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Cheerful and Colorful Paintings in Oil, Acrylic, Mixed Media and Collage
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Friday, May 10, 2013

Texas Tulips 13050, Tulip Oil Painting, Visual Language Magazine, Marketing with Leslie Saeta, Reboot with Joe, Watercolor Skechbook and Art Journal Workshop, "Love Your Life" Dutch Art, by Arlington Texas Artist Nancy Standlee


 Texas Tulips 13050
12x12" Oil on Ampersand Gessobord Panel

In February I attended a 3 day Dreama Tolle Perry workshop in Carmel Indiana and you can read about it here on my blog. I've since sold two of the paintings from that workshop and loved painting the tulips so yesterday I painted this with 3 friends, Maryann, Karen and Connie. There was a slow, gentle rain and Karen's studio windows were open and it made the day very special painting with dear friends and a Boo Boo Food Shop lunch break. I usually travel alone to workshops as others have husbands to tend to but in June we are all traveling together for the Dreama workshop in Lexington, KY and the peeps wanted a Dreama lesson before the trip. I showed them handouts and notes and Maryann furnished the tulips. Karen's neighbor furnished the blue Ball jar and we arranged tulips, took photos and set the flowers in the center of the table to paint. We are all four looking forward to the real deal in Kentucky.

I'm participating in the Leslie Saeta 30 Marketing Ideas in 30 Days and on Day 9 HERE we were asked to show the steps to our painting and post on her site. Here is the steps where I put in all the transparent colors.


 Dr. Oz and Joe Cross and the 3 day Juice Cleanse. If you are wanting to jump start your health this is an very interesting movie, 90 minutes and it's free, "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead. I've been juicing (or blending as I have a Blendtec blender) for 3 days but eating a small meal in the evening prompting me to start another journal. I'm recording some of my favorite meals and recipes and the juice recipes Joe Cross gave. This eggplant was prompted by a Mark Bittman recipe on Dr. Oz here and he served it with polenta.


 Aquabee 93# paper 6x9 sketchbook

Visual Journal 9x12 sketchbook showing some my days in May (going to the Cottonwood Art Festival, getting new pens, making notes of quotes and sales, giving a collage talk in Hurst to the Mid Cities Fine Artists at the St. Philip Presbyterian Church, Marketing tips, painting the tulips and a new book came, Drawing and Sketching Secrets by Donna Krizek).

I am honored to be one of the featured artists in the Visual Language magazine HERE.
The whole issue can be seen HERE.

Reminder: It's not too late to sign up for the one day Journaling class June 29 at the Dutch Art Gallery. Read more about it on my website or sign up HERE.

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Friday, May 3, 2013

Admit Two, Acrylic Figurative Painting with Collage, Part 2 in the Love Your Life Art Journal , Carrie Waller Interview, Marketing Class and a Sketchbook Class by Arlington Texas Artist Nancy Standlee

Admit Two 13942
14x11 in. Acrylic Figurative Impressionist Painting with Collage and Graphite

One of the last of the figurative pieces painted at the Robert Burridge workshop at the Wenmohs Ranch the first of April. This one is more mysterious and causes questions to be asked.

Carrie Roets-Waller has a blog and she has a Friday feature interviewing artists and has honored me by posting my interview with some paintings today. To read it click HERE. Carrie was interviewed on the Leslie Saeta show on Blog Talk Radio and you can hear this award winning watercolor artist HERE.http://artistshelpingartistsblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/conversation-with-crystal-cook-and.html
She is also featured in the June 2013 Watercolor Artist Magazine on page 55 with an honorable mention with her glass jar painting "Anticipation. What a beautiful painting. Congrats, Carrie and thanks again for giving me some space on your very interesting blog.

Speaking of Leslie Saeta, have you joined her free 30 Marketing Ideas in 30 Days? Join 300 of us and let's sell some paintings.  Our Day Two assignment was to post an older favorite painting that is still available for sale on her blog, on Facebook with a link to where it could be purchased. I did and here is the painting and the link to Daily Paintworks. I always like an impressionist floral.



