The Virtual Paintout: Amsterdam - Virtual Paintout #3

Beckie Saar Leone
117 Geldersekade, Amsterdam
8" by 10" acrylic on canvas board

Regina Calton Burchett
Zuiderzeeweg, 8" x 10", pastel

Susan Cox
"Biking in Amsterdam"
8"x 8" oil

Karen Rike
Amsterdam

Delilah Smith
9" x 12", watercolor, Amsterdam

Carol Morgan
Amsterdam

Phil Holt
729 Keizergracht (9x12 Oil on canvas panel)

Susie Galvin
Koningslaan, watercolor

Judith Anderson

Karel Tuinart
"Sint Nicolaaskerk (Church of St. Nicholas), Amsterdam"
4.0x6.0 inch, Ink & Acrylic on paper.

Al Woodford
A Windmill in Old Amsterdam, 12 x 9 inches, Gouache on paper.

Deb Keirce
"David and the Family Visit Amsterdam"
7"x10" Mixed Media Painting

Sharon Williamson

"Amsterdam Trams"

8" x 10", acrylic on canvas paper

R. Yvonne Colclasure
Amsterdam Monument

Wendy Manning
"Singel at Huidenstraat"
7" x 7", oil pastel

Susan Cox

"Working in Amsterdam"

8"x 8", oil on panel

Bill Guffey
"Amsterdam Canal Boat"
5" x 7", oil on canvas panel, palette knife

Our third paintout is Amsterdam.
I hope you've got your passports in order!

Open for participation from
April 1st till April 30th.

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You'll find a pic above of the area in which you can choose something to paint. The link below will take you to Google Maps of that area, you can then drag the little Yellow Man onto the map and start exploring. Find an interesting subject/area. Change it all you want. Or paint it straight up as you see it. Instructions are in the sidebar to the right. Any questions, ask 'em here.
HAVE FUN!

CLICK HERE FOR GOOGLE MAP!

The Main Rule

The Main Rule

The artist must use a view found through Google Street View as the reference for the painting or drawing. Artwork created from photographs not acquired through Google Street View will not be accepted. User Photos found as thumbnails in the upper right hand corner on some views (and now indicated also by the confusing blue dots) are not acceptable. Google Earth views are not acceptable either. The whole point is to "walk" around the streets using Google Street View, in the pre-determined area, as if you were actually participating in a real life paintout. Thanks.

The purpose...

To gather in one area of the world, virtually, once a month with other artists.

To paint or draw a scene and composition of your choosing, within a predetermined area.

You may put as many hours into the painting as you wish. You've got a month!

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Each project will begin on the first of the month and will end on the last day of the month. Submit your art during the month and it will be posted. Once the monthly location has ended no more art will be accepted for that particular month.

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This monthly project is open to all, no matter the experience or level. All drawing and painting mediums are acceptable, with the exclusion of computer created/digital art. A new city will be posted monthly.

To get to Google Street View, go to Google/Maps. Find the city, zoom in, and drag and drop the little yellow man (in the top left corner) onto a street. A pop-up window will appear with a 360 degree photographic view. You may then travel the streets, looking around, to find your composition.

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Since you can't save a pic from Street View, I've found the easiest thing is to take a screenshot of your monitor screen. To do this with a PC simply hit alt + print screen. Open a photo program and paste into a new document. With a MAC press shift + command + 3. This will normally create a PDF that you can then open with Adobe Acrobat or a photo program. You may also take photograph of the scene as it's displayed on your monitor screen and open it in a photo editing software program, and work from that. You'll see that some verticals may need to be fudged a bit due to camera distortion.

Submitting Your Art

All artwork should be sent to me at bnguffey @ windstream.net, and should consist of an attachment of a good quality jpg image, adequately cropped to show nothing but the artwork. I will not post out of focus, poor quality photographs. Be professional. Make sure your name and website/blog address are included with your submission. Also be sure to include "Virtual Paintout" in the subject line. No large file sizes please. Do not exceed 1000 pixels on the widest side. Please keep the resolution to 72 also. Thanks.

A URL of the location is now required with each submission. It's easy to do. Just click the "LINK" button in the top right corner of the screen in Google Street View that you are painting/drawing. Copy the link URL and paste it into the email with your submission. You can easily click the "SEND" button in the same location and email the link to yourself so that you have it on file.

(For digitally challenged individuals, there are many helpful tips on the internet regarding the resizing of photographs. A great link that should be used for this purpose is...HERE)

We must limit the number of artworks submitted to 3 (three) pieces per artist, per month.

17 comments:

Debra Keirce said...: Michelle Burnett pointed me to your blog, and this looks like a fun challenge....just when I didn't think I'd add anymore to my list, the google map element is too fun to resist!; April 1, 2009 at 8:51 AM
Billy Guffey said...: Hi Deb. The water's fine, jump on in!; April 3, 2009 at 6:41 PM
Delilah said...: Bill,

I had so much fun when I was in Amsterdam, I wonder if I will be able to travel down memory lane and find some of the spots I remeber from the map,,,hope so can't wait to start.; April 4, 2009 at 7:10 AM
Pat Burns said...: Looks like fun! I found you through Susan Cox's blog by way of Daily Painters... it's amazing how we get around these days. BTW I love your palette knife pieces!; April 4, 2009 at 8:38 AM
Billy Guffey said...: Hi Delilah. It is a great city. Hope you find something good to paint.; April 4, 2009 at 9:03 AM
Billy Guffey said...: Hi Pat and welcome. Hope you get a chance to participate. And thanks for the comments about the knife paintings.; April 4, 2009 at 9:04 AM
Shawn said...: This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.; April 4, 2009 at 9:36 AM
Billy Guffey said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; April 4, 2009 at 9:51 AM
Billy Guffey said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; April 4, 2009 at 9:53 AM
Billy Guffey said...: A person who posted under the name of Shawn asked a question regarding copyright issues with Google. I originally left the comment and replied twice. But the poster (Shawn) had blocked any way of contacted him/her, so I consider this as spam.

I will reiterate what I posted as a reply. I have contacted Google concerning use of Streetview pics as reference for art projects. And also the potential use for artists that are confined to their homes, or facilities.

I'll let everyone know the answers to these questions as soon as I hear.

In the meantime, have fun, continue to paint and explore. But I might hold off selling the derivative works until a definite answer has been given.; April 4, 2009 at 10:07 AM
Karen Rike said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; April 22, 2009 at 3:00 PM
Karen Rike said...: I'm thrilled to learn that Google is okay with us painting their Streets. I had a feeling they would be pleased. After all... they aren't art photography. And this is good advertising for Google.

I haven't finished my painting of Amsterdam, but will have it finished soon. This has been a very exciting challenge. I'm already anxious to hear what the next city is.

Thank you for coming up with the challenge.; April 22, 2009 at 3:02 PM
Billy Guffey said...: Hi Karen, I'm thrilled as well. This decision opens up the world to artists.

Looking forward to your participation.; April 23, 2009 at 8:49 AM
Sharon Williamson said...: Excellent news from Google, Bill! Looking forward to next month's location.; April 29, 2009 at 1:02 PM
Billy Guffey said...: Thanks Sharon!; April 29, 2009 at 7:46 PM
Jeroen said...: Since I live in Amsterdam and just started to do a series of urban sketches, I just had a fun idea. I'm thinking about picking some of the paintings here, go to that address IRL and draw on that spot.; May 4, 2009 at 10:58 AM
Claudia Finn said...: wow!!this color is amazingly done. can you share what color palette you used?; September 1, 2009 at 3:16 PM

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