Joy Thomas' first time

[Elizabeth Schott]

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They were nice en0ugh to 0ppose this 0ffensive treatment t0 said self, unless 0f c0urse they were 0rchestrated by Garth t0 0paquely 0bliterate my 0fficial intr0duction standings.

[Joy Thomas]

What 's going on here? I failed to decode the cryptic talk....fill me in for heaven's sake!!!
I'm as lost as an Easter egg....

Joy Thomas
www.portraitartist.com/thomas

[Elizabeth Schott]

Joy I used to hold the record for the "0" responses, but I believe it was broken because of Garth's thread, you'll need to read the "four digit hall of fame" to see what I 4-telling you 4 the moment.



Don't worry, Garth and Terri are likely the only ones that got it!

[Joy Thomas]

Okey-Dokey now I see. Thanks for shedding light...Terri who?
Where is the 4-digit Hall of Fame? How do I get there?...
oh no! I'm still as lost as an easter egg. I know... I'll just type in my name and web address again, that should help

Joy Thomas
www.portraitartist.com/thomas

[Mike McCarty]

You know, I've been at this song and dance for ten years...in hopes that the societies, schools or some other organization might pick up the idea of a painting from life competition or event...of course I'm way too lazy to organize something like that myself.

Joy:

About your idea for a paint from life portrait competition ... I pulled the following from this thread: "Darts - possible career path?"

http://forum.portraitartist.com/show...ighlight=Darts


Iron Chef

I think I found my genius, he

[Joy Thomas]

I also watch the oh-so-fasinating Iron Chef along with a professional cake making contest for pastry chefs ( I am dead serious about this one folks) and Mike... I have had the exact thoughts that you so eloquently shared above!!!.... Well, except for the Marvin and Viagra thing...

I say let's do this thing and may the best & fastest brush win! (what will we win?)

It sure beats the local "Monster Truck Pulls" my town hosts on the weekends.

Joy Thomas
www.portraitartist.com/thomas

[Alexandra Tyng]

I'm not even sure where this 4-digit hall of fame is, and I've been here a while. I think I've seen it somewhere, though.

Mike, are you saying you think a paint-from-life event would turn into a highly subjective, subsidized, media circus? It might. Actually, I was picturing artists fighting for the best view, and then the one with the best composition (because he/she got the best view) would have a much better shot at winning. I like the idea of painting from life--maybe having an event--but I wonder whether the finalists of the Smithsonian O-B Competition would necessarily be the ones who were best at it. What about all the other people who didn't make the finals? Some of them, at least, might be just as good or better, but they'd never get a chance.

What I'm thinking is maybe we need different competitions, some with an entire theme of painting from life, and others that emphasize different aspects of portraiture. Basically we just need more portrait competitions, exhibition opportunities, and events altogether.

[Joy Thomas]

Alex,

I had some of my workshop students do a fun thing...we had to travel from one easel to the next, each artist took a large sketchpad to each spot and had only 30 minutes to work that view before the timer went off and we had to move to the next spot. It was a blast .

In painting, palettes could be handheld and we could have a panel or canvas near each easel and just kept rotating so each artist would have few views of the model going at one time. Very intense and terrifically invigorating! I Like It -I Like It

Joy Thomas

[Alexandra Tyng]

Sounds great!