I have become obsessive about Artists sketchbook journaling again and have joined Cathy Johnson's group on Facebook, Artists Journal Workshop and I'm enjoying posting some of my journal pages.  See my website for workshop information about the June one day class I'm teaching in Dallas.
Here are some recent journal pages:
See below for Journal type, Pages 8 and 9, Some purchases, a sketch outing, a collage demo, and a Trader Joe's trip for some wine. Trader Joe says "Life is too short to drink bad wine!"
Journal Page, Page 10, 11, Strathmore Visual Journal 90 lb, 68 pages 9x12.

My new online friend, Kathie, asked about where I got my painting hat that was in a previous post causing some research and a journal entry. The stamps I found in the blue can from years ago and now it's a pencil can. If there is a personal note I will cover it with a sticky for the photo. I sketched the Maxpedition fatty pocket organizer I'm using for my backpack/purse.  See below.

Part 2 Love Your Life Supply List Detail 
Recently I posted about some favorite art journals and in this post I will discuss the best way to carry these or maybe not the best way, just the way I'm doing it at the present. When I took the recent 2 day Don Getz workshop he was using the bag that came with the Eric Michaels En Plein Air Pro. (I don't think this bag is available and he has changed the name on some of these easels. Mine is several years old). I had all of my things in a Dick Blick canvas bag and had a Michaels bag at home so removed the easel and now have put my supplies in it.The 9x12 sketchbook journals fits in it perfectly. Brenda Swenson uses a bag similar to the Blick bag she gets at Harbor Freight. I always like to have some supplies with me at all times in my backpack/purse so I'm upgraded to a Maxpedition Fatty Pocket Organizer in a Khaki color. I've used about everything from fanny packs to zippered children's insulated lunch kits.  (The children's kits have great designs, cupcakes, peace signs).

 The Blick Canvas Bag

 The Michaels Bag filled with sketching, journal supplies

 Two views of the Maxpedition Fatty Organizer holding a 4x6 in drawing book and a small travel palette
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Thursday, April 25, 2013

Small Acrylic and Collage Painting, "Somewhere on Round Mountain", Bunkhouse Gallery Sale, Watercolor Journal Class in June, Journal Choices Part 1 by Nancy Standlee, Arlington Texas Artist

 Somewhere on Round Mountain 13044
14x11 on gallery wrapped canvas
acrylic and collage 
Available at Daily Paintworks
Another small acrylic and collage figurative painting from the Robert Burridge workshop at Dena Wenmohs ranch in April. If you are in the Marble Falls/Austin TX area this weekend please stop by the Bunkhouse Gallery 21st Fine Art and Jewelry Exhibition and Sale, April 27-28, 2013 11 am to 6 pm at the http://wenmohsranch.com 573 Old Spicewood Rd, Cypress Mill, TX 78663 or email Dena dena@wenmohsranch.com. I sold three pieces there at last weekend's show and I have 3 more pieces available. 

I am scheduled to give a one day watercolor sketchbook, art journal class at the Dutch Art Gallery, Dallas, TX,  June 29, 2013, See additional info on my website HERE. I call it "Love Your Life" class and it's a recording of some familiar things in your life. You don't need any art or drawing experience. I make it a non-threatening fun exploring day. Just come and bring your supplies and get ready to have a great time. Over the next few posts I will discuss some of the materials and today's entry will be all about journal choices.  Google any of these journal types or look at Cheap Joe's, Dick Blick, or Jerry's Artarama.

