tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29026072465331244272024-02-19T06:54:52.522-06:00Vicki Ross ArtVicki is the founder of Axully.com and post here and there! VickiRossArthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258305858132024962noreply@blogger.comBlogger209125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902607246533124427.post-92187674081516728022014-12-23T12:01:00.001-06:002014-12-23T12:01:25.571-06:00Creatingwithoutcrayons-JackiePNeal<a href="http://www.creatingwithoutcrayons-jackiepneal.com/2014/12/a-quick-tale-on-new-mixed-media-piece-i.html">Creatingwithoutcrayons-JackiePNeal</a> Good for you, JackieP. Love the use of junk mail...am so impressed that you are able to create and keep up with the supplies you use all at the same time!VickiRossArthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258305858132024962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902607246533124427.post-80402037420681310662014-02-28T15:07:00.000-06:002014-02-28T15:07:08.680-06:00MB Challenge 2014All good things must come to an end. After much discussion (and none of us wanting to say 'yes' first) we decided to stop the Moses Botkin Challenge. Four years? maybe. A long time.<br />
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I've also decided to move my blog posting to <a href="http://www.axully.com/">www.Axully.com</a> where I keep two blogs right now:<br />
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One, <a href="http://axully.com/repetition-with-variations/">"Over and Over Again: Repetition with Variations" </a>is about the journey of creating 100 7.5" square paintings. Each is the same size, and starts with the same four loose compositional shapes. From there, color, style, medium, can all morph. Three dimension, acrylic mediums, pastel, oil, watercolor...whatever is close at hand. This project was a successfully funded campaign on Hatchfund.org, a crowd-funding just for artists.<br />
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<a href="http://axully.com/axully-blog/">The other blog </a>is more general, and has some guest blogs...many different topics, but generally speaking on how creative outlets can heal...improve...make happy...something in all of us. From stitchery to encaustic...knit booties to watercolor.<br />
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I may start a more personal blog after I complete the 100 variations, but it will be under the Axully umbrella...too many social media demands, and we all need some centralization.<br />
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My newest favorite is Flipboard. I read all the time anyway and am always asked "how did you know that?". FB is a news aggregator where you can pick the topics that interest you. News, technolology, People magazine, Lifestyle, sports, on and on. AND, you can have all your social media feeds there...live. Now everything you enjoy is in one spot. Just a few months ago they added the ability to have your own magazine. When I read something I like, I flip it into my magazine, "Axully?" and it can be read by anyone.<br />
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VickiRossArthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258305858132024962noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902607246533124427.post-14314110894211874982013-12-22T16:29:00.003-06:002013-12-23T13:23:35.568-06:00MB Challenge: December, the twelfth yearDiana chose the theme for this month, "Christmas Dress". Both she and Suzanne offered to do another theme if this one bothered me. Suzanne, in particular, has given me the courage to 'come out' a bit. She has done much of her healing process verbally, through her blog. She's been so brave!<br />
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We were all three running late this month, but decided to give it our best shot anyway...part of the challenge. I will continue to work on mine.<br />
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While not exactly a Christmas Dress, my choice is definitely a Party Dress. And Sarah was a beautiful three year old in the picture. She'll be gone 12 years this xmas day. bummer. A few days before her time, she asked several times if she was a pretty baby.<br />
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I want to announce that I was chosen to participate in a <a href="http://www.hatchfund.org/project/over_and_over_again_repetition_with_variations">Hatchfund.org</a> project, and mine was approved! Please click to go see the video and all the perks I designed. AND share, please!<br />
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Axully, my lobster might be better this way! My first crack at encaustics. Man, it is harder than it sounds like it would be...wax is all melted nice and fluid, made up in my double primary palette...but the second you lift the brush it starts to harden. I think it will be easier to pre-mix my colors, then mix with the wax/damar.<br />
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Kudos to the artists who manage to achieve a glass-like surface. I'll keep up with the experiment for awhile.<br />
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<br />VickiRossArthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258305858132024962noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902607246533124427.post-36531347685977186792013-10-15T15:30:00.000-05:002013-10-15T15:30:05.260-05:00Paint with a Palette Knife-Moses Botkin Challenge Oct. 2013I love to hear Suzanne (Berry) howl! Her work is typically so precise, I felt this one would flip her out. she nailed it, as usual. All kidding aside, a good friend of mine, Urania Christy Tarbet never uses brushes with her oil paints. Says cleanup is almost instantaneous with a knife.<br />
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VickiRossArthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258305858132024962noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902607246533124427.post-61750626837799652362013-09-15T16:14:00.003-05:002013-09-15T16:14:47.998-05:00"Black" 9-15-2013 Moses Botkin ChallengeMy teammates are twisted :) First, "White", then "Black". One of the things I love about this challenge is that it makes me think out of the box. Axully, I typically LIVE out of the box!<div>
