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My Artistic Personality?
2007-09-14 17:23:44
***Your Personality is Somewhat Rare (ISTP)*** Your personality type is reserved, methodical, spirited, and intense. Only about 6% of all people have your personality, including 3% of all women and 8% of all men You are Introverted, Sensing, Thinking, and Perceiving. How Rare Is Your Personality? http://www.blogthings.com/howrareisyourpersonalityquiz/
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Grayscale Project Phase 3
2007-09-14 15:59:07
     “The development of an ability to work from memory, to select factors, to take things of certain constructive values and build with them a special thing, your unique vision of nature, the thing you caught in an instant look of a face or the formations of a moment in the sky, will make it possible to state not only that face, that landscape, but make your statement of them as they were when they were most beautiful to you,” Robert Henri.   Onto the started project:  1.     I consider the size of frame that I want to use for this art drawing. I decided on a 20”x16”, which goes well with my size format of 12”x8” leaving me with a 4” mat on each side. I picked out a very nice gray and black frame with rounded corners with a width of 3.75”. I think it will highlight this fine art graphite rendering very well. 2.     Tools that I will start out using on this contemporary drawing:A.   Dust brush from my drafting days.B.    Scale for measuring t
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Grayscale Conversion
2007-09-13 09:50:51
Here is the second step in my Creative Realism process.  I always like to simplify things as much as possible when using my Creative Realism technique to create works of fine art. Why not start with a grayscale subject since it is going to be a graphite study? My rule is to always Keep It Simple Smart. When I try to complicate things then all chaos breaks lose!  While I’m at it I’ll use Photoshop Lightroom and its great new grayscale conversion tool to get it just about how I want it. I started out by trying all the presets to see which I liked best for this particular photograph. Once I decided on one, I adjusted all the basic settings starting from the top and worked my way down in logical order making quite a few adjustments.   Lastly, I went into Lightroom’s grayscale conversion section and changed all the color controls with minor adjustments.   Then I sent the photo to Photoshop for minor tweaks. I always like to check my luminosity histogram. I did a slight curves ad
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The Beginning
2007-09-12 20:57:44
“When we know the relative value of things we can do anything with them,” Robert Henri.   That is just what I shall attempt to do with this leaf hopefully transforming it into a work of art.     Over the next few days, I will be working with this photo of a leaf to show how I would go about rendering it in graphite. I will let you know what kind of paper and graphite and everything else you would need to complete this project yourself. Thank you for stopping by BoydGreeneArt for a browse.


Toned Rose
2007-09-11 22:25:13
“A thing that has not been begun cannot be finished,” so said Robert Henri. I am feeling a little blue today so I’m posting a photo that is just a little blue. Thank you everyone for stopping by BoydGreeneArt for a browse.


Gulf Fritillary Backlighted
2007-09-08 10:51:22
www.BoydGreeneArt.com “The study of art is the study of the relative value of things.”  Robert Henri Gulf Fritillary Thank you everyone for stopping by for a browse and have an awesome weekend enjoying nature and all the wild things around you.


Warner Park Roses
2007-09-07 17:57:57
Thank you everyone for dropping by to see Warner Park Roses a Creative Realism painting in its completion. All that is left is the final coats of Amber and framing. This year has moved along very well for my art and I owe it to every one of you that drop by to give a kind word of encouragement all the time. It is a great honor to have you participate with me as we journey along looking for revealing and hidden treasures of beauty.  This is another painting from the quickly fading rose garden once flourishing at Warner Park in Chattanooga, Tennessee. A number of these roses were rare and donated by various people. Many were award winning designer roses having won national and international awards. Warner Park Roses 24″x36″ As those of you know who have been around awhile this painting has taken on many faces. Warner Park Roses was a painting that I struggled to make into something that it was not. I relented by going back and painting it just as it was. Keep It Simple Sma


Longwing Gulf Fritillary
2007-09-07 09:45:01
www.BoydGreeneArt.com The great art teacher Robert Henri once stated, “You are to give the craftsman in you a motive, else he cannot develop.”   What he was saying is understand the subject you are photographing or painting. Know the traits of the animals you photograph to be ready at all times to capture their personality. Find their uniqueness in its simplest form and teach us about this special creature you have decided to capture. Why have you decided to show us this animal in this special moment of time? What caught your eye? What grabbed your attention?  Painter, be able to make the eyes read what you see. Learn to use features to tell the story of your sitter. Use the gestures of your subject to tell about them.  Take the knowledge and understanding you possess of your inspiration and give it to your viewers. They will never forget it. Longwing Gulf Fritillary This butterfly photo is my favorite of all the five hundred sum odd pictures I’ve taken of butterflies this


