By Keith Skinner Perhaps Cuba’s most memorable patriot and National Hero, José Martí was born in Havana in 1853 and spent twenty-four years in exile. The José Martí Memorial that dominates Plaza de la Revolución in Havana’s Vedado district, aside from being the tallest structure in the city, has a story as long and complicated as Cuba itself. As…
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Sight, Unseen: Color Photographs 1940 to 1960
By Jo Mazelis Because these photographs are both “found” and ‘anonymous,” and furthermore, because they date from a time when the “art” photograph was almost invariably in black and white, it is easy for the viewer to assume a more “innocent” process at work in the mind of their creator. In other words, there is…
Mistakes to Avoid in Short Story Writing
As the fiction editor for Eclectica Magazine, it’s been both a privilege and pleasure to read story submissions. Finding the handful of pieces that take my breath away is what it’s all about. The good ones shine through, those that are brilliant positively sparkle. That said, it’s too bad that so many stories that come my…
Celestial: Simple Photography Tutorial
By David Hayes See his work in WTP Vol. III #3 After a recent still life shoot I had a number of images that didn’t make the initial “cut” but where still keepers. My image, Celestial started out from one of those images. I’d like to share with you my workflow in the creation of…
What Genre Do I Write?
So what genre would you assign to this book? Oh, I know! It has to be about an exterminator named Ki’shto’ba who labors at destroying termite colonies by abducting their Queens! Right?! What genre is this? Hmm … hard to tell from the cover. In fact, I call it speculative literary science fiction, future history, psychological…
The Painterly Print
By Donald Kolberg I have been providing lessons on how to create a Strappo and realized that I have modified the technique in a natural progression that I thought I would explain here. Briefly, Strappo’s are a monotype from a dry acrylic transfer. An acrylic painting is developed and painted in reverse on a clear…
iPhoneography Tutorial: Four Lovelies
By David Hayes See more of his work WTP Vol. III #3 Pears have always been a subject of artists and photographers. Their skin and curves seem to attract many artists, including myself. Four Lovelies is my most recent study of pears this time shot with my iphone native camera app and processed with the iphoneography apps Distressed FX and…
Knowledge: Still Life iPhoneography
By David Hayes See his work in WTP Vol. III #3 This stack of books is from a more elaborate still life I set up in my living room over the week to take advantage of the sunlight streaming through our front blinds. The most recent Be Still 52 prompt had us working with more…
Steel Mesh Sculpture: A New Medium
By Donald Kolberg The variety of mediums used to create sculpture has expanded in the last century. Yet the traditional methods of reduction and addition still dominate the creative process. This includes carving, modeling, welding, casting and collage. Within the art community there is a new process confined to the manipulation of the surface of…
Two Versions
By David Hayes See his work in WTP Vol. III #3 You’ve seen my iphoneography images from this shoot in my earlier posts…now it’s time to show you what I did with my DSLR and Lightroom/Photoshop. Version 1 was edited in Lightroom and the preset Kim Klassen gave us was applied. With Version 2, I…
Kenneth Cole Buys From Jo DeSerio Jones
By Jo DeSerio Jones Feeling fortunate, feeling overwhelmed, I just had to share the incredible news I just received. The great American designer Kenneth Cole purchased 2 pieces of my art this weekend at the Rolando Chang Barrero fine art gallery in Lake Worth. These are the pieces he bought. They are images from my…
A Different Approach
David Hayes See his work in WTP Vol. III #3 The beat goes on with my Be Still 52 workshop! This week we were asked to do prop gathering and then play around with more side lighting. Gathering props was fun…I do like finding something new to play with. I even took some time to…