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.

Hello All:

I've been visiting the website for over a year now, and would love to participate eventually. But I wonder if this site allows people to register under a pseudonym or "nom de plume" (would that be "nom de pinceau" for painters?).

I'm not a full-time painter but a hobbyist, yet for professional and just general privacy reasons I'm not keen on participating under my real name. I admire everyone here who does, yet I'm sure there are other visitors who like me have qualms about putting their identity on the WWW. Perhaps for professional artists, especially those seeking additional commissions, this might not be an issue. Just wondering...

I paint to escape the pain of depression from grief. I enjoy your forums, they are a wonderful learning tool.

Elizabeth

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I paint to escape the pain of depression from grief. I enjoy your forums, they are a wonderful learning tool.

Elizabeth

hugs to you ((Elizabeth)). I am sorry you are grieving.

[Cynthia Daniel]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I paint to escape the pain of depression from grief. I enjoy your forums, they are a wonderful learning tool.

Elizabeth

You have my sympathies, Elizabeth.

I have been looking over the site and admiring all the beautiful work. I am wondering where and if I would fit into a site like this one or if I would be totally kicked off. I grew up in the photography buisness but my passion has always been art. When I became serious about my work I always wanted to find a way to bring them both togeather. I consider my painting medium digital. All of my paintings are finished either on watercolor paper or canvas. All of my canvas paintings are finished with brushstrokes, sprayed and stretched on stretcher bars. My paintings are created from many photographs selected by my clients and then put togeather into a painting. I guess I am just wondering if I would be excepted by this website as an artist. I have a website that has my paintings on it and also photographs that I have taken. The reason I am asking is because I really want to do my paintings exclusive and use my photography background as a tool. What do you think?
www.artistictouchstudio.com
Noel Steele