Naty Rosado

Breast Cancer

2011-06-07T10:09:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted much in the last few months as I found a lump on my left breast on March 18. I then had a mammo, ultrasound, biopsy, and mastectomy. Today I have an appointment with an Oncologist to find out how much chemo/radiation I will need.
I have not been very creative as I was depressed and in pain so did not do any artwork.
My pc crashed and I lost all my images but luckily I had put them on a disk. Maybe after I start chemo I will feel like doing some artwork again. At this point my left arm hurts as they had to take out 11 lymph nodes under my left arm and I find it difficult to type and paint/draw.

Mercedes' Garden

2011-03-23T18:09:00.000-07:00

Photo taken with a Nikon coolpix4300.

Red Rose

2011-02-27T19:41:00.000-08:00

Trying to learn values in a rose.

Working with Colored Pencils

2011-02-26T14:23:00.000-08:00

This drawing is a study I did for a larger painting. It was done with a variety of colored pencils.

Chair and Rose

2011-02-23T18:24:00.000-08:00

Colored pencil drawing of a chair and a rose.

Ships

2011-02-16T12:35:00.000-08:00

Another drawing in colored pencils and markers. I tried to combine Prismacolor and Artist's Loft with markers and the result is a very delicate drawing.

New Drawing

2011-02-16T12:30:00.000-08:00

I have been playing with markers and colored pencils for the last few days and this drawing was a lot of fun to create.

Colored pencil drawing.

2009-08-15T10:56:00.001-07:00

This colored pencil drawing won an award and I am highly pleased with it. The title is Carpintero done with Prismacolor Pencils.

Bananas & Oranges

2009-08-01T10:54:00.001-07:00

I am sure that this drawing would look better if I had taken a photo of it instead of scanning it. However, my camera needs batteries and I wanted to post it right away. It is colored pencils on paper and the size is 9 inches by 12 inches. I will eventually find, on line, the drawing paper I want but for the time being I am using recycled paper from Dick Blick Art Store.

Scanning colored pencil drawings

2009-07-22T20:03:00.001-07:00

I am having problems learning how to scan correctly the drawings I have done with colored pencils. This drawing is one that I scanned about 5 times before I could get the colors to stand out.

Jean Schiff

2009-07-11T13:14:00.000-07:00

Jean Schiff (1929–2009)The Denver Post reports that Jean Schiff, artist and long-time art professor, has passed away. “She gave [students] a very solid foundation and influenced them to go and pursue their art,” said Leona Lazar, executive director of the Art Students League, where Schiff had taught. “She had this wonderful humor in her art as well as intelligence. It really impacted a lot of students who not only saw her work but studied with her.” Schiff taught at Metropolitan State College of Denver from 1971 until 1997 and taught for more than twelve years at the Art Students League. She was also a visiting professor at the University of London, as well as in Caracas, Venezuela; Chicago; Alberta; and other colleges in Colorado.
May 26, 2009

Jean was a fantastica teacher and she taught me everything I know about art. My condolences to her family!

Abstract Art of Indian Artists by Amar Deep

2008-12-20T16:07:00.000-08:00

"Of all the arts, abstract painting is the most difficult. It demands that you know how to draw well, that you have a heightened sensitivity for composition and for colours, and that you be a true poet. This last is essential." - Wassily Kandinsky Contemporary abstract art work is becoming popular and this is happening not only in India, but also abroad. The market for this field of abstract art has been picking up in a more concerted way over the last couple of years. Here again, the buyers of abstract have not only increased in India, but internationally too including in the US, Europe, Australia, Singapore, China, Japan and Mauritius. Though the number of abstract artists in India is still very limited, they have enjoyed exclusivity, both in India and internationally.

According to a report in the Economics Times, the abstract work of artists like Manish Pushkale, Harshvardana, Kishor Shinde and Sujata Bajaj have achieved price ranges of between Rs 3 lakh and Rs 5 lakh. With Gaitonde, Raza and Swaminathan leading from the front, next in line of abstract artists are names like Prabhakar Kolte, Laxman Shrestha, Ambadas, Rajendra Dhawan and Ganesh Haloi. The third generation includes painters such as Akhilesh, Seema Ghurayya, Sujata Bajaj, Vanita Gupta, Sheetal Gattani and Manish Pushkale.

Abstract art is completely non-objective or non-representational. Abstract art is one without a recognisable subject, one which doesn't relate to anything external or try to "look like" something. Instead the colour and form (and often the materials and support) are the subject of the abstract painting.

The most common understanding of abstract art is as a phenomenon of 20th century. Abstract painting appeared at virtually the same time (1911) across the borders and continents of the cultures actively participating in Western culture. Therfore, it can not be pin pointed that who the first Modernist abstract painter was. It could have been Robert Delaunay in Paris; or the American Arthur Dove; the Russians Wassily Kandinsky or Kasimir Malevich; the Dutch painter Piet Mondrian; Franz Kupka, Balla in Italy or many others. Rather than an invention of an individual, abstraction in Modernist painting appeared as a cultural phenomenon.
With the prices of the master abstractionists having reached exorbitant levels, the middle and younger generation are being noticed world over and pushing forward on the price front.

Amardeep YadavArticle Writer athttp://www.techmagnate.com/
Writing for http://www.mysticstrokes.com/
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Amar_Deep

On Becoming An Artist

2008-11-24T08:03:00.000-08:00

I am going through a period of experimentation with fractal programs. I downloaded the Ultra Fractal evaluation program and found it to be an excellent program but one that I cannot afford. So I decided to try freeware and I am now using Fractal Explorer. It is an easy program to use and I am delighted with the results. After doing a fractal image on Fractal Explorer I save it in a .bmp format and upload it to Photoshop. In Photoshop I can work with the image some more and then save it so in whatever format I desire. The results have been outstanding and I am learning much more than expected. I will eventually try other freeware and make some images in different programs to see exactly which program I like best.

It is important for artists to try different things as that is the way they learn how to create with different materials. I started with crayons, and pencils, then went to conte crayons, and oils. I developed an allergy to oils and switched to acrylics. I have experimented with watercolor but find it difficult to use. Photography was included with my paintings at a later stage of my life and eventually, I experimented with ceramics, pottery, and wood. Now most of my work is done on the PC which I find very exciting and new.