 How'd she do that?
PAINTING LESSON 3
Inspiration and Outcome
Check out my lesson
number 3 and see how I took this scene of Bridges restaurant on a
beautiful spring day last March and turned it into a
finished acrylic painting. 
See how I came up with my compositional idea and the method I used to
maximize the likelihood that I would get an outcome I was happy
with. This  12x16
inch painting on board is for sale. Click
here for Lesson. The truck painting on the left is by Brian Simons, a wonderful artist 
and painting instructor. He taught me everything I know about
acrylics. My daughter Kelsey and I took his workshop in  November
of 2007. If you want learn to paint in acrylics I would
highly recommend his weekend workshop in which he teaches even
beginners  a
foolproof method to succeed in painting acrylics. As a matter of fact
I think he finds it easier to teach beginners than experienced painters
who
might be bringing a lot of useless preconceived notions about
painting! I hope I was the exception to the rule! Click here to see my new acrylics.
"Inspiration
for 100 Years-A Gallery of Paintings of Penticton" Click here to visit the gallery.
 Artist
Angie Roth McIntosh of WorldArtTours.net created the Penticton100 web gallery this summer in
partnership with the Okanagan School of the Arts
and the Penticton
Museum and Archives to celebrate Penticton's 100th
birthday. Local
artists were invited to go out  and
plein air paint to create a new image or to submit previous original
work that highlighted some of their favorite spots in
Penticton. Artists may still submit images by contacting
Angie. Angie and daughter Kelsey went and painted down by the
Sicamous. This was the day in July that the huge wind storm blew
through Penticton and toppled over many of the trees that
survived the major Nov.07 wind storm. The day started out
beautifully but as the morning wore on we saw clouds move in and the
wind picked up. After lunch the wind got extremely annoying so we
packed up and went home with paintings not quite completed-- to be
completed later.  Artists
were also invited to paint for a day in the Penticton Museum during the
valley's summer Open Studio Day. Angie and Kelsey and several
other artists spent the day in the museum painting.
 See Open Studio Photos.
Click Here to see some other Renaissance
People In A Rennaisance Town Photos. Artists please submit your original painted images
of Penticton to be included in the Penticton100 gallery. Click here
for a pictoral history of Penticton from Penticton's Official
Centennial Website.
STARRY STARRY NIGHT
FUNDRAISER:
Angie's
16"x20" acrylic painting
of the Okanagan Claybanks was sold at the Penticton Art Gallery Starry
Starry Night 31st Annual Art Auction Fundraiser however she does have notecards of the image.
This year's event was exciting, featuring amazing art by
regional and
internationially renowned artists,  live music by the Darylectones in the Japanese
garden by the lake, great food,
wine. For the first time in recent memory
it happened in the summer, on July 5th so that locals and tourists
on holidays in the great Okanagan could take in the event. Levis
Fine Art Auctions of Calgary was in charge of the auction and works
were
on display at the Art Gallery, Front Street, Penticton, BC. For
more gallery information call 250 493-2928.
MEADOWLARK FESTIVAL PENTICTON:After
a
busy spring painting in Mexico, and journeying up Vancouver Island and
through the Inside passage to Prince Rupert and Stewart, Angie worked
on
acrylics and watercolours and painted with Stewart artists for a few
days. Angie led a plein-aire paint out May 17th, 2008 at the Meadowlark
Festival organized by
OSCA in the South Okanagan.
She was delighted that ecoligist,
writer, and philosopher Don Gayton agreed to explain the habitat,
biology and ecology of the region to the group of ten artists who went
to paint at the only remaining natural section of the
Okanagan River in BC. The group was interested in hearing about
the
projects to restore the sockeye salmon to Skaha Lake and to return some
of the river to a more natural state.  Here
is an acrylic painting
of the location that they painted at with the Meadowlark group. While
this painting is gone now, if you like the image please
contact Angie for notecards.
This is the only natural stretch left in the Okanagan River as
tragically the river was channelized and dyked in the 1950's.
Look at some of the paintings
of this region. Artists wishing to help protect the fragile
Okanagan habitat are asked to join
Angie to discuss organizing a paintout during the 2009 Meadowlark
Festival. For more
information contact Angie.
ONLINE ART
GALLERIES
See paintings from around the world by
clicking on our world map at the bottom of this page or going here.
You will see the
work
of other artists which are being added right now. Learn
where you can go to see
their work in real life.
See the work artists do while travelling or were
inspired to do when they got home. See works created
en plein air in the artists' own neighbourhoods or painted in their
studios. Artists please
contact McIntosh to submit your work.To see florals and garden
scenes painted by Angie McIntosh click here.
ARTIST'S
NOTECARD AND PAINTINGS
Artist Angie Roth
McIntosh has created notecards
from the images of many of the paintings you see on her website.
The cards and original paintings are for sale at her studio gallery at
3961 Lakeside Rd. Penticton
B.C. Studio discounted price for notecards are $3 each or sets of
10 or more
for $2.50. They
come
in a clear cellophane protective sleeve. They may be ordered and
shipped at your expense. Some of the paintings are also still
available for sale. Please
enquire by e-mail. Angie is also displaying her
northern paintings, cards, and small prints at the cute HarbourLight Store
on Main Street (5th Ave) in Stewart, BC. Angie's work
is now available at the George
Little House Gallery at the VIA Rail Station in
Terrace. There are also some of Angie's Kootenay
landscape paintings available at Halcyon Hotsprings,
Nakusp. Angie's notecards of the local region are available at
the Penticton
Winecountry Visitor Information Center , Cowpucchino's
Coffee Shop in Prince George and Heartstrings Gift Shop
in Smithers. Angie joined the Penticton Chamber of
Commerce in December 2006.
PHOTO GALLERIES
Check out
the great photos of some of the most
inspiring places to paint and travel in the world. You don't have
to leave
the comfort of your own home to go on our virtual tours. Enjoy
the treasures of the world when
you look at the photos of the wonderful places that artist Angie
McIntosh and others have visited and painted.
ART RETREAT OF
THE NORTH
Artist Angie McIntosh has created a
simple rustic painting studio in an
old house in Stewart BC
which is near some of the most scenic
painting locations
of Western Canada and Alaska, in the
beautiful Pacific Northwest. In the summer
of 2008 artists from
all around gathered together to paint in this
amazing inspiring location and join McIntosh for a painting
retreat. It is wonderful to be in the north in the summer and early fall to
paint. If you wish to
participate next year contact
McIntosh
. Remember the wonderful old days when Group of Seven artists
inspired
each other on painting trips to the Georgian Bay? Angie was
also inspired
by walking through Renoir's home in southern France. The comraderie and
inspiration felt and created by the artists who met at Renoir's home
must have been amazing. Seeing the art works left in the rooms by
his
artist friends who would visit and paint moved her and so she is trying
to create a similar environment right here in northern BC. Click here to
learn about joining McIntosh as an artist in residence at her art retreat in Stewart, BC, in
northern Canada, minutes from
Alaska. Please note that the Art Retreat of the North is not
available for commercial rental or as a B&B--it is Angie's place of
art and
creativity. If you wish to work there or join other artists there
you must contact Angie first. Email or phone in Canada 250
809-7932.
ART IN RESIDENCE
PROGRAM IDEAS
Communities around the world are invited
to use this information to increase the connection between locals and
visiting artists.
BC
ART TOURS
Please visit the home pages of
WorldArtTours.net
creator Angie Roth McIntosh. Check
out her biography, stories of her journeys, and the galleries
of photos and paintings inspired by her wonderful home area and
incredible travels
around the world. Learn about friends she made
during her time studying art in China
and
her return trips back to this remarkable scenic country to
paint and to get to know wonderful people. Learn how she lived
her dream of taking other
artists to explore this picturesque country and how she has
discovered the painting beauty of France, Mexico and her own part of
the world in the Northwest of North America.
INTERACTIVE
ACTIVITIES FOR
ARTISTS
There are many great online learning
websites for painting and you should visit some of them. We have
and we've learned alot. Check out ours! Watercolour Lesson 1 and
Watercolour
Lesson 2 and Art
Lesson 3 which is about acrylic painting.
See which artists
have
inspired Angie.
CULTURAL
TRAVELLERS
Make sure you check out all of our interesting
activities for viewers and cultural visitors and submit your ideas. Where
is your
favorite painting location? Where is the most exciting place in
the world to paint? What was the most exciting painting trip or
workshop that you've been on? Who is your most inspiring
teacher?
What is the most helpful artbook you've read? When did you
discover your
burning dream to paint? Submit paintings that you did around the
world so they can be linked to our interactive map. If you are part
of a group of Plein Air Painters that would like to
show painters from around the world where you like to paint in your
area please let us know.
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