Inquiry
2007-09-05 23:56:47
I have done very little adjusting on this photo; tone curve, clarity, vibrance, white balance, and sharpening in Lightroom. In Photoshop I did a little cloning to a layer as this rose is a little aged but not much. A few marks stood out too much and didn’t add to the flower. I believe this would make a gorgeous watercolor as the background looks like a watercolor wash. Robert Henri once said, “Plainly you are to develop as a seer, as an appreciator as well as a craftsman.”   With that said, what is your opinion of this rose? Is there something you would change? Are the mid-values too dark? Is it too saturated? Would you throw it in the trash? Is the composition pleasing? Remember I’ll be painting it so I could do minor adjustments, just nothing major. I’ve learned my lesson and care not to revisit those trials some hours of toil working to fix what was already broken. I look forward to your insights with candid anticipation. Thank you each and everyone for stopping b
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New Project
2007-09-05 09:33:27
I always look forward to hearing from all my friends and discovering their thoughts on what I’m doing. You are what make this site an interactive site full of fun and information for the picking. To each and everyone one of you a Big Thank You from BoydGreeneArt.  Kim at Laketrees and PoeARTica has been a tremendous friend sharing her hard fought lime light with me and nominating me for The Thoughtful Blogger Award. Not only is she a master artisan she has mastered the very fine art of being an excellent lady. If you have not checked her art out you need to see the wondrous way she depicts the human spirit with strength and beauty through grace. If you have not checked her blogs out you need to as she blogs about fun stuff, interesting stuff and very artistic stuff. She often gives things away as she is right now, so go and participate at a wonderful site always full of new and interesting little things. Kim is from a very talented family and carries on the tradition displaying tale
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Quick Update
2007-08-30 18:57:25
www.BoydGreeneArt.com Here is a quick update before I head out of town for a few days to see Notre Dame and Georgia Tech play. Thank you everyone for stopping by BoydGreeneArt for a browse and I look forward to being back soon. Everyone take care and have an awesome weekend!
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Feast After the Storm
2007-08-29 22:15:02
www.BoydGreeneArt.com Feast After the Storm Feast After the Storm is a photograph of one of the sunflowers I raised a few years ago in our garden. I might do a small painting sometime of the sunflower and Bumble Bees along with a few drops of water.   Thank you everyone for stopping by BoydGreeneArt.


Art Experimentation Update
2007-08-28 23:33:23
www.BoydGreeneArt.com I’ve refined the photo a little to show how the artist that utilizes photography as a reference can edit to get a more appropriate subject to paint or draw.   I lightened the tree branch hanging down on the upper left and removed the mare on the lower left.  I also slightly blended the horse into the background on the left side. I want the background to be an integral part of the artwork. That is why I created this soft edge so you will feel as though the horse is part of its background. I enjoy reading Harley Brown’s books on art as he repeats time after time how an artist should create movement throughout a peice using edges.   Quarter Horse You could make countless thumbnail sketches to get to this point but I chose to do it this way. I just want to have a very good idea of my end destination before I put pencil to the paper or paint to the canvas.  I want a strong road map so I want to deal with all obstacles now saving me time, frustration and p
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Art Experimentation
2007-08-27 23:20:02
www.BoydGreeneArt.com  Here is another of my neighbor’s Quarter horses.   I’m still toying with a new concept for my art. I’ve used dark vignettes but never light vignettes. I suppose I will use one of these horse portraits to draft one with graphite. I’m getting a little itchy for some graphite rendering as it has been a while and I love to draw.  Drawing was my first love. Perhaps that is why I love and enjoy black and white photography so much. I’m astounded when one can use monotones to convey beauty. One man said, “… beauty is light and there is no beauty without light.” I guess he knew what he was talking about and Ansel Adams sure knew what he was doing. So did Michelangelo, Rembrandt and many others. Will we follow their example?  The question is do I know how to create beauty out of shades of black and white? Can I stand before the mirror of beauty with the art I have drafted and get the reply back “Well done?”   I have only begun to learn. The more


