I will add a full photo of this when I get it finished. I’m hoping I can complete it to enter in the Allied Artists Show. I just thought you would like to see some of the progress.
The video keeps getting delayed. It has been a challenge working on it with my friend long distance. Now he and his wife are even further away and we have had other interruptions; my health, their travels and more health issues. We will eventually get it ready and then I will post an announcement. Thanks so much for your interest. Till then, enjoy the art!
I have always considered the People’s Choice to be the top award in art. It tells me that people are looking closely and that the work really touches the public. I am honored to accept this years People’s Choice Award for the Southwestern Pennsylvania Coucil for the Arts at the SAMA in Ligonier. I want to sincerely thank all those who voted for this painting. I am humbled and grateful. I will post an image even though I am sure you have seen it here before.
Making this video has been like packing my luggage for a trip around the world. For almost two years now, my friend and I have been working long distance, gathering the necessities to make this journey. We have been refining it the way someone would who will board an airplane which has weight limits and other restrictions. We know certain things are absolute must haves but others will be pared down so that we are not including so much as to make the traveling cumbersome. We made a quick decision to follow through on this and we did not have time to do advance preparations or even to plan our itinerary. Once our decision was made, it was full speed ahead to our destination. All that remains is to see how the journey will go and if the result will be creative and restorative. As soon as my friend uploads everything we have packed, we will announce our take – off. I am hoping our “Portrait Painting for Beginners” will have a successful flight. I want to keep the cost low so that it can be available to many. I will give you the information about Pay Pal as soon as everything else is complete. I always pray before setting off on any journey and I have prayed my way through this part too. Now I pray that my efforts will be a blessing to all who invest in it. Thank you.
You may be interested in knowing that I hope to update this whole web site in the spring. This was my first attempt and I know it will make things easier and more pleasant if I can get it looking better. As I have told you before, technology is not my thing but I try. I really want to spend more time on my art but I have learned that part of being an artist is sharing. I don’t like to put my work on Facebook because there are people on public forums who are not interested in the same things I am so why bore them with my stuff even though many have asked me to do this. My compromise is to share it on my blog. That way, only those who chose to enter here, need look.
Also, the video is almost wrapped up. Yah’s timing is good because the videographer is moving out west. It has taken us much longer to produce this than anticipated for a number of reasons. It is my hope that there will be many who can benefit from the instructions and hints I give in these basic lessons. An artist must take what they learn and what they see and what inspires them and use it all to come up with their own interpretation. If I can learn to produce worthy portraits, then with time and patience and a measure of talent, so can others. I will post on here and in public when it is available.
My video subject.
When the decision was made to try the video there was no time to spare. I grabbed the subject references that I was about to use for a class and began. We were pressed for time and then separated by hours but since people were asking for this, we proceeded. I did my best to get in all the relevant information. If you use this, and practice, hopefully you will have some amount of success the first try and get better as you go. That is how I learned.
Diana Williams Portraits 