHOP The Villages, Acrylics, Villages, FL. January 13th and 14th INFO HERE
WORKSHOP Gold Coast Watercolor Society Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Feb. 16th 17th and 18th INFO HERE
WORKSHOP Michigan Water Color Society, Battle Creek, MI. June 1st, 2nd and 3rd INFO HERE
WORKSHOP Dillman's, Lac Du Flambeau, W/C, Wisconsin, June28th - July 1st INFO HERE
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another watercolor artist found online that I found have some amazing stuff.
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BeckerArt Demo/PAINT-A-LONG
Learning to paint from a Black and White photo to create your own color scheme.
This coming Thursday Nov 12th at 6:30pm CST
See the live video by following this link HERE
BECKERART DAILY PAINTINGS
Daily paintings are available for purchase, on sale $150 now $90 dollars, order on my website.
The sales of these original paintings are to help me keep my art business open.
Thank you in advance if you purchase one!
Click HERE to buy my daily painting below
Shop Amazon by clicking the logo below to help me fund this newsletter... Thank You! If you are looking to help me fund my BeckerArt Studio/Classroom during this Pandemic may I suggest purchasing a daily painting and for those that want to help a small business stay in business click the Donate button below. For those wishing to send a donation you
can do it to:
BeckerArt 3314 Pearl Street, McHenry, IL.60050
THANK YOU! For any other info please email me at david@davidrbecker.com
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