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The Common Works
- Gallery
185 1st Street East, Cochrane
- Gallery
185 1st Street East, Cochrane
MacKay's Ice Cream: sponsors our September Ice Cream Socials
www.mackaysicecream.com/
www.mackaysicecream.com/
 Andres Zorn
Zorn Limited Palette
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Drawing:
Lily’s perspective notes:
Colour - article by Laura and Felt Magnet:
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Books:
(click on book images to enlarge), many of these books are available via Amazon.ca
and the TRAC and Cochrane Library systems
(click on book images to enlarge), many of these books are available via Amazon.ca
and the TRAC and Cochrane Library systems
Color Mixing Bible by Ian Sidaway
Invaluable resource for mixing pigments in oil, acrylic, water colour, gouache, pastel, pencil and ink. TRAC + Amazon
Invaluable resource for mixing pigments in oil, acrylic, water colour, gouache, pastel, pencil and ink. TRAC + Amazon
Dogs & Puppies by Nolon Stacey
Pencil drawing dogs, many different breeds represented. Even comes in a Kindle version for $9 or paperback for $12 TRAC + Amazon
Pencil drawing dogs, many different breeds represented. Even comes in a Kindle version for $9 or paperback for $12 TRAC + Amazon
An Art Studio: Dogs with more that 50 projects and techniques for drawing, painting and crating 25+ breeds in oil, acrylic, pencil and more!
TRAC + Amazon
TRAC + Amazon
Painting with your Artist's Brain by Carl Purcell A method of training your brain to paint what you see - not what you think you see. One of three books by Purcell Amazon
The Painterly Approach by Bob Rohm Seeing, Painting and Expressing. Comes in Kindle and Chinese as well Amazon
How to Make a Watercolor Paint Itself by Nita Engle
This book is so good I ordered it on the spot. Amazon.ca
This book is so good I ordered it on the spot. Amazon.ca
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Some times the story behind the aquisition of the book is as good as the book itself - Beryl
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Links to websites:
Free reference photos (must give credits to photographer)
- www.photos4artists.co.uk/
- unsplash.com/search/photos/art
Images of Old stuff:
- rustingandrunningrides.com
- www.bigdoer.com/tag/abandoned/
- Calgary-then-now
Foothills Art Club:
downloadable presenters' notes from workshops:
downloadable presenters' notes from workshops:
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Eric Sennhauser's notes:
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Laura's notes re Doug Swinton workshop:
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Anne & Laura's workshop notes:
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Doug Swinton:
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Sergei Bongart on Art and Painting:
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Using shapes to build a painting:
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John Singer Sargent Techniques:
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Tips on Pricing and Naming Your Artwork:
In the articles below the authors have been referenced within each of the documents and more information is available by searching their links on the Internet: presentation by Wendy W. and Laura P.
In the articles below the authors have been referenced within each of the documents and more information is available by searching their links on the Internet: presentation by Wendy W. and Laura P.
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Dale K's notes re Value presentation:
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Doug Swinton Workshops:
- a well-known Calgary artist and instructor demonstrated his techniques in oil painting.
Doug is a “walking wealth of information and knowledge”
and he readily shared everything he knows and does with Art.
Go to Doug’s website is at www.dougswinton.com , and sign-up for his newsletter.
- a well-known Calgary artist and instructor demonstrated his techniques in oil painting.
Doug is a “walking wealth of information and knowledge”
and he readily shared everything he knows and does with Art.
Go to Doug’s website is at www.dougswinton.com , and sign-up for his newsletter.
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Articles by Doug Swinton:
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Sign up for Doug's monthly news letter.
Doug Swinton's Five Levels of Dominance (from 2014)
- Compositional Tools:
1. Motive: Select Dominant/Minimal areas and shape sizes (determines the Why and What)
3. Value patterns: sizes. Dark, medium and light
4. Direction of Light: morning or evening, Not flat noon light. Light and shadows 70:30, 80:20 ( not 50:50). On all elements in painting.
5. Temperature: am cool, evening warm. Overall painting temperature - Warm/cool or Cool/warm should be 90:10 or 80:20 but not 50:50 or even 60:40. Colours: ex blue/orange 70:30 cool temperature. Note: Yellow, red, orange = warm. Blue, purple, green = cool.
Colour: (lest important element of a painting)
- Compositional Tools:
1. Motive: Select Dominant/Minimal areas and shape sizes (determines the Why and What)
- Areas: foreground, mid ground, back ground
- Shape Sizes: large, medium, small
- Don’t forget the exit point
3. Value patterns: sizes. Dark, medium and light
4. Direction of Light: morning or evening, Not flat noon light. Light and shadows 70:30, 80:20 ( not 50:50). On all elements in painting.
5. Temperature: am cool, evening warm. Overall painting temperature - Warm/cool or Cool/warm should be 90:10 or 80:20 but not 50:50 or even 60:40. Colours: ex blue/orange 70:30 cool temperature. Note: Yellow, red, orange = warm. Blue, purple, green = cool.
Colour: (lest important element of a painting)
- Hue – name of colour
- Value – light, dark or medium
- Chroma – bright (out of tube) or dull (add dot of opposite colour to grey down)
Town of Cochrane
Artwork can be displayed at the Town Offices in two-week time slots.
Contact 403-851-2535 to book your spot.
Artwork can be displayed at the Town Offices in two-week time slots.
Contact 403-851-2535 to book your spot.
Destination Art Supplies
3400 14st NW, Calgary (similar supplies as the old Colours Art Supplies in Calgary). . .
Discount for Foothills Art Club members.
3400 14st NW, Calgary (similar supplies as the old Colours Art Supplies in Calgary). . .
Discount for Foothills Art Club members.
Final Touch Art Studio:
Now selling art supplies in Cochrane. Check out their paints and art shows.
www.facebook.com/finaltouchart/
Now selling art supplies in Cochrane. Check out their paints and art shows.
www.facebook.com/finaltouchart/
Sharing an interesting new website that Golden Paints has set up. This is worth taking a look at: www.goldenpaints.com/products/mixer/
Click here for Michaels
