Opportunities
Real Art DC Contest
There is a call for the Washington area's best aspiring artists to upload their work at washingtonpost.com/museums to be featured in a new posting, With Real Art DC, regarding canvassing the local neighborhoods for aspiring artists. Contest Rules. Expiration for entry is September 30, 2010. There are so many entries (1,652 at the time of this posting) that I almost had to stop reviewing but when I got past 1,000, I figured I could get through them all. I'm sure there will be many more after this since it was mentioned in the paper over the weekend. Within a week of the deadline, the public will be able to vote…
Photopainting
I've been experimenting a lot with Photoshop lately as I purchased a Wacom pen tablet. This enables me to draw right into the program. It doesn't feel natural to me yet and doesn't quite give the look that I would like to achieve that I am used to from traditional painting but it does allow tremendous versatility and can separate the image into layers as it is created and these layers can be custom manipulated with color and just about anything else that produces multiple variations. It all takes practice and lots of it. As seen in these examples, for which I now have such a greater appreciation — knowing…
Some Healing in Haiti
The earthquake in Haiti rocked everyone. It was so tragic and still is because there has not been much relief for this already poor and downtrodden country. The process for recovery is so slow. However, when I saw this story about art helping business in Haiti it brought a little bright spot of hope for some progression. The Haitian people are familiar with these brightly painted buses and to see them back again signals some sign of recovery with the business of painting buses, as small and as mundane as that seems in comparison to other dire necessities needed. Since Easter is about rebirth, I see a little bit of…
