Visitors' poll

Mmmmm, doing the poll gave me the itch to try again at the application/jurying process. I went to the join link and read the application process. Though I could have sworn that a live portrait was essential the last time I read it, it would appear that it is preferred but a photography-based portrait is indeed allowed if the photo was taken by the artist.

So, I am off to give the application process a go. I hope to find that this will not be my last post, but instead be the first few of many.

Tammy Moore

[Julie Deane]

Tammy, you could always do a self portrait.

Hope you join. This forum is a great place to learn.

Originally Posted by Julie Deane

Tammy, you could always do a self portrait.

Hope you join. This forum is a great place to learn.

Thanks Julie. You must have been typing this in at the same time I typed in my last post.

I think I will just plan on a self portrait. Just me sitting still. That is easy. I am good at being still. LOL. Then, so no one has to look at my mug twice (heaven forbid, hehehehe), I will select a photo-based portrait of one of my clients.

Tammy Moore

Looks like I read it right the first time around and wishful thinking influenced that second read. Both portrait images are to be live with the second one having some flexibility to be from a photo so long as I took it. That one would be easy since I try to do all my own photography.

Way back twenty years ago when I was a teen in classes and art groups I did lots of modeling to help pay my way through art classes. It is not at all easy to sit still for live painting sessions. I guess that background is what makes me cringe to ask it of others.

Maybe I can do a live self portrait using a mirror. Perhaps I can draft my husband or one of the kids for a modeling session stretched out over a few weeks. I feel like I will torture my family, client, or community volunteer by having them sit still for the length of time it will take for a live painting. It will also mean wedging a submission portrait into my schedule when if I could submit a commission from photography, I can apply without interfering with my orders.

Since most of the artists in Stroke of Genius work from photos they take, I am not sure why the live model portrait(s) are necessary to apply for the forum. Perhaps it is fear that artists will not understand how photography can have distortions of perspective and color. But this is not a lacking in basic drawing abilities which seems to be the reasoning behind the juried review process. Instead, this is a more advanced topic that even professional portrait artists deal with.

[Cynthia Daniel]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Looks like I read it right the first time around and wishful thinking influenced that second read. Both portrait images are to be live with the second one having some flexibility to be from a photo so long as I took it. That one would be easy since I try to do all my own photography.

The "from life" requirement has been removed. I thought that I changed all the references to it. Hmmm. You are are welcome to apply without life portraits.

Originally Posted by Cynthia Daniel

The "from life" requirement has been removed. I thought that I changed all the references to it. Hmmm. You are are welcome to apply without life portraits.

Horray!

If it will help, the reference about painting from life is at http://forum.portraitartist.com/register.php?

Tammy Moore

[Cynthia Daniel]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Horray!

If it will help, the reference about painting from life is at http://forum.portraitartist.com/register.php?

Tammy Moore

That was a big help! Thanks.

I am registered and would love to post and be more involved but I have the darndest time logging in. When I request that the system send along my log in information it says I have entered an invalid email addy -- but that is the one I used to sign up with originally (i think). someday, I'll take the time to sort it out -- for now, I'll just view.

(Although I think it might be a good idea if the forum requested people to log in to read anything).

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I am registered and would love to post and be more involved but I have the darndest time logging in. When I request that the system send along my log in information it says I have entered an invalid email addy -- but that is the one I used to sign up with originally (i think). someday, I'll take the time to sort it out -- for now, I'll just view.

(Although I think it might be a good idea if the forum requested people to log in to read anything).

I'm unregistered but I don't agree it would be better if the forum requested that people log in to read posts. I've looked less at the critiques ever since the password was added, though I do understand the reason why that section has a special log in. But for anything else, I don't recommend a change. This would diminish traffic on the site considerably and I believe the purpose of this and other threads is precisely to get more people involved.

[Cynthia Daniel]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I am registered and would love to post and be more involved but I have the darndest time logging in. When I request that the system send along my log in information it says I have entered an invalid email addy -- but that is the one I used to sign up with originally (i think). someday, I'll take the time to sort it out -- for now, I'll just view.

(Although I think it might be a good idea if the forum requested people to log in to read anything).

If you'll click the Contact Us link at the bottom of this page and send me your name and email address, I'll lookup and see what it is.

Since it seems more of our readers are not registered than those who are, I think requiring log-in, which also requires being approved in the jury process, would cause an uproar of disappointment.