Come join us for our 10am – 1pm Luke MacNeil MasterClass! He’s showing us how to work with audio files to do mixing and balancing and all sorts of fun stuff.
He does these on YouTube! Free!
I’m on there to chat with you!
What are you up to this fine morning?
Absolutely beautiful.
BVAA member James Hunt has created a stellar slideshow of his stunning photography. The theme for this series is “Erosion”.
Some of them really just take your breath away.
Enjoy a virtual vacation into serenity and the ocean.
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Perfect for all ages! A delightful beginning watercolor project, “Beautiful Castle” teaches students about resist crayon, drawing lines, and handling adjacent colors.
Supplies:
a piece of watercolor paper
watercolors
a brush
a ruler
water
You can paint your castle in any colors you wish. If you want to match the shown image, Libia uses these colors: yellow, blue, red, and burnt sienna.
Visit DColorEx.com for a printable download of this Beautiful Castle, to use as a model.
Libia is available for online lessons both in group format and in one-on-one instruction. Perfect for aspiring students of all ages. A delightful way for students to expand their creativity and artistic expression even when unable to get out to an art studio!
It’s Monday March 16, 2020! The Coronavirus is impeding the ability of some to share artwork in a communal space.
We’d love to see what you’ve been making at home!
Just leave a comment to this post and let us know what you’re working on. Share a note about your work-in-progress! To let us see photos, share a link to your Instagram page or wherever else you’re posting images!
We’d love to cheer you on!
It’s Sunday March 15, 2020! The Ideas of March! The Coronavirus is impeding the ability of some to share artwork in a communal space. We have cancelled our traditional Saturday open paint at the gallery as a result.
We’d love to see what you’ve been making at home!
Just leave a comment to this post and let us know what you’re working on. Share a note about your work-in-progress! To let us see photos, share a link to your Instagram page or wherever else you’re posting images!
We’d love to cheer you on!
It’s Saturday March 14, 2020! Pi Day! The Coronavirus is impeding the ability of some to share artwork in a communal space. We have cancelled our traditional Saturday open paint at the gallery as a result.
We’d love to see what you’ve been making at home!
Just leave a comment to this post and let us know what you’re working on. Share a note about your work-in-progress! To let us see photos, share a link to your Instagram page or wherever else you’re posting images!
We’d love to cheer you on!
It’s Friday the 13th, 2020! The Coronavirus is impeding the ability of some to share artwork in a communal space.
We’d love to see what you’ve been making at home!
Just leave a comment to this post and let us know what you’re working on. Share a note about your work-in-progress! To let us see photos, share a link to your Instagram page or wherever else you’re posting images!
We’d love to cheer you on!
The Blackstone Valley Art Association has many talented pet portrait painters in our mix. Here is a listing of the ones we know about so far. If you’re a BVAA member who offers pet portraits and aren’t on this list yet, contact us so we can add you in!
Betty Havens
Betty paints delightful watercolor pet portraits. During the holiday season she even does pet portraits while people wait! The rest of the time, simply email her a photo and she does her magic.
https://www.facebook.com/Bettyhavenscreations/
Scott Nelson
Scott is a talented illustrator and painter. He teaches drawing classes at the Worcester Art Museum and has illustrated many area children’s books.
Lynne Randolph
Lynne wins countless awards with her fine pastel work in our shows. Let her turn your pet portrait into a work of beauty.
https://www.facebook.com/Lynneartist/
If you’re a BVAA member who isn’t listed yet, let us know!
I’ll add a gallery of the instructors’ featured paintings here soon, once I hear from them what they want to showcase.
It’s like gazing at clouds, looking at the back door of Pearl Art and Craft Supply in Central Square, Cambridge. Over time, stickers collected on the door. Then, probably through a store-manager’s edict, they were removed. Pearl was a three-story art-supply store in Central Square, Cambridge. I believe Blick occupies the space now. Shot with a 4 by 5 view camera, made in the mid ’80s from a kit from Fader Photo Works. Similar kits were offered by Bender Photographic.
This shot was taken in the Boston Public Garden during World Wide Pinhole Photography Day 2006. Click for a larger version.
Below is the full photo before cropping. Film: Fujifilm Velvia 100. Click for larger version. The final image is the bottom-right square.
After sanding and finishing the wooden pieces, assembly begins. Click for a larger version.
To see more of Mike Zeis’s images visit:
https://bvaa.org/galleries/gallery-mike-zeis/
Here are photos from the Blackstone Valley Art Association Anything Goes Reception 2019 where this photo was showcased.
This video has Mike Zeis explain how his 4×5 film camera works –
Both of these photos were taken with a Nikon N8008 35mm film camera. I purchased it around 1989. This was my go-to camera for the 1990 / 2000 time frame until I finally felt digital cameras had caught up to a reasonable quality level. I now primarily shoot with a Canon EOS 7D Mark II. These two film photos were both taken back in the film days, in 1996.
The image of the groundhog and the starling was taken at the St. Louis Zoo in St. Louis, Missouri. There is no Photoshop involved in that image. A friend of mine always joked that if I could catch two animals tussling over food, that would be a great shot.
The image of the water plants was taken at the Missouri Botanical Gardens, in their Japanese garden area. The lotus blossoms and leaves blanket the shoreline along one of the ponds. Inspired by James Hunt’s talk on high key photography, the image was manipulated in photoshop to emphasize the textures of dark and light.
Below is the original image.
Here’s the camera:
To see all images from this show visit:
Blackstone Valley Art Association Anything Goes Reception 2019
To see more images from Bob See visit: