Watercolor Workshop - "The intuitive qualities of water" Niagara Falls

American Contemporary plein air painter
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"The intuitive qualities of water". This is a series I am doing. The medium of watercolor, because it utilizes the vehicle of water, allows you to free up limitations, inhibitions and become more intuitive, as you allow your most 'authentic creative self' to flow from your heart space through your brush by the amazing qualities of 'water'.

Plain everyday water can be 'a life force' , 'a creative force' and a 'change force' for your inward and outer reality. The fluid characteristics of water, allow for delightfully uncontrolled, genuine responses.

Who can benefit from "The intuitive qualities of watercolor" workshop ?...
 non artists
watercolor artists
oil painters and
those who work in other mediums...

I worked in watercolor for 25 years exclusively, to loosen up my painting style, after formal training as a child from the age of ten.
Professionally, I continue to use watercolors for the very personal response it brings into my work. Contact me for more info and future dates at my studio for this workshop series. www.permissiongranted.org #niagarawatercolorpaintingworkshop #niagarafallspaintings #jrbaldiniartist
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Art Workshop Sarasota, Florida March 2016

American Contemporary plein air painter. NEW workshop for 2016. Going to be in Florida for the winter ? Join us in Sarasota for this annual awesome workshop. Bring a friend, it's doubly awesome smile emoticon
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Adventure of a Marginally Successful Musician - book review

American Contemporary plein air painter.

I met Bill in 2015 during this tour stop with Neil Diamond in upstate NY. I listened to some of his songs on the internet. The guy is multi talented. Just finished reading his book slice by slice. I've been an artist all my life, and always thought, an artist , is an artist, is an artist. I mean, we all 'kind of ' have the same creative and managerial problems, right ? Musicians are 'out there' all the time and as his books describes, they're team players, something I've never dealt with on a daily basis in my career.
I found inspirational gems in his book like,  ' connecting with your subject in songwriting, relating to your subject, then transferring that emotion, having the song speak to someone else.  I used some of his quotes in my workshop last week - they related so well to painting. We're all out there trying to find our own creative language to communicate better - Bill Cinque has found his...He comes across as entertainingly funny, and a humble guy, check him out. www.billcinque.com

The Red House Monhegan Island

American Contemporary plein air painter. "The Sun Also Rises " The Red House, Monhegan Island - made famous by artist Jamie Wyeth 6x8 oil on canvas - glare on right from wet paint contact me to purchase - Sold

Monhegan Island, painting workshop August 3-7, 2015 more info here

The only way to stick with a New Year's resolution is

American Contemporary plein air painter. Remember, the resolutions that you made for 2014 ?
Remember trying to hold on to them ? 

Don't be ordinary - resolutions are what the ordinary people do for New Year.  
 Don't set yourself up to fail. 

The feeling of 'why can't I stick with it - is what inevitably sticks with you instead.

So... what can you do ?
Find something that changes your thinking, just ONE thing' and you take that first step towards a changed 2015. 
No resolutions, no promises, no bargains with God or the Devil ...we're not meant to be clean slates. Our lives are about memories - if you feel lost, turn around and reflect - if you feel happy, truly savor the moment and smile with gratitude. It's about just you and no one knows you or what motivates you better than you do.                            

Can you feel the possibilities that just crossed over from 2014 ?

 

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September in Niagara Falls en plein air painting workshop

American Contemporary plein air painter.

2 registrations today for the 

'Find your Creative Self ' 

 Sept 12 & 13, 2014 workshop in Niagara Falls

more details  http://artworkshops.homestead.com/niagara.html 

 Let's get back to the basics of who you are...feel that stress leaving already ?

 

 or call the studio at 800.393.7270

other dates Sept 27 & 28

Oct 10 & 11, 2014

One of the painting challenges I see in art workshops is...

American Contemporary plein air painter.

 One of the most common struggles I see in workshops is...
how to make water lie flat in your painting.
Here's a TIP : realize when you are painting what you see as the bottom of the rocks or ground, that you are not painting the base of either. People tend to have the bottom of the shape follow the perspective to the horizon line. But, because you are not painting the base, rather you are painting the water line and since water always levels itself, you're painting a horizontal surface and the base of the rock or ground is below the water line. Remembering this, and overlapping as you come forward are two things that will make your water look more realistic.                                J.R. Baldini
'changing the world one brushstroke at a time...'

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An American painter in Greece

American Contemporary plein air painter in Greece.

Oh, those Greeks...
This was our charming tour guide during our time on Mytilini
a beautiful island in Greece


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plein air painter - The Art of seeing

American Contemporary plein air painter.
My book, as you may already know, is finished. 
Need to carve out some focus time to 'gather' my files and start my search for an editor 'match'...

In the meantime, I continue to personally work with the material in my book in my own everyday life (a recent experience landed me in Paris, France) At the end of a 3 hr workshop the other day, a woman came up to me and said 'you enriched my life'. It's an amazing feeling to validate the material I've spent years working on...www.permissiongranted.org