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    This forum will be used until next weekend which would be the forth weekend.

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    Here is another book I strongly recommend that deals with general composition.
    Mastering Composition by Ian Roberts

    http://www.northlightshop.com/produc…on/?r=WCLIVEJV

    Remember to type in WCLIVE in the promo code to get 10% off. (The enter code slot appears below) Also that code gets tracked so F&W Media knows the recommendation originated from these web classes. These sales will allow us to continue with the online classes in the future. I only recommend books that I feel will contribute to your artistic growth. It even comes with a 40 min DVD.You may want to bundle this one together with “Your Artist’s Brain” http://www.northlightshop.com/product/your-artists-brain/?r=WCLIVEJV to get free shipping.[/SIZE]
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    Some of my paintings:
    http://improvemypaintings.com

    #1145882
    Rosemarie
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        Johannes, I had to work so I missed yesterdays/todays session. I wonder what the homework is?

        Rosemarie
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        #1145908
        carol_lee
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            Thanks Robert for those GREAT notes!!! I really don’t know hwo you manage them….and all the little drawings… Rosemarie you will find the homework in Robert’s notes ….

            Carol_Lee
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            #1145883
            Rosemarie
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                Thanks, I am reading them right now before I have to leave for todays work.

                Rosemarie
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                #1146040
                kittierue
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                    Bah!!!! I’m searching through my thousands of images, and realizing that I need to re-travel my Montana/Idaho/Wyoming trip!!! Every image lacks staying power. What was I thinking? :eek:

                    [FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Kittie Rue
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                    #1145884
                    Rosemarie
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                        Can I do with you? I need better photos too! :)

                        Rosemarie
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                        kittierue
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                            Please, Rosemarie, do come over! Or, maybe I should look at your collection and you look at mine? This is awful! I might have to go “land-snorkeling” to find some shapes. :)

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                            Amandine
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                                Tought I had nice photos. Well … changed my mind after learning what to look for with Johannes. May I go with you girls ?
                                Amandine

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                                mozapony
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                                    Johannes,
                                    Thank you for doing this very important lecture series for folks all over the world. Truly a mindful spirit.

                                    You mentioned at last live class (Feb13/11) about the perfect waterfalls photo I posted for abstraction, rhythm, etc but not the triangle in front left or the shape of the circular centre rock formation); also that it was good for painting into another canvas. Enjoy!

                                    It is a photo snapped by many tourists like myself, whom have traveled through Northern Ontario and stopped to explore. Just a little info about this recognizable waterfall in all its beauty:

                                    Kakabeka Falls (pronounced /ˈkɛkəˈbɛkə/) is a waterfall on the Kaministiquia River, located beside the village of Kakabeka Falls in the municipality of Oliver Paipoonge, Ontario, 30 km (19 mi) west of the city of Thunder Bay. (re: wikipedia, so I could get the spelling right, lol)

                                    Use water as a partial fix for the rock formation?


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                                    Sandee

                                    "The first stroke has this wonderful energy about it. Let the energy of the line remain, don't kill it with paint" (J.Zbukvic)
                                    "In the dark, she listens - no echoes of mother" (mozartspony)
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                                    #1145921
                                    diena
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                                        Thanks for the great course Johannes. Just wondering is the book Painting with your Artist’s Brain published in 2004 the same as Your Artist’s Brain. I have had this book for a while and do not want to duplicate. Thanks Diena

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                                        Davkin
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                                            “Your Artist’s Brain” is a complilation of “Painting with your Artist’s Brain” and “Drawing with your Artist’s Brain”. So, you have half the book already but I think Jo says that’s enough.

                                            David

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                                            #1145901
                                            Yabut
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                                                We had homework last week and, as a photographer, I usually crop in camera, so it was hard to find something that required more lopped off. I submitted that one of the steel bridge that Johannes was able to use to illustrate so many points. It was not something I would have considered painting, and could only crop it because there was water where I would preferred to have been standing. Anyway, I was glad that this photo was useful to the class.
                                                I decided to blog about it, and thought some of you might find it interesting to see what happened to the picture after all the ideas were put into place.
                                                Go to http://otherrambles.blogspot.com/2011/02/nothing-natural-about-art.html

                                                And I just went and looked at it, and decided some of the background trees still need to grow taller (and of course, get some mauve in there to set them back further)

                                                Yabut

                                                #1145937
                                                Colorix
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                                                    Seems like most of us didn’t understand the instructions for last Sunday, I’m sure we’ll all do great next time, now that it is clearer what we should do. Just searching for these isolated shapes made me see some cool crops — many more than when just flicking through the pics to see if any was appealing. The search gave me more than the efforts at finding shapes. Funny how sometimes benefits of hard work ‘hide’.

                                                    Yabut, yours was the red bridge, right? I learned a lot from it, so I appreciate your submitting it. I’ve been looking at japanese bridges, and they are quite often red (rusty red), and contrast with green landscapes.

                                                    Want to say the book by Ian Roberts is really good. It is an interesting collection of wisdom, the kind that is forgotten and rare today. Some of it is in Carlson, and I ‘got’ it better from Roberts. Some has been hinted at by impressionists, and boy did Roberts explain it well. I have the sense that Roberts have dug deep into composition, in the geometrical mathematical parts too, and it is a relief that he teaches what is practical for artists.

                                                    Charlie

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                                                    I talked to 3 different paint makers about this issue. WN, Michael Harding and Robert Doak. all assured me as long as you don’t EAT it you are quite safe, it’s bound up…in this form not free.

                                                    Colleen, you’re such a great example of being well-informed about art supplies! :)

                                                    Thanks! I really shouldn’t have included my skin absorption theory without checking into it first. Maybe he didn’t clean the paint off well enough off his hands before eating?! :eek: In any case, I feel strongly about the main point of my message that it’s good to be well-informed about your supplies and careful with the toxic ones. And thanks again, Colleen, for setting the skin absorption theory straight. :)

                                                    I welcome constructive critiques and comments

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