The Gallery

~riette Wed, Jul 8, 1998 (16:12) seed

I would like to this topic to become our own private exhibition. Whether you're a beginner, a hobby artist, or someone who just enjoys creating with different media, please join us here. Everyone is more than welcome. And you don't have to have a picture here or be an expert to join in the discussion. Every opinion is highly valued. So let your senses be your guide, let's discuss our art, and enjoy a feast of different styles and tastes. The way to go about it is as follows. If you have a scanner and know how to scan images through, you're lucky - go ahead! If you have a scanner, and don't know how, then send your pictures to me, and with a little help from my friends, Terry, Mike and Wer, I'll get it on. If you don't have a scanner, then make photos, and sent these to the following address. I'll scan them through on my scanner, send you the photo back, and there we go! MY ADDRESS: Ri�tte Walton Klosbachstr. 72 CH-8032 Z�rich Switzerland

~stacey Thu, Jul 9, 1998 (14:07) #1

how much postage shall i stick on? (or is that question best posed to a postman?)

~wolf Thu, Jul 9, 1998 (15:53) #2

i think this topic is going to be fun. look forward to it and heck, maybe even i will post a picture *giggle*

~wolf Thu, Jul 9, 1998 (15:54) #3

(that is, IF i unpack my scanner-yup, still in the box, lack of space, you know)

~riette Thu, Jul 9, 1998 (17:33) #4

PLEASE do, Wolf!! As soon as I get my mail going again, I'll make a start, but if any of you (hey, MIKE!!!) want to start, that's great too. Wer, what about you. Autumn? Stacey, to send a photo should not cost you more than �1.50 or so. Have it weighed the first time, and from then on it'll be easy. It will be wonderful if you could be a part of this too. Let's get creative!

~riette Thu, Jul 9, 1998 (17:34) #5

That should be $1.50. Whatever. From here it costs SFR. 1.80.

~KitchenManager Fri, Jul 10, 1998 (00:48) #6

Okay, this is the first picture Zoe drew on the computer...

~riette Fri, Jul 10, 1998 (01:30) #7

Oh, that's absolutely wonderful, Wer!!!! Reminds me of a spiderweb on an early morning, especially with the dew drops hanging from the yellow thread at the top. Ask her what she wants to call it.

~KitchenManager Fri, Jul 10, 1998 (01:33) #8

will do...she'll be back on Sunday...

~riette Fri, Jul 10, 1998 (01:45) #9

I love children's art. Planning on exhibiting a picture or two of Isa's in my next independent exhibition. She made this big one on canvas - it's just magical, a garden. I'll take a photo, and try to get it in here. Someday.

~wolf Fri, Jul 10, 1998 (11:30) #10

wow. my kids don't do canvas yet, but i have oils and acrylics and everything. i sure try, tho....

~riette Fri, Jul 10, 1998 (14:58) #11

Oh, try them with canvas - you'll be amazed!!! The best thing about canvas is, it's not too expensive, and they don't need to be framed to look good against the walls. My walls are so full of them, I'm thinking of putting the new ones up against the ceiling - seriously! I think it'll look beautiful. Oh, and if you put a bit of varnish on the pictures they've finished on canvas, it becomes totally waterproof, so you can wipe it with a damp cloth when it gets dusty. They also make wonderful presents for the grandparents.

~wolf Fri, Jul 10, 1998 (21:59) #12

you know, i do have some canvas attached to frames, hmmmm.....right now i'm painting a bird house and yes, that polyurethane sure keeps it from rotting away (i have one already which sparrows have used the last two years!)

~riette Sat, Jul 11, 1998 (01:35) #13

�CRINGE� Don't say things like that - I'm breaking out in a cold, panicky sweat here! Well, when you've finished this one, make sure to put it into the gallery before you feed it to the birds, okay? At least it will be preserved in SOME form.

~wolf Sat, Jul 11, 1998 (14:26) #14

the painting is done and it came out pretty good if i say so myself. will have to take a pic and scan it in for you to see. (birds are good, they are our friends, say this to yourself, riette!)

