tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37393354439094717332024-03-13T10:56:36.813-07:00river road studio blogthoughts, ideas, ramblings and work from Carol Egbert's studioCarol Egberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01611764267469176948noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739335443909471733.post-65844038058947382662009-06-24T05:41:00.000-07:002009-06-24T05:42:36.767-07:00Photoshop Magic<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; ">There can be more to creating an image than pulling out paper and paint.<div><br /></div><div>My food blog has presented new challenges in illustration. When cows unexpectedly visited my garden, I wrote a post and need an illustration. </div><div><br /></div><div> I had a painting of a jersey cow.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEityfOH9hI5L26f-9G3fySl3cUTu8cU_qVixN10B5iD3WrDBef6m82R2FDT8Qas46UyufsUY3lpLM8nEadsaJAyv3Sz7Uo1rbakJC7Kfmx1E-trYw6__IiSdw2I-vG30pdw_UE8GazBF7g/s1600-h/A+Cow+01.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEityfOH9hI5L26f-9G3fySl3cUTu8cU_qVixN10B5iD3WrDBef6m82R2FDT8Qas46UyufsUY3lpLM8nEadsaJAyv3Sz7Uo1rbakJC7Kfmx1E-trYw6__IiSdw2I-vG30pdw_UE8GazBF7g/s400/A+Cow+01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350866849596581778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 263px; " /></a><br /><div>And I had a painting of the garden gate.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipNS6JHKXdNhfFoFXYqc0XLgB98h5M6cw68M3onMcauppxSsfDyvCarpxPXwHM8UmpKdcncItPyA5miRZahEU9-eeqTHB5HDUMibD_2y1uvjv8RtqD_3e3BeeOKZdQqzSwjgQSa13YeE4/s1600-h/A+Garden+Gate.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipNS6JHKXdNhfFoFXYqc0XLgB98h5M6cw68M3onMcauppxSsfDyvCarpxPXwHM8UmpKdcncItPyA5miRZahEU9-eeqTHB5HDUMibD_2y1uvjv8RtqD_3e3BeeOKZdQqzSwjgQSa13YeE4/s400/A+Garden+Gate.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350866845791123602" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 392px; height: 400px; " /></a>Could I put the cow in the garden using the magic of Photoshop?</div><div><br /></div><div>I began by creating a file that had the cow as a bottom layer and topped the cow with a garden gate layer. After I adjusted the scale and position of the cow, I selected the cow and erased areas in the garden gate painting where I wanted the cow to appear.</div><div></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ky0MN3pIh6HDoDCPi2d__mXLwyl-1g1ZEIYjELfQro9DEfdM4qA6ub1KDPXqKee3oCKlP3mnK950QL5XNcBdmyT_n3SiqtyEb2swI5fymyv6HCGScyZgMYwG7dE-1Mza69YM52mA4Nk/s1600-h/Cow+in+the+Garden+copy.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ky0MN3pIh6HDoDCPi2d__mXLwyl-1g1ZEIYjELfQro9DEfdM4qA6ub1KDPXqKee3oCKlP3mnK950QL5XNcBdmyT_n3SiqtyEb2swI5fymyv6HCGScyZgMYwG7dE-1Mza69YM52mA4Nk/s400/Cow+in+the+Garden+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350866839081735346" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 392px; height: 400px; " /></a>Success!</div><div><br /></div><div>To read the post on my food blog <a href="http://www.carolegbert.blogspot.com/">*click here*</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Carol Egbert</div></div></div></span>Carol Egberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01611764267469176948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739335443909471733.post-59745793218568127192009-06-11T03:48:00.000-07:002009-06-11T03:49:37.637-07:0012 x 12 Show - Studio Place Arts<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; "><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; "><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span">A couple of months ago, I met an artist who suggested that I get involved with SPA. Initially, I thought she was talking about a place for massages and saunas.</span></span></span><div style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span">After clearing the confusion, and learning more about her show last winter at Studio Place Arts in Barre, Vermont, I visited their website with the intention of becoming a gallery member.</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span">The Call to Artists section of the website had details about submissions for the upcoming '12 x 12' Show. On the wall near my desk hung three 12" x 12" oil paintings. Serendipity!</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><p><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6pbXhEJ0RyiJ5-B42Bg9P15ayU9I0LGvEyQATbOj0TBWPV_pCZLzfDZ9azPE2H0wk8O2nu-wMwELRLqpcVccseVz0y549swBbsDZFV1-5U6sPOrxgtAtee_zYjm821Qt_PIejxWf7RIk/s400/Opera+Red.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345679640979540242" border="0" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 395px; " /><p><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Rather than simply joining SPA, I decided to submit paintings for the show. The process was pretty simple, and with no expectations, I sent off the application later that day.</span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Two weeks later, the 'We are pleased to include .....' letter arrived.