My Jazz-Man Nephew Ben and his Berkley Quiltthe pretty side of Gracies quilt in motion

Aunti Li and Gracie, Cozy quilt

the pretty side of Gracies quilt in motion

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Mark Mitchell is a great children’s book illustrator and writer whom I follow on his blog: “How To Be A Children’s Book Illustrator”  He mentioned on his blog the NY Times Blog was hosting a drawing bit by James McMullan, an artist I was aware of because of this poster for Six Degrees of Separation

I am blogging on this particular article in my Photoshop blog because of this quote:

“The ellipse is the Frisbee of art, the circle freed from its flatness that sails out into imagined space tilting this way and that and ending up on the top of the soup bowl and silver cup in Jean-Baptiste Chardin’s still life or, imagine this, on the wheels of the speeding Batmobile.”

Check out this ellipse article

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/23/the-frisbee-of-art/

Mark writes the following note and provides links to all of the articles.  Thanks Mark!  Students (and art friends) Read!
Here are 12 wonderful, illustrated articles
about the basics of “the lost art” of drawing — ripped
from the “New York Times” Opinion Pages.

They’re presented by James McMullan, the great designer and
illustrator of theater posters and children’s books who
teaches drawing at the New York School of Visual Arts.

The series “LINE BY LINE” begins with installments on line,
perspective proportion and structure and continues
from there, using examples from art history to
illuminate specific issues.

Pencil and paper are recommended.

1.) Getting Back to the Phantom Skill

http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=De72k&m=44uOjzNYV8mGyon&b=VdFfHj0xcXOf2KYrSxD5PA

2.) The Frisbee of Art

http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=De72k&m=44uOjzNYV8mGyon&b=sPUj0ATvMarbTY0zXuf2PQ

3.) Hatching the Pot

http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=De72k&m=44uOjzNYV8mGyon&b=lap_cmoKtoSbcB6lsb8wBQ

4.) The Beagle Vanishes

http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=De72k&m=44uOjzNYV8mGyon&b=W1Bg11jXEGrNIvmFlvNA7w

5.) Mother Nature Decoded

http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=De72k&m=44uOjzNYV8mGyon&b=zmq9TOBL16DmEy3jXw7jww

6.) The Shadow Knows

http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=De72k&m=44uOjzNYV8mGyon&b=yaIKHJOgcljTIeMUvuZHCA

7.) The Three Amigos

http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=De72k&m=44uOjzNYV8mGyon&b=5PSWxet3iwUffueXsrfp4Q

8.) Plumbing the Head

http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=De72k&m=44uOjzNYV8mGyon&b=bDZIm_ggsg7xm87bNz7MaQ

9.) Drawing Funny

http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=De72k&m=44uOjzNYV8mGyon&b=Fq5UI4FhYMnVp6db4kSLZg

10.) The Chain of Energy

http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=De72k&m=44uOjzNYV8mGyon&b=NQM.__CNT5_PSsmp2aFVNA

11.) Strategies to Get You There

http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=De72k&m=44uOjzNYV8mGyon&b=KxzncDFBYLG2TqYBBAmnsA

12.) The Road to “Ten Unknowns”

http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=De72k&m=44uOjzNYV8mGyon&b=KxzncDFBYLG2TqYBBAmnsA

To your continued learning and art success,

Mark
The “Make Your Splashes – Make Your Marks!” course

http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=De72k&m=44uOjzNYV8mGyon&b=AIabTnrhhTCPKRq9yU9Csw

Mark G. Mitchell

http://HowToBeAChildrensBookIllustrator.wordpress.com

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Thank you Steve for your bravery and innovation, for your ability to bring your vision into reality, and for making it easy to be an artist AND love a computer!

BRAVO!

http://laurelsdesigndeli.blogspot.com/2011/08/crowdsourcing-in-my-face.html

Bravo!  I am a graphic artist and adjunct at my local university, and this subject has reared its heinous head several times lately in both arenas.

I began teaching because I was tired of having to justify my every penny to many of the small businesses I work for out here in Ohio.  Several of the encounters went about like this:

“Li, I need to cut costs again, so I can’t use you for my logo, I found this great site…”

Later…

“Li, could you help me with this logo I got, its not looking good in black and white”  (I quote my LOW hourly rate) “OMG! that’s way too expensive for me, I will do it myself!”

Later…

“LI, I did something HORRIBLE to that logo!!!!  I just don’t know what to do! And now my website is all *&^*ed-up OMG Please help” (This is an actual quote from an email…)

Later

(After I agree to fix it) “Ok, but don’t take too long”

Me: “Arghhhh!”

Design is changing and the easy availability of graphics programs has created the illusion that “anyone with a computer” can do what we do.  Not so, but if you have any whinny clients holding this notion, feel free to send them to my Adobe Illustrator 101 class in Lovely Akron, Ohio!  Several of my Whiners have become devoted clients after a semester in the trenches. (and then there are the cases where their whining was the delightful harbinger of a change… one is now at KSU doing her design degree after a midlife reinvention of self, and another is well on his way to finishing his Computer Animation degree at Full Sail!)

Again Thanks for your inspiring post!
Li

Many of you will remember getting your class student sheets from the belly of my favorite thumb drive… THE PANDA… of “Respect the Panda”, and “Where is the Panda Butt?” fame.  He is cool, but I may have to upgrade…  Because other than anything APPLE or BERNINA, I love, love, love PANTONE.  Check out their Back-to-School drive!

PANTONE is all thumbs

You can pick your fave color as well as your desired plumpness and the prices are not out of line either.  Click here to get all the goods.  http://www.pantone.com/pages/flashdrives/product.aspx.

They really should pay me… or at least send me a free pink one, eh?

Enjoy these warm and muggy days, later, LI

Times a’waste’n!

Sign up for the summer class so you can take
the wicked fun Intermediate Class in the Fall!

ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
Adobe Illustrator software defines the future of vector graphics with groundbreaking creative options and powerful tools for efficiently publishing artwork on the Web and in print. You’ll be surprised how fast and easy it is to learn this versatile program in this hands-on course and enhance your personal and professional work. Includes how to use design tools, create simple illustrations, work with scanned images, draw and modify objects, paint with the brush tool, work with text and advanced type features, transform objects, use the pathfinder, manage colors, create masks, work with layers, And MUCH MORE. Class projects include creating a funny T-shirt,  web icons, photo-realistic art, a pair of unique socks, and most importantly, your own wine or other beverage  label!

Applicable to all versions of Illustrator through CS5. Prerequisite: proficient computer skills with Windows.
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We had a wonderful Lunch Bunch last week, full of fun and food and of course, Networking!

Here is the recipe to recreate Barbara’s Salad and a link to the wonderful book from which it came. (click on the picture to get a bigger version to print)

To get the book, just use the link below!  Happy Cooking (well, actually, Happy Chopping)  Later, LI

Happy Christmas to everyone!