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This is a first...to see all the color appearing in black subjects. I set up the black bottle against a black background, black easel with black swarovski crystal purchased in Prague. Then, in order to see anything, a carefully placed, shadow causing spotlight. Ahhh. Ochres, purples, green...all seemed to jump out. Warm colors and cool colors. </div>
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WHITE? Suzanne, 'lil Suz was obviously responsible for this topic!<br />
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I jokingly told Diana and Suzanne yesterday when we shared our paintings with each other that I considered sending a blank white square for mine. Diana DID just get a white square from me because I accidentally sent a .tif file instead of a .jpg.<br />
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As most artists are aware, a "white object" is anything BUT white. Once you start seeing with an artist's eye, you find purple, pink, rich greys...and whatever else color might be reflecting onto your white item. Look at clouds...beyond grey. You'll see peach, pink, purple...sometimes greenish casts and very little white. One of my mentors, the late Ann Templeton, told me that white with a bit of yellow in it reads whiter than straight white in a painting. <a href="http://www.joaquin-sorolla-y-bastida.org/">Joaquin Sorolla</a> was a master of painting white.<br />
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<br />VickiRossArthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258305858132024962noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902607246533124427.post-40138503385632127052013-07-15T13:15:00.002-05:002013-07-15T13:15:39.886-05:00"Dusk Flip" #4 in drink series. MB Challenge July 2013Challenge topic was mine this month. I chose "Egg". Since I'm having so much fun with these obscure cocktail recipes...why not?<br />
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I learn so much! Did you know a "Flip" is a cocktail with a whole egg, while a "Fizz" uses only an egg white? Both were more common in days of ore...some even made by inserting a hot fireplace poker into the drink just before serving.<br />
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Diane did an amazing pencil drawing of some eggs, while Suzanne blew me away with her huge painting. Great work, team!<br />
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This month's challenge was from a guest artist, Julie Ford Oliver. "Vintage" played so well into my drink series...<br />
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Absinthe was a reputed 'drug' that caused insanity, all the rage in the late 1800s in Paris and in New Orleans. A greenish clear liquid was poured into a special glass, then a slotted flat spoon...silver of course...was laid carefully over the top of the glass. Two sugar cubes next, then water was slowly drizzled over the sugar until the liquid started to turn cloudy. These utensils were very ornate, and I happened on one in the shape of the Eiffel Tower.<br />
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I decided to do another in my drink series, and searched high and low for a drink with 'mouse' in it...finally did a wikipedia search for rodent and learned there are all manner of members of the rodent family. Beavers, squirrels, and I stopped there. Found a drink called the "Pink Squirrel" and I was on my way.<br />
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This painting has a solid grisaille in raw umber. I've pretty much taught myself this process...I think the old masters used more glazing, where I got more opaque around layer 2. This is layer 3...and I was amazed at the difference! I tend to fall in love with each stage and am reluctant to keep working, and THAT is why it has taken so long to complete this painting. Other than a major downsize move that took 3 months and this book project.<br />
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WOULD YOU JUST LOOK at the difference? And I was in love with the under version! I can do alla prima skin tones, but sometimes I like the 'slowdown' of doing the grasaille (grey) so I can really enjoy the process of bringing it to life.<br />
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The book will be available for sale at IAPS 2013, June 5. It is a compendium of Urania's colorful life as a child, through her art studies as a young mother, her famous ancestors, to her founding of the International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS) in 1995. Over 50 pastel artists from all over the world have contributed pictures of their art and stories about their personal journey to pastels and memories about IAPS conventions. The art is portrayed full page size so you can really 'see' the methods that are as diverse as the artists' locations and styles. 8 1/2" x 11", full color, 250+ pages. Soft Cover. Will be available through Amazon. Watch for date!<br />
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<br />VickiRossArthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258305858132024962noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902607246533124427.post-16130270202909972762013-04-16T11:35:00.004-05:002013-04-16T17:19:06.296-05:00April 2013 MB ChallengeWe were all running a bit late this month! Looks like the results were worth waiting for...<br />
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Suzanne chose the theme this month "Trompe l'Oeil", which is Wicki means "Fool the Eye". I've worked several paintings in this theme. It is really a fun genre. You've probably seen this process in large buildings (like casinos and restaurants) where it looks like you can walk down a hallway, or look through a window at the Tuscan hillside...only to find out it is an illusion.<br />
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I loved this little charmer. This is a tumbled marble tile found in kitchen backsplashes. They have such interesting vein effects. I even like the ones with broken and chipped areas because it lends to the antiquity appeal.<br />