 The Aquabee super deluxe sketchbook 9x12, 93# paper, 60 sheets, can be used with watercolor. Comes in other sizes. These are pages from a trip to Acapulco, January 2006 with Joan McKasson and Flying Colors Art Workshops. I was not numbering pages and didn't have time to add any color to some of the sketches of purchases I'd made. I am forever recording the food I've eaten. Other entries from this time was receipts, cookie wrappers, newspaper clippings, jokes, notes from friends from the workshop, postcards, and lots of writing. The 90 lb journals are not the best for watercolor but they suit me as I like to do more writing with just a few small sketches. I really like to look back and see clippings of favorite TV shows and movies. If you want to record a scene, a 140 lb. journal would be your choice.
 The Canson Montval All Media Sketch Book, 50 sheets, 90 lb. 9x12, spiral bound, other sizes, make sure it's all media for watercolor washes. These two pages record a painting trip to Gun Barrel City with my Canvas by Canvas girl friends in October 2009 and I had a birthday celebration there. This records some of the gifts I received. I enjoy this black covered book because of it's sturdy cover. Later I will paint something on that black cover.
 The Raffine Art Sketch super deluxe all media sketch book, 100 lb. 9x12, 48 sheets, similar to the others and takes good watercolor washes. I'd just come home from a Carol Nelson workshop in Denver and I cut up and glued the airline ticket to the top and then on Monday had Cataract surgery in my left eye. I was hoping you could see me as I wasn't seeing you. 3/15/2010. Your journals help document and date your journey.
Another two pages from the Raffine from 3/19/11 entry. I'd gotten an income tax refund and decided to go to Tucson on 3/24 and the plane left at 3:45 pm on 3/25. I usually make plans in advance but I had wanted to take Kath Macaulay's Pocket Sketching and decided I had some $$ so let's keep it in circulation. It was money well spent, Kath was delightful and I met some lovely sketching friends, In a few weeks I headed to Fredericksburg with some girlfriends for a gallery show at the Good Art Co. I add photos, images from brochures ,
anything.

You don't have to have a 9x12 journal to record your life. Kath introduced me to pocket journaling with these Strathmore Drawing 400 series, 4x6, 24 sheets, 80 lb. These are the ones I like to keep in my backpack to make a quick sketch or write down a menu. I like to glue on something on the cover and date, then cover with clear tape as these get put on wet tables, etc. The chicken - I had chicken pot pie for lunch and it was 102 - 106 degrees and I was packing for a Robert Burridge mentor workshop in Arroyo Grande where it was 76 degrees from 9-7-2012. The other image was waiting for a family member at the hospital April, 2013 and sketching patients behind my backpack hiding, hoping they wouldn't catch me staring at them. Read more about my trip to Tucson Here. http://nancystandlee.blogspot.com/2011/03/pocket-sketching-with-kath-macaulay-in.html. 

Strathmore Visual Journal Watercolor 90 lb, 9x12In. 68 pages,  I'm using this journal at the present and if you add something to it you don't want read by all put a sticky over it before the photo. This has a good heavy brown backing and a good spiral. I've attached a piece of collage paper, a piece of batik fabric, by Burridge permission bracelet, a pen and a watercolor palette box.

These are some middle sized journals that I love to use. The black cover one is a Hand-Book Artist Journal, 128 pages, suitable for light watercolor washes and 5 1/2" square, perfect to keep at the table and recording stories. I call this my Dena book with some illustrated jokes. I can not remember a joke so I write them down here and illustrate them and then cram right before I need to share one. Some of these require parental guidance. This is a very private book and no, I will not let you take photos from this book. lol The little Red book is an Art Spiral by Carnet made in Japan by Maruman. 80 lb, 24 pages, 5.6x7.3. I love this size. Nature Sketch 130 lb, 50 sheets, 7x5 in. and a smaller version (6x9 in) Aquabee with a sketch of The Posada de la Aldea in San Miguel where my son and I stayed for the Mel Stabin workhsop in February 08.
 Granbury Courthouse from the Red Art Spiral.
Mrs. Stewarts Liquid Bluing from the Nature Sketch. I'd saved this old bluing bottle from my Mom and it brought back memories of going to the washateria with her. An entry from the Nature Sketch.

