tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-212248282024-03-07T01:42:33.755-08:00INSIDE THE ARTIST'S STUDIOinsights & works from the studio of Casey ChildsCasey Childshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01351601841991492308noreply@blogger.comBlogger197125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21224828.post-71912882933236064692012-05-21T09:15:00.001-07:002012-05-21T09:16:32.360-07:00Summer Portrait Drawing & Painting Classes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This summer I'm opening up my studio here in Pleasant Grove, UT to my
fellow artists interested in gaining a greater understanding of
traditional portraiture. I'm offering two classes sessions, June 4-July
6, 2012 & July 9-Aug 10, 2012, where I will teach and demonstration
my approach to creating a convincing portrait. We will begin by creating
a solid drawing with correct proportions and form, then transfer the
drawing to canvas and complete the portrait in oil. Students will be
responsible for bringing there own materials. Class size is limited (I
want this to be a small group for more one-on-one instruction), so if
you're interested go to: <a href="http://www.caseychilds.com/classes">www.caseychilds.com/classes</a> and reserve your
spot!<br />
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Feel free to contact me if you have ANY questions. <br />
<br />Casey Childshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01351601841991492308noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21224828.post-68694800984745097422012-03-28T13:03:00.007-07:002012-03-28T15:13:48.499-07:00Painting Demo at NWC<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Last week I had the opportunity to give a demo at the place where it all started for me, Northwest College in Powell, WY. Northwest was my first REAL experience with art and the time I spent there had a major impact on the course of my career. Under the tutelage of John Giarrizzo, my art professor at NWC, I gained a strong desire to be a painter. John was a huge source of encouragement and support during my struggles of learning how to paint. I had a great time hanging out with him again and visiting with the rest of the faculty there.<br /></span><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Here are some images of my demo, courtesy of Dan Baney. The demo lasted about 3 hrs..</span><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoQqZiQqRiJr0H1XFTMxYrPVnl2A2NZcTkniTOZhlNDBtrIf6VGtZHJcBGnjc9N7h8K0qNBw9653p-EJTNBLS4WI9seQqslZfeCUxgAp6ONdW5WVkxWiM1Ch2OAbZtkzgb5PcbMw/s1600/CaseyChilds_NorthwestCCDemo3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoQqZiQqRiJr0H1XFTMxYrPVnl2A2NZcTkniTOZhlNDBtrIf6VGtZHJcBGnjc9N7h8K0qNBw9653p-EJTNBLS4WI9seQqslZfeCUxgAp6ONdW5WVkxWiM1Ch2OAbZtkzgb5PcbMw/s320/CaseyChilds_NorthwestCCDemo3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725043722644734258" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoYVihnnXcvKdH239853c2vmFMPZqrXz5qOi59-PIzmyhK2snD8NenIK2vZsrFWOv3FYWMfRdEoHa1F-ZQ8F8yJmLZovezDmFJomWh8SgvbtgnhSi-fjR5urG9ad-zfuH1RvoLpw/s1600/CaseyChilds_NorthwestCCDemo2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoYVihnnXcvKdH239853c2vmFMPZqrXz5qOi59-PIzmyhK2snD8NenIK2vZsrFWOv3FYWMfRdEoHa1F-ZQ8F8yJmLZovezDmFJomWh8SgvbtgnhSi-fjR5urG9ad-zfuH1RvoLpw/s320/CaseyChilds_NorthwestCCDemo2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725043716821621010" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKkMtIEmSpswkYquDIRTMkIcGI_2j9rsCaGACjvXL1YlolOi2F0-K-8F48HoPhXzBk18VbfxBeWlnSGXtDU23pSFL5SkUhgbGAAgVG7YaAsxDejA-O4ltXAcHbJlDI4hGu5oc1Ng/s1600/CaseyChilds_NorthwestCCDemo1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKkMtIEmSpswkYquDIRTMkIcGI_2j9rsCaGACjvXL1YlolOi2F0-K-8F48HoPhXzBk18VbfxBeWlnSGXtDU23pSFL5SkUhgbGAAgVG7YaAsxDejA-O4ltXAcHbJlDI4hGu5oc1Ng/s320/CaseyChilds_NorthwestCCDemo1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725043711359972194" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNB67XSDYx4ZT03pU7XtiJolr3v-MlCqGeCh7KN007k6mShm8how7KRadTBwDir1mgwKmhSPEiE1CN2kOOlDe5w2r47RT-9No1KuWUC86JMVlDtsEniyGdE2SgqnFL5vf4RBFqPg/s1600/CaseyChilds_NorthwestCCDemo4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNB67XSDYx4ZT03pU7XtiJolr3v-MlCqGeCh7KN007k6mShm8how7KRadTBwDir1mgwKmhSPEiE1CN2kOOlDe5w2r47RT-9No1KuWUC86JMVlDtsEniyGdE2SgqnFL5vf4RBFqPg/s320/CaseyChilds_NorthwestCCDemo4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725043728755750770" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />and here's the final piece... (I'm too slow to get any detail in)</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWXEY14Lv9eNbBFnzWbRKNC6clUG_eLfxXt9r169EY5GMyqnTFNFu2M2h4OmwMxdNLFK8F3h3J6c7zaOSSMyv2LBKpDDTJx0e4WLLPylMekdj0j2AR58sMAe63byu_3NDK-YV1ZA/s1600/CaseyChilds_NorthwestCCDemoPainting_web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWXEY14Lv9eNbBFnzWbRKNC6clUG_eLfxXt9r169EY5GMyqnTFNFu2M2h4OmwMxdNLFK8F3h3J6c7zaOSSMyv2LBKpDDTJx0e4WLLPylMekdj0j2AR58sMAe63byu_3NDK-YV1ZA/s320/CaseyChilds_NorthwestCCDemoPainting_web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725072819839086178" border="0" /></a>Casey Childshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01351601841991492308noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21224828.post-63106309333464478162011-12-27T22:02:00.000-08:002011-12-27T22:14:23.293-08:00A New Painting<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqLxl5J3kMhaRkKWPIuneLv9DWQLJLqViCqj9Dx1WINluGKna5-EZgeDdKM5MJ6pmUvCynRjy45Cng5V86EDaUSy6wVmwF26teUmyGStDbs5nsFoAkKOjvH2_fxEtRkcSflMtvFQ/s1600/CaseyChilds_Hayden_web.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 169px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqLxl5J3kMhaRkKWPIuneLv9DWQLJLqViCqj9Dx1WINluGKna5-EZgeDdKM5MJ6pmUvCynRjy45Cng5V86EDaUSy6wVmwF26teUmyGStDbs5nsFoAkKOjvH2_fxEtRkcSflMtvFQ/s320/CaseyChilds_Hayden_web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691055826261950066" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Casey Childs, </span><em style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Hayden</em></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">, oil, gold leaf on canvas, 32x14" Frame by Rett Ashby.</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Here's a new painting commission I finished just before Christmas. I haven't done any gold leaf in my work in quite some time, but the client really liked the look of it in the portraits of my boys and wanted me to add it. So I decide to reflect the swirls of her beautiful red hair with the pattern of gold in the background. I think it turned out alright.</span>Casey Childshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01351601841991492308noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21224828.post-26874286039677822742011-11-08T10:48:00.001-08:002014-11-20T10:06:51.443-08:00Process to Create "Greater Love Hath No Man"<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4DpaVSCQK3vxf_SG3-ry-f_N0fMXNWuXozACbsamVHiry_fIe9tvdnYlbuGvgIsBM7Cib_CTPzzoG9yjYlPycR75tBoit6cgAs2WgFAZqAjOBHEvgQYCeGKYvBjmdCShJTRuxBQ/s1600/CaseyChilds_GreaterLoveHathNoMan_48x60_web.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4DpaVSCQK3vxf_SG3-ry-f_N0fMXNWuXozACbsamVHiry_fIe9tvdnYlbuGvgIsBM7Cib_CTPzzoG9yjYlPycR75tBoit6cgAs2WgFAZqAjOBHEvgQYCeGKYvBjmdCShJTRuxBQ/s320/CaseyChilds_GreaterLoveHathNoMan_48x60_web.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672751925037558610" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 260px;" /></a> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Casey Childs, </span><i style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Greater Love Hath No Man</i></span><span style="font-size: 85%;"><i style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"></i></span><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">, Oil on Linen, 60x48″</span></span></div>
