The Virtual Paintout: Croatia ~ October 2012

Maria Hamilton

William Beebe
"Shadows House"
8" x 10", Pastels

Nicola Dalbenzio
Jelacic Plaza, Croatia
Watercolor, 12x15

Lotta Hinder
Hvar, Croatia
Acrylics 24 x 32 cm

Phil Holt
RAILROAD CROSSING
16 x12 Oil on canvas panel

Gail Ishmael
Sheep in the field
Watercolor

Theuns Kruger
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Pencil & acrylic on watercolour paper

Patricia Musgrave
Frosty Morning
Hrvatska Dubica, Croatia

Janell Nishida
"Archways"
6x11 watercolor

Sherry Schmidt
Gouache
Near Zagreb

Sherry Schmidt
Gouache
Dubrovnik

Roberta Schmidt
The Harbor, Croatia
8 x 10 acrylic on canvas board

Eszter Szicso
Oil on board, 32x24 cm

Laura Wingerd
"Hrvatska Kostajnica"
6" x 9" Watercolor pencil on Yupo

Lorraine Brown
Home Grown
Watercolour, 11”x14”

Michael Chamberlain
"Dubrovnik Harbor"
8x10" oil on canvas panel

Carolee S. Clark
"Color on the High Seas"
10" x 10"
acrylic on canvas

Genevieve Cseh
Croatia - Sea Wall
5" x 7", acrylic on canvas

Indira Govindan

Joseph Maguire
watercolour

Julie Manning
Dubrovnik, Croatia

Suzanne Queen
Novigrad na Dobri Castle, Croatia
5 in x 7 in, Watercolor

Justine Valla
D56 Skradin Sibinek-Knin County, Croatia
Watercolor in Liberte Scetchbook

Rebecca Wang
"Fishing at Makarska Bay"
oil on 10x12 canvas panel

Al Woodford
Water in the works
8 x 8 inches, watercolor

Carolee S. Clark
"Drydocked"
10" x 10"
acrylic on canvas

Gail Ishmael
Old Town Dubrovnik Harbor
Watercolor

Julie Manning
12 Katarinin Trg, Zagreb

Linda Popple

Dave Rolstone
Village near Belej on Cres Island, Croatia.
Oil on Lose Canvas 12"x 9"

Diane Ursin
"Croatian Lady w/ her Goats"

Earl Boyer
Old Frankopan Castle, Croatia
pen and ink with color pencil on Bristol paper

Rick Eakins
"Croatia Farm"
8" x 10" (Oil on Canvas Board)

Nancy Farara
Rijeka Street
watercolor and watersoluble graphite
8 1/2" x 9"

Nancy Frey
Virtual Painters @ the Croatian National Theatre,
14 Marshal Tito Square, Zagreb, Croatia
8x10 Sepia Watercolor

Roberta Schmidt
The Little White House, Croatia
11 x 14 inch, acrylic on canvas

Ganapathy Subramaniam (GS)
Acrylics 14" x 10"
Marshal Tito Square, Croatia

Sara Branson
Watercolor
"Hideaway Cafe" Split, Croatia

Nicola Dalbenzio
Palace Hotel, Zagreb Croatia
Watercolor, 12x16

Sketch Gurl
Watercolor

Nancy Herman
Croatia
6" x 8", oil on Canvas board

Debi Hinshaw
"Summer Afternoon"
12"x12" Oil - Ampersand gessoed panel

Sylvia J Larsen
Church On The Hill
5"x7" Watercolor

mico
"Sunset at KRK, Croatia"
watercolor

William Cook
Oil, 8x10

Charlene Brown
Maslinica, Croatia

Carolee S. Clark
"High Tide"
10" x 10"
acrylic on canvas

Catherine Hale
"October in Croatia"
oil on 6"x8" canvas panel

Gail Ishmael
Two men and a truck
Watercolor

Julie Manning
Hvar, Croatia

Janell Nishida
"Orange Boat"
9x12 watercolor

Jim Throne
Waterfront
Split, Croatia

Sherry Thurner
5x7 inches, oil on mat board

Nicola Dalbenzio
Zabreg, Croatia Cityscape
Watercolor, 9x12

mico
"Milna, Croatia"
watercolor

Joanne Willoughby
58 Pomer ulica. Pomer, Croatia
9x12 pastel on sanded wallis paper

Bill Guffey
Morning Wakes
20" x 24", oil

Our October 2012 Paintout is

Croatia

Open for participation from October 1st till October 31st.

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You'll find an interactive map of Croatia 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 the country of Croatia. You are free to travel the entire country to find something to paint or draw. I think you'll find Croatia a beautiful country with many wonderful subjects to explore. Have fun!

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 LEFT of the screen, check the "Short URL" button. 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 left of the map.

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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