Portland Artist, Scott Conary,Teaches Painting to Hermits & Introverts Online During COVID-198/31/2020 We love to promote Portland artists and art teachers. We discovered that Portland artist, Scott Conary has been teaching an ongoing painting class online since April 2020, making it especially relevant during COVID-19. It's a combination of live video demos, discussions and even art critiques if you so desire. He feels that his style of teaching suits hermits and introverts because you get to paint and get instruction all from the comfort of your own home studio. If you should need any painting supplies, please don't hesitate to make an art supply order with us at this link.  He emphasizes teaching the formal elements of art such as light, shade, tone, and he does so with humor and a reverence for finding what works best for each individual artist. Here's what he says you'll learn from him:
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Unfortunately, so many of the great drawing clubs and workshops that used to be in abundance around Portland, Oregon have shut down due to COVID-19. But drawing from a live model can still be achieved when we adapt to what we can do during this COVID-19 pandemic. Artist, Christopher Preda Rabilwongse had done just that by moving his figure drawing workshop outside in his backyard and limiting the number of artists. He can only have 6 artists and the model in the backyard doing figure drawing. Everyone wears masks and practices social distancing. It's not perfect and it's still hard to talk through those masks, but since it's summer, they are adapting and taking advantage of the great, summer weather. He's doing this while the nice weather lasts. It's every Wednesday from 3-6pm. Fee is $10. You must RSVP by sending him a DM on his Instagram account. We love that artists are finding ways to still connect and learn during this difficult time. Maybe, we'll see you at the next drawing session. Should you need any drawing supplies for the workshop, get them with us by making a curbside pickup order at this link. Storytime & Art Like Chocolate & Peanut Butter: The Perfect Combination Taught by 2 Fun Teachers8/27/2020 We are on pins and needles with excitement, waiting for this new video series to start called, "Storytime & Art With 2 Teahcers". Mrs. I and Mrs. Cook have been teaching elementary school for a combined total of over 40 years.  In this series, they take their experience and passion for storytime and art into a super fun class that helps grow children's love for reading and creating. We think it's the perfect combination like chocolate and peanut butter which taste better together than apart.  So far, they only have the 1 teaser video up to let you know what they're going to teach. We're excited to be providing the storytime and art kits that you'll need to learn along with them. It includes: Paint pad, Drawing pad, Colored Pencils, Markers, Watercolors, Scissors, Brush, Black Marker, Oil Pastel set, and Crayons. You can get it by clicking the above link. 
What if you could advise your younger self to stay clear of the pitfalls in an art career? What if you are starting out your art career and would love to learn any wisdom you can from seasoned artists? What if you're just curious what professional, working artists think is the best advice to making a great art career? If you fall under any of these categories, we have a few links to articles that will interest you. Check them out below.
Should you need any art supplies to keep up your art practice, we've got you covered. Make a no-contact, curbside order at this link. Alleyvision is collaborative painting couple, Bill & Heather Alley (aka HAWA) who live in North East Portland and who know how to have fun with art. They have a great YouTube channel in which they open their studio, show you their art process, and share the art they've had a great time creating. They also have many video tutorials for pour painting projects as well as other art and craft projects. They are high-spirited, enthusiastic and amusing, making it fun to hang out with them as they paint.  Tell us briefly about your art: We are oil painters, we paint intuitively and at the same time on the same canvas. We specialize in landscapes, figurative expression and abstracts. Our goal is to inspire others to discover and use creativity as a tool of self discovery and enlightenment. What is your main medium of art?Oil paints What are your website and links? Please share your techniques & tips with us:Because we paint together we have learned not to take ourselves so seriously, it's just paint! You can always go back till you have it right. Being open to not being good at something at first, allows you to move forward in your experiences and expressions, without the self abuse or sabotatge.   Make sure you check out more of Alleyvision's art on their YouTube channel, chock full of fun art projects, and their Instagram account. They have started to open up their studio on the weekends to the public. Follow their Instagram account to know when the next one is. Be Our Next Featured Artist!We still need a lot more submissions for our "Oregon Artists Share Tips & Techniques" series. Please submit your work at the button below.