It's your choice on what kind of journal you use and you need to try out several to find your favorite. I haven't found my favorite yet as each one is useful for a specific entry. In a recent Don Getz workshop I used a 140 lb Kilimanjaro book. See Blog post. But as I said above I do a lot of writing and you get more pages in the 90 lb books but if you were documenting your trip with sketches, then I'd use a 140 lb book. One think I like about the Kilimanjaro book is it interlaced with sketch paper between watercolor sheets, good for writing or adding photos. I have other books but these are the ones I use the most.

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Monday, April 22, 2013

Don Getz Watercolor Journal Tour of the USA, Day 3, Dallas TX, "Live Oak", by Texas Artist Nancy Standlee

Live Oak 
Kilimanjara 140# watercolor paper 12"x9"
I missed sunny Day 2 of the workshop when the rest went to the Dallas Arboretum and by Day 3 it was cool, windy and rainy so we spent the day inside painting from photos or Don painted from a photo, I painted from his sketch! I brought my iPad and took a photo of his sketch and took it back to my table along with the photo he used and tried my best to paint a tree. I did get the outline around the design right this time but at the last minute I used the big end of the Identipen and outlined my tree leaf clumps and Don said it made them look like they were jumping. O.K. so no one else in the class had vibrating leaves on their trees. I wouldn't want to spend the night in this house as it looks like it might fall, but it's all fine. It's mine and it's not perfect. I learned a lot, had a great time, and will go plein air sketchbook journaling again or paint from a photo. Who wants to tag along? In future posts I'll show my travel bag, folding table, and chair.

 Don giving us a demo using Cheap Joe's catalogs as a prop.

 Don's Demo Sketch. (Note his leaves are motionless)

Don's House up close. (Good house, Don) 
Note he uses different pen strokes for bushes and for trees.


This is my palette below I brought to class. It's a Schmincke 1/2 pan I filled but now I have to have one like Don's. Well, I actually had one like his and I'm filling it with Cheap Joe's paint. I added a lot more half pans than this was originally made for. It's about 5x4" folded up. A girl can't have too many palettes. I have some little plastic ones with just a few colors to keep in my backpack if I need to record something other than a jumping tree.
This may be hard to believe but I took this photo before I did jumping leaves on the tree. Guess one of them just jumped right off the tree to get nearer my palette.


After dinner at Amore's Don is off on his Odyssey. 

The one I used was on the Artists Showplace site HERE..http://www.theartistsshowplace.com/don-getz-workshop.html It will probably be up for a few more days.
Don's journal of his travels: http://getzwctour.blogspot.com/

See my website http://nancystandlee.com  about the one day art journaling workshop I'm giving at the Dutch Art Gallery June 29. It will be called "Love Your Life" art journals.

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Friday, April 19, 2013

Don Getz Watercoloring Journaling Tour of the United States of America, Day 1, Dallas TX, "Fair and Square", McKinney, TX by Texas Artist Nancy Standlee



Sketch Fair and Square by Nancy
McKinney, TX 4/16/2013
9x12 Kilimanjaro Watercolor Paintbook 140# cold pressed paper

I nearly missed this 3 day Dallas stop on the Don Getz watercoloring jouranling tour of the United States but I made two days of the three.  First day we met at the Artists Showplace in Dallas and drove to McKinney to sketch on the square (or Herb Reed gave me a ride along with Don as I'd left Sugar Foot, my GPS, at home.) . If you'd like to read more about Don's Odyssey read his blog HERE about how this trip came to be and then you might want to read along or better yet, catch up with him along the tour and be a part of this awesome experience.
(I didn't make Day 2 but check back for day 3)
 My set up in the afternoon session in front of our lunch restaurant, The Pantry. I used a folding camp table, a folding chair, and my painting supplies to sketch the above. My first criteria on places to sketch was to find somewhere in the shade.
 Fair and Square the object of my sketch. The owners came out later and asked for a copy of the sketch. I told them they probably would not want mine but I'll send a photo and a link to this post to them anyway. My perspective got off and my building got a little squished but it doesn't bother me in the least. I wasn't there to make a perfect sketch (which I couldn't do anyway) but was there to share in this experience and learn something along the way by trying something new to me. I really wanted to be a part of this tour.  I've had some 140 # paper sketchbooks for a long time and was so hesitant to use them because I was not good enough. I keep making little notes and sketches in the 90# journals which I love but it was time to take a leap.

