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[sve]

Thank you, Elwell , fed my curiosity, very nice of you. you look great and very determined. Your appearance is very consistent with how you write on this forum, in my opinion. .
Now I wish it was a frontal view to compare with cartoon, .
And I wish I saw Fozzybar photo, he is a good sport.
Why you being such prominent people on the site don't post your photos in the Photo section?

[GriNGo]

amazing stuff people.. hopefully one day I'll go!

[vigostar]

are there still lots of tickets left for the Nov. AOL??

[Mr. Visions]

Got my ticket suckas!!! Haha, look forward to seeing you guys up in NY -

- Visions

[Irene Gallo]

are there still lots of tickets left for the Nov. AOL??

At this point there are under 20 tickets left. It seems that the Society never sent out the postcards to their membership. They will be doing that this week....So, we do expect to sell out within the next week or so. We are also contacting a bunch of educators to urge their students to go.

Irene

[Elwell]

Looks like there'll be one more ticket available for the 11th. I just found out my daughter has a fencing tournament that day, so I won't be able to make it.

[DSillustration]

Just one week left!

there are only a few tickets left, so hurry up.

for what its worth, this looks like it will be the last 'art out loud' for some time.
irene and i both need a little break.
so, we likely wont schedule another until we're deep into 2007.

[max xiantu]

Got my ticket. I'm sorry I missed the last one, but the Syd Mead joint did not disappoint, so I had to dole out the cash for this one. I'm definitely excited for this, the pics of the last one look great. I wish there were some video clips for all us slackers

I hope to meet some of you there. If you see me (I'm 6'3" with an afro) please wave

[Mr. Visions]

One week from now!!! I'm pumped, got my ticket in the mail yesterday. Look forward to next weekend, this week won't go by fast enough -

- Visions

[DSillustration]

Great event,
great turn out!
Thanks to everyone, especially the artists.

Here are a few pics:

Gary Kelley:




Greg Manchess:




Jim Bennett:




Three REALLY talented guys:

[AmishCommy]

dan = ninja

i'll upload mine in about 30 mins

[poise]

geez your quick Dan.
This was great. thank you Dan, Irene, and Greg for putting this on. And thanks to Jon Bennett,Gary Kelly, and Greg Manchess for giving us a taste. It was really interesting to see such different styles and masterful application, BRAVO!!!


so when's the next one? hehehe

[Irene Gallo]

I must say, this was one of the easiest, smoothest events evah! So much love in the room. Thanks everyone for coming out!

[AmishCommy]

here are mine:

[AmishCommy]

part 2:

[robinchyo]

LOL. aare you guys drawing on the place mats again?? looks like y'all had a lot of fun. i'm sad i missed it...and the indian food..yummmm

[Hyskoa]

Some very very nice work there!

[max xiantu]

Thank you again for putting together that great event. It was really enjoyable, and I took home crazy amounts of new knowledge. It was a pleasure to meet some of you in the flesh

[rblitz7]

yeah it was great! thanks to the artists and to all the people who helped organized it. Again, thanks for the book Irene.

[strych9ine]

i'm sad i missed it...and the indian food..yummmm

My thoughts exactly. I'm moving to New York.

[SBACHAN]

man that was a great event..

Many thanks again to Dan,Irene, Greg, Gary,and James...

what a show,

[ChrisMayernik]

AH how awesome! Looks like everyone had a lot of fun. Thanks for posting these photos everyone.

[Irene Gallo]

Pretty much the same as above but I thought I'd add my 2cents....
(DanDos - Stole one of your shots of Jim for my blog....You mind? )

GREG MANCHESS


GARY KELLEY


JAMES BENNETT

[Irene Gallo]

I just posted this on my blog and figured I'd save anyone interesed in the info the trip over there:

Saturday was our fourth Art Out Loud event at the Society of Illustrators. Each time, Dan Dos Santos, Greg, and I have been getting a little more practiced and a little more relaxed at running these things. This time was no exception -- I could not have hoped for a more enjoyable event. (Plus, my mom was there to help out so, really, what could have gone wrong.)

