The Virtual Paintout: Hong Kong

Prabha Narayanan
9 Tin Lung Rd, Hong Kong
Watercolor on Indigo Paper , 14 x 11.5 inches

Jane Huggins
The Signs on Winslow Street
Watercolor, 13 1/2"x 17"

Charles Chew
Hong Kong Market
7 Chan Tong Ln, Hong Kong
20 X 24 oil on linen

Marie Zemanova
View from Central Pier
A5 printer paper, black liner and pencil shading

Cindy Ellison
Sam's Forest
23 Hong Ning Rd
Watercolor, pencil on illustration board, 4" x 6"

Aleada Siragusa
Pok Fu Lam Country Park, Hong Kong
Watercolor on YUPO, 11" x 14"

Phil Holt
Laundry on Third Street
12x16 Oil on canvas panel

Diane Schwartz
"Sweeper"
Ink and watercolor on watercolor paper, 11"x15"

Sylvia J Larsen
Corner Market
Watercolor, 8 x 7 3/4

Roxanne "Tatan" Lopez
"recycler"
acrylic on Arches hot pressed paper, 10" X 14"

Denise Clardy
Bowrington Road Wet Market
16 Bowrington Road, Hong Kong
8x10 watercolor & ink

Nadine Grech

Julie Bloch
Mother and Child
6 x 6 oil on board

Francis Jong
"Red Taxi"
8 X 6, Watercolor

Carolyn Owen Sommer
71 Pei Ho Street
watercolor

Roberta Schmidt
"View from Ting Kau Bridge"
Hong Kong
8" x 10" acrylic on canvas

Gina M Hall
Ancient tree in Hong Kong
Watercolor, 9 X 12

Jeanne Grant
Colored pencil and pen and ink

Al Woodford
"A quiet day at the docks"
8 x 8 inches, watercolor

Rock Kyndl
224 Yu Chau St.
Ink and Watercolor

Justine Valla
View from Shatin Pass Road in Hong Kong
Watercolor on Canson paper
6 1/4 inches x 9 1/8 inches

Carolyn Pappas
"Brush"
ink and watercolor, 5 x 7 inches

Jlynn Peterson
Douglad Ln/ Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong
Watercolor/ink

Jan Werdin
A Hong Kong harbor view
8X6 watercolor

Linda Cheek
"Soho Bamboo"
oil on panel 8x6

Rebecca Wang
"A View from the Peak"
22 Barker Road, Hong Kong
9x12 oil on canvas board

Linda Popple
Hong Kong
6x6 Oil on Gessobord

Carolee S. Clark
"City Maze"
10" x 10", acrylic on canvas

Yevgenia Watts
Fung Tak Park
Ink and watercolor in Lama Li watercolor sketchbook, 5x8"

Pam Van Londen
'Shatin Road Pass 1'
oil on 8x8 claybord

Catherine Hale
Pedestrian crossing, Tai Tong Road, Hong Kong
Oil on canvas (7.5" x 13")

J.Lynn Peterson
112 Queen's Road W.
Hong Kong - Watercolor/ink

Murilo Romeiro
Tung Choi St - Hong Kong
Pen & watercolor pencil on paper ( 8"x11")

Sylvia J. Larsen
Hong Kong Girl
Watercolor 8x10"

Gwen Gordon
"Gardens U Like"
Watercolor, 9.75" x 9.75"

Mark Adam Webster
123 Cape Collinson Rd, Hong Kong
8x10" Oil on Canvas Panel

Maria Hamilton

Molly VanZant

Curt Blanchard
Tsim Sha Tsui (Specifically, Humphreys Street)
Sepia ink, Liquid Pencil by Derivan, watercolor

Trevor Davies
961 Canton Rd, Hong Kong
02mm Artline pen,Tombo pens with wash

Holly Herick
9" x 12" , 90 lbs. cold press

Linda Popple
Deep Bay Road, Hong Kong

Janell Nishida
"The White Hotel"
9x12, Acrylic

Carolyn Cobb
Fung Kat Heung Road, Hong Kong
8X10, oil

Alissa Duke
9 Garden City Road, Hong Kong
Watercolour pecil and pen

Mark Adam Webster
Shek O Headland Rd, Hong Kong

Carolee S. Clark
"A Touch of Green"
10" x 10", acrylic on canvas

Nancie Johnson
"Coke or Sprite"
Bride's Pool Road, Hong Kong
Acrylic on canvas, 9 x 12

Scott Clugstone
Watercolor and ink
"Hong Kong McD's."

Charles Chew
66 Tai Mei Tuk Rd., Hong Kong
11 x 14 oil on linen

Gemma

Albert Decker
"Shen Mun Kap Road, Lantau Island, Hong Kong"
8"x10" oil on canvas panel

Sheryl Chew
Des Voeux Road, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
8x10 oil on canvas

Karen Naber
"Bus Ride Home"
Pok Fu Lam Rd., Hong Kong
Watercolor - 8 x 10

Ruth Bodycott
10 1/4" x 7" watercolor on 140# Arches CP
"Drama Above in 1-Pt. Perspective"
3 Yu Chau St., Hong Kong

Susan Cox
"Parasol By the Harbor"
8"x8" oil on panel

Carol Bonomo
"What Hong Kong Looks Like To Me (Chungking Mansion)"
Watercolor pencils in moleskine notebook

Chris Jones
Watercolors and pen and ink

Susan Cox

Sketch Gurl
5, Yuen Ngai St, Hong Kong
Watercolor on paper

Cathy Holtom
The Flower Seller on Shung Tak Street, Hong Kong
Coloured Pencil

Nancy Herman
HONG KONG
41 Bukely Street
oil on canvas, 8" x 6"

Trevor Davies
357 Reclamation Street
0.2mm Artline pen, Tombow pens with wash

J. Lynn Peterson
40 D'aguilar Street - Hong Kong
watercolor/ink

Gringo Zero
Wedding Party, 12" x 12", acrylic on paper

Suzanne Queen
Chek Lap Kok South Rd, Hong Kong
9 in x 12 in watercolor

Scott Wilson
Peak Tower Bus
0.4mm black fibre pen, Tombow dual brush tip pens with waterbrush

Janell Nishida
"Hong Kong Traffic"
Fluid Acrylic, 12x9

Carolee S. Clark
"Merchandise for Sale"
10" x 10", acrylic on canvas

Tim Ginnett
“Peaceful Harbor”
Watercolor, 8 x 10 inches

Mary Lou Bachman
Bride's Pool Road, Hong Kong
9x12 watercolor on Arches paper

Jennifer Wade

Bill Guffey
Huts, 9" x 12", oil

Our July Paintout is

Hong Kong.

Open for participation from

July 1st till July 31st.

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You'll find an interactive map of Hong Kong 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.

I think you'll enjoy exploring Hong Kong, from the city urban scenes to the outskirts and rural areas.

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 now 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.

4 comments:

Cindy Ellison said...: Bill, what a great idea! Getting ready right now to "visit" Hong Kong and find a painting subject! Thank you!; July 15, 2010 at 7:08 AM
Joyfulartist said...: I must be getting blind but I can't find the e mail address in order to submit my painting. I've lost it and I can't find it on your instructions. Please post it in a comment for me. Thanks.; July 20, 2010 at 4:48 PM
Billy Guffey said...: Hi. The email is in the first sentence under the heading "Submitting your art". It's

bnguffey @ windstream.net

Just take out the spaces.; July 20, 2010 at 4:53 PM
ChrisJ said...: Some of these are just brilliant to my untutored mind. I'm so looking forward to the August challenge; July 30, 2010 at 2:41 AM

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