My chair, folding table, hat and bag plus I had on a fanny pack which I'm not going to use anymore as it's like a blanket wrapped around your waist. After seeing Don's setup I'm completely revamping my bags, etc. 

Now for the person you really want to read about. Here's a picture of Don with his morning demo of Churchills.   
He's using a flat travel brush American Journey Golden Fleece Brushes from Cheap Joe's.
The class getting a better look. See that empty chair at the left..yep, that's mine I got just as close as I could without actually touching him and yes, those that know me, I did ask if I was getting too close. I'll show you a close up of his palette of 24 colors in the next blog post.

 Don with our sketchbooks and images at the end of the day and the day was perfect, good weather and good company, painting and learning.
 
Nancy and Don  (We didn't plan to be color coordinated)

See my website about the one day art journaling workshop I'm giving at the Dutch Art Gallery June 29. It will be called "Love Your Life" art journals.

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Saturday, April 13, 2013

Heartache Cure 13048, Acrylic Floral Painting with Graphite, Workshop with Robert Burridge at the Wenmohs Ranch and Art Journals by Texas Artist Nancy Standlee


Heartache Cure 13048
30x20 in. Acrylic, graphite, black line work on gallery wrapped canvas

I'm not posting these paintings in the order painted in the Robert Burridge workshop at the Wenmoh's Ranch last week. But more like which one strikes me as needing to be posted. This one covered a blue painting that can be seen here..Nothing but Blue Skies. http://nancystandlee.blogspot.com/2011/08/robert-burridge-workshop-wenmohs-ranch.html and if no one buys it in a reasonable length of time, it will be covered over again. Really interesting colors and texture begins to build up with each new application of paint.

Just got word that Turn Left on Bird Lane sold and will be going to an art collector in California. Thank you.

 Because of several different reasons, I'm beginning to think about art journaling again. Today I filled up a Schmincke enamel travel pan (about 5x3" closed) and will leave it open until the colors begin to dry out. In the photo I show a travel brush, Connoisseur Kolinsky pocket brush I bought in Tucson last year. I do not remember where or when I got the empty pan as I've had it a long time. It is just so easy to use the filled cake pans. I'm a push over for little travel pans of watercolor and brushes. I've started a new board about some pages from my journals on Pinterest.http://pinterest.com/NancyStandlee/art-journalssketchbookssupplies/
Why do I like journals so much? Because they are so much fun to go back and read. Here's a page from November 2003 of my granddaughter, Grace, when she was 6 months old. I would have never remembered her pink bunny had I not recorded it. I read this page to her on her last birthday "She is full of smiles and has one for you" and in very plain words she has requested this book when I pass on. In fact, she said "I want that book" and I said "It's yours when I die" and she says "When will that be?"  lol.. (I used stamps for her name)
Here is a double page spread from a Corpus Christi workshop with my friend, Robert Burridge October 2008 and I cut out names and addresses of places I ate. The flowers were painted with acrylic. I use any medium, glue, stamp, just anything goes in my recordings of my life. I've been lax about writing and I want to fire it back up. 


 You might be interested to catch Don Getz in one of his travels around the country for a class. If you can't join him for a class maybe you'd like to follow along with his blog. I hope to take a one day next week if at all possible. 
If it makes, I will be teaching a one day journaling class this summer. Information is on my website.
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