August 14, 2007 edition of Arts and Stuff Carnival

Welcome to the August 14, 2007 edition of Arts and Stuff carnival.


I am so pleased with the entries I received for this carnival with more artist submitting a post. I have to admit there were plenty of music posts as well but unfortunately this blog isn't about promoting music. Nor is it about art that may offend my readers so those that do, they are wasting their time and should submit to a carnival more appropriate with the subject matter.

There will be more carnivals on this blog but I am not going to list the new date just yet. The next two months this blog will be sadly lacking in posts although once it is all back to regular posting, I will announce a new carnival date so please be patient with me on this matter.

So there you go; any artist out there reading this you will have plenty of time to put a post together and submit it to my carnival. It is VERY easy to do! carnival submission form

Art Creativity

Vishal k Bharadwaj presents Vishal vs Apartment posted at allVishal.com.

Lexi Sundell presents Creative Explosion posted at Energies of Creation, saying,

"A rollicking post about a creative explosion of pixels as the images of my acrylic floral paintings are repurposed in an obsessively enjoyable new project."

Matt presents Build your right-brain playground posted at EverydayChange.com, saying,

"Kickstart your creativity by building a "right-brain playground!""

Harriett Hilton presents artistic musings: Myspace As Artistic Expression posted at artistic musings, saying,

"An article about how the urge to create is so strong people will use unexpected tools as a new form of expression."

Lucynda Riley presents Fall Mini Pumpkin Wreath posted at A Crafty Nature.

Digital Art

Diane Clancy presents Studio Artist Demo posted at Diane Clancy's Art Blog, saying,

"This is a 22 step creation of a digital painting in Studio Artist to show you a demonstration of how to use this innovative art program. Each step show the digital image at this step so you can easily see this process."

Miscellaneous Art

Ryan Haigh presents Affordable Artwork posted at The Big Chase, saying,

"BlueFlip art is a website that features a great amount of prints from talented artists at an affordable price."

Neil Ransom presents Protests and Painted Walls posted at Kate and Neil's Official Website, saying,

"What do you get when you add politics, teens, and an endless supply of cheap spray paint? Find out in San Cristobal, Mexico."

Paintings

cest.la.vie presents Recently finished: 'Away From Me'. posted at creative evolutions, saying,

"This is a new blog, and I will be using it to post completed paintings and track my own evolution as an artist after a recent career change. For now, I would like to share my recent work: "Away From Me"."

Lexi Sundell presents Summer Awakening posted at Energies of Creation, saying,

"This painting of glowing sunflowers is celebration of summer light before fall comes to take the gardens."

Photography

mctiller presents Screencast Photoshop Tutorial: Making Black and White images out of Color images posted at MCT Images, saying,

"A screencast tutorial for making black and white images out of color images in Photoshop."

My pick for non visual art

TherapyDoc presents Holding On and Letting Go posted at Everyone Needs Therapy, saying,

"Uh oh, it's not visual art, but it is stuff and no doubt, entertaining."

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Tess is Famous!

For those that follow my SnapShots blog you will have seen this photo of Tess, the working dog.

Why am I showing this photo here? Well Wendy Prior is using this photo as a reference and drawing a portraiture of Tess with coloured pencils on drafting film. You can find the first post of this work in progress by clicking here so why not hop on board and follow Wendy's progress.

This is a timely subject as well because I do encourage you to take a look at my SnapShots blog because the photos are free for artists to use and sell there artworks afterwards. It is good to get feedback from those that are using my photos because it encourages me to find the best photos that I can present to you.

Also something else is happening! I had never done a blog interview before and thought it would be a good learning experience and said yes when Vyoma from kalaalog Blog asked if I would participate. The resulting interview can be found here.

The last item I want to bring to your attention is about my recent Blog Carnival because it has quite a bit of activity in the comments section. If you are considering submitting a post to my Carnival, you may find answer to your question by reading the reply in the comments of the Carnival post. If you would like to know more or add your own thoughts, please leave a comment at that Carnival post.

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Arts and Stuff Carnival - July 12, 2007

Welcome to the July 12, 2007 edition of arts and stuff carnival.

I would love to see more 2D artists submitting to this Carnival that relate more to my own blog. It is a chance to see your articles/posts published and gain more exposure. It isn't hard to do and when you give it a go you will realise how quick and easy it is to do.

So come on, have you a watercolour, oil, pastel, pencil or any other medium that you would like to talk about, perhaps with advice, works in Progress or what you have learnt that you could share with us. There is so much out there that you artist are already writing about, Carnivals are about sharing it with a community that otherwise may never get to see your work or your blog for that matter.

If you would like to submit an article my next edition deadline is 12 August 2007 and will be published 14 August 2007.

Click for carnival submission form and see how easy it is.

Art Creativity

Sarakastic presents Home Decorating Bargains » Blog Archive » I’ve been missing out posted at Sara, saying,

"It's been a year since I've done any painting & I realized how much I missed it"

Harriett Hilton presents Want To Achieve Your Dreams? posted at artistic musings, saying,

"A post about getting yourself motivated, being the artist you are meant to be"

Vyoma presents How To Paint Tomato posted at KalaaLog, saying,

"The tutorial walks through the simple process of creating a digital painting of a tomato, from scratch. The tomato, in spite of being a simple subject, provides a beginner with a bright color to play around with light. With this tutorial, and a raster graphics editor like Photoshop or GIMP, you should be able to create a painting of tomato."

Samir presents Rediscover The Pure Pleasure Of Paper Crafts And Pop Up Cards posted at SamirBharadwaj.com.

artThailand presents New work from Vichian Boonmeemak posted at artThailand.

Miscellaneous Art

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Cashing In With Doggie da Vincis posted at Mad Kane's Humor Blog, saying,

"Limerick and commentary about dogs "creating" abstract art."

Vyoma presents Digital Painting posted at KalaaLog, saying,

"A article that puts down what digital painting is as a subset of CG and also presents a juxtaposition with traditional mediums."

MissMalaprop presents Aria Images Art Photography posted at Miss Malaprop - independent, sustainable, eco-friendly shopping, film, art, fashion, crafts & design, from New Orleans with love, saying,

"This very talented (and generous!) photographer and artists offers her work for sale on Etsy."

Kilroy_60 presents Fear and Loathing - The Gonzo Papers - A writer, spiritualist, business consultant, explorer and photographer looks at life - A Strategic Alliance posted at Fear And Loathing - The Gonzo Papers.

Lexi Sundell presents Jewelry Energized for Healing Grief posted at Energies of Creation, saying,

"Jewelry can be created that carries healing energies in unusual ways."

artThailand presents artThailand: We Put The World Of Contemporary Art From Thailand Within Reach posted at artThailand.

Hints, Growth, Learning & Bloggers

TherapyDoc presents That Softness Gene posted at Everyone Needs Therapy, saying,

"When the music gene presents at 16 months, it's pretty amazing."

Mike Harmon presents Article Syndication- The Sky is The Limit So Explore and Aim for the Sky posted at Basic Accounting, saying,

"Article syndication is a very simple process wherein one gets to share their article among various online sites which helps to impart knowledge through the web."

Penelope Trunk presents Try being a dilettante before changing careers posted at Brazen Careerist by Penelope Trunk.

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Arts and Stuff Carnival - June 13, 2007

Welcome to the June 13, 2007 edition of arts and stuff carnival.

Art Creativity

artThailand presents Don?t you just love Marilyn Monroe? posted at artThailand, saying,

"As reported by the BBC it seems that modern and contemporary art prices continue to rise at almost bubble like rates. The auction record for post-war art was smashed twice in one night just a few days ago."

Christopher Scholl presents New places. New photographs. posted at Photographer's Journey.com, saying,

"Finding photographic inspiration through travel."

Miscellaneous Art

Krystian presents My wallpapers and others posted at Krystians life in Britain.

Joe Szymanski presents Photography 2.0 posted at Photography and Art, Mostly..., saying,

"What does this hold in store for the practice of photography, and what does it mean for those of us who make a living with a camera?"

Samir Bharadwaj presents The Road to Fujairah posted at SamirBharadwaj.com.

Miscellaneous Subjects

Karen Halls presents Lindsay Lohan’s Affect on Her Generation-- Addiction Recovery Blog posted at Addiction Recovery Blog.


Neela Menon presents Well Done, Director! posted at One Hundred Years of Solitude.

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Arts and Stuff Carnival - May 14, 2007

Welcome to the May 14, 2007 edition of Arts and Stuff Carnival.

Art Creativity

Christine Kane presents How to Get Anything Done posted at Christine Kane's Blog.

myself presents Our Earth as Art posted at Acres Wild.

Lexi Sundell presents Creative Burnout From Unreasonable Customer Demands | Energies of Creation posted at Energies of Creation, saying,

"Burnout can result from unreasonable customer demands. The "Omigod Ring" reached ridiculous extremes in this category."

Miscellaneous Art

Lexi Sundell presents Regulating Puppy Energy Fields posted at Energies of Creation, saying,

"Integrating a puppy into a studio/gallery is a challenge solved by unusual energy work."

Ellen McDermott presents FINISHING TOUCHES posted at THE ART HALL.

Anja Merret presents William Hogarth exhibition at the Tate Britain posted at anja merret, saying,

"I was fortunate to be able to visit the William Hogarth exhibition at the Tate Britain."

Kathryn presents An Interview With Artist Judy Gittelsohn | San Fran Voice posted at San Fran Voice, saying,

"Interview with an artist who has just started a nonprofit organization bringing art opportunities to at risk youth and the developmentally disabled."

Michael Fowke presents Money is the way: Painting sells for $102 million posted at Money is the way, saying,

"I am interested in art, but this is just a humorous story about the prices some paintings can fetch."

Elvis D presents You Should Be An Actor posted at OneSmallWindow.

Michael Hwang presents Remikz: Starcraft Origami posted at remikz!.

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Arts and Stuff Carnival - April 13, 2007

Welcome to the April 13, 2007 edition of Arts and Stuff Carnival.

Art Creativity

The Positivity Blog presents 8 Ways to Spark Your Creativity posted at Henrik Edberg.

MissMalaprop presents Miss Malaprop - indie finds for your uncommon life » Blog Archive » Fine Art Adoption Network posted at Miss Malaprop - independent, sustainable, eco-friendly shopping, film, art, fashion, crafts & design, from New Orleans with love.

Lexi Sundell presents Center of the Sun posted at Energies of Creation, saying,

"This article uses the story of the poppy painting, Center of the Sun, to explore the effect of energy work during the painting process."

shedwa presents Shedwa Commercial posted at shedwa.

Lexi Sundell presents Creativity and Constraints | Energies of Creation posted at Energies of Creation, saying,

"A comparison of two paintings sheds light on creativity and constraint in art. Discipline results in creative freedom, as discussed in this post."

Miscellaneous Art

drew stiles presents you devil you posted at Drew $tiles™.

antonio presents Turn your favorite photographs into oil paintings. posted at Turn your photos into artwork..

shedwa presents Art Attack posted at shedwa.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of arts and stuff carnival using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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Submissions deadline: May 11, 2007
Next edition will be post on Arts & Stuff: May 13, 2007

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Welcome to the February 14, 2007 edition of Arts and Stuff Carnival.

Welcome to the February 14, 2007 edition of Arts and Stuff Carnival.

For those that don't know what a blog carnival is my first post will explain more.

Okay without further ado, this is the list I have made up out of many submissions for this months of Arts and Stuff blog Carnival.

Art Creativity

Sean J. Vaughan (on behalf of the author Dan Barker) presents Dancing with Death posted at Reason and Rhyme, saying,

"This is an original painting from Jacquelinne with a lighthearted look at considering death."

Marty Weil presents Interview with Art Deco Travel Brochure Collector David Levine posted at ephemera.

"David Levine collects Art Deco travel brochures of the 20s and 30s. These pamphlets are wonderfully designed and equal to the graphic impact of the more widely collected Art Deco posters. David spoke with us about his Art Deco brochure collection."

The Bizarre Jokester presents Painted Hands.... or ANIMALS??? posted at Amazingly Bizarre.

David Trager presents Dream Flight by ~blindedangel posted at Feel Good Vibes.

D.A.N. presents Untitled Ink Tessellation #1 posted at Sights & Sounds from the Fifth Column.

"This is an ink drawing done with a tessellation pattern. I really like how this piece turned out even though I created it nearly 5 years ago."

D.A.N. presents Untitled Abstract Ink Experiment #1 posted at Sights & Sounds from the Fifth Column.

"Created using technical pen and various other drawing tools, this drawing has a technical feel that makes it seem like something out of some science fiction show."

D.A.N. presents Untitles Abstract Ink Experiment #2 posted at Sights & Sounds from the Fifth Column.

"This is part two of my exploration of technical abstract ink drawing. This one had a small challenge in that it was designed to be no more and no less than 10 lines that cannot cross."

MissMalaprop presents Etsy Upcycle Recycling Contest posted at Miss Malaprop - independent, sustainable, eco-friendly shopping, film, art, fashion, crafts & design, from New Orleans with love, saying,

"this is my most recent attempt at creating art out of what was once considered trash."

Denise Thea presents 2007 January 22 « Glintlit Gloss posted at Glintlit Gloss.

"We’re etching the edges of the windows all over the house with our personal symbols. A dragonfly is mine, befitting a slightly over energized person. Paige with the vibrant personality has the butterfly. And Ryan, a summery sort of guy with regular sparks of enthusiasm has the firefly."

Philosophy and Thoughts about Art

D.A.N. presents I Could have Made That: Why I Don?t Get Minimal Art posted at Sights & Sounds from the Fifth Column.

Note: This is an interesting article and worth reading, Susan

"So what exactly is minimalism as it applied to art? Basically it is based around the concept of “Less is More.” This concept can be applied to anything from paintings to sculpture and allows the artist to use only the most basic elements that are required to create the desired effect."

Andrea Dickson presents Buying and selling art on eBay posted at Wisebread.

"What would you say if I told you that I filled my entire living room with completely original works of art for less than $300? We're not talking kid's stuff - no crayon drawings, no attempts at self-expression. Art by real and struggling artists, both schooled and self-taught?"

Dan presents It takes Determination, not Talent, to Make Great Art posted at EmptyEasel.com.

"I can’t imagine what would be like to paint the entire ceiling of the Sistine Chapel – the enormity of it just blows my mind. What was his secret? How did he accomplish such a Herculean task?"

RJ Lavallee presents bent spoon -- art, literature, image and text, opinion e-zine and blog - Could it be? posted at bent spoon -- art, literature, image and text, and opinion e-zine, saying,

"What will you find? You know you have been searching. You know there's something out there that you need. Something so succulent, so simple, so sweet, so pure. And you hope that you find it in something so perfectly packaged."

Julie Heath - More4kids Inc. presents Bonding With Your Kids Through Arts And Crafts posted at More4kids.

"Arts and Crafts are a great way to bond with kids, especially when the whole family get involved. These days kids (and parents too) are so consumed with technology that they often don’t even know what making crafts means. Crafts can be a great idea for family time, especially in the winter when we don’t go out so much. Here are some of the benefits and some ideas for your family ‘craft’ time."

Derek Andrews presents Repetition as a design element posted at The Tool Rest.

"One of the simplest methods of making our work more visually interesting is to repeat a motif."

Best Post for Unrelated Story to "Fine Art"

Laura Young presents I Got Out of the Tub posted at Dragon Slayer, saying,

"How did a hobbyist photographer get a cover shot on a magazine? Fortune favors the bold. Remember there is a difference between having a theory of breathing and actually breathing. Here's an example of what can happen if you just take that first step."