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VickiRossArthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258305858132024962noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902607246533124427.post-19554998315120675782013-03-15T12:43:00.000-05:002013-03-15T16:37:58.739-05:00March 2013 ALREADY MB ChallengeNote to self: Do NOT choose challenge for the month after an adult beverage of choice!!!!!<br />
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SO, here it is. A <b>Caesar</b> or <b>Bloody Caesar</b> is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocktail"><span class="s1">cocktail</span></a> created and primarily consumed in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada"><span class="s1">Canada</span></a>. It typically contains <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodka"><span class="s1">vodka</span></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clamato"><span class="s1">Clamato</span></a> (a proprietary blend of tomato juice and clam broth), hot sauce and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire_sauce"><span class="s1">Worcestershire sauce</span></a>, and is served with ice in a large, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celery_salt"><span class="s1">celery salt</span></a>-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_rimmer"><span class="s1">rimmed</span></a> glass, typically garnished with a stalk of celery and wedge of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lime_(fruit)"><span class="s1">lime</span></a>.</div>
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VickiRossArthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258305858132024962noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902607246533124427.post-71421706474473183962013-02-16T12:56:00.003-06:002013-02-16T12:56:40.858-06:00February 15, 2013 MB Challenge 'Hat'Wow! Once a month blog...tearing up the cloud sphere, for sure! Actually I've been acclimating to Twitter. Still haven't 'gotten' it yet.<br />
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VickiRossArthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258305858132024962noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902607246533124427.post-41215729143065340982013-01-15T15:08:00.000-06:002013-01-15T15:08:26.009-06:00January 15, 2013! MB challengeI can hardly believe it is halfway through January already. Our challenge group started by Diana Moses Botkin still keeps chugging along. The current 3 of us are reluctant to give it up because it provides some semblance of structure to our studio time...and in many cases over the past few years has given us reason to even go into our studio!<br />
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VickiRossArthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258305858132024962noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902607246533124427.post-35726218712765657432012-12-16T15:37:00.000-06:002012-12-16T15:40:32.590-06:00MB Challenge December 2012 'Old Age'What better way to celebrate old age than with two spry 80+ year olds who still have the energy to join a Charles Reid Workshop in Prague and Salzberg? Mary from Canada, and Delys from Australia put me to shame with their 'game on' attitude. I swear, Mary could out 'go' me easily! Those are hiking shoes, folks...and I think they were used often :)<br />
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VickiRossArthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258305858132024962noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902607246533124427.post-28835113346296262282012-10-15T17:33:00.002-05:002012-10-15T17:33:37.881-05:00Adolescence: Monthly MB Challenge 10-15-12Whew! After missing last month due to a complete misunderstanding of the subject...duh...and coupled with moving to a new 'smaller' place, here is this month's painting. Studio is in boxes, and the new space is almost ready!<br />
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VickiRossArthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258305858132024962noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902607246533124427.post-84120605633427625242012-07-15T13:45:00.000-05:002012-07-15T13:45:12.150-05:00Moses Botkin Challenge, July 2012Whew, time flies when you're having fun! This month's subject is from Diana MB (our founder)...Hands. I got a wee bit carried away into the world of realism :) Short slideshow follows.<br />
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12x9" Oil on Linen</div>
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The 3rd commission delivered last weekend! Working title on this one was "Cutie". A really fun painting, even though the original photo used a flash.<br />
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<br />VickiRossArthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258305858132024962noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902607246533124427.post-20703442026255651612012-05-07T11:50:00.001-05:002012-08-28T17:26:54.114-05:00EmmaCommission #2 (delivered with #1 and #3 last weekend in LR)<br />
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"Emma"</div>
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Emma is Bailee's youngest sister. </div>
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Middle Sister, Hannah, was painted several years ago in pastel. I see all kinds of things I'd do different today (like could you use some cool colors in the shadows!), but Gigi loves it. (ps: don't know what that hickey is on the photo :) </div>
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Mission Accomplished! Still struggling with slideshows and iPhoto...the infamous flash workaround so these will show up on iPads. This is also the last portrait I did before figuring out how much fiddling I was doing to get the drawing right. Hate to be adjusting the tilt of an eye when you are almost ready to declare victory!<br />
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For me, the grisaille underpainting gives me a much better foundation for color. Now to figure out a way to nail the facial tones sooner :)<br />
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Prime example of what NOT to do...sweet yellow lilies...halfway through, a painting session after a stressful meeting. The painting turned from sweet to something of the devil!</div>
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