I know I said we'd pick the winner for the CD today, but although J. said I shouldn't even call it a prototype because there weren't any glitches, I found to my dismay (from some kind person who BOUGHT one!) that there were, indeed. ACK. We thought it was done, honest we did.
So. The dinosaur is unfortunately my
MovieMaker 2.6, which keeps hanging up and leaving things out. I've
been working for two days to try to solve the problem...but
unfortunately they're DIFFERENT things, each time.
And each time I go to fix it I find another typo...so might was well clean those up while I'm at it....
I've even uploaded a new version of MovieMaker to let it repair itself. That was yesterday...
I'm going to switch to a newer movie-editing software as soon as I get this one DONE (rats, thought I was!),
but the project itself, pre-slideshow/movie IS finished--and there
doesn't seem to be another software out there that can read it. (Believe
me, I've tried!)
Soooo...sorry for the delay! Technical difficulties...
Formerly Cathy Johnson Fine Art Galleries
Monday, July 11, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
CD Giveaway!
As some of you know, we've been working to solve the problem
CafePress threw in our laps the other day when they announced they'd no
longer be producing CDs--our biggest seller!
SO....Joseph's been doing some prototypes to see if we can do it ourselves (we CAN!), and because we've changed something here or there on the cover or on how the files are organized since then, we're offering these prototypes as giveaways!
Here's the first offering...my first in the Elements of Landscape series, Painting and Drawing Trees, with a slideshow, PDFs, jpegs, and other goodies.
Make a comment here on the blog, and we'll pick the winner next Monday! Free shipping, too. (I'm putting this on Artist's Journal Workshop blog too, but we'll compile names--we won't miss you if you sign up one place or another!)
Of course this and all the other CDs are available on my website, right now. After all these years, I'll be closing my CafePress store at the end of July, but the CDs will be available right here: http://www.cathyjohnson.info/cds.html
Who needs Cafe Press??
SO....Joseph's been doing some prototypes to see if we can do it ourselves (we CAN!), and because we've changed something here or there on the cover or on how the files are organized since then, we're offering these prototypes as giveaways!
Make a comment here on the blog, and we'll pick the winner next Monday! Free shipping, too. (I'm putting this on Artist's Journal Workshop blog too, but we'll compile names--we won't miss you if you sign up one place or another!)
Of course this and all the other CDs are available on my website, right now. After all these years, I'll be closing my CafePress store at the end of July, but the CDs will be available right here: http://www.cathyjohnson.info/cds.html
Who needs Cafe Press??
Friday, July 1, 2011
Cafe Press is doing away with CDs as of July 30th
...and since they have been my BIG seller there, I'll be looking for a new home for the on-demand printing function that CafePress offered..
(If you know of a dependable option, I'd be delighted to hear about it!)
I discovered this when I was working on the two new slideshow CDs...I finally got everything working together and was able to finish a couple of projects that had been hanging around for a couple of years. As in this afternoon.
I went to Cafe Press to upload the new information--I'd already sent them the art last week--and to get the information sheet you mail with the master CDs.
They hadn't bothered to let any of the shop owners know about this change until I got an email, tonight, after calling them today to ask what was up.
SO. My CDs will still be available on my website...and they'll still be in my CafePress store until July 30th.
Eventually I will have an Etsy shop or a Volusion, or Zazzle, but for now I'm not up for continuing to pay CafePress a premium shop fee and their cut on goodies without having my bestselling CDs available.
The address is here: http://www.cafepress.com/cathy_johnson and again, after that time, the CDs will be available on my website, but the cards, t-shirts, aprons and such will not.
I want to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have bought CDs there over the past years--it's been a real ride, and you have been MUCH appreciated!
And watch this space for news of where we end up!
I discovered this when I was working on the two new slideshow CDs...I finally got everything working together and was able to finish a couple of projects that had been hanging around for a couple of years. As in this afternoon.
I went to Cafe Press to upload the new information--I'd already sent them the art last week--and to get the information sheet you mail with the master CDs.
They hadn't bothered to let any of the shop owners know about this change until I got an email, tonight, after calling them today to ask what was up.
SO. My CDs will still be available on my website...and they'll still be in my CafePress store until July 30th.
This has been one of my most popular new offerings...
And after that time, I believe I'll be closing the store entirely, so if there are any t-shirts, mugs, artist's t-shirts, clocks, greeting cards, post cards, messenger bags, aprons, or whatever that you'd been wanting, now's the time. Eventually I will have an Etsy shop or a Volusion, or Zazzle, but for now I'm not up for continuing to pay CafePress a premium shop fee and their cut on goodies without having my bestselling CDs available.
The address is here: http://www.cafepress.com/cathy_johnson and again, after that time, the CDs will be available on my website, but the cards, t-shirts, aprons and such will not.
I want to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have bought CDs there over the past years--it's been a real ride, and you have been MUCH appreciated!
And watch this space for news of where we end up!
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
quick sketching with a waterbrush
Thought you all might like to see this, if you haven't seen it elsewhere...
Monday, November 15, 2010
Two Original California ACEOs in watercolor
Two original watercolor ACEOS by Cathy Johnson.
Choose one or both--they'd make a wonderful set, displayed together.
All are of San Francisco's Ocean Beach one perfect autumn day.
I was asked to speak at the Sierra Club's first international gathering in 2005; it was exciting and wonderful, and afterward, breathing a huge sigh of relief, we went to the ocean and played like children in the surf.