~riette Sat, Jul 11, 1998 (14:37) #15

They are indeed. I love animals (even dated a few before I got married) - but why should they be allowed to poop on your art, girl?!?!?! Don't forget to scan in that picture, okay?

~wolf Sat, Jul 11, 1998 (16:07) #16

that's what the varnish is for! wipe that poop away!! won't forget.

~riette Sat, Jul 11, 1998 (17:15) #17

I think I shall take to bleeding inwardly very soon . . . !

~wolf Sat, Jul 11, 1998 (17:55) #18

*grin* i'll stop talking about it!

~riette Sat, Jul 11, 1998 (18:17) #19

Just post that picture WITHOUT poop on it - it'll bust my screen!

~wolf Sat, Jul 11, 1998 (19:55) #20

will do, still have a couple more layers of varnish to put on it...

~riette Sun, Jul 12, 1998 (01:43) #21

Good. �sigh of relief�

~KitchenManager Wed, Jul 15, 1998 (21:01) #22

Zoe said the title of the above work is Scribble, and this one is Scribble Animals

~KitchenManager Wed, Jul 15, 1998 (21:02) #23

and this one is called Bubbly

~riette Thu, Jul 16, 1998 (01:21) #24

STUNNING!! I like the scribbly animals alot too, but Bubbly - it is just STUNNING! Tell Zoe if she's not careful, I'll print her pictures out, and have them printed out on a large scale, and pretend to have made them myself! And tell her to make some more, okay? It is great to have such colourful things in here. Tell her all that. BIG HINT TO ALL OF YOU OTHER LAZY BUGGERS where are those pictures?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? (Think that was subtle enough, Wer?)

~terry Thu, Jul 16, 1998 (04:04) #25

I miss a lot of graphics by telnetting!

~riette Thu, Jul 16, 1998 (08:32) #26

Terry, are you going to post me some art in here, or what? Oh, I have to say please too, do I? Okay then: NOW please.

~stacey Thu, Jul 16, 1998 (16:23) #27

had to rush right over and look at the pics... in fact I've taken to running Netscape WHILE telnetting to expedite the process but not to miss any of the good stuff!

~terry Thu, Jul 16, 1998 (21:44) #28

What exactly do you want from me, Riette?

~KitchenManager Thu, Jul 16, 1998 (22:30) #29

she wants some art that you've created posted up in here somewhere...

~riette Fri, Jul 17, 1998 (01:27) #30

What exactly I want from you, Terry? Now that I can't reveal in front of everyone - there ARE some under 50's here, you know . . . ha-ha, bad joke ANYWAY, yes, Terry. Anything fun or funny or serious or just colourful.

~terry Fri, Jul 17, 1998 (05:59) #31

moi? art? Yes, soem things are better left unsaid for the tender under 50s.

~riette Fri, Jul 17, 1998 (10:25) #32

Wasn't talking about SERIOUS BIG art. If I wanted to see that, I'd go to the art museum. So don't make me lick your backside - send at least a loo-sketch.

~terry Fri, Jul 17, 1998 (11:29) #33

Send you a sketch?

~KitchenManager Fri, Jul 17, 1998 (13:08) #34

no, silly, post it up in here...

~riette Fri, Jul 17, 1998 (15:13) #35

Exactly, Terry. Don't have the space for your sketches in my place!! HEY! You're just fooling around with me, aren't you? Ah, stoopid! Why don't I ever see it straight away?! ha-ha!

~riette Fri, Jul 17, 1998 (15:14) #36

Oh $hit, don't be offended, Terry, that didn't come out right. ME stoopid, not you stoopid is what I meant.