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of:

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Submissions deadline: March 8, 2007
Next edition will be post on Arts & Stuff: March 11, 2007

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Welcome to the January 8 2007 edition of Arts and Stuff Carnival.

Welcome to the January 8, 2007 edition of Arts and Stuff Carnival!

Admittedly when signing up to the Blog Carnival early December it had me scratching my head as to how it all worked. My first edition was back on the 4th of December 2006 and as it was a tentative test, I posted my own story without advertising it here. This edition today is what I consider is a new journey of being a serious Carnival blogger that will be posted once per month. As more stories are submitted I may consider posting editions more often.

Very interesting!
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What caught me unaware was how many submitted to my carnival before even posting my next addition date
"

What caught me unaware was how many submitted to my carnival before even posting my next addition date. Even though the stories were excellent they didn’t all fall into the category of what my carnival is about. In saying this I did come up with an idea of picking the best post for unrelated story for "fine art" to add at the end of my edition. Please be aware that all information provide by the authors has not been researched further by myself and is up to you to take the information as true or false.

What is a blog carnival?

• It is a collection of posts on a topic that I and many other bloggers have chosen to host on a blog.

• Carnival bloggers submit to myself or other members of Blog Carnival using a submission form with this example by clicking on Arts & Stuffs.
  

Why do it?

• Participating in Carnivals is a great way to promote your own blog because a published topic will generate traffic from the host blog for your published submission.

• Blog Carnival itself promotes participating blogs with a direct link back to editions that the hosting Carnival blog has posted.

• It connects you to other bloggers of the same interest as yourself.

• Adds additional interest to your own blog

Art Creativity

Laura Young presents Are you Creative? Developing Your Creativity, Part 1 posted at Dragon Slayer's Guide to Life.

This article is the first in a series that has been featured in the book: A Guide to Getting It: Creative Intelligence.

Teaching Art

Nick Franklin presents Amateur Illustrator : Community of Illustrators posted at AmateurIllustrator.com

The story I want to create is centered around the terrible subject of cancer. I don’t want to be morbid in my tale, but I definitely want to portray the seriousness this disease represents (hopefully in a non-intimidating manner). This way children and parents could read this together and potentially gain some insight from my experiences. I do not want to teach a lesson, or preach to anyone.

Nick Franklin presents Amateur Illustrator : Community of Illustrators posted at AmateurIllustrator.com.

Nina Paley’s career began in 1988 with her self-syndicated comic strip, Nina’s Adventures, which appeared in several alternative newspapers and two paperback collections, Depression is Fun and Nina’s Adventures.

Nick Franklin presents Amateur Illustrator : Community of Illustrators posted at AmateurIllustrator.com.

In this lesson we are going to look at some elements of good character design. This is not a drawing tutorial. This lesson illustrates principles that are the building blocks of good character design. Understanding them will help you in developing a process of good design in which drawing is only the last step.
I divided this lesson into two phases: the conceptualizations phase that deals with understanding your character and the realizations phase which deals with bringing it to life.

Show us your Art
D.A.N. presents Untitled Black & White Photo Gallery - Abstract and Artistic Photos posted at Sights & Sounds from the Fifth Column - Music, Art, Articles & More.

This photo series is a set that I took while in my first year of college for an artistic photography class. I don’t take a lot of photos but for some reason this set of 17 continues to have some of my favorite pictures.

Best Post for Unrelated Story to "Fine Art"

Amanda presents ChaCha: World's Worst Search Site posted at Take A Five Minute Break, Then Relax.

The worst idea of a search site to ever cross my path. Certainly this could be useful to those who couldn't turn on a computer, much less search for something simple on the Internet. ChaCha is Indiana's idea of a cruel joke. You use real live guides to help you search for whatever it is you don't know how to go Google yourself for.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of
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Upcoming Edition Dates

Submissions deadline: Feb 11, 2007
Next edition will be post on Arts & Stuff: Feb 14, 2007



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