BOSTON
O'Reily's Restaurant and Pub
oil on canvas board, 8" x 6"
Hail to the Red White and Blue
The Old North Church, Unity Street Boston
Congregational Church, Cambridge, MA
Sailing Club
10 x 7 inches, ink and watercolour sketch
Forest Grove Lake
9x7 soft pastel
"The Gold Standard"
Commonwealth and Dartmouth
Acrylic on 6x8 canvas
Bicycle on Marlborough St.
4 X 6 inches on brown paper, in colored pencil
"52 Concord Square - Boston"
4"x8" ink on paper
Pen and ink on paper ( 8"x11")
"Swallow Road Retreat"
Nahant,MA
8x10 canvas-acrylics
VERDIGRIS TURRET WINDOW
14 x 11 Oil on canvas panel
60 Warren St.
"Louisburg Square"
Boston Massachusettes
Acrylic on canvas, 9x12
black pen
"Getting Ready for the Game"
20x30 Acrylic on canvas
Watercolor, 12 x 9"
Dorothy's Cove
6"x5" acrylic palette knife on linen paper
Lowell House, Harvard
Oil on Masonite, 7x5
"Passing by the Coop"
8x10 canvas board
"Toxteth Street"
10" x 10", acrylic on canvas
Relax
11 x 12, Oil on canvas
"More Shopping"
11 x 14 oil on panel
3 N Square, Boston
Industrial Zone, Chelsea Street
8 x 11 in, Watercolor and gouache
27 Galen Street, Watertown, Mass.
watercolor and gouache
Acrylic on Canvas Paper - 12 x 12 inches
84 Richardson Street Bonston MA
Water colour, Coloured pencils, Felt pen
"Life In the Hub"
pencils on paper
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Pentel pocket brushpen & Tombows with waterbrush
"Boston Red Sox-Gate D, Fenway Park"
Fenway Park, 2 Yawkey Lane, Boston, MA
watercolor on 140# Arches CP, 6 5/8" x 7 7/8"
Oil, 12x16
"LAMBERT'S MARKETPLACE"
Oil on Canvas, 8" by 10"
Walking on the Longfellow Bridge
4.75 inches x 8.5 inches watercolor
Prince St x Thacher St.
pen and watercolor pencil on paper (11"x 8")
Boston #2 Making a Living
Watercolor, 9x12
Charles River Bike Path
North End, Boston, MA
Watercolor, 12" x 16"
Watercolor, 9x12
Salem Street
black pens of different sizes
"Taking a Break"
8 x 10 Oil on panel
Reflections of inflation
Watercolour and pen on paper
880 Commonwealth Ave, Boston
Charles Street, Boston, MA.
canvas panel size 6 X 8, oil
Watercolor and Technical Pen
5th Street & Cambridge Street, Cambridge MA
Gardens in between brownstones
23 Chestnut Street, Boston
7 inches x 9 inches, Watercolor and pentel on Canson paper
"Boston Boats - Interstate 93 - Boston, Mass., USA "
Gouache on Watercolour Paper - 9.25" x 8.5" (Approx.)
‘Strata Center, MIT’
Watercolor pencils on paper, 11” x 14”
‘Crooked House with Purple Shutters’
Watercolor pencils on paper, 11” x 14”
Boston Storefront
Ink, watercolor and coloured pencil on watercolor paper
Revere, Massachusetts
House for Sale!
Oil pastels 27x36cm
6 North Street, Boston
oil on board, 8x10
85 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. U.S.A.
Pen and wash 15x12 " on watercolour paper.
Under the Bridge Massachusetts 3A
7.3 x 7.3 in., Watercolor and gouache
"All Dressed Up"
10" x 10", acrylic on canvas
60, Mount Ash Road, Boston
Watercolor on paper
Lynn, Massachusetts
Callahan Tunnel, Boston,MA
6x8 canvas, Acrylics
"Boston, Linwood Square"
water-soluble pencils on Fabriano Academia Paper, size 21x29,7 cm.
A Moment at Cambridge Parkway
Soft pastel and is 18”x24”
815 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
12cms*12cms, pen and watercolours on 200gsm paper
The blue door – Boston, MA
11 x 14 oil on canvas board
Myrtle Street, Boston
mixed media
Straus Hall - Harvard
8x10, Oil
pastel
“Nahant”
Watercolor, 15 x 22 inches
On Chandler Pond
5 x 7 water soluble pastels, with Aqua Brush and Pitt Pen
on watercolor paper
O.K Mapman,where are we?
Acrylic on board
a view of Gardens for Charlestown
7" x 10", acrylic on paper
pen and watercolour
Louisberg Square, Boston
In a Dennis Lehane's Mood (Hartland/Saxton Street)
5 x 5 in, Pencil, colored pencil and gouache
Hudson St, Boston
pen and watercolour
Evening on the Charles River
9"x6" acrylic on linen paper
Our January 2011 Paintout is
Boston, Massachusetts
Open for participation from
January 1st till January 31st.
View Larger Map
You'll find an interactive map of the Boston, Massachusetts area above, though you can't access the little yellow pegman from that map. Use the link below it, "View Larger Map", and the map will appear on your monitor; drag the little Yellow Man onto the map, let go while he's over a blue area, 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 in the comments or email me directly.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
This month we travel to a historic region of of the east coast of the United States, particularly Boston, Mass., and it's surrounding areas. I chose to include more than the city proper mainly due to the lack of all streets being available through Street View. This gives you, the artist, the opportunity to explore outside the city a little to find that special composition that catches your eye. Also, you will notice that while a lot of Boston does have high definition pictures, there are also many areas that do not. This doesn't bother me as I search, mainly for the reason that I don't want to lavishly copy what is before me (most of the time), but instead, I look for a pleasing composition as a starting point.
The map below will show the basic border of the paintout area...
The map below will show the basic border of the paintout area...
IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING...
It is necessary to stress the importance of a couple of rules. One is the image size issue. It states in the rules in the right sidebar on this blog that the image has to be at a resolution of 72 and no larger than 1000 pixels on the widest side. Submissions not following the rules will not be posted.
IGNORE THE BLUE DOTS! It appears that Google has now added every user submitted photograph to the maps in the form of blue dots. Make sure your reference comes from the actual Street View application and not a photograph. Thanks.
So there you go. Should be extremely easy. If your submission doesn't show up on the blog, please check the list near the top in the sidebar entitled, "Don't see your submission? This could be the reason..." Thanks.
Thanks again to Google, as they have given their permission for artists to use Street View as a reference for paintings that can then be sold without fear of copyright infringement.
And thank you, artists, for participating.
Remember, participation is open to all levels of artistic ability.
NOW LET'S HAVE SOME FUN!
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4 comments:
Wow. I am so excited about this one! And I had a feeling you were painting Boston when you posted this painting earlier.
Hello Bill,
I have just discovered your blog. What a very good idea to use Google street views to create a painting.
I would love to participate but I am not sure I will have the time but I will try.
Very very good idea; Super !
Thanks ladies. This is looking like it's going to be a great month!
For those wondering how to participate, please read the rules and instructions in the sidebar on the right and below the current map. Also, you can click on the page link at the top of the Virtual Paintout page, "How to Participate".
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