Vancouver Portrait Lovers Week 2

Week 2 of the Vancouver Portrait Lovers meetup was again a very rewarding experience. I was fortunate not only to meet more great people, but we were blessed with some great models who helped us make the afternoon a success at Stanley Park in downtown Vancouver BC.

This lovely Ukrainian lady is Annasttasey, from Russia. She delighted us with several hundred brilliant poses during the afternoon. This was one of the best ones out of 400 shots.

Vancouver Portrait Lovers

Nadia
Copyright Terry Krysak 2011

I joined the Vancouver Portrait Lovers meet up group, and we gathered together at Canada place yesterday for our first meeting, and photo shoot. We were very lucky in that two lovely ladies were kind enough to model for us on a beautiful sunny day.

I joined this meet up group because I wanted to perhaps get better at photography, and to meet some new people.

The photo above was my best one of 700 photos taken. I can't believe I took 700 photos, too much.

The shot was taken with a Nikon D70 with telephoto lens, from a distance of about 10 to 15 feet from the subject.

I had a great time with the group, it was so much fun. If you live in the lower mainland, you might want to join the meetup group and join us.

279 Days To Overnight Success

Let me start off with a Question. When is the last time that you read something, and could not stop reading it until you finished it completely, soaking up and absorbing every word?

For me it was yesterday when I came across a remarkable "Manifesto" by Chris Guillebeau called 279 Days To Overnight Success, on his website "The Art Of Non-Conformity".

There is an ocean of hype on the internet about Blogging, Marketing, and get rich schemes on the internet these days, and I am confident that if you make the effort to read 279 Days, you will get the straight facts on how to take your project from idea to success within a reasonable amount of time.

Without going into a long, detailed, and perhaps boring review of what he has written, let me just say that I was;

• Inspired
• Invigorated
• Motivated

after reading his remarkable views and sound advice on taking your next project to a successful outcome.

So head on over and read 279 Days To Overnight Success. You can download it for FREE.

Would love to hear what you think after reading it, please feel free to leave a comment.

Cheers
Terry

Value And The Wyeths, A Lecture By Genevieve Davis

This is a fine lecture on the works of NC Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, and James Wyeth that focuses on a discussion of how these artists have used the concept of value in their paintings. Special thanks to Keith Bond for sending a tweet out about this. @BondArtist 



I enjoyed this very much particularly because she shows some works of Andrew Wyeth that I had never seen before. I just love his work, and became a great fan of his when I was a teenager and discovered his work in an art book my parents had.

You can view more of her videos at medievalartrat on her YouTube channel.

On the same subject you may want to check out another blog I discovered by Clive Powsey that documents a 5 day watercolor workshop he did last year. This link will take you to the blog post about doing a Value Study in watercolor that I found quite useful. You will have to scroll down to the bottom for the post "Class One: Painting A Still Life With Boxes...".

If you want to go through the lessons once you reach the page in the link above, click on "Older Posts" to go to the very beginning of the course.

WJ Phillips, 1970 Exhibition

York Boat On Lake Winnipeg 1930

Watercolor Woodcut Print

Image Courtesy David Duffin

I first saw the Watercolor Woodcuts of WJ Phillips in 1970 at a traveling exhibition of his work hosted by the Hudson's Bay Company. My cherished handbook with a biographical sketch of Walt has been kept safe in well worn condition.

I thought you might enjoy taking a look at it as it gives some insight into his life and provides a good read about his mastery of the watercolor woodcut print method in the Ukiyo-e Japanese style of printing..

WJ Phillips Show 1970

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