<b><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://caseychilds.com/shop/" target="_blank">Prints are available HERE</a></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span>**UPDATE** I'm currently working on the second panel of this painting originally designed as a diptych. The second panel, which will be displayed on the left, will show the members of the mob outside the door. The wood frame in the middle of the two panels will act as the wall separating the inside and outside of the room. <a href="http://www.heraldextra.com/lifestyles/faith-and-values/religion/the-other-side-artist-uses-jail-replicate-for-new-painting/article_e6ab2885-e0f3-5cb0-8368-5565b23129e2.html" target="_blank">Here's an article from the Daily Herald about the photoshoot.</a> The completed piece will be on display at the <a href="http://www.lds.org/museum" target="_blank">Church History Museum</a> fall of 2015. Prints will be available once the painting is completed</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">I'm happy to announce that my new painting, <span style="font-style: italic;">Greater Love Hath No Man</span>, received the Charles & Ruth Whiting Award during<span style="font-family: arial;"> the </span></span><a href="http://smofa.org/exhibitions/exhibition_details.html?exhibition_id=94&name=26th_Annual_Spiritual_and_Religious_Art_of_Utah_Exhibition"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;">26th Annual Spiritual and Religious Art of Utah Exhibition</span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> at</span> the Springville Museum in Springville, UT! Here are a couple news articles for the show:</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.heraldextra.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/visual/article_19902ab8-0757-11e1-9449-001cc4c03286.html">Spiritual snapshots: Popular religious exhibit makes annual appearance at Springville Museum of Art</a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><br /><a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705393741/26th-annual-Spiritual-and-Religious-Art-Exhibit-offers-inspiration--variety.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">26th annual Spiritual and Religious Art Exhibit offers inspiration & variety</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">I've been wanting to show the process I took to create my recent painting, </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;">Greater Love Hath No Man</span><span style="font-family: arial;">, and my research to make it historically accurate, so here goes... <span style="font-weight: bold;">The entire painting is not yet finished</span>--the finished painting will be a diptych, so this is detailing the process and research behind the first completed panel.</span> <span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />The Idea</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">The painting has been a personal project of mine beginning in 2009 when I had the impression to capture the moment right before Hyrum Smith was shot in Carthage Jail at Carthage, IL in 1844. A painting of that moment had never been painted, which made me more excited to do it. I wanted to paint a diptych, a two-panel painting, portraying what was happening on both sides of the door. And the more I thought about this projec,t the more I want to make sure the painting was as accurate as possible, so I began researching this event.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">The Research</span> <span style="font-family: arial;"><br />I decided I needed to travel to Illinois to see for myself the room where this took place. So in August 2009, with my friend and photographer, Michael VaughAn, I spent 3 days photographing and documenting the room in Carthage where Joseph and Hyrum Smith were murdered. We were there at approx. 5pm each day to make sure the light in the room was similar to that day in 1844 when they were shot. Here's a short video of our time in Carthage:</span><br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/19577674">Documenting the Process of a Painting - Part I</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user4049149">Casey Childs</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div>
<span style="font-family: arial;">I studied the witness accounts from both survivors of this event, John Taylor and Willard Richards. I tried to stay as close to their accounts as I possibly could even though they varied slightly. I consulted Dr. Joseph L. Lyon who has done extensive research on the scene at Cartage Jail to help me fill in the gaps. He and David W. Lyon wrote a wonderful article, </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;">Physical Evidence at Carthage Jail and What It Reveals about the Assassination of Joseph and Hyrum Smith</span><span style="font-family: arial;">. In this article they go into great detail about the crime scene at Carthage Jail, analyzing everything from the type of musket balls the mob members were using down to the angle that the ball was traveling that killed Hyrum. This research and discussion with Dr. Lyon helped me greatly determine how to pose each person in my painting. I then did some quick sketches to figure out the composition of the painting, enlisting the help of a neighbor to get some poses:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Clothing and Props</span><br />The next step was to get accurate clothing made for proper reference for my painting as well as to research the props needed. </span> <span style="font-family: arial;"> I enlisted the help of costume historian Carma deJong Anderson as well as my mentor, William Whitaker, who has done a TON of research on early 1800s clothing to get accurate clothing from that era. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Eldred G. Smith currently owns the clothes Hyrum was wearing at the time of his assassination. Below is an image of Hyrum's clothes:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Carma and my mother, Linda, worked tirelessly to sew the clothing my models would be wearing, including a replica of Hyrum's</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> clothes</span><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">I also researched the walking sticks Willard Richards and John Taylor were using.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">As well as the pistols Joseph and Hyrum were carrying (<span style="font-style: italic;">images courtesy of the Church History Museum in SLC, UT</span>).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">To stage this scene properly and accurately pose my models, I felt it necessary to build a set that included the two walls with the door in Carthage Jail.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYmMwpKPcnwjLUUihCpdO4fDUkk_r3CEq11HH9N4bCBqR5vW0SEyT9vgWtHDlCcW-m0cpgnAg7TSnu3VoQHU2wUDhAkqyAJPqG1PXdhzhBa4V2dGnrfAvHUka7Uaz1vm88gtQSuw/s1600/CaseyChilds_carthage_BuildingSet.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYmMwpKPcnwjLUUihCpdO4fDUkk_r3CEq11HH9N4bCBqR5vW0SEyT9vgWtHDlCcW-m0cpgnAg7TSnu3VoQHU2wUDhAkqyAJPqG1PXdhzhBa4V2dGnrfAvHUka7Uaz1vm88gtQSuw/s320/CaseyChilds_carthage_BuildingSet.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672748106330166162" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 220px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">Once I had the clothing and set built, I was ready for the photo shoot. Here's another short video of our photo shoot in my studio:</span><br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/19570324">Documenting the Process of a Painting - Part II</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user4049149">Casey Childs</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAWtCEJkwbwrYm-K2EbzEIDH7inrV2AxvC9lfjjgOARMZApsS1dfYnRR_JasWWSe82mPCGD0Bkwoc_GrGCYm5goA0FuZ5VWckyt47fiw5sfd1fSwkjGRRCx4V6MqICI09KF8G6Zw/s1600/CaseyChilds_CarthageSet_photoshoot.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAWtCEJkwbwrYm-K2EbzEIDH7inrV2AxvC9lfjjgOARMZApsS1dfYnRR_JasWWSe82mPCGD0Bkwoc_GrGCYm5goA0FuZ5VWckyt47fiw5sfd1fSwkjGRRCx4V6MqICI09KF8G6Zw/s320/CaseyChilds_CarthageSet_photoshoot.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672747744193350594" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 214px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Image from the photo shoot for the first panel of the painting</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Creating the Painting</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">I began with some drawing and painting studies to figure out the expression of Joseph Smith and John Taylor since their expressions are a very important part of the story and composition.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrNsNK2SLfhvnN5NUgVT36B77ge3NKiYK8LwCQcQv-ezBo9wla16rwszboPExCWmLLTWwYsscvYhIfaS7zMOf2fwW6kWQapkYAnuFcIe4DF3pi5ob81GRTPRovWqPTSJGBAQXVw/s1600/CaseyChilds_JosephSmith_HeadStudy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrNsNK2SLfhvnN5NUgVT36B77ge3NKiYK8LwCQcQv-ezBo9wla16rwszboPExCWmLLTWwYsscvYhIfaS7zMOf2fwW6kWQapkYAnuFcIe4DF3pi5ob81GRTPRovWqPTSJGBAQXVw/s320/CaseyChilds_JosephSmith_HeadStudy.