According to realistic, oil painting artist, Mark Carder, there is a mistake that he sees oil painting artists make over and over again which is a real pet peeve of his. He says that the mistake is that painters exaggerate features and lines, making them too strong and standing out when they should not. If you are a realistic style painter, his explanation and discussion could help you figure out how to make everything more subtle and more realistic. Then you'd avoid this #1 mistake. Watch he full video at this link. Should you need any oil painting supplies, we've got you covered. Make a no-contact, curbside pickup order at this link.   We're not sure what this art video shows is a practical thing to do at home, but maybe, you could rig up something similar in your backyard during summer that could be just as much crazy, painting fun. In any case, this is a super fun video in which they get crazy with the pour painting art by suspending several bottles of paint from a rope to make some amazing designs. Golden paints describes what's happening in the video: "The viscosity and vibrancy of GOLDEN Color Pouring Medium (Matte & Gloss) are demonstrated on this three color pour from a swinging dispenser onto a surface coated with Pouring Medium for a wet-on-wet geometric painting." It really is just a whole lot of crazy fun. Should you need any pour painting acrylic art supplies, make a no-contact, curbside pickup order with us at this link.  We just learned that the Jorndon Schnitzer Museum of Art in Eugene, Oregon has started a grant program for artists who want to respond to the Black Lives Matter Movement. Submission deadline is September 30th, 2020. Grantees will be notified by October 31st, 2020. Unfortunately, this grant excludes artists living in Multnomah, Clackamas, Columbia, and Washington Counties, but we know that we serve artists from all over Oregon, so we know some of you could benefit from this great news. We wish you the best of luck. Please full info of this grant program at this link. As always, should you need great discount art supplies, please don't hesitate to place an art order with us at this link.  We're so happy that so many art festivals and organizations are adapting this year's annual events to COVID-19 environment. One of those art events is the Oregon Coast Art Talks which includes artist talks, art discussion and studio visits via online. It will stay online for 13 weeks from August 15th - November 15th, 2020. It is FREE, but they do appreciate donations to help all artists and their annual event. You can get all the info of events and happenings at this link. Should any of these art talks or studio visits inspire you to create your own art, please make an art supply order with us at this link.  Artist Maggie Waulklyn is a professional illustrator and adjunct professor at PNCA who lives and works in SE Portland near our Foster-Powell art supply store location. We're happy to have her as creative neighbor who loves bird watching, gardening and studying mushrooms, among other interesting things. Her art practice embraces letting go of control and letting "happy accidents" happen. She has painted murals and created art for some of our favorite magazines, including Illustoria Magazine, Bitch Magazine and Williamette Week. We're excited to share her beautiful art and helpful tips with you today.  Tell us briefly about your art:My work has been veering quieter and quieter as the world gets louder and louder. I am always interested in the natural world -- in the little insects and birds and everything that inhabits it. But I am also interested in the tensions of modern life and how we maintain modern life -- the workers, the ham-fisted policies, the disconnect between those in power and those without it. My work tends very gentle and inviting -- well suited for the children's market -- but this interest in more complex, messy ideas makes for an interesting work day. How does one seamlessly blend these two? I enjoy highlighting things we wouldn't necessarily appreciate at first glance. I like to dig deeper. It isn't enough THAT it works, I want to know WHY it works, what's behind it working and why don't we know more about it? What is your main medium of art?Gouache, fountain pen inks What are your website and links? Please share your techniques & tips with us:Bob Ross was right about "happy accidents". I find we tend to be too controlled for our own good, and when we surrender a little to the tools we're working with, they will often guide us to more interesting lines or shapes than we would have let ourselves do on our own, and the expressiveness within that is integral to making work that catches the eye. You don't need the PERFECT brush or pen or paper to get your point across. Perfect is the enemy of the good, but also seeking ONLY the good is the enemy of satisfaction. You need to let yourself make "bad" work with "flawed" tools sometimes to understand what "good" even means to you.      Make sure you check out more of Maggie's art on her website and her Instagram account. You can read her blog and stories that include the time she was an extra in the Portland Opera, her travels around the country and her love for birdwatching and mushrooms. Be Our Next Featured Artist!We still need a lot more submissions for our "Oregon Artists Share Tips & Techniques" series. Please submit your work at the button below.
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Heather Reed is the Assistant Manager/Buyer and office rockstar at IBF. She writes all of our emails, blog posts and and manages all of our social media sites. Heather is also an artist and has experience in lots of various mediums. You will usually find her researching new products, finding the best bargains, writing, painting, enjoying nature, all while chasing around her two vivacious little boys. 
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