</span></span></p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghmugOPvedvEHyLDOD3qJePkYDtVWOAoogkF__XoCyaudpmIaKgpOKOL0YBAcy3PQWsjA3nR-9SgYbugklroTciCh99mzh3W2iPdEDU3G1QpTVvm4QRDcK5KL6upXkGWePdBbIEkRcJ8k/s400/Aloe+01+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345679637705266226" border="0" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 399px; height: 400px; " /><p><span class="Apple-style-span">Yesterday, I delivered two paintings. I'm looking forward to the opening reception Friday, June 19th from 5:30 to 7:30. The show will hang from June 16 through July 25th in the Second Floor Gallery.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">To visit the Studio Place website </span><a href="http://www.studioplacearts.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span">+click here+</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span">.</span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">My trip to Barre also included a delightful surprise called LACE. To read about it - visit my food blog by </span><a href="http://www.carolegbert.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span">+clicking here+</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span">.</span></span></p></span></div></div></span>Carol Egberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01611764267469176948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739335443909471733.post-85964860614382335352009-05-26T15:32:00.001-07:002009-05-26T15:37:31.480-07:00Yellow<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_TJ_vc2sO4Vm4KNLHLU2Fvkc-qfXkkijrz_fUiEpghcx8aYzCfiM_8Y3QhplxMwPo3GoPIwjLKkDb-Zi__pA8wq1wxVCqKxS-XzaFHUtPgC2bbtskoTzQ-uOw00Eayt_h4d0ZTCqNBH2k/s1600-h/Sunshine+Yellow+copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_TJ_vc2sO4Vm4KNLHLU2Fvkc-qfXkkijrz_fUiEpghcx8aYzCfiM_8Y3QhplxMwPo3GoPIwjLKkDb-Zi__pA8wq1wxVCqKxS-XzaFHUtPgC2bbtskoTzQ-uOw00Eayt_h4d0ZTCqNBH2k/s320/Sunshine+Yellow+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340264613806448546" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">Sunshine, lemons, buttercups, gingko leaves, butterflies, pears - the beginning of a list.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">What do you think of when you think of YELLOW?</span></div>Carol Egberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01611764267469176948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739335443909471733.post-36223372861694218902009-05-14T09:25:00.000-07:002009-05-26T15:38:32.427-07:00Blue<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixTSMmc5zYjKME26LcgdYc3P1A2ihstx6Z-JLvtWIn-n70GVoYcJ5gc7-_owjsgJZbnDCRBhrWrnUNOeJBwkXo2QeSx8Z9shLxjAoGjn1vaOXpVxl-hRc_pwDHR7vrITBCxUEydrY-yAP_/s1600-h/I've+got+the+blues+copy.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span><img style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixTSMmc5zYjKME26LcgdYc3P1A2ihstx6Z-JLvtWIn-n70GVoYcJ5gc7-_owjsgJZbnDCRBhrWrnUNOeJBwkXo2QeSx8Z9shLxjAoGjn1vaOXpVxl-hRc_pwDHR7vrITBCxUEydrY-yAP_/s320/I've+got+the+blues+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335717095041802818" /></a><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Painting refines my eye and makes more visually aware. A word like 'blue' opens the door to infinite possibilities.</span></span></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">On sunny, cloudless days, at the horizon the sky </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">is cerulean blue and directly overhead it is cobalt blue</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">.</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Prussian blue is important when painting blueberries and blackberries.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Chicory flowers range from cobalt, to periwinkle, to baby blue.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Blue eyes have flecks of silver or green.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Dark veins on leaves have touches of ultramarine.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Shadows painted with blues bring life to a painting.</span></span></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Cerulean, cobalt, and ultramarine are always on my palette. I keep manganese, Prussian, and </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">pthalo</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> close at hand. </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">To see some of my paintings ***<a href="http://riverroadstudio.etsy.com/">click here</a>***</span></p></div>Carol Egberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01611764267469176948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739335443909471733.post-12802142908027037012009-05-07T06:20:00.001-07:002009-05-11T10:05:17.240-07:00Painting in Progress<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr_jvrheP0DNWBdtobuW3qjbvl09Lnj403hV0qlqn46CklRuiyDNbpdApd7gNXCr79YwKwEE_vKq4g7oKpO4mgSfI7WJFHM0BmHu6eWCfyClaOsbns188vF2wYkZ_e4o9JHbin21PNxS2T/s1600-h/OP+White+Flowers+01.jpg"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr_jvrheP0DNWBdtobuW3qjbvl09Lnj403hV0qlqn46CklRuiyDNbpdApd7gNXCr79YwKwEE_vKq4g7oKpO4mgSfI7WJFHM0BmHu6eWCfyClaOsbns188vF2wYkZ_e4o9JHbin21PNxS2T/s320/OP+White+Flowers+01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333071634236800130" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">I've been working on this painting for the last couple of days. I wanted to work with whites, yellow whites, pink whites and blue whites.