Snowball Bush Painting
2007-09-28 11:02:29
Here is the snowball bush that I have been working on for a while. I actually missed labeled it as a hydrangea but that is not too bad as I found on the internet that they are of the same family.   This is from a large bush in one of my mom’s flowerbeds. I think it is one of her most beautiful also containing a large hemlock I consider one of the most beautiful trees on earth. Their grace and eloquence is marvelous to behold. The way their branches drape and sway in the wind is one of the most peaceful things of nature to behold.  Mom’s snowball bush always creates a showy display in late spring with its big white flowers bursting out in full glory in the early light of morning.   The snowball bush is also known as the European Cranberry Bush being an Old World deciduous thicket-forming shrub.   In the fall, the leaves turn a passionate burgundy reddish-purple, about this time; eye-captivating berries ripen and stay most all winter. These berries are a favorite of cedar wax
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Rock Spring Show and Sell
2007-09-27 20:43:02
Rock Spring annual Show and Sell since 1971 by the Rock Spring United Methodist Church, Highway 95, Rock Spring, Georgia will be September 29, from 9:00 A.M until 4:00 P.M...  There is plenty to do for the whole family.  Admission is free. There will be 75 artisans, antique tractors, antique cars, diving dogs, Civil War re-enactors, operating steam engines, live music, children’s activities with lots of games including inflatable playgrounds and many home cooked foods including vegetable soup, funnel cakes, fried pies, roasted corn, homemade ice cream, hamburgers, hot dogs and a full baker shop.   Be a part of the new car cruise-in.  It is an awesome craft show in a great setting under trees with a small stream surrounded by fields of grass.  All proceeds benefit the community and church projects.  Thanks for stopping by BoydGreeneArt and drop by this show if you get the chance.


Art Abuse
2007-09-27 14:26:40
My article on this day of blogging against abuse will be about art abuse.  1.     Hand painted reproductions are not originals. Original means one and only one. Hand painted art has its value but it is not original. 2.     If an artist wants to make prints fine but the only original is the painting. I’ve seen sellers claim that prints they had treated with gels were originals and it is hard sometimes to tell. 3.     Not everything called an original is an original. 4.     Giclees are not originals though they can get really close to an original when crafted by the right people. The word giclee means little also unless the printing is by someone that knows what they are doing and use archival materials. 5.     Hand painted pieces done by the boatload are not originals. A lady called me awhile back to come and hang art for her in her house. I got there and she said, “Look at all these originals.” I had to break it to her that they were not originals and show


Pipevine Swallowtail
2007-09-26 22:03:08
The Pipevine Swallowtail is a butterfly that other species mimic due to their distastefulness to predators. Predators avoid its look a likes as much so as itself; which include female Black Swallowtails, female Spicebush Swallowtails, and Red Spotted Purples. The mimics have even come to have similar flight behaviors. Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly The easiest way to identify a Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly is their dark forewings have no interior markings.   Thank you everyone for stopping by I’ll have updates up soon. I’m almost finished with a painting that has been laying around awhile and some of you will remember it when I post it. Thanks everyone for stopping by BoydGreeneArt! 


Screen Shot
2007-09-25 20:29:02
Ankush Vimawala Photography daily dose tagged me for a screen shot so here it is the non-technical version. His photography is beautiful and quite often experimental delighting me with fresh perspectives on many subjects. Thanks Ankush for the tag. Thank you everyone for stopping by BoydGreeneArt I’ll have some updates up soon.