~autumn Fri, Jul 17, 1998 (22:36) #37

Wer, your daughter has such a knack for color!! My older daughter is very artistic (my mother-in-law is a painter) and I would love to see some of her work posted here. She is very intense in every way and I think she'd like to see it displayed. About the canvas--I was in a coffeehouse in Vermont last month and there were unframed canvases everywhere clothespinned to yarn that was strung all over the ceiling. I thought it was a clever, inexpensive way to decorate. Also, every single light fixture, food display case, cash register, etc. had cheap plastic beads hanging from it (like the ones they throw at Mardi Gras)--the kids loved it!

~riette Sat, Jul 18, 1998 (01:04) #38

Sounds great! One can make wonderful rugs from those canvasses as well. Just make sure you give it a glue/white paint coating before you start painting. Makes the material alot tougher, and the paint will stick to it more firmly. And finish it of with a matt varnish to protect the paint against water.

~riette Sat, Jul 18, 1998 (01:05) #39

Oh, and Autumn, you MUST post some of your daughter's art. We'd love to see it!

~terry Sat, Jul 18, 1998 (01:28) #40

I will do a sketch some day.

~mikeg Sat, Jul 18, 1998 (05:02) #41

i'm afraid i haven't got any to post :-/ Most of my stuff is logos and editing n stuff like that. sowwy :-(

~riette Sat, Jul 18, 1998 (07:39) #42

�BIG BIG BIG SCOWL� And are you too tired now to make a little loo-sketch in Paint for the gallery?

~mikeg Sat, Jul 18, 1998 (08:20) #43

okay....i'll try, but you're not allowed to laugh :)

~riette Sat, Jul 18, 1998 (13:05) #44

I don't think I would want to laugh - I think you're very creative.

~riette Thu, Jul 23, 1998 (01:32) #45

"LEMONADE" by Juliette Moore

~KitchenManager Thu, Jul 23, 1998 (11:11) #46

"LEMONADE" by Juliette Moore to see the picture in it's full size glory, go to http://www.spring.net/~spew/art/lemonade.gif

~terry Thu, Jul 23, 1998 (11:12) #47

wer is now assistant host of art, under Riette's command.

~KitchenManager Thu, Jul 23, 1998 (11:20) #48

I'm yours, my mistress...

~riette Thu, Jul 23, 1998 (12:57) #49

Oh, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, Wer. Send me your address, so I can send you lots and lots of Swiss chocolate or sweet T-shirts for you kids or something. Think people are going to complain over the background perhaps, but if they do I'll try and come up with something a little easier. THANK YOU. Isn't Juliette's 'Lemonade' great? I love the two missing teeth!! Thank you everyone for making such a great effort with this topic - it's turning out much more wonderful than I had expected.

~KitchenManager Fri, Jul 24, 1998 (00:01) #50

Spank-me-roll-me-kiss-me-pin-me-blow-me!! Otherwise entitled: "The Embrace" by your lovely hostess, Mrs. Walton

~terry Fri, Jul 24, 1998 (05:44) #51

Very nice. I had no idea of Riette's artistic prowess. The colors are so rich and the interweaving of shapes is fantastic! Wow!

~terry Fri, Jul 24, 1998 (06:01) #52

I just printed it on my HP Deskjet 722c color printer and put it in a frame under glass and put it up in my bedroom.

~autumn Fri, Jul 24, 1998 (21:46) #53

What a compliment! That is incredible, Riette! Is it a mosaic of some sort? What medium did you use?

~riette Sat, Jul 25, 1998 (00:50) #54

Totally flattered, Terry - you have no idea what that means to me. Oh, Autumn, it's not as impressive as you think. I'm not much of a draughtsman, so I just use alot of colours to make up for it. It's not a mosaic, it's just plain old acryllics. The think I'm working on now will be a mosaic though. And, oh, if any of you would like to be a part of the painting, send me your empty beer or soda cans! I'm going to need alot, and there are not that many different colours here!

~KitchenManager Sat, Jul 25, 1998 (00:56) #55

what colors do you want? I'd love to help!

