The Virtual Paintout: Eureka, California ~ December 2011

Julie Manning
The Ingomar Club, Eureka, CA.

Kathy Bintrim
"Venture"
9 in x 12 in, colored pencil

Sylvia J Larsen
5"x7" Watercolor
Eureka, Ca Boats

Jean Nelson
Bertas Road Covered Bridge
5"x7" acrylic on canvas panel

Patricia Musgrave
Table Bluff Road
9.5" x 13" oil on board

Suzanne Queen
Murray Field, Eureka, CA
6 in x 10.5 in, Watercolor

Rick Eakins
Hose Co. No 4
8" x 10" (Oil on Canvas Board)

Sue Field
Eureka, California
Pastel

Justine Valla
2943 Hopkins Hill Rd.
S of Eureka CA near Humboldt HIll
Watercolor in Canson scetchbook

Trish Davis
True Blue
1892 Simpson Vance House
Acrylic on 11x14 wrapped canvas

Sketch Gurl
4455, US 101, Eureka, CA

Ann Hyde
Pine Hill Road Ridgewood
Watercolour, 14" x 11"

Lorraine Brown
watercolour ¼ sheet Arches rough

Trish Davis
Klamath River on California Highway 96
Acrylic on 11x14 wrapped canvas

Al Woodford
"Sheds and things - Elk River Road, Ridgewood"
8 x 8 inches, watercolor

L. J. Chang
Devoy Road, Eureka
watercolor & pastel, 9"x12"

William Cook
Oil, 6x12

Rebecca Wang
"Foggy Bay"
oil on 12x16 canvas panel

L. J. Chang
Gold Rush on US101, Eureka
color pencil on cardboard paper
7.75" x 7.75"

Margaret McInnes
Lone Star Junction
Pastel

Suzanne Queen
Camping Spot
7 in x 7 in, Watercolor

Carolee S. Clark
"South Bay"
10" x 10"
acrylic on canvas

L. J. Chang
Huntoon @ S street, Eureka
acrylic & oil pastel on cardboard paper
12" x 9.75"

Maria Hamilton
Oil on canvas 16 x 20

Judith Alsop
Table Bluff Lighthouse, Eureka
Watercolour

Charlene Brown
The Bank of Eureka & the Savings Bank of Humboldt

April Williams
oil on masonite 8x8 inches

Earl Boyer
Old Town, Eureka
Pencil color and pastel, and Windpower Sketchpaper
11.75" x 14"

Millie Nguyen
Eureka, I found it!
Acrylics on 8" X 8" canvas

Nancie Johnson
"Eureka Forest"
California 3
9x12 Acrylic

Carolee S. Clark
"California Trees"
10" x 10"
acrylic on canvas

Laura A Pace
Violet House
Spring St., Eureka, CA
8x10, oil on gesso board

Carolyn Owen Sommer
Watercolor on Arches

Jude Decker

Sieglinde Mair

Alissa Duke
Myrtle Ave, California
watercolour pencil in moleskine

Bill Guffey
Eureka! A Horse
8" x 10", oil

Our December 2011 Paintout is

Eureka, California

and surrounding region

Open for participation from

December 1st till December 31st.

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You'll find an interactive map of Eureka and surrounding 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.

This month we travel to Eureka, California and the surrounding region east. This is a beautiful area of California that gives wonderful views of seaside, farms, and urban areas.

Below is a map of the area for this month. Mainly from the coast, just stay between the two main highways going east until you get to Redding. It's okay to go a little north and south of Eureka itself.

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.

Also, each artist must include the URL of the location that the artwork is based upon. To find the URL is easy. In the maps mode, while looking at your scene you have chosen, click the "LINK" button at the top right of the screen, you will see two options that open for you, CHOOSE THE TOP ONE, "Paste link in email or IM". With that link highlighted simply copy it and paste into your email with your submission. (How do you not lose your location? Click "SEND" with your view up and email it to yourself.) Remember, these buttons are found at the top right of the map, in the light blue bar.

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!

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.

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