The Artist’s Life Ambition
2007-09-22 16:27:03
What is the theme of your life? What is it that permeates your life and makes it worth living? When you lie prone, with every bone near to its final stillness, what will you look back and be pleased with when you know there are no more tomorrows? What is the value of your life? What drives your business? What is the higher calling on your life? How can you be truly successful? Abraham Lincoln very early in his political career stated, “Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. He went on to add, “Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other [ambition] so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition, is yet to be developed.” Did he succeed? I think so and a great many others join hand in hand conferring that he was very successful.Have you worked out your life’s ambition?Do you really know what you want to do with your life?Are you passionate abo
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Tiger Rescue
2007-09-21 10:35:53
“Hi, My name’s Tom King. We’ve got a new website at http://www.tigerlink.org that tells about what we’re doing. It’s a pretty neat site. We’re also scrambling to rescue 3 tigers from Nebraska that are fixing to be euthanized if we can’t get new cages built in time. We’ve raised about a third of what we need and we’re holding off the Nebraska Game and Fish people (for now), but the sooner we get the new habitats built, the better. Encourage your friends to go to the site and donate. Thanks for dropping by and for the encouraging word. Keep watching the websites, we’ll have more about some exciting new projects to help strengthen the tiger gene pool using privately held captive tigers that may help save the species in the coming years as tiger populations in the wild continue to decline precipitously. Keep in touch. We depend on folks like you. Tom King Development Director Tiger Missing Link Foundation When you get the chan
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Grayscale Project Phase 5
2007-09-19 19:36:02
Something to think on before we get to the drawing stage today, how will you set your art apart from the pack? Professional photographer Heather Angel commented on that very thing when Mark Edward Harris of Outdoor Photographer asked, “What do you see as challenges for the younger generation? What advice would you give?”   She replied, “Anyone looking to make a mark in nature photography today needs to come up with an original approach or else an in-depth coverage of a region or a species. Otherwise, their work will not stand out amongst the plethora of nature images up on the Internet.”  I’ve thought much on this myself as a nature and wildlife artist. Do I really want to get into Western Art as well as nature? Do I really want to paint portraits? My thinking is that I will continue to specialize in the area surrounding me and do my very best to make that which I know best the very best that I can. I do want to do some animal paintings that will relate to the Western cult
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The Thoughtful Blogger Award
2007-09-18 18:20:37
The Thoughtful Blogger Award For those who answer blog comments, emails, and make their visitors feel at home on their blogs. For the people who take others feelings into consideration before speaking out and who are kind and courteous. Also for all of those bloggers who spend so much of their time helping others bloggers design, improve, and fix their sites. This award is for those generous bloggers who think of others.  It is an award from Christy Z. at Writer’s Reviews. Thank you Christy Z.! Kim at laketrees award winning portrait artist and PoeARTica painted words gave this fine award to me and I’m passing it on to five bloggers who have helped me greatly:  BFK Photography Ankush Photography Graf Nature Photography  Woodsong—Off the Beaten Path Random Musings  Thank you all for your help, your inspiration, your encouragement and your precious time!  Thank you everyone for stopping by and there will be an update tomorrow for the leaf sketch. Until then have an awe


Grayscale Project Phase 4
2007-09-17 20:15:46
I start very simply. Keep It Simple Smart! Bit by bit. Focus on one small area at a time. Break your drawing up into small pieces simplifying it down to its bare bones. As you complete it one area after another it will reveal itself to you broadening your understanding for future encounters of the same kind.   1.     I start by laying out the key points of my composition. I’m drawing from my computer screen using Photoshop to pull up my image. I turn on Rulers in the View menu to get my measurements. I simply move my cursor to a point that I want to establish on my drawing and record the x, y coordinate on my drawing. When drawing from a photo I love to use a compass with metal tips in each end. This allows me to draw extremely fast. If I want the photo to be 3x larger, I just spin it 3 times keeping one point down at all times.  Tip: Keep a sheet of paper to lay your hand on as you draw or buy a bridge to keep from smearing your wonderful art. Triangular scales (rulers) work
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New Salem Mountain Festival
2007-10-02 10:12:33
33rd Annual New Salem Mountain Festival   The New Salem Mountain Festival started as a celebration at the changing of the seasons from summer to autumn – some people think the most beautiful time of the year – when brilliant color of the trees provides a glorious background for beautiful and exciting works of art.  This Festival sponsored by the New Salem Community Improvement Club is a celebration of human talent amidst nature’s splendor and welcome all to more abundant living. Join us in recognition of this abundance at New Salem on Lookout Mountain between Trenton and LaFayette, Georgia, the second full weekend in October each year.  The mountain festival emphasizes quality, Artists, craftsmen, and musicians – many local – are carefully selected from the best agent available. You will discover here many visual arts – paintings in oil, acrylic, and watercolor; pottery of earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain clay; quilts made in our own community by internationally appr