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672747540028226194" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 234px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sketch of Joseph Smith by Casey Childs</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkFfh3BI2UrCHmxp5joxPlPCkdEFRR2zvUqUtD3A6KHuajjhoBaUsnKEFvz2gU-VH1YO3-OwgUpndfqms9bpjifTpw5aba8nv6-g3bPJP5bTe6_7KmVtofp6ZBdo1kTvhr-5DMxA/s1600/CaseyChilds_JohnTaylor_HeadStudy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkFfh3BI2UrCHmxp5joxPlPCkdEFRR2zvUqUtD3A6KHuajjhoBaUsnKEFvz2gU-VH1YO3-OwgUpndfqms9bpjifTpw5aba8nv6-g3bPJP5bTe6_7KmVtofp6ZBdo1kTvhr-5DMxA/s320/CaseyChilds_JohnTaylor_HeadStudy.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672747428201876674" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 211px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sketch of John Taylor by Casey Childs</span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJzq4GZYBXHC5lgDOxRs6I4x693dG9qVO66pY2yCINsgYHwioHGPE9DwY2X7Y9y25GkTa7-jSHxyG2XnYFvniJDUkujRzt1roZZjMTA58Ktdl1owIEqBvEMmr4kpMsPXi1BLm-SA/s1600/CaseyChilds_JohnTaylor_study.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJzq4GZYBXHC5lgDOxRs6I4x693dG9qVO66pY2yCINsgYHwioHGPE9DwY2X7Y9y25GkTa7-jSHxyG2XnYFvniJDUkujRzt1roZZjMTA58Ktdl1owIEqBvEMmr4kpMsPXi1BLm-SA/s320/CaseyChilds_JohnTaylor_study.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672747188006082482" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 241px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Oil study of John Taylor by Casey Childs</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">I then enlarged and transferred my drawing to the final canvas. I did a simple under painting before laying down opaque paint. You can see some of the burnt sienna (orange-brown) coming through in this photo:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">And here's a shot of me working on the painting in my studio (</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">image courtesy of Gwendolyn Soper)</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">:</span><br />
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Casey Childshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01351601841991492308noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21224828.post-79965383740222638332011-11-03T10:31:00.000-07:002012-11-05T09:33:34.793-08:00"Influential Figures" gallery<a href="http://influential-figures.com/" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670824231742725682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4PujPyd8NrdvB5BWVXHJbnm4T7xm21x_nTfRmg014FQUnh_6I3ANjqrgxWXSkmgM25bo2hV_JOEfVAFL8TqzdxbJEEB0xyBziSiNkmPCpvkPIe4P6GZQhF5XP7wobCXwFJIhyphenhyphen5g/s320/InfluentialFiguresHeaderPromo.jpg" style="display: block; height: 301px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">We now have a page set up where you can purchase any of the original drawings from the "Influential Figures" series. I will be updating the page with new drawings as they're being completed, so please check back often. Each drawings includes a custom frame and is 14x8.5" in size. </span><a href="http://influential-figures.com/" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Go here to see the gallery page.</span></a>Casey Childshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01351601841991492308noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21224828.post-69115028387916622642011-10-24T09:16:00.000-07:002011-10-24T09:32:16.406-07:00Kickstarter Project<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1274743818/influential-figures-drawing-prints-collection"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlmFvPHBnAtTSAaZIPiyJVeygJqWyEV_FspaID7E8rJjmHaSKhhhW6hqz3IvByRTlaTFrmSxW07Q1xC4twuB1KUf8jyDREqPCXitUxBCGEKaHSGiv0hHLi_FyXISSS-GcOCZ55LA/s320/InfluentialFiguresPromo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667093452639272578" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">Hey guys, I've started a project on </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://kickstarter.com">kickstarter</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> to help fund the production of a collection of prints from the Influential Figures series I'm working on. Here's how kickstarter works:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">ALL OR NOTHING--Kickstarter is powered by a unique all-or-nothing funding method where projects must be fully-funded or no money changes hands. So if I don't get the minimum amount I'm asking to produce my project, nothing happens. It's less risk for everyone that way.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">REWARDS--Each pledge receives an award, and the more you pledge the better the reward. You can pre-order the print collection for a minimum pledge of $200.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">So <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1274743818/influential-figures-drawing-prints-collection">check it out</a> and hit the "like" button under the video to spread the word!</span>Casey Childshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01351601841991492308noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21224828.post-91561333617996652042011-10-22T21:19:00.000-07:002011-10-22T21:39:12.020-07:00Greater Love Hath No Man<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMImRHoifjirHVXU1O5q6Imna2zqbDPhxXT98tgmYBeCM4CHcYwsuea0C7Cgu_3MIN0LWqbal5xBjE9f4gJCoJyM0RP-EFwXsDKXs5tiPDBi14f0C60feR7DaV0JWuuZnbmwrVgQ/s1600/CaseyChilds_GreaterLoveHathNoMan_48x60_web.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMImRHoifjirHVXU1O5q6Imna2zqbDPhxXT98tgmYBeCM4CHcYwsuea0C7Cgu_3MIN0LWqbal5xBjE9f4gJCoJyM0RP-EFwXsDKXs5tiPDBi14f0C60feR7DaV0JWuuZnbmwrVgQ/s320/CaseyChilds_GreaterLoveHathNoMan_48x60_web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666542485884818050" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Casey Childs, </span><em style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Greater Love Hath No Man</em></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"></em></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">, Oil on Linen, 60x48″</span></span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">After nearly a year of work and research on this painting, it is </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >half</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> finished. My goal is to paint a dipytch, but this half of the painting is done.<br /><br />I finished this in time to enter into the Spiritual & Religious show at the </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://smofa.org/">Springville Museum</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> in Springville UT. I hope you'll go check it out!</span>Casey Childshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01351601841991492308noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21224828.post-5615781905961942762011-10-13T16:39:00.000-07:002011-10-13T17:17:45.147-07:00Influential Figures - Mahatma Gandhi<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Uf-AHKv87QeWyWqf2aPcOlFQIG6DFHd0rHxiG1NOrAzVnIQEcJ5hETXdPBoTH4dvb5JAvbESn0NZ0obw-jvTspnC828EgzevOLICZUPg72dW5GUBGPDNmmYgdtuBE21Makyfyw/s1600/CaseyChilds_MahatmaGandhi_sketchdrawing_web.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Uf-AHKv87QeWyWqf2aPcOlFQIG6DFHd0rHxiG1NOrAzVnIQEcJ5hETXdPBoTH4dvb5JAvbESn0NZ0obw-jvTspnC828EgzevOLICZUPg72dW5GUBGPDNmmYgdtuBE21Makyfyw/s320/CaseyChilds_MahatmaGandhi_sketchdrawing_web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663129827634422322" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Casey Childs, </span><em style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Mahatma Gandhi (</em><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >1869 - 1948</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">)</em></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">, Charcoal, 14x8.5″</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><b style="font-family: arial;">Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi</b><span style="font-family:arial;"> - Political & Ideological Leader</span><br /><ul style="list-style-type: none;font-family:arial;"><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Born:</b> 2 October 1869</span><span style="display: none;">(<span class="bday">1869-10-02</span>)</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Birthplace:</b> British India<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Died:</b> 30 January 1948 New Delhi, India</span><span style="display: none;">(<span