Supporting Community Arts,Healthy Sweet Potato Fries

Here is today's version of the WIP. It's coming along now.




Yesterday I took eight paintings over to a local church for the annual exhibit for my community art league. Many of the painters there are hobbyists. Some are superior artists and some are not. There are very few professional level artists who belong to the art league. I feel that is a mistake. I believe our professional artists should be members and support the artists who aspire to professionalism some day. Why is it that pros are so afraid to rub elbows with hobbyists? What are they afraid of? I am proud to be a member of two north Florida Art Leagues and I try to put paintings in at least one of their shows each year. I don't make it to many meetings, but that is because I am not a meeting type person.


If more professional artists would actively support community art leagues and art centers, we would have a renewed interest in arts for our cities and towns. Not every artist can make a living doing their art, but being a part of the local art scene, spending time with well known artists can be a joy and pleasure for a hobbyist. I think artists who have made a certain success with their career can help others so much. Why be elitist about success? That helps no one. Instead, give the gift of knowledge and good will to fellow artists and enhance their experiences with art.

I saw my old friend Roz Miller HERE when I dropped off my paintings. She is doing some very exciting abstract mixed media. It is thick acrylic paint with metallics, beads, metallic thread and other parts and pieces. Really cool looking stuff. It's always great to see what people can do with art.




I like mixing all sorts of greens, being a landscape painter makes that pretty important.

Here are a few combinations which might be useful. More of the cool partner will cool the temperature. More of the warm partner will warm the temperature. Tinting with white always cools the mix. If you want to lighten a warm mix try Naples instead of white.

transparent red iron oxide/Prussian blue ( Makes a rich black. cool or warm by adjusting the red or blue)
FUB/Naples yellow light
ivory black/yellow ochre
ivory black/cad yellow medium
thalo blue/cad lemon yellow
thalo blue/cad yellow medium
thalo blue/Naples yellow light
FUB/cad yellow lemon
FUB/cad yellow medium
Add a bit of cad red light to any to subdue the mix. There are of course other options too, but the above are ones I use frequently instead of tube greens.







Today's Recipe:

This one gives you healthy fries and they are very good.

Peal four sweet potatoes. Slice into fries. Spray a baking pan with non stick spray. Spread out the fries. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray potatoes with the non stick spray pretty thickly. Salt and pepper the potatoes and bake until lightly browned and crisp. You will need to turn them a couple of times.