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Breaking thru barriers:
How does one grow? How can we loosen up our creative minds to be more expressive of our
personal vision. Those are questions I've been asking myself even more intently now that I've returned to
watercolor.
I've found it very freeing to come to grips with why I paint. (I paint for the sheer
joy of putting paint on paper. I love the process. I also enjoy the challenge of design) I think if we can
honestly say that we are painting for ourselves and not the accolades of others, it removes a pressure that
controls and limits us, and probably limits our progress. It removes the need for approval. It removes the
outside pressure to be good. It helps rid us of the fear of failure. It also removes any need for consistency
or narrowing one's style of painting. (I enjoy using the mouth atomizer, gouache, yupo, and traditional
watercolor - why give up any of it?!)
I hope you have a happy Valentine's Day. And that you love
yourself as much as you love others.
$5
off-Drawing a Duotone Portrait
$5
off-Drawing Gesture in Charcoal & Pastel
Recycling VHS Tapes and DVDs
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Send all your VCR tapes, DVDs, CDs, Jewel cases & Cassette tapes to Weyerhaeuser Recycling - 3425
E. 17th - Eugene, Oregon, 97403.
If you ship Media Mail you can send 1 pound for as little as $1.59. Check www.usps.com for the lowest
rate.
Musing: I wonder if anyone out there would like to fund a recycling fund to help everyone recycle
these products???
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Creative Alliance Program
Free Gift Certificates
We offer gift certificates to qualified art organizations to award the winners of their
exhibitions.
If you are a member of an art organization with 50+ members and juried art shows, send us
the email address of the program Chair and we'll take it from there.
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For Valentines we're spotlighting some of our
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Water Media Collage Workshop
Carrie Burns Brown, NWS brings your collages to a new level. Learn how to make your own
richly textured papers and personalized stamps plus develop your own rainbow array of light-safe papers.
Learn to sandwich fibers and combine and alter pre-existing materials to make them more personal, satisfying
and unique. Carrie shows you how to use color harmonies and simple design structure to strengthen your work.
There is a lifetime of information in this workshop. Carrie is an inspiration. You won't want to wait to get
started! Approx 2 hours. DVD only.
COLLAGE TEXTURES and TECHNIQUES &
MORE COLLAGE TEXTURES
and TECHNIQUES
Nationally known collage artist, , brings her unique and whimsical artworks to a DVD workshop.
Claudine's relaxed manner and easy going approach to collage shines through in this DVD -- you'll feel like
you are taking one of her critically acclaimed workshops! You'll learn Claudine's favorite image transfer
methods and background techniques that are perfect for enhancing collages, scrapbook layouts, altered books
and more! Claudine will show you how to turn photos of your family and friends into works of
art!
PROJECTS: Altered book collage and cigar box assemblage with plexi glass cover.
TECHNIQUES: Peeled paper background, peeling paint background, textured paint background,
heat transfer and caulking image transfer. Claudine shares tips to make each technique a surefire success!
This DVD is organized so that you can jump back and forth from project to technique to ensure quick and
easy learning. Before you know it, you'll be collaging like a pro!
Check out
Claudine's Gift Sets!
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Art Quotes
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I am going for a level of perfection that is only mine.. Most of the pleasure
is in getting the last little piece perfect. ::: Chuck Close
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Inspiration is highly overrated. If you sit around and wait for the clouds
to part, it's not liable to ever happen. More often than not work is salvation. ::: Chuck Close
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