Laketrees tag
2007-10-14 11:19:23
www.BoydGreeneArt.com Kim has tagged me @ laketrees for:   10 Random Facts  The rules of this tag:  1.     Link to your tagger and post these rules. 2.     List ten (10) random facts about yourself. 3.     Tag eleven people at the end of your post and list their names (linking to them). 4.     These eleven persons would have to tag 12 people. 5.     You could also tag back, if desperate! 6.     Let them know they’ve been tagged by leaving them a comment on their blogs.  The Random Facts:  1.     My favorite breed of dogs is bloodhounds. 2.     I was named after my great uncle. 3.     My favorite dog was a little stray that looked like a German Shepherd with a curved tail. 4.     My favorite baseball players are Roger Clemens and Derek Jeter. 5.     My favorite conference is the Atlantic Coast Conference. 6.     My favorite artist is Rembrandt. 7.     My favorite modern artist is J.D. Challenger. His creativity is endless and a


Gold Rush Days
2007-10-19 11:54:17
        www.BoydGreeneArt.com         Last weekend it was the New Salem Mountain Festival and this weekend it is Dahlonega, Georgia’s Gold Rush Days. I can’t wait, as it is one awesome art show in one pristine mountain city. Not only do you find great vendors but also there are great shops all around the square to browse through, bed and breakfasts, history, antiques, unique restaurants, art shops, hand-blown glass galleries, old hardware stores and southern charm.          “Gold Rush Days are held the third weekend in October (the 20th and 21st for 2007), when thousands come to see fall colors peaking and celebrate Dahlonega’s 1828 discovery of gold. Over 300 art and craft exhibitors gather around the Public Square and Historic District in support of this annual event, and it is estimated that a crowd of over 200,000 visit over the weekend to join in the fun and excitement!         Gold Rush Days has been voted one of the Top 20 Events in the


On the Easel
2007-10-23 08:21:07
www.BoydGreeneArt.com  This is a little painting on my easel right now giving me a little break from all the catching up I’m doing to get a lot of lose ends tied up. I’ll be starting back on the Cherohala Project soon and there will be an update to the graphite study I started a while back. You are going to love the title to this one and the reasoning for it.  Newest clue: how many sides does a panel have?  Thanks for stopping by BoydGreeneArt for a browse and have an awesome day.
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Graphite Project Phase 6
2007-10-26 15:25:48
www.BoydGreeneArt.com        Finally, back to the graphite study I started a long while back. I apologize for the delay everyone. I need to start finishing these before I post them.   1.   I start by shading the branch in the upper right corner that is pealing and underneath another branch. 2.   I shade in the branch on the left that is running vertically. 3.   I shade in the branch running diagonally from underneath the leaf’s underside. 4.   There is a branch with neat textures that I shade coming out from under the leaf on the left side. Even though I like its texture, I am careful not to add too many details to avoid distracting from the main focus (the leaf). 5.   Now I begin on the branch in the top right corner working from the background to the foreground. It is on top of the branch with pealing bark. I want to build up the strength of the composition in a logical manner that will convey solidity. I start out using a 0.3mm pencil, as there are many fine li
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Creative Georgia Residents
2007-10-31 12:06:35
Calling ALL Creative Georgia residents…artists, entertainers, crafts people, agribusiness entrepreneurs, authors, etc… The Georgia Tourism Foundation is conducting Creative Economies Town Hall meetings all around the state.  See the attached flyer for details and dates. Northwest Georgia will host its Town Hall meeting on 9:30am – Noon, Nov. 13th in Rome at City Hall on Broad Street. Directions From I-75 south/Ringgold, take exit 312 in Calhoun, Hwy. 53 south to Rome.  Once you get into Rome, bear right to downtown on Broad Street, cross Turner McCall Blvd (Hwy. 27), go to the 3rd traffic light.  City Hall is on the corner on the right.  Parking in the rear or on the street. From I-75 north/Cartersville – take exit 290, Hwy. 20 west to Rome.  Merge to Hwy. 27 north / Turner McCall Blvd. Turn left on Broad Street, go to the 3rd traffic light.  City Hall is on the corner on the right.  Parking in the rear or on the street. From Hwy. 27 north or south – take Hwy. 2
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