~riette Sat, Jul 25, 1998 (04:07) #56

Thanks, Wer - one can always depend on you. You're great. I'd like every colour you can lay your hands on, absolutely anything - I'm a total colour freak. And patterns, I love patterns. When you look at a can, imagine what it would look like, cut into 1x1cm blocks. If you can imagine that one such a block will look interesting, SEND IT! It's going to be quite a big picture, so I need lots of cans, and though it'll take a heck of a long time, I promise to post it once it's finished, and you can see which of your cans I used. We can call it THE SPRING CAN PICTURE! Hope we get some more pictures from Zoe and Juliette as well, not to mention Stacey's kids - think I ought to start pestering her.

~KitchenManager Sat, Jul 25, 1998 (13:02) #57

Zoe's offerings for today, are "Sky Blue" and "Pretty Little Checkers"

~riette Sun, Jul 26, 1998 (00:51) #58

Tell Zoe her dad truly has talent. SKY BLUE shows great sensitivity for colour and light and movement and rhythm.

~autumn Sun, Jul 26, 1998 (21:32) #59

"Sky Blue" looks like it is made out of sand, the way it swirls. "Checkers" is so colorful--but I can't imagine it being the backdrop/wallpaper for the computer!

~KitchenManager Sun, Jul 26, 1998 (23:26) #60

honest, Zoe does these with KidPics... it's a great program...

~riette Mon, Jul 27, 1998 (01:12) #61

Quite quite sure? If so, she's one talented kid!

~KitchenManager Mon, Jul 27, 1998 (07:49) #62

I'm positive...since I showed her I'm putting them up on here, she only lets me save the good ones...

~riette Mon, Jul 27, 1998 (08:34) #63

That's really sweet. I think it great that you buy your kids such computer programmes. And is your little boy not going to make us something, or is art 'only for girls' at this point in his life? How old is he, and what is his name, by the way?

~KitchenManager Mon, Jul 27, 1998 (22:18) #64

Taylor, he'll be eleven in November... don't know if he still makes pictures on the computer or not...

~riette Tue, Jul 28, 1998 (00:54) #65

Taylor's a nice name. Do they not tell you at that age anymore whether they make pictures or not?

~KitchenManager Tue, Jul 28, 1998 (09:12) #66

tough one to answer, Riette...

~riette Tue, Jul 28, 1998 (10:36) #67

That's okay, I know. Some questions about kids are like that.

~autumn Tue, Jul 28, 1998 (10:36) #68

Riette, I'm sorry for jamming up your mailbox with all that extra stuff--I don't know how to attach a document and specify "location" without all those past correspondences appearing!? I sent you a message when I realized what had happened, apologizing for slowing down your email, but when I logged back on I realized I had sent it to myself! I'm so incompetent!!

~KitchenManager Tue, Jul 28, 1998 (10:36) #69

Autumn, can you e-mail me the last two pictures you sent Riette? technical difficulties haven't let me post the ones she forwarded me...

~riette Tue, Jul 28, 1998 (10:36) #70

That's okay, Autumn, it didn't jam up anything - they came through fine. Nothing to apologize for.

~KitchenManager Fri, Jul 31, 1998 (13:00) #71

two more from the Moore house... Autumn, please provide the appropriate commentary, titles, and artists...

~autumn Fri, Jul 31, 1998 (21:25) #72

(thank you, wer, I can't believe it actually worked) Ahem. The first is by Juliette, who is eating a cracker and demonstrating how digestion in the body works (the dog w/the bone in the corner is irrelevant). The second is by Lydia, and shows her swimming in the pool wearing her star bathing suit.

~wolf Sat, Aug 1, 1998 (18:04) #73

gosh, these are great!! can't wait til my scanner is hooked up *ahem* so i can send some. riette, that picture was abstract without being overly done. i loved the way you used colors and shapes to express the feeling, and the way you embraced the embracers in a circle of color. lovely.....

~KitchenManager Sun, Aug 2, 1998 (15:13) #74

"Men" by Zoe Roland "Daddy's Rainbow" by Zoe Roland "Yellow House with Diamonds" by Zoe Roland

~wolf Sun, Aug 2, 1998 (16:22) #75

man! does Zoe name them too? tell her she's doing a great job!

~KitchenManager Sun, Aug 2, 1998 (16:48) #76

yep, she names them, also...

~autumn Sun, Aug 2, 1998 (18:19) #77

I love the first and last ones, although I don't understand what they're about! The second one reminds me of a bathing suit print--maybe a future career in fashion design?? (ZRTX)

~KitchenManager Wed, Aug 12, 1998 (12:46) #78

Last day in Eden February 1998 100cmx100cm by, you guessed it! Our Beloved Hostess

~riette Wed, Aug 12, 1998 (13:26) #79

Thank you, Wer. You must really only post these things when you really really have the time - the last thing I want is for you to have to worry about this as well.

~KitchenManager Wed, Aug 12, 1998 (14:31) #80

gotcha!

~riette Wed, Aug 12, 1998 (15:34) #81

�BIG SMILE�

~riette Wed, Aug 12, 1998 (15:35) #82

Damn, why do all your responses land in the nicely coloured lines, and all mine land in the boring old grey?

~KitchenManager Wed, Aug 12, 1998 (15:46) #83

Party Balloons Zoe J. Roland

~riette Wed, Aug 12, 1998 (15:57) #84

That is SO SO lovely! Tell Zoe I'm a BIG fan of hers. What is the programme you bought her, Wer? Maybe I can get it for Isa too - she has just gotten the hang of moving the mouse, and things happening when you click on them.

~wolf Wed, Aug 12, 1998 (20:45) #85

riette, last day in eden is wonderful! (and yeah, what program does Zoe use?) btw: my scanner is up and i have a picture loaded up. it's too big (memory) and am trying to cut it down to a suitable size.

~riette Thu, Aug 13, 1998 (00:48) #86

Great! I always change the size of the picture in the scanner programme itself. Can't wait to see your picture!

~wolf Thu, Aug 13, 1998 (21:55) #87

Heron by Wolf colored pencil

~wolf Thu, Aug 13, 1998 (21:57) #88

*blush* uh-oh.....k, lemme try that again :(

~riette Fri, Aug 14, 1998 (01:10) #89

Patiently awaiting Heron.

~terry Fri, Aug 14, 1998 (08:51) #90

What went wrong?

~wolf Fri, Aug 14, 1998 (10:08) #91

i think when i was editing, i saved a blank page, so when i tried to bring it up here, that's all there was (and it was HUGE)......i deleted it from my file here at the spring so it wouldn't try to load it again. am having trouble trying to shrink the image. tried it with microsoft image composer and paint and neither has worked yet for me. any hints?

~KitchenManager Fri, Aug 14, 1998 (10:52) #92

you can try using height and width settings inside the img tag...

~riette Fri, Aug 14, 1998 (11:26) #93

How does one do that?

~wolf Fri, Aug 14, 1998 (21:22) #94

Heron by Wolf media: colored pencil

~wolf Fri, Aug 14, 1998 (21:23) #95

man, he's still too damned big (and i did some serious cutting too)

~autumn Fri, Aug 14, 1998 (21:53) #96

Great heron, Wolf! (and I should know, they're all over the bay here) What a visual treat, Riette--all the color and geometric design!

~riette Sat, Aug 15, 1998 (00:58) #97

Thanks Autumn. Anything of yours you'd like to share? I like your heron, Wolf - I had no idea 'heron' was a type of bird, so it came as a total surprise! I like the typically staring bird's eye, and the 'flow' of feathers, but what's best about it, is that one can see which foot is in front of which. That's important. You've got a very good feel for these things.

~wolf Sat, Aug 15, 1998 (10:58) #98

thanks *blush*

~riette Sat, Aug 15, 1998 (11:09) #99

Why? There is no sense in being humble and honest at the same time!!

~wolf Sat, Aug 15, 1998 (11:11) #100

this piece was taken from an Audubon plate (in a big bird book i have at home). i used to practice drawing by looking at pictures, so the composition was not entirely my own.