The Virtual Paintout: November 2014

Janice Ingram Pilbrow
3 Montee du Chateau
Pen, water colour and water colour crayon
5" x 7"
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Charlie Abrahamson
"Early Morning"
9"x12" watercolor pencil/acrylic
Berdorf, Grevenmaker, Luxembourg
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Rick Eakins
"House with Vines"
9" x 12" (Oil on Canvas Board)
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Jeanne Grant
Colored Pencil & Ink
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Sheryl Henderson
Luxembourg Church Steeple
watercolor
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Janell Nishida
Sunlit Street
8x10.5 ink and watercolor
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Murilo Romeiro
Montée de Pfaffenthal
Dip pen with walnut ink and watercolor on paper 180g/m2 (29x20cm)
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Sherry Schmidt
Gouache
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Sherry Schmidt
Watercolor
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Rebecca Wang
'MUDAM Fountain'
oil on F3 panel
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Rebecca Wang
Takajo Sàrl Cafe
oil on 10x12 canvas panel
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Charlie Abrahamson
"The Arrival"
Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
9x12 inch charcoal/pencil drawing
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Charlie Abrahamson
"Nature Call"
Putscheid, Diekirch, in Luxembourg
9X12 inch watercolor pencil/acrylic painting
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Pedro Martin
30 x 40 cm, Watercolor on paper

Tom Ohman
Ink and pencil
Beaufort Castle
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Loretta Stephenson
"Over or Under?"
Luxembourg
6 x 9 sketchbook
Ink, watercolor, gouache, colored pencil
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Alan Woodford
Useldange Castle
7 x 10 inches, watercolor
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Sheryl Henderson
Flowerboxes at Luxemborg
watercolor, 8 x 10 inches
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Teri Ann LaBuwi

Marla Laubisch
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Patricia Musgrave
Cityscape, Wiltz
mixed-media on board
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Tom Ohman
Ink and pencil
Vianden Castle
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Suzanne Queen
Running for the Bus
6 in x 4 in, Watercolor and Ink
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Mike Bergen
“4 Rue Neuve, Ettelbruck"
9X12 Acrylic Painting
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Stanley Epperson
Rue Abbé Henri Muller, Ettelbruck
8X8 Oil
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Maria Hamilton
Oil on canvas paper
8 x 10 inches

Robyn Jorde
Beaufort Castle
watercolor on paper, 8x11.5"
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Sylvia J. Larsen
Old Castle
5x7 Watercolor
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Julie Manning
8 Konstemer Stross, Kiischpelt, Diekirch. Luxembourg
Ink and watercolour

Janell Nishida
Canal Overlook
8x11 watercolor
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Alex Ragalie
Luxembourg Crossroads
Oil on panel - 9x12in/23x30cm
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Alex Ragalie
Luxembourg Clearing
Oil on panel - 9x12in/23x30cm
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Alex Ragalie
Luxembourg Field
Oil on canvas - 7.5x7.7in/19x20cm
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Mike Bergen
“15 Rue du marche-aux-Herbes”
9X12 Ink/wash
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Earl M Boyer
Adolphe bridge
pen and ink and pencil color on 6”x12” CO-MO Sketch paper
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Marla Laubisch
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Judith Alsop Miles
“Rue Wiltheim, Luxembourg City”
Watercolour on Arches Rough 31 x 41 cm
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E J Mordasky
Eerie Archway in Luxembourg
ink and watercolor
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Justine Valla
79 Rue de Gosseldange, Luxembourg
6 x 8 inches watercolor
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William Cook
Oil, 12x16
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Anthony Billings
Luxembourg #1
watercolor, 9"x12"
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Anthony Billings
Luxembourg #2
whiskey & ink, 4"x5"
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Charlene Brown
L'hôtel de ville, Wiltz
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Sue Field
Luxembourg-Beaufort Castle
Pen& Ink
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Sketch Gurl
Watercolor

Beliza Mendes
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mico
"Village church"
watercolor

Ursula Rodgers
On the Alzette
Ink
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Murilo Romeiro
Rue Large - Luxembourg
Cretacolor Studioline Artistik EEF 0,3 mm|
and watercolor on paper 180g/m2 (29x20cm)
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Marilia C L Varella
Rue Münster
Sketchbook Stillman%Birn Zeta series; crayon HB; Micron Pigma 03; and watercolour Van Gogh
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Janice Ingram Pilbrow
Beaufort Castle
Watercolour & water colour crayon 5" x 7"

Murilo Romeiro
Weiler ( Hachiville ) Luxemburgo
Cretacolor Studioline Artistik EEF 0,3 mm
and watercolor on paper 180g/m2 (20x29cm)
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Marilia C L Varella
Luxembourg!
Canson Montval Aquarelle size A4 140 lbs;
crayon HB; Micron Pigma 03; and watercolour Van Gogh
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Catherine Hale

Road Works on the Plateau de Kirchberg

Colored pencil on 15 x 20 cm paper

Schoko Hund

Rue de Kaundorf, 9650 Esch-sur-Sûre, Luxembourg

Size 27x35 cm Watercolor on Fabriano 300 grm

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Julie Manning

Ink and watercolour

E J Mordasky
3 Rue Sigefroi
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Bill Guffey

Marktplatz

16" x 20", oil

Our November Paint Out is

Luxembourg

Open for participation from November 1st thru November 30th

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You'll find an interactive map of Luxembourg above, though you can't access the little yellow pegman from that map. Use the link on the upper left of the map, "View on Google Maps", 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.

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has to be one of the cleanest places we've ever visited at the Virtual Paintout. It's a landlocked country in Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. With beautiful scenic views, including pastoral and city, you are sure to find that perfect painting location.

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! Google has 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.

I've started including Location Links to each artwork posted. If you want a link to your reference included with your information please make sure you include the SHORT URL for the reference with your submission. The image below is using the OLD MAP. You can still get to the old map by clicking on the small gear icon at the bottom right of the NEW MAP. If a SHORT URL isn't used the Location Link will not be included. Thanks!

Below is another option for getting a short URL. If you use Google Chrome browser, install the short URL app. Makes it really easy to grab a short URL from any page you are on.

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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