Archive for November, 2007
It is a big time of the year for holidays, decorating and general festive behaviour. Never wanting to be left out of festive behaviour, we have added a Seasonal Gallery to the EBSQ Galleries. If you need some holiday cheer, be sure to check it out! If you are an EBSQ artist and have art [...]
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Tags: art, ebsq, gallery, holiday, seasonal
We’re coming into the home stretch on the “Challenge! Draw or Stamp your Ornament Pendant Charm”. If you have something, post it, if you have been meaning to do one, do it and if you are just now noticing, go eat and then make something!
The 30th is the last day to enter and Mary Lu [...]
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Tags: amethyst lobster, charm, ebsq, funtional art, mary lu wason, ornament, pendant, recycled
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You are the music while the music lasts.
T. S. Eliot
Ever notice how some people seem to, for lack of a better description, walk to the beat of their own drummer? Do you find it true that certain tunes can inspire an entire body of work, the outcome of a day, or the motivation to keep [...]
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Tags: challenge, ebsq. absract, lisa thornton whittaker, music
Pick a well known still life and be inspired! Create your own still life inspired by a famous still. For example, redo Van Gogh’s “The Vase with 12 Sunflowers” in YOUR way!! This is not a “copy” a still life challenge.. give it a bit of your own flare!! Take Cezanne’s painting “Still Life With [...]
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Tags: challenges, ebsq, heather sims, still life
The Science Behind Oil Painting
hosted by EBSQ Self-Representing Artists and Harlan
Monday, November 12th, at 9pm Eastern (6pm Pacific)
EBSQ Chat Room
One Orange Leaf by Harlan
Harlan will be giving a Live Chat on the science behind Oil Painting. This includes the chemical processes that naturally occur when using this medium and explain how to properly construct an [...]
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Tags: chat, demo, ebsq, ebsqlive, event, howto
We’ve just completed the fall jury session for EBSQ Juried Artists. Our panel of 11 peer jurors elected 9 of the 20 applicants with a 2/3 majority or better vote. Congratulations are in order to the following exceptional artists:
Stephanie D’Aigle
Joanna Daneman
Nicole Helbig
Heather Mathieson
Perriette
Loretta Polaski
Cori Sampson
Mark Satchwill
Torrie Smiley
The next opportunity to apply for EBSQ Juried Artists [...]
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Tags: ebsq, ebsq juried artists, eja, news
Calling all artsy and crafty people! I have a challenge for you!
Look over the Live Workshop I did in October, which is transcribed in this month’s Zine.
The first part of the workshop describes how to make charms or pendants from a piece of a plastic take-out lid. All you have to do is draw a picture [...]
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Tags: amethyst lobster, challenges, community, ebsq, functional art, recycled
Oh Boy, do we have Challenges!!
Right now, there are three challenges running over on the EBSQ Forum. There is an Abstract challenge, a Still Life challenge and a Functional Art/Recycled challenge. On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week, we will be featuring one of these challenges right here in Ye Olde Blog so be sure to check in. If [...]
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Tags: abstract, challenges, ebsq, functional, recycled, still life
Amarilli A.
Last month saw some great strides in the Self Representing Artists movement by a little band you might have heard of once or twice: Radiohead. Rather than letting a record company call the shots, they spent the past 2 years making exactly the album they wanted and then released it as a download on [...]
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Tags: editorial, radiohead, self-publishing, self-representing artists
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