Off the Map
There’s an entire world of you waiting to be discovered. Very brief post here, in a Big Creative Yes by Dan Goodwin.
Author: Cheryl
Acrylic Paintings & Heat
It looks like being a hot summer. If you paint with acrylics, you should avoid stacking acrylic paintings on top of each other in your car for transport. The heat affects the acrylic, making it soft, and if anything is pressing on it, it can stick and damage the surface. Keep this in mind if you are storing acrylic paintings anywhere that it gets very hot – don’t put anything on top of them! (Photo taken at Brentwood on the Beach.)
Lakeside Retreat!
Looking forward to the painting retreat this weekend June 8 to 10! Room for a couple more if you would like to join us for this creative and relaxing get-away at beautiful Brentwood on the Beach. More information here: Lakeside Painting Retreat with Cheryl O – you can check out the video on that page too.
Art Show Update
The “Cheryl O & Students Art Show” opening was super! The place was a-buzz with people all enjoying the art. Thank you to everyone who came out to cheer us on. Congratulations to MaryAnn Kristoff who won the draw for a $50. gift card from Mercury Art Store. And congratulations to each participating student – your paintings look amazing! If you didn’t make it on Saturday, the show will be up at Westmount Branch Library in London until June 30, during regular library hours. Don’t forget to sign the guest book and tell us which is your favourite painting if you come by.
About Buying Paint
There are soooo many tubes and jars of colour out there – isn’t it wonderful! But how to choose? If you are new into art, you might check out the recommended paint supply lists on my website. Here’s the link…”Art Supplies“. Once you’ve been painting for awhile, you will want to explore more colour choices. To help with this, it’s a good idea to get familiar with the actual pigments listed on the tube. For example: Titanium White is PW6 and Ultramarine Blue is PB29. If at the store you see what might be a different blue, say called “Sky Blue” (I’m just making this up) read the pigments on the label. If it says PW6 and PB29, and you already have those 2 pigments, you can easily mix that colour. It would be more worthwhile for you to explore a pigment that you don’t yet own – and there are likely lots of those!
If You Hustle
I just love this short post by Todd Henry. Great advice. You know that I’m also all for rest and down time as essential, but when I am being creative, I want to hustle! Here’s the link…”If You Hustle“.
Art Contest
Did you know that every month someone wins a coupon for 40% off of any “For Sale” painting on Cheryl O’s website? You simply have to guess the artist and title of the famous painting that is featured. A small snippet from the paintings shows on the homepage of my website – cherylo.ca – right column, scroll down, and then fill out the brief form there to enter. The current contest ends May 31st – Good luck!