class="dday">1948-01-30</span>)</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> (assassination by shooting)</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Best Known For:</b> <span style="font-style: italic;">prominent figure for Indian independence movement</span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_independence_movement" title="Indian independence movement"></a></li></ul> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Gandhi was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> during the Indian independence movement</span><span style="font-family:arial;">. A pioneer of satyagraha, </span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;">or resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience </span><span style="font-family:arial;">— a philosophy firmly founded upon ahimsa</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahimsa" title="Ahimsa"></a></span><span style="font-family:arial;">, or total nonviolence</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> — Gandhi led India to independence </span><span style="font-family:arial;">and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"> Assuming leadership of the Indian National Congress </span><span style="font-family:arial;">in 1921, Gandhi led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding women's rights, building religious and ethnic amity, ending untouchability</span><span style="font-family:arial;">, increasing economic self-reliance, but above all for achieving Swaraj</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> — the independence of India from foreign domination. Gandhi famously led Indians in protesting the British-imposed salt tax with the 400 km (250 mi) Dandi Salt March </span><span style="font-family:arial;">in 1930, and later in calling for the British to Quit India</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> in 1942. He was imprisoned for many years, on many occasions, in both South Africa and India.</span></span> <p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Gandhi strove to practice non-violence and truth in all situations, and advocated that others do the same. He lived modestly in a self-sufficient residential community<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabarmati_Ashram" title="Sabarmati Ashram"></a> and wore the traditional Indian dhoti and shawl, woven with yarn he had hand spun on a charkha<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charkha" title="Charkha" class="mw-redirect"></a>. He ate simple vegetarian food, and also undertook long fasts as means of both self-purification and social protest.</span></p>Casey Childshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01351601841991492308noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21224828.post-79260023748839090482011-09-19T09:30:00.001-07:002011-09-19T09:52:19.023-07:00Influential Figures - George A Custer<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaAMJ_ihyphenhyphenHYB_H8xJK8kEeQ2-TteKKwX4btu42fTroLLMP99fOz97wLNduYBN_QhQT1mLngbPt0aNk_8bFPJGU-083MbqbYENNJqdFoOI08kw34EW5B2tx34Kz4BeNayTGBFwMCA/s1600/CaseyChilds_GeorgeACuster_sketchdrawing_web.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaAMJ_ihyphenhyphenHYB_H8xJK8kEeQ2-TteKKwX4btu42fTroLLMP99fOz97wLNduYBN_QhQT1mLngbPt0aNk_8bFPJGU-083MbqbYENNJqdFoOI08kw34EW5B2tx34Kz4BeNayTGBFwMCA/s320/CaseyChilds_GeorgeACuster_sketchdrawing_web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654109223240736274" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Casey Childs, </span><em style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">George Armstrong Custer (</em><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >1839 - 1876</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">)</em></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">, Charcoal, 14x8.5″</span></span><br /></div><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /></b><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: arial;">George Armstrong Custer</b><span style="font-family:arial;"> - US Army Officer & Cavalry Commander</span><br /></div><ul style="list-style-type: none;font-family:arial;"><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Born:</b> December 5, 1839</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Birthplace:</b> New Rumley, Ohio<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Died:</b> June 25, 1876 at Little Bighorn</span><span style="font-size:85%;">, Montana (battle)</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Best Known For:</b> </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Battle of Little Bighorn, Custer's Last Stand</span><i></i></span></li></ul> <span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >George Armstrong Custer was a United States army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. Today he is most remembered for a disastrous military engagement known as the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Raised in Michigan <span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>and Ohio, Custer was admitted to West Point in 1858, where he graduated last in his class. However, with the outbreak of the Civil War, all potential officers were needed, and Custer was called to serve with the Union Army.</span> <p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Custer developed a strong reputation during the Civil War. He fought in the first major engagement, the First Battle of Bull Run. His association with several important officers helped his career, as did his success as a highly effective Cavalry commander. Before war's end, Custer was promoted to the temporary rank (brevet) of major general. (At war's end, this was reduced to his permanent rank of captain.) At the conclusion of the Appomattox Campaign, in which he and his troops played a decisive role, Custer was on hand at General Robert E Lee's surrender<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_%28military%29" title="Surrender (military)"></a>.</span></p> <p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">After the Civil War, Custer was dispatched to the West to fight in the Indian Wars. The overwhelming defeat in his final battle overshadowed his achievements in the Civil War. Custer was defeated and killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876, fighting against a coalition of Native American tribes in a battle that has come to be popularly known in American history as "Custer's Last Stand". After his death, Custer achieved the lasting fame that he had sought on the battlefield. The public saw him as a tragic military hero and exemplary gentleman who sacrificed his life for his country.</span></p>Casey Childshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01351601841991492308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21224828.post-35832404425946510532011-09-13T08:22:00.000-07:002011-09-13T09:14:47.383-07:00Influential Figures - Edgar Allan Poe<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_qUSpTHPeRQp1QxhotBkrZEtkYTj9f-NIpxFPk3bf_dRqnwksM3IXlDH7pl7gBBYTJr9hFuA_1n2mYIZIExx_H7gXzg8MKW3OP782M1ZxdXJI139zD50-_sv-0wRbCCqEF3TDmQ/s1600/CaseyChilds_EdgarAllenPoe_sketchdrawing_web.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 201px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_qUSpTHPeRQp1QxhotBkrZEtkYTj9f-NIpxFPk3bf_dRqnwksM3IXlDH7pl7gBBYTJr9hFuA_1n2mYIZIExx_H7gXzg8MKW3OP782M1ZxdXJI139zD50-_sv-0wRbCCqEF3TDmQ/s320/CaseyChilds_EdgarAllenPoe_sketchdrawing_web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651865040932732050" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Casey Childs, </span><em style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)</em></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">, Charcoal, 14x8.5″</span></span><br /><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /></b><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Edgar Allan Poe</b><span style="font-family:arial;"> - American novelist </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="list-style-type: none;font-family:arial;"><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Born:</b> January 19, 1809</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Birthplace:</b> Boston, Massachusetts<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Died:</b> October 7, 1849 in Baltimore, Maryland </span><span style="font-size:85%;">(cause unknown)</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Best Known Work:</b> </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Raven, The Fall of the House of Usher</span>, <i>The Tell-tale Heart...