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">This painting is in a state of 'middleness' - a time of judging and editing. Should the flower that is falling off the left side of the canvas go away? how much darker can I make the background? should I use a cloudy white glaze on the table? which white will be the best for the bright white highlight needed on the vase? </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">The process of paintings, like all creative endeavors, is an inverted arc. At the start, the image is clear in my mind, my goals straightforward and exciting. In the middle the image has become confusing, my goals unclear and it is a struggle to finish. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Another point of view is helpful, a postive response is even better - so with a very wet painting in hand I walk out to Charles' studio and get both, plus some constructive critism. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">I'll let the paint dry a bit, incorporate his suggestions and finish this painting, hopefully arriving at the end of the creative arc pleased with what I have done. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Meanwhile I've begun a new yellow house painting. </span></div></div>Carol Egberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01611764267469176948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739335443909471733.post-25713194805917860762009-05-05T07:08:00.000-07:002009-05-07T06:51:28.551-07:00Oil Pastels<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH8zV2yR4E6Ks1D4COtOt-jrR8cNx0mzDvmiqLQF4bBL7h0Ev8wbBvc-NtWExEgZ34Fo1B_Zvmq5xawjERneSI9_lEV4ik_El-M9ie8qZI6t3kjItHh197NbWVeKOghY7fQQfgXVpVLtoh/s1600-h/opast+Landscape+090505.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 237px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH8zV2yR4E6Ks1D4COtOt-jrR8cNx0mzDvmiqLQF4bBL7h0Ev8wbBvc-NtWExEgZ34Fo1B_Zvmq5xawjERneSI9_lEV4ik_El-M9ie8qZI6t3kjItHh197NbWVeKOghY7fQQfgXVpVLtoh/s320/opast+Landscape+090505.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332341883493142706" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Since returning from the Vermont Studio Center, in my struggles with the issue of creativity, I have been experimenting with a variety of media. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Yesterday, a wooden box of 120 </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Sennelier</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> pastels arrived in my studio. With a wide color range and wonderful creamy texture these pastels are luxurious to work with.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">This painting was inspired by nearby fields and the countryside near </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Tolousse</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">. </span></div></div>Carol Egberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01611764267469176948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739335443909471733.post-52272133231393760282009-05-04T06:25:00.000-07:002009-05-04T06:41:43.301-07:00Bookstock Poster<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh01msXFreYc69QW-AzlH1JnNcNej7tlysYh3Uwxq5IxTo7zEEaEBz_QfWXr3TeJFhuxmJ_b7UvkG1smykLBrDDbmWKytDSr1Zezj0urPLRvDxZW1SJ0Xq1mnvGm9UkHbgJcKtAFr21Hewj/s1600-h/bookstock+valley+sepia+02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh01msXFreYc69QW-AzlH1JnNcNej7tlysYh3Uwxq5IxTo7zEEaEBz_QfWXr3TeJFhuxmJ_b7UvkG1smykLBrDDbmWKytDSr1Zezj0urPLRvDxZW1SJ0Xq1mnvGm9UkHbgJcKtAFr21Hewj/s320/bookstock+valley+sepia+02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331959875465106450" /></a>Creating art for an event run by a committee is an ongoing process. With the possibility of selling tee-shirts and/or canvas bags as an additional money raiser and means of promoting the festival, and because one color printing is much more economical, I wanted to created a sepia version of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Bookstock</span> poster.<div><br /></div><div>I began with the color art and using <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Photoshop</span>, I removed the color, adjusted the contrast, colorized the image and in a few minutes had a monochromatic poster.</div>Carol Egberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01611764267469176948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739335443909471733.post-24200343240332664432009-05-02T07:07:00.000-07:002009-05-16T04:55:57.956-07:00Pears, Pears, Pears........<span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">An explanation of why my avatar is a group of pears. <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZHHSJJfzg3Lc2HoO6yd8NjLuU4wyMkwxVTL5C6WZZwfyNYWHcOdONoouyC8eCikUxuIw6XC4_i6q52Aff9YgGhCHDic3FRqByKTfVHNYebiLiPGmZDKuP214uvxAzHB4CRRzziui0kfhE/s320/Pear+OP.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 254px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331233945764971186" /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); ">I worked with clay, made jewelry, created quilts and other needlework, before I was inspired by a package from my mother. She sent me nine tubes of watercolor paints and a note, ' Give it a try.' </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">I bought watercolor paper, a few brushes and a number of books and began to paint. A pear seemed like a good subject - its form is recognizable even if not expertly rendered. An apple might be mistaken for a tomato or pepper but pears are pears. One pear led to another. I enjoyed the challenge of painting a pear that transitioned from red to green with pink, orange and yellow <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">in between</span>.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Big, small, lumpy, round, elongated, red, green, maroon, without noticing, for nearly a year I painted only pears.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRvNQN_XhBVnMZ1P1x88_tG7QtPM5qz_2afNnGy6SIj9gYxLXQ7PuLonkkJ6S_-i_R6-2NmEQMPu34vrM5citFeNHV6IutUnVhykV-iefsISFmfQ8n2dCfErfd-GV0IYn84QZelGyYiK-R/s320/four+pears.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 201px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331242268060185138" /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); ">Now I paint with both oil and watercolor and create all sorts of paintings, but if I'm stuck, stumped by a blank piece of paper or an empty canvas, often a pear or group of pears appear.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">This is the painting for the first in my series of fruit note cards.<br /></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1r5AA0qb6L6oBR8hAj_casbmOv8iwvC2F_MVMoGZdFpDZ7o9iLMPL9eELd6jb5OvH583Fpvhnl_bsMwWDXsq6wLbXbkCO3psEAepgp3nbRHd9Zrphe9camig51qfAtlI29f2yHzkCmzjR/s320/Pear+Note+Card.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 230px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331233740441242178" /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"> To purchase note cards <a href="http://www.riverroadstudio.etsy.com/">***click here***</a></span></span><br /></div></div>Carol Egberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01611764267469176948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739335443909471733.post-25324046145402657762009-04-30T08:38:00.000-07:002009-04-30T09:17:19.753-07:00Trying a New Medium<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicEjO-eshM8JiBIMc69DLbOfhE3A5RWZQYf-0-YbfhOgRUEd3Ei0IbKBmr3KifghmUn6fWWKRcHQiehhHwDv5qwZFlnHntgHSqts3kDgg7NL3kIq6smHch0nj0BlO74eR337qG8rz020ef/s1600-h/opast+landscape+01.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicEjO-eshM8JiBIMc69DLbOfhE3A5RWZQYf-0-YbfhOgRUEd3Ei0IbKBmr3KifghmUn6fWWKRcHQiehhHwDv5qwZFlnHntgHSqts3kDgg7NL3kIq6smHch0nj0BlO74eR337qG8rz020ef/s320/opast+landscape+01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330510038513783250" /></a><div>Yesterday, I spent the day <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">experimenting</span> with oil pastels that I bought recently to fill the time on a long train trip home from Washington, DC to Vermont. Unlike soft pastels, there is no need use a fixative so I was able to work without filling the air with nasty chemicals.</div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Back in my studio, I pulled them out again. I began drawing on paper, tried a canvas board, a small stretched canvas and then a piece of pine. The surface of the pine board was most pleasing. I created an <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">under painting</span> with shades of red, orange, and yellow before creating the landscape. With the drawing finished, I used brushes and Qtips to apply both linseed oil and walnut oil in order to further blend the colors. The oils give the finished piece the look of an oil paintings.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Inspired by the vibrant colors, I ordered a proper set of artist quality oil pastels. To be continued!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Carol Egberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01611764267469176948noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739335443909471733.post-90708865251805217592009-04-21T08:02:00.000-07:002009-04-21T15:57:00.974-07:00To Market, To Market<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjackG9FPAlHZqsrCxApIYPR5HrFfxm6ExuA04-AlYB2ZmffrhjoaJtMQYC7Evl_af7sEK85t2yPnqf7UvkhLULk7z1CRN1gsyY2xbx9qTOPMMeJtT15g1YY17iCh7UPd-fCHFF7OrLsaEc/s1600-h/vsc+opera+01+copy.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjackG9FPAlHZqsrCxApIYPR5HrFfxm6ExuA04-AlYB2ZmffrhjoaJtMQYC7Evl_af7sEK85t2yPnqf7UvkhLULk7z1CRN1gsyY2xbx9qTOPMMeJtT15g1YY17iCh7UPd-fCHFF7OrLsaEc/s320/vsc+opera+01+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327160739640235618" /></a>Creating a painting is only one part of being an artist. Getting painting out into the world is another.. With that in mind I have decided to submit three paintings for consideration to Studio Place Arts in Barre, Vermont for <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">their</span> upcoming <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">12 x 12 (inches</span>) show that will run from June 16 through July 25.<div><br /></div><div>These flowers were painted at the Vermont Studio Center during my January residency. </div><div><br /></div><div>The Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont is a place like no other, an artists' colony where visual artist and writers work, recharge their creative battery, and live in community. </div><div><br /></div><div>While there, I began to work with soft pastels, created small sculptures with found material, (including the beetle I posted earlier, worked on a series of oil paintings, including this one, painted with a very dark pallet, ate incredible meals, had wonderful conversations with many residents and returned home energized, inspired and rested. </div><div> </div>Carol Egberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01611764267469176948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739335443909471733.post-40949480091626325292009-04-18T06:46:00.001-07:002009-04-21T15:55:30.313-07:00Completed Poster<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFaZ8RfbsfQQ39lPAQnZZNxvRcjlSdgFLowIT53q4FeZCbNEH0Ww4YNfHOSTeCvhErT8ozipyZz1t2YA90UnLscrHBt-I19ioggMYD2fviZD4aqtVFXSTblf_-Bgl84wTUvgUZBtj3zyNo/s1600-h/bookstock+valley+02.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFaZ8RfbsfQQ39lPAQnZZNxvRcjlSdgFLowIT53q4FeZCbNEH0Ww4YNfHOSTeCvhErT8ozipyZz1t2YA90UnLscrHBt-I19ioggMYD2fviZD4aqtVFXSTblf_-Bgl84wTUvgUZBtj3zyNo/s320/bookstock+valley+02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326028063794284722" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">With an image chosen, the landscape inspired by a valley in France, I turned to my computer and Photoshop to create the logo.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">I began by cropping and adding the dark border. I tried a number of filters and settled on the Artistic filter surprisingly called --- </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Poster!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Then I spot edited the image, removing excessive dark spots and lightening the sky.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">I used the font called Matisse because it conveyed the spirit of the event and worked well with image.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">My husband, Charles, suggested that the house in the foreground should 'go away' and the field behind the text be lightened. With that accomplished through the magic of cloning and selective color replacement, I added a credit line and declared the logo finished, at least until it is reviewed by the Bookstock planning committee.<br /></span></span></span><div><br /></div></div></div>Carol Egberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01611764267469176948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739335443909471733.post-44733413630630820752009-04-18T06:34:00.000-07:002009-04-21T15:54:24.564-07:00Start a Poster<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnRD-FlkOgOIRuqokqqoiHvhx5ycR0TFv7rM8VTjR0nZ0-4l3JEkl0X2tVFksDMOKXQyIZpE2A8j0FtM0V6FQ5Z-fEyOgHSUjCpcKKt2fWCwPns0dICHKDWjmpW3yZArvnzouRUwXNkM8B/s1600-h/France+01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnRD-FlkOgOIRuqokqqoiHvhx5ycR0TFv7rM8VTjR0nZ0-4l3JEkl0X2tVFksDMOKXQyIZpE2A8j0FtM0V6FQ5Z-fEyOgHSUjCpcKKt2fWCwPns0dICHKDWjmpW3yZArvnzouRUwXNkM8B/s320/France+01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326024758334972322" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">I am designing the logo for Bookstock: The Green Mountain Festival of Words. A collaboration of the Norman Williams Library, The Historical Society, Pentangle, The North Universalist Chapel Society, The Thompson Center, and other community organizations in Woodstock, Vermont. There will be upwards of fifteen literary events, in a number of venues in the village of Woodstock, during the first weekend in August. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">My process began with a search for images of books, mountains and valleys. I looked at clip art and played with text. Unsatisfied by what I found, I turned to digital images of my oil paintings and was inspired by the landscape of a valley in France posted above. Now its time to turn to my computer and Photoshop. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">I'll post the final image, at least final for the moment, when I'm satisfied. </span></div>Carol Egberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01611764267469176948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739335443909471733.post-52807994507207100392009-03-29T11:22:00.000-07:002009-03-30T07:25:21.279-07:00Spring Renovation<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPAI3Nyj-Am62NIqWtwfCH8L8huCQz_Wy2cm7PBPyCWAdpt9PK9FXcWL4zO0XEwM_fyOiTyl32sibpx_ZJaqZBVEr29gFqp_Ad7sGxBAj38lnIXVbRr9W0o4HGDs2nPpchya_wW2Z4D5mv/s1600-h/chair+shelf.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 188px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPAI3Nyj-Am62NIqWtwfCH8L8huCQz_Wy2cm7PBPyCWAdpt9PK9FXcWL4zO0XEwM_fyOiTyl32sibpx_ZJaqZBVEr29gFqp_Ad7sGxBAj38lnIXVbRr9W0o4HGDs2nPpchya_wW2Z4D5mv/s320/chair+shelf.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318986582315256914" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 0); ">We have a classic revival porch on the west side of our house but it is close to the road and shaded by the hillside, we have a terrace that faces the pond and view of the hills but ants litter the stones with sand and crawl on my toes, I thought we needed a new porch. After much discussion, I convinced my husband and then I changed my mind. </span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 0);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">Small is better, we don't need to add another square foot of space to our house, let's make what we have serve our needs. We began in what had been a laundry room and half bath. It has been transformed into a powder room with a separate laundry closet. Often the most important part of a renovation project is subtraction rather than addition; we removed ceramic tile, cement board, linoleum, and tar paper and uncovered a hardwood floor. We replaced a brown, faux marble, scallop shell sink, with a simple, white porcelain, pedestal sink. This small chair found in Singapore has become a shelf and towel bar in the redone powder room.</span></div>Carol Egberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01611764267469176948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739335443909471733.post-32869660384493751302009-03-24T06:36:00.000-07:002009-04-18T07:02:59.441-07:00Orange Beetle<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzF4bJjrbkFXf342KVSe8FraaA6BVHTCDxWbtZqeMtK1MrcvOORswTZUfXSc_9JqR1SH8QUeKi0yfmN7nFmvGimfL6PbfD3tqH0mQyOY5T5F2fZYAAtEe4WuA2pqqDXafgMCRd1ar-wuRX/s1600-h/Orange+Beetle.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 296px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzF4bJjrbkFXf342KVSe8FraaA6BVHTCDxWbtZqeMtK1MrcvOORswTZUfXSc_9JqR1SH8QUeKi0yfmN7nFmvGimfL6PbfD3tqH0mQyOY5T5F2fZYAAtEe4WuA2pqqDXafgMCRd1ar-wuRX/s320/Orange+Beetle.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316749638826534946" /></a><br />I spent the month of January at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont recharging my creative battery and spending time with a diverse group of visual artists and writers.<div><br /></div><div>One morning, on the way to my studio, I found molded paper packing material. Inspired by its shape, I used soft pastels to created this beetle. </div>Carol Egberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01611764267469176948noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739335443909471733.post-89746846556306229032009-03-22T13:18:00.000-07:002009-03-23T13:57:22.754-07:00Spring Snow<span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">Today I began to think about my garden and as I was thinking loads of fluffy white stuff began to fill the air. Pollen perhaps? Dandruff from above? Nooooooooo. A friend called it 'poor man's fertilizer'.<br /><br />It may be too cold to plant but it's never too cold to plan. Last summer I planted vegetables among the flowers - parsley and feathery carrot tops bordered roses and cone flowers, onions served as row markers, the beets were hearty, the green beans and lettuce were sparse and the spinach was a no-show so I need a new game plan.<br /><br />Potatoes, tomatoes, dill, onions and patty pan squash are on my list, at least for today, I'll see what tomorrow brings!</span></span></span>Carol Egberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01611764267469176948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739335443909471733.post-79159185318832893902009-03-21T15:41:00.000-07:002009-03-24T06:49:08.587-07:00River Road Studio<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Flowers appear in the spring, lambs are born in the spring, sugaring has begun here in Vermont and I have decided to dip a toe into the blog world.</span>Carol Egberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01611764267469176948noreply@blogger.com1