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ACEOs are a fairly new phenomenon, but I've been fascinated by these tiny paintings for several years. Because of their small size and affordability, I've been able to own original paintings from several artists whose work I admire a great deal.
ATCs are artist trading cards, and that's how the movement started out--but many people who were not artists wanted to collect these little jewels, too. So ACEOs were born--still the size of a playing card, but "artist cards, editions and originals"
were created to meet this need.
Some ACEOs are prints and some are tiny original works of art, as are these.
(To appreciate the detail, click on the images to see them even larger-than-life--on your screen they will look larger than they do in reality.)
Choose one or both--they'd make a wonderful set, displayed together.
All are of San Francisco's Ocean Beach one perfect autumn day.
I was asked to speak at the Sierra Club's first international gathering in 2005; it was exciting and wonderful, and afterward, breathing a huge sigh of relief, we went to the ocean and played like children in the surf.
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ACEOs are a fairly new phenomenon, but I've been fascinated by these tiny paintings for several years. Because of their small size and affordability, I've been able to own original paintings from several artists whose work I admire a great deal.
ATCs are artist trading cards, and that's how the movement started out--but many people who were not artists wanted to collect these little jewels, too. So ACEOs were born--still the size of a playing card, but "artist cards, editions and originals"
were created to meet this need.
Some ACEOs are prints and some are tiny original works of art, as are these.
(To appreciate the detail, click on the images to see them even larger-than-life--on your screen they will look larger than they do in reality.)
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I had to laugh at this one--all along the beach are signs saying "dogs must be kept on a leash." Here's yet another dog who can't read!
"Beach Walk"
ORIGINAL watercolor
on archival paper
3.5 x 2.5 inches
ORIGINAL watercolor
on archival paper
3.5 x 2.5 inches
The boy and his dog were so free...I loved watching them.
San Juan Capistrano Arches
"San Juan Capistrano Arches"
9" x 12"
ink and watercolor on paper
9" x 12"
ink and watercolor on paper
My husband and I went to this wonderful place in Sourthern California for a day trip honeymoon...and I never wanted to leave! I could have stayed there and painted for weeks...the history, the beauty, the ambiance of the ages...it really spoke to me!
It was the perfect day.
It was the perfect day.
This painting is now available on Etsy...please click the purchase information below for more information.
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MINI-DEMO
Ballpoint pens have a silvery, graphite-like quality that lends itself beautifully to capturing textures. Most of the newer ones are archival, though some of my 35-year-old ballpoint pen drawings have turned to a lovely, atmospheric sepia.
Here, you can see the texture possible with repeated lines and a lighter or heavier application...really, very much like a pencil drawing, but a bit stronger and easier to paint over with watercolor washes.
I've used glazes to suggest the textures and shadows, mostly with burnt sienna and ultramarine blue.
Ballpoint pens have a silvery, graphite-like quality that lends itself beautifully to capturing textures. Most of the newer ones are archival, though some of my 35-year-old ballpoint pen drawings have turned to a lovely, atmospheric sepia.
Here, you can see the texture possible with repeated lines and a lighter or heavier application...really, very much like a pencil drawing, but a bit stronger and easier to paint over with watercolor washes.
I've used glazes to suggest the textures and shadows, mostly with burnt sienna and ultramarine blue.
A bit of spatter suggests aged stonework and adobe, as does the drybrush work, below...I loaded my brush with ultramarine grayed with a little sienna and just allowed it to touch the texture of the paper, using the side of the brush rather than the tip.
I was very pleased with the resulting vignette...
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This painting will come to you unmatted and unframed for ease of shipping; I wrap with care and send via Priority Mail for most dependable shipping.
$175
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Sketchbook Confidential available for Pre-Order
I had almost forgotten, with everything else that's been going on that I was included in this new book from North Light, now available for pre-order! There are 40 artists involved, and I'm really looking forward to receiving my copy!
No idea why they chose that title...it's not THAT kind of "confidential!" <:-P
Here's a larger version of the cover:
And nope, this isn't my new book on keeping an artist's journal--that will be out in the spring of 2011.
No idea why they chose that title...it's not THAT kind of "confidential!" <:-P
Here's a larger version of the cover:
Or click the image below to find out more--unfortunately it doesn't tell WHO those 40 artists are, and I'm as much in the dark as you are. We'll ALL be surprised!
And nope, this isn't my new book on keeping an artist's journal--that will be out in the spring of 2011.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
BUSY!! But a sale on this CD...
So here's my latest offering, a sale to kick off the season! (I'm also clearing out art supplies I don't need...be sure to check my eBay ID, KATESTREASURES!)
ON SALE! Cathy Johnson's "Watercolor Workshop" offers how-to tips and demonstrations for artists on a data CD. This CD is an edited and expanded version of Johnson's popular online workshop, in CD form.
You'll find it HERE
These are the same lessons we use in the popular Watercolor–Online! workshops, with additional PDF files added for the CD.
Now, for your convenience, the lessons are available on a CD you can use anywhere–at home, at school, at work or on vacation, any time you have a computer with a CD drive and Adobe Reader available. Use the lessons on your own, at your convenience, and at your own speed–the information is all there, just for you. We hope you enjoy it!
Whether you're a beginning artist, an old hand looking to brush up, or just looking for some fresh ideas, this tutorial CD may be for you! Just pop in your computer's CD player and GO.
Fully illustrated...
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