We had three Hamilton King Award-winning artists, Jim Bennett, Greg Manchess, and Gary Kelley -- each with very different sensibilities -- all doing a painting demo at the same time. All of them are natural teachers. They engaged the audience immediately, and, talked and fielded questions for the entire four hours. Any one of them would have been a great speaker on their own but, I suspect, the decades of friendship between them had a lot to do with the warm and intimate atmosphere in the room.

Jim Bennett worked on a image for a 2008 calendar of his baseball paintings. (Anyone that knows Jim, knows that he's a baseball nut.) In the beginning he focused on the important details -- the lead character's expressions, body language, etc. After that, he worked very loosely and off the cuff. He talked a lot about letting himself make as many "mistakes" as possible, "playing around...watching for good things to happen." Otherwise he said that he'd be bored with the image and, "If I'm bored, than my viewer is going to be bored."

Greg Manchess worked on one of a series of paintings for a new hospital of cardiology. He talked about the importance of value in creating an image, "You can make something any color you want as long as you nail the value." He talked about the importance of good reference, but, that an artist needs to supplement that reference with observation and memory. He mentioned, "You don't get your style, your style gets you." And, "You shouldn't shy away from your influences...they are trying to show you a place you'd like to go." He talked about learning from Gary Kelley and then branching off on his own...while continuing to push himself. "No one is born an artist, it's takes lots of practice and hard work."

Gary Kelley worked in pastels on a alternate (un-chosen) sketch for a wine label. (He graciously donated the painting to the Society Student Scholarship auction to be held December 4th.) Gary also talked a lot about influence and discovery...constantly looking around at situations and artists to inform his work, and, his desire to explore themes in various media -- oils, pastels, monotype, etc. He worked with his fingers as much as he used the actual pastels. He said that a lot of his process is following instinct but, "Instinct isn't about me being who I am, it's about doing a lot of looking and being influenced by the things around me." He stated, "There are no secrets, just years of experience." He spoke a bit about his start as a graphic designer and how that has informed his sense of composition. When speaking about the painting he was working on he said, "I'm looking at this work as a piece of design as much as a picture of something," "I want to retain the feeling that there is still a drawing involved in this piece," and "although I want this to look a little naïve and graphic, there is still something of a Wyeth influence in me that let's me enjoy placing in the details."

All in all, a great event. The crowd was full without being cramped. I was particularly gratified that so many people made a point to let us know what a good time they had. A number of notable artists were in attendance: Peter de Seve, Duglad Stermer, Donato Giancola, Robert Crawford, and others. Two artsit/writers for an online magazine, Resolve40, came to report on it. If I catch that post, I'll update it here.

A huge thanks to Gary, Greg, and Jim for being so giving with their time and knowledge. Thanks, also, to Arkady Roytman, Jinju Wantanabe, Rusty Zimmerman, Mike Sysn, and Garret Campbell-Wilson for, once again, helping out. And, of course, thanks to everyone who came out for the event.

[AmishCommy]

Irene, Dan, Greg thanks for dinner and thanks for organizing such an array of superstars.

This was the best one yet (mainly because we didn't have to kill ourselves to the very last minute to set it up)



Gary said he'll do a monotype demo next year if you invite him back. (fingers crossed)

[Andy P]

Ahhhck! I needs to move my ass to NY. What a killer event.

Gary is da bomb-damn-diggity.

[poise]

Gary said he'll do a monotype demo next year if you invite him back. (fingers crossed)

REALLY!? I would love to see that. I always wanted to know how to do this.

[deschamps]

Thanks again to everyone that donated their time to make the event possible! It was perfect. I plopped myself right next to Greg and tried to take in as much as possible (he had some great war stories about the biz). It was a nice relaxed atmosphere with excellent demos. Can't wait for the next one!

[DSillustration]

Well, since our lovely little spammer here decided to bump this thread,
I'll take this opportunity to give you guys a heads up.

The next Art Out Loud is officially set for June 30th.
We'll be posting details soon.

[Justin.]

Dan.

I am really, really really interested. If you could, PM me some info! I am itching like a junkie to go to one of these. I just hope if I get to go to the marie Walsh Sharpe summer thingie that it the times won't interfere with this.