</i></span></li></ul> <span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Edgar Allan Poe, an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction.<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe#cite_note-0"><span></span><span></span></a></sup> He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career. </span><sup id="cite_ref-Meyers138_1-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe#cite_note-Meyers138-1"><span></span></a></sup><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Poe and his works influenced literature in the United States and around the world, as well as in specialized fields, such as cosmology and cryptography. Poe and his work appear throughout popular culture in literature, music, films, and television. A number of his homes are dedicated museums today.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">And here's the list of "Influential Figures" we've come up with so far:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Seuss, Baden Powell, Frank Lloyd Wright, Howard Hughes</span><span style="font-family: arial;" jsid="text" class="commentBody">, Alexander Graham Bell, Hitler, Walt Whitman, Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King, William F. Cody, Theodore Roosevelt, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">JFK</span><span style="font-family: arial;" jsid="text" class="commentBody">, Walt Disney, Robert Frost, Babe Ruth, Helen Keller, Annie Sullivan, Amelia Earhart, Alice Paul, Coco Chanel, Edith Wharton, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Wilberforce, Karl Marx, Mary Wollstonecraft, Harriet Tubman, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Mahatma Ghandi, Sojourner Truth, Custer, Billy the Kid, Old Tom Morris, Bobby Jones, John Singer Sargent, Nicholai Fechin, Thomas Edison, Tesla, Einstein</span><br /><span jsid="text" class="commentBody"><br /></span></div></div>Casey Childshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01351601841991492308noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21224828.post-11717934079721080022011-09-12T09:41:00.000-07:002011-09-12T21:41:34.133-07:00A New Series and a Question<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I'm a big history buff and love to watch pretty much anything on the history channel. And I'm always eager to learn about those people who affected history and have influenced or changed the way our world is today. So with that in mind, I'm beginning a new series of drawings and paintings titled "Influential Figures." And I want your help. I would like to pose this question to all that read this--</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Who do you consider to be the most influential people of our time?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Leave a comment and tell me who you feel that person is, or more than one. And I will capture them in a drawing or painting. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >But here's the RULE--they have to be deceased more than 50 years. (that way there's no copyright issues of me using a person's image or photo)</span><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpMOgpCXZGsTydHo1U7vaWJo8PrOtKIU2I4-CdOHz9F3AJWqPLiGNuW1XcmZVefSq1mAX_aFYHst0aBwQwG8nR875omp-oSPfs275gU7ieh8aoWQixVhyphenhyphenG3rm6Fytrbu6hi82LMg/s1600/CaseyChilds_CharlesDickens_sketchdrawing_web.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 197px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpMOgpCXZGsTydHo1U7vaWJo8PrOtKIU2I4-CdOHz9F3AJWqPLiGNuW1XcmZVefSq1mAX_aFYHst0aBwQwG8nR875omp-oSPfs275gU7ieh8aoWQixVhyphenhyphenG3rm6Fytrbu6hi82LMg/s320/CaseyChilds_CharlesDickens_sketchdrawing_web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651517256181022418" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Casey Childs, </span><em style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Charles Dickens (1812-1870)</em></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">, Charcoal, 14x8.5″</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I've begun by drawing </span><b style="font-family: arial;">Charles Dickens</b><span style="font-family:arial;"> - English Victorian novelist </span><br /><ul style="list-style-type: none;font-family:arial;"><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Born:</b> February 7, 1812</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Birthplace:</b> Portsmouth, England</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Died:</b> June 9, 1870 in Kent, England (stroke)</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Best Known Work:</b> <i>Oliver Twist</i>, <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, <i>David Copperfield</i>, <i>Great Expectations</i>, <i>Bleak House</i>...</span></li></ul> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Charles Dickens, one of the most popular, productive, and skilled English novelist, was acclaimed for his rich storytelling and unforgettable characters. His moving, critical and sentimental stories are characterized by attacks on social injustices and hypocrisy, and offer an excellent insight into Victorian culture. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> Dickens achieved massive worldwide popularity in his lifetime and is regarded as one of the giants of English literature. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> Today his works are still widely read and regularly adapted for cinema and television. Over 75 feature films have been made based on his novels.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >So leave a comment and give me some suggestions!</span><br /></div></div>Casey Childshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01351601841991492308noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21224828.post-66082780270919410032011-08-20T10:56:00.000-07:002011-08-20T11:01:20.689-07:00Self-Portrait<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmkw_Of1EUOsUVVd-L-FZi9M6eCRIP-vUTO8G_c0nxfhXVq8GMBz3TamUCWHoFeitCjiXevBowat17fBTmZpbF-AbOafy3INkML6duP6fYiVv1pS-tsXp4KMjhFIoqVM7pneQa-A/s1600/SelfPortrait.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmkw_Of1EUOsUVVd-L-FZi9M6eCRIP-vUTO8G_c0nxfhXVq8GMBz3TamUCWHoFeitCjiXevBowat17fBTmZpbF-AbOafy3INkML6duP6fYiVv1pS-tsXp4KMjhFIoqVM7pneQa-A/s320/SelfPortrait.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642998707782101090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Casey Childs, </span><em style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Self-Portrait</em></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">, Oil, 10x8″</span></span>
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<br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm honored to be included in the Summer Extravaganza Issue (July 2011) of Poets/Artists Magazine. </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://poetsandartists.com/">Poets/Artists</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> is a digital magazine that also offers a print-on-demand option for those who wish to have a hard copy. Four of my paintings are featured in the magazine which can be found on pages 73-77. </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://poetsandartists.com/2011/07/16/poetsartists-summer-extravaganza-issue-2011/">Click here to view or download the magazine.</a>
<br />Casey Childshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01351601841991492308noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21224828.post-40505532972138784502011-07-30T11:37:00.000-07:002011-07-30T12:05:28.579-07:00Quick Painting<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvbjCW2Cai1_NlmdHXHA4VFCgEe2N0uWdi9CuLivdpIT_1VrTo8pmJpEpnS3zhSeZAK64gBWuaHq4eCY26DAZrnX2YfYCsKhCONA8wvyIQ3cbq-7NAR9S8i8WVlSnTm6Y91Mb0tA/s1600/CaseyChilds_AspiringArtist_OilPainting.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvbjCW2Cai1_NlmdHXHA4VFCgEe2N0uWdi9CuLivdpIT_1VrTo8pmJpEpnS3zhSeZAK64gBWuaHq4eCY26DAZrnX2YfYCsKhCONA8wvyIQ3cbq-7NAR9S8i8WVlSnTm6Y91Mb0tA/s320/CaseyChilds_AspiringArtist_OilPainting.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635216573393229586" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Casey Childs, </span><em style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">The Aspiring Artist</em></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">, Oil, 9x6″</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">This is a quick painting of my first student, Natalie Soper. (I only recently began some teaching in my studio.) I felt like I needed a break from my large painting to work on something smaller so I could remember what it was like to finish a painting! :) Natalie is an amazingly talented young artist and I expect to one day be asking her to teach me...</span>Casey Childshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01351601841991492308noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21224828.post-88628699038791210742011-06-27T15:43:00.000-07:002011-06-27T16:33:55.050-07:00Sneak Peek of New Painting<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Today marks 167 years since the prophet Joseph Smith and his brother, Hyrum, were murdered in Carthage Jail on June 27, 1844. In remembrance of that day, I'm posting a detail of the project I'm currently working on depicting the moments before Hyrum and Joseph were killed in Carthage. To learn more about this moment in history, go <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Joseph_Smith,_Jr.">here</a>.<br /><br />This painting will be a diptych and this image is a detail (work in progress) from the first panel:<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEq9F4SPdr8s-hriIjHlkwPzBFS6kCPT6Su_ru2N57DTwrGk3ImJ6enSaZhUtoWMmVgzE6rUv5GmBHMW2k1kIpNeQd1VVc3cEhN5_RcHZTihbmxvsK2UAdAubXPyeCSErCcoIYtA/s1600/CaseyChilds_DetailJosephHyrumSmithMartyrdom.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEq9F4SPdr8s-hriIjHlkwPzBFS6kCPT6Su_ru2N57DTwrGk3ImJ6enSaZhUtoWMmVgzE6rUv5GmBHMW2k1kIpNeQd1VVc3cEhN5_RcHZTihbmxvsK2UAdAubXPyeCSErCcoIYtA/s320/CaseyChilds_DetailJosephHyrumSmithMartyrdom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623046436945079490" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Casey Childs, </span><em style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Greater Love Hath No Man Than This</em></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"> (Detail)</em><span style="font-family:arial;">, Oil, 60 x 96″</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Throughout this project, </span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I've begun documenting the process of creating the painting in a series of short videos. <a href="http://vimeo.com/caseychilds">Check them out here.</a></span></span><br /><br /></span></div></div>Casey Childshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01351601841991492308noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21224828.post-14555934548993051072011-06-04T15:26:00.000-07:002011-06-04T16:10:19.888-07:002011 Art Slam at Springville Museum of Art<span style="font-family:arial;">This past week I had the opportunity to participate in the Springville Museum on Art (Springville, UT) 2011 Art Slam. The event was created to kick off Member month for the museum. There were many activities going on that day including artists creating a piece of art in the museum. Myself along with a handful of other artists were asked to create a work of art to exhibit that evening and we had from 10am - 5pm to create it. I decided to paint from a live model, so many thanks to the beautiful <a href="http://caseychilds.blogspot.com/2009/05/madamoiselle-k.html">Kate</a> for doing such a wonderful job sitting for me all day! And thanks to all who came out to see me paint that day. Here are a few photos:</span> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNx6GMSPFXUzqhH61G5nqzhi1YrZ023il8gj6k2c6fwAYg-DgRNb1gn3_eHZkPIB01JM0fvq_2L9uKxsJAMTjlsrBr92SfEAU16SaRYeasHfEC16z6gYMK26skcREN1TOLRrGg-w/s1600/CaseyChilds_oilPortraitSketch_SpringvilleMuseumArtSlam_Framed.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNx6GMSPFXUzqhH61G5nqzhi1YrZ023il8gj6k2c6fwAYg-DgRNb1gn3_eHZkPIB01JM0fvq_2L9uKxsJAMTjlsrBr92SfEAU16SaRYeasHfEC16z6gYMK26skcREN1TOLRrGg-w/s320/CaseyChilds_oilPortraitSketch_SpringvilleMuseumArtSlam_Framed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614496585910207522" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg65-l7P6Mmey1lFml4eBTTDgB9niHwhwHpqczLB2G6RzL06MGT2YLucWRab6RrxOPpyI5Aw_P5CFC9uqpOnMV_ywApnVmvrOLUe1SFr8rnGR_zOO7v_-_gmmBCyuUtAkVFPqaZag/s1600/CaseyChilds_oilPortraitSketch_SpringvilleMuseumArtSlam_KateCloseUp.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYD_9lVix1airh8WKimBXtPmNVrCltq9oUq9rgeUtQB5kDT9dCjh_PD52LnMTmnWswGMpNvJpLxZ_jR1-7eLZZ5XG7imV8i4E96dIx3AGR7jXVVhT8LjvKuFUOv-Ell_D1oFstwg/s320/CaseyChilds_oilPortraitSketch_SpringvilleMuseumArt_Kate4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614496331881187890" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhepvmYo3fO7DwQLMLfdUmb1N2rXrbCCKJBuwxwCQjJ9geY3tEcNXWIyvpJuzV-dJRB32d_C94ePncn5D4VWWdRWsxKtLWfl9rsIU1WSB6lWhFK_ZRBoX_ur6DHqFv-L3M6ZEBiQA/s1600/CaseyChilds_oilPortraitSketch_SpringvilleMuseumArt_Kate2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhepvmYo3fO7DwQLMLfdUmb1N2rXrbCCKJBuwxwCQjJ9geY3tEcNXWIyvpJuzV-dJRB32d_C94ePncn5D4VWWdRWsxKtLWfl9rsIU1WSB6lWhFK_ZRBoX_ur6DHqFv-L3M6ZEBiQA/s320/CaseyChilds_oilPortraitSketch_SpringvilleMuseumArt_Kate2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614496328446693298" border="0" /></a> <div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9dOyENz94Nbq9tz__XhdxyVb1idKk03a09uD3c9AVv1vSUIzBjOWGbWLZWA4m8yTGbfrD6EWLFryH2wPibjQ7L7t4zQmUS21j2MlUqasjzqLyF5UXgP-35lDsbBbimJG8FWf-lw/s1600/CaseyChilds_oilPortraitSketch_SpringvilleMuseumArtSlam_KateInProgress.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9dOyENz94Nbq9tz__XhdxyVb1idKk03a09uD3c9AVv1vSUIzBjOWGbWLZWA4m8yTGbfrD6EWLFryH2wPibjQ7L7t4zQmUS21j2MlUqasjzqLyF5UXgP-35lDsbBbimJG8FWf-lw/s320/CaseyChilds_oilPortraitSketch_SpringvilleMuseumArtSlam_KateInProgress.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614496320230098722" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">(thanks to Lisa Bringhurst for these photos)</span></span><br /><br /><br /></div><span style="font-family:arial;">Below is a video created by the Daily Herald reporting about the event:</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object id="player_swf" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab" height="303" width="380"><param name="movie" value="http://cdn-akm.vmixcore.com/core-flash/UnifiedVideoPlayer/UnifiedVideoPlayer.swf?icon%5Fcolor%5Fon=dddddd&player%5Fid=fc6f1876e16f88540181d53839a612b5&continuous%5Fplay=false&background%5Fcolor%5Fsecondary=eeeeee&show%5Fnative%5Fsize%5Fbutton=false&text%5Fcolor=000000&show%5Ffull%5Fscreen%5Fbutton=false&track%5Fcolor%5Ffill=dddddd&icon%5Fcolor%5Foff=000000&background%5Fcolor%5Fprimary=dddddd"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="flashVars" value="token=V0M_ks4gLOFox0KhLAXcyyB5Dx-dPG986b"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed name="player_swf" src="http://cdn-akm.vmixcore.com/core-flash/UnifiedVideoPlayer/UnifiedVideoPlayer.swf?icon%5Fcolor%5Fon=dddddd&player%5Fid=fc6f1876e16f88540181d53839a612b5&continuous%5Fplay=false&background%5Fcolor%5Fsecondary=eeeeee&show%5Fnative%5Fsize%5Fbutton=false&text%5Fcolor=000000&show%5Ffull%5Fscreen%5Fbutton=false&track%5Fcolor%5Ffill=dddddd&icon%5Fcolor%5Foff=000000&background%5Fcolor%5Fprimary=dddddd" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="token=V0M_ks4gLOFox0KhLAXcyyB5Dx-dPG986b" swliveconnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" height="303" width="380"></embed></object><br /></div>Casey Childshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01351601841991492308noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21224828.post-57437805910284687732011-05-09T09:06:00.000-07:002011-05-09T12:21:30.136-07:002011 Art of the Portrait Conference<span style="font-family: arial;">I had the opportunity for the second time to attend the Portrait Society of America's Art of the Portrait Conference held this year in Atlanta, GA. If you've seen my blog you know that this year I was selected as a finalist which is a HUGE honor. All the finalists works were amazing. And I'm pleased to announce my painting was awarded First Honors!! (<span style="font-style: italic;">5th place overall</span>)<br /><br />It's was a great weekend and I enjoyed meeting so many wonderful people and artists. Here are a few pictures:</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiEd07pj19jr-lDap4t1B0k0N9rgC08lhxP4wzuXYF1py2qEjik3MI8YdCbfs-A-xvApSIw49ae1qsxvvJMsrQIT7q0StqYyzjQL-H5Isej4m83pvP8JCiKyonJTuU89bktTGCgg/s1600/CaseyChilds_2011PSoAFinalists_panorama.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiEd07pj19jr-lDap4t1B0k0N9rgC08lhxP4wzuXYF1py2qEjik3MI8YdCbfs-A-xvApSIw49ae1qsxvvJMsrQIT7q0StqYyzjQL-H5Isej4m83pvP8JCiKyonJTuU89bktTGCgg/s320/CaseyChilds_2011PSoAFinalists_panorama.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604774232938299682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Some of the finalists paintings on display during the conference.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU6CX4M1WNlNFXqn_Mx9DltkwY79lKwno3jU6YT8lXh48MIVM8DG2fMYsPOhAhfScJd3cnkfUg9w0K_zuXw657uKF4KgLFrhuK1Y3Nx0opaRhwrN6LcBA6av5Z0Ol_R4y0eBJq8A/s1600/CaseyChilds_2011PSoA_FinalistsDisplay.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU6CX4M1WNlNFXqn_Mx9DltkwY79lKwno3jU6YT8lXh48MIVM8DG2fMYsPOhAhfScJd3cnkfUg9w0K_zuXw657uKF4KgLFrhuK1Y3Nx0opaRhwrN6LcBA6av5Z0Ol_R4y0eBJq8A/s320/CaseyChilds_2011PSoA_FinalistsDisplay.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604774224282350258" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My painting alongside a painting by the nicest guy and a wonderful artist, Will Nathans.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS-KqF0ay1X58Vm-BT790edaA_noPf2tUxM3kALPHecIQURFbli348a00nuCY9Do8hYKQceNG7Xzh_IgITKzekGPp6ap74rC0t98rwrPkj6BKQm39dV_F_TiDCs9IH23cqAc7OIA/s1600/2011PSoA_Conference_Atlanta.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS-KqF0ay1X58Vm-BT790edaA_noPf2tUxM3kALPHecIQURFbli348a00nuCY9Do8hYKQceNG7Xzh_IgITKzekGPp6ap74rC0t98rwrPkj6BKQm39dV_F_TiDCs9IH23cqAc7OIA/s320/2011PSoA_Conference_Atlanta.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604774220747844962" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">View from my hotel room. The weather was great!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5gVdWp-b-Jc7MSfD9DWhVW6kMiRdbWKll6YPjWOeGJcMUj2_WTr-igT7I1EZ-ICILGfntI3F8f3uU3QX6PA7FtxeyHNEhQnVCh_69o7ohsTTc1iih8oJd9JdSRmHqKSQ7jbqFBQ/s1600/2011PSoA_DavidLaffel_Demo.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5gVdWp-b-Jc7MSfD9DWhVW6kMiRdbWKll6YPjWOeGJcMUj2_WTr-igT7I1EZ-ICILGfntI3F8f3uU3QX6PA7FtxeyHNEhQnVCh_69o7ohsTTc1iih8oJd9JdSRmHqKSQ7jbqFBQ/s320/2011PSoA_DavidLaffel_Demo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604773863894874066" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A demo by David Laffel kicked off the conference.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh6WF0r1XbWR6mnqquEcJwo17ohKO80hZ5WXDPhmiqw4jMv1K7RPqVAzMUurrDWpYZjiyjmfYMBJiua94iPASxokT49ON8wNL2Inf0zdyIkKzSyHiuxmxrXb8tcSvQXE94wJlzrw/s1600/2011PSoA_JeremyLipking_Demo.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh6WF0r1XbWR6mnqquEcJwo17ohKO80hZ5WXDPhmiqw4jMv1K7RPqVAzMUurrDWpYZjiyjmfYMBJiua94iPASxokT49ON8wNL2Inf0zdyIkKzSyHiuxmxrXb8tcSvQXE94wJlzrw/s320/2011PSoA_JeremyLipking_Demo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604773860210314722" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jeremy Lipking's painting demo.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF3Izitf9Wynl_E3Cu04aU3HI01wnHsZek9EesVFKazFLXL_UXd8wZ0S7A3PcWe0hDgbZy2LVrrCY-Y6gSOKBLzJHkyCdLGithVt64uzqkR80unI6lXWu_x9TJOsRhG7og-np0AA/s1600/CaseyChilds_2011PSoA_6x9UnlimitedTalent_Names.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF3Izitf9Wynl_E3Cu04aU3HI01wnHsZek9EesVFKazFLXL_UXd8wZ0S7A3PcWe0hDgbZy2LVrrCY-Y6gSOKBLzJHkyCdLGithVt64uzqkR80unI6lXWu_x9TJOsRhG7og-np0AA/s320/CaseyChilds_2011PSoA_6x9UnlimitedTalent_Names.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604773855679676626" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The list of the artists who participated in the 6x9 Mystery Art Sale.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhveC5E3wsyiik2Ln-TmrasaqFDvYHuQt5XgReGfdOaen0Dy7F_9An0io6QpgkxwZt0dBwZjC0Ksp5IVpfLmycuc37fOLkCRS13UHfIqbptFcq47rvom1a1wotNEw1dP4lGGO3isQ/s1600/CaseyChilds_2011PSoA_6x9UnlimitedTalent.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhveC5E3wsyiik2Ln-TmrasaqFDvYHuQt5XgReGfdOaen0Dy7F_9An0io6QpgkxwZt0dBwZjC0Ksp5IVpfLmycuc37fOLkCRS13UHfIqbptFcq47rvom1a1wotNEw1dP4lGGO3isQ/s320/CaseyChilds_2011PSoA_6x9UnlimitedTalent.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604773852078776834" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My painting sold! Whew...</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMBnvF4nwZG-6Vu4dE5Hg28zqraPRGRZT-v4Z4cMf_0X27qjmE9G7pPtmXsLLbFXouR9cCyolFDAUpXf0i0WgkWcV2GmhwZ275d-gkc72ND2phgM35x9xnlb73P9RhdBsSZs-rxg/s1600/2011PSoA_6x9UnlimitedTalent_Paintings.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMBnvF4nwZG-6Vu4dE5Hg28zqraPRGRZT-v4Z4cMf_0X27qjmE9G7pPtmXsLLbFXouR9cCyolFDAUpXf0i0WgkWcV2GmhwZ275d-gkc72ND2phgM35x9xnlb73P9RhdBsSZs-rxg/s320/2011PSoA_6x9UnlimitedTalent_Paintings.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604773852976355058" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The amount of people packed into that room was crazy! Lots of fun.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqfwOxaOmr9eBDG7HXOiW_xXGG2Z069L69lleOR0pt2DAJ-28OhEkDUvP97-z_rxlefl1UvKSX3J4bYSW7496n4bRWVLwaPoeCyKuzKRD4jasGLpvp0H__La_BMsK9vjoYf1NBzg/s1600/2011PSoA_Banquet_LaffelMcGraw.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqfwOxaOmr9eBDG7HXOiW_xXGG2Z069L69lleOR0pt2DAJ-28OhEkDUvP97-z_rxlefl1UvKSX3J4bYSW7496n4bRWVLwaPoeCyKuzKRD4jasGLpvp0H__La_BMsK9vjoYf1NBzg/s320/2011PSoA_Banquet_LaffelMcGraw.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604773278210674018" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The awards banquet, I was sitting across from David Laffel and Sherrie McGraw. Very cool.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Ovm1UmMzmPnvdyzfLhpv8opyxAYxFRJH83RswNqRiO_E1i2xZqI7rhqHs0j8RFsDvPoOEXsPNMkoD_PMpoQLRdws0QCYtJNkjfsiGZX1mMuGz8Vp-2rY-rZrrlOa_Oc3AN0arg/s1600/CaseyChilds_2011PSoA_AwardsVideo.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Ovm1UmMzmPnvdyzfLhpv8opyxAYxFRJH83RswNqRiO_E1i2xZqI7rhqHs0j8RFsDvPoOEXsPNMkoD_PMpoQLRdws0QCYtJNkjfsiGZX1mMuGz8Vp-2rY-rZrrlOa_Oc3AN0arg/s320/CaseyChilds_2011PSoA_AwardsVideo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604773270233989394" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My painting during the video presentation.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8_VMPYhlSYwQhORujoXJcN3aogNIEOdiomkn3Z4IsdxkgEG5mfoVmXwOTxc37y_NU6jbl18cCjb-hwLC8AWNkMkXA1hGKr17SD2dTdADnxB1KmCV2cM3WofzTV8g6E3dKAiLvmA/s1600/CaseyChilds_2011PSoA_Finalists.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8_VMPYhlSYwQhORujoXJcN3aogNIEOdiomkn3Z4IsdxkgEG5mfoVmXwOTxc37y_NU6jbl18cCjb-hwLC8AWNkMkXA1hGKr17SD2dTdADnxB1KmCV2cM3WofzTV8g6E3dKAiLvmA/s320/CaseyChilds_2011PSoA_Finalists.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604773274123357586" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The finalists.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1SgycGuB-GJOZcBuJWQDW1NPbQFdiY0zy2GkoVkRswnD50VV-AaSpzHH31FCoNd1vv7WzKrN1nuHQpyB2knOuyJ9p66886otPOFOhj5IkUK8L_eNOj7gAARAfDDvl3LnZw9Uf6A/s1600/CaseyChilds_2011PSoA_Awards.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1SgycGuB-GJOZcBuJWQDW1NPbQFdiY0zy2GkoVkRswnD50VV-AaSpzHH31FCoNd1vv7WzKrN1nuHQpyB2knOuyJ9p66886otPOFOhj5IkUK8L_eNOj7gAARAfDDvl3LnZw9Uf6A/s320/CaseyChilds_2011PSoA_Awards.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604773266072420466" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm sure I'm saying something clever or funny, but probably not.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRX9cf-12TlPeiKR40VwUrmlhd-e63w8p0A3diAVvtigz_jCgM_rR8iFIBjnT0mSZyQ3uuK2yFKGPjC8HmajYKWJnF9cPGs7sZuPA1c9PTXgoOl7cQV8b0zC-5JOBJKi_C50bpzQ/s1600/2011PSoA_JeremyLipking_FaceOff.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRX9cf-12TlPeiKR40VwUrmlhd-e63w8p0A3diAVvtigz_jCgM_rR8iFIBjnT0mSZyQ3uuK2yFKGPjC8HmajYKWJnF9cPGs7sZuPA1c9PTXgoOl7cQV8b0zC-5JOBJKi_C50bpzQ/s320/2011PSoA_JeremyLipking_FaceOff.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604773263922496418" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jeremy's beautiful face-off painting--amazing brushwork!</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dySjoFBlQUzcfaHnhwY0_q1OG0IMkhHBFkKLL3QPZep_A3N7nSJfupxu3maKaxSlUyB-dPdQS5TXyo' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Accepting my "First Honors" award.<br /></span></div>Casey Childshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01351601841991492308noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21224828.post-14436344646894601592011-04-14T18:56:00.000-07:002011-08-30T14:07:25.746-07:00Building a Crate to Ship Artwork<span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >As part of having my painting selected as a finalist for the Portrait Society of America's International Portrait Competition, it needs to be on display in Atlanta for the final judging. So that means I need to build a crate to ship my painting out there.
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<br />Just one problem--I've never built a crate before.
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<br />So after getting some very good tips and advice from Bill Whitaker, here's how I put one together:
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijkhg9vy3CI78Uhd9aaJl2c8UKqYMIZvIZU3Nzf25ildmn9XM0mUHGm4t8k_YHNMDVqvfuVXQ1DXiGBCE_KH0J3OX2uuatjNiHcjTHg7Aeu8ifKyC-QDT7opit7ivd5YT6-qJsqA/s1600/CaseyChilds_buildingArtworkCrate1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijkhg9vy3CI78Uhd9aaJl2c8UKqYMIZvIZU3Nzf25ildmn9XM0mUHGm4t8k_YHNMDVqvfuVXQ1DXiGBCE_KH0J3OX2uuatjNiHcjTHg7Aeu8ifKyC-QDT7opit7ivd5YT6-qJsqA/s320/CaseyChilds_buildingArtworkCrate1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595623873339742066" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >I used 3/4" plywood since this is a large painting and I wanted extra sturdy sides to protect a painting of this size. Normally, 1/2 plywood will work just fine and would, obviously, weigh less thus saving on shipping costs. In the picture above, Natalie is taping cut squares of <span style="font-weight: bold;">underlayment</span> (bought at Home Depot) in the corners of the box. The corners of the painting will receive most of the stress during shipping so theses pieces will give them a little added protection.
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXlqujjTk58AvcaJ7QuPGQtqInRbzfyIsl_iz1kSAri_emhgZ0wUUy4e2rl2AAn8SWlzFYKkYg0is8hJc9dkBs916LHrbFG75vQKilNPuUyADpxS3x4JDa9OHDTCiWWcMNlZ_hFA/s1600/CaseyChilds_buildingArtworkCrate2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXlqujjTk58AvcaJ7QuPGQtqInRbzfyIsl_iz1kSAri_emhgZ0wUUy4e2rl2AAn8SWlzFYKkYg0is8hJc9dkBs916LHrbFG75vQKilNPuUyADpxS3x4JDa9OHDTCiWWcMNlZ_hFA/s320/CaseyChilds_buildingArtworkCrate2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595623691482660946" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Here I've added the remaining sides to make the crate box. I used 1 1/4" wood screws to secure the pieces together. I drilled pilot holes for the screws--which is very important because the plywood will split if you don't pre-drill. I used a special countersinking drill bit which is designed to pre-drill screw holes as well as cut an indention in the wood to allow the screw to sit flush with the surface of the wood. Not necessary, but looks nicer that way.
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEfQXpATdWG82mJ5vSfQdf9lKVOd23GbVHtXA_X6tC3W_60vvs5d-_K0Yn0rPreputCDz1fbIuEQKLjZRJ1jagf-P1qMRMFfP1f79NfycwbZJL1OG-Dcth1oJX_vf5o2yMbMz5g/s1600/CaseyChilds_buildingArtworkCrate3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEfQXpATdWG82mJ5vSfQdf9lKVOd23GbVHtXA_X6tC3W_60vvs5d-_K0Yn0rPreputCDz1fbIuEQKLjZRJ1jagf-P1qMRMFfP1f79NfycwbZJL1OG-Dcth1oJX_vf5o2yMbMz5g/s320/CaseyChilds_buildingArtworkCrate3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595623686838567746" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >To protect from dust and such, we first wrapped the painting with a layer of clear plastic wrap. Then we wrapped the painting with a generous amount of bubble wrap.
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY-rDimkTWINzpi925d2_6UByB5_feGxeeYEWPRs2XKb35xxSH53_9YCMoS3oxSZo1JMrNZ6eoNQYbRlz1Hmiv077KkGdSG1e53WP34yhZZxKJFO4_Go4v8iQBFped0i4iH_ok8A/s1600/CaseyChilds_buildingArtworkCrate4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY-rDimkTWINzpi925d2_6UByB5_feGxeeYEWPRs2XKb35xxSH53_9YCMoS3oxSZo1JMrNZ6eoNQYbRlz1Hmiv077KkGdSG1e53WP34yhZZxKJFO4_Go4v8iQBFped0i4iH_ok8A/s320/CaseyChilds_buildingArtworkCrate4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595623683758290178" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >
<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMAkJb4P5IQ3cZ8murpkFY3aBxQx5zrgKKAnsFrVP-m5UPE_-6GmINp__iqVpEJ5jfnLHIBKdb23xhiJBaQ-SIerk50tZiN_pZenOcAeUo2UQgzz6DYf8Qu1DKgtRal_4xnfukmA/s1600/CaseyChilds_buildingArtworkCrate5.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMAkJb4P5IQ3cZ8murpkFY3aBxQx5zrgKKAnsFrVP-m5UPE_-6GmINp__iqVpEJ5jfnLHIBKdb23xhiJBaQ-SIerk50tZiN_pZenOcAeUo2UQgzz6DYf8Qu1DKgtRal_4xnfukmA/s320/CaseyChilds_buildingArtworkCrate5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595623683188683538" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >One thing that Bill told me was to be sure to keep the measurements very precise so there is little to no room for the painting to move in the box. This makes sense since the less the painting can moving inside the box, the less chance it has of getting damaged during shipping.
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3-5Sux3ldrwc8A40TNm0Uqp5aTTtb-xMxvMNStqrKG5BzQxoWjOPK_pxFF3HWglje7F5KImj0BLEo_pUHoiPeaUTy7GUzb7cIuOHPBsmPDA8tGKhoC9CMhlbTrWsdJI5Gnia5CA/s1600/CaseyChilds_buildingArtworkCrate6.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3-5Sux3ldrwc8A40TNm0Uqp5aTTtb-xMxvMNStqrKG5BzQxoWjOPK_pxFF3HWglje7F5KImj0BLEo_pUHoiPeaUTy7GUzb7cIuOHPBsmPDA8tGKhoC9CMhlbTrWsdJI5Gnia5CA/s320/CaseyChilds_buildingArtworkCrate6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595623671425897506" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >After attaching the top panel with more screws, the crate is finished. Final touches were to add handles on the sides to help with moving and carrying the heavy thing as well as spray painting my logo on the top and sides. It should get there safe and sound, but it wouldn't hurt to cross our fingers... :) </span>Casey Childshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01351601841991492308noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21224828.post-61025302393512577972011-03-23T20:46:00.000-07:002011-03-26T10:56:03.958-07:00Finalist in the PSoA's 2011 International Competition!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRY7prlBg56tZbFiCUM3qW3BlgJ6ITzNp1TsJ50Qw4h6t-vWQ11dzPP4aNi9widjoD8kKnwlQmMVgla4z6PEYo20TB-CGBC9sbDNVYeJc6iQmnvJQZ_73p6WirJsEI9-KCyOL6SQ/s1600/CaseyChilds_BianglePortrait_oil_painting.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRY7prlBg56tZbFiCUM3qW3BlgJ6ITzNp1TsJ50Qw4h6t-vWQ11dzPP4aNi9widjoD8kKnwlQmMVgla4z6PEYo20TB-CGBC9sbDNVYeJc6iQmnvJQZ_73p6WirJsEI9-KCyOL6SQ/s320/CaseyChilds_BianglePortrait_oil_painting.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587487916681748306" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Casey Childs, </span><em style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Biangle (Portrait of Lauren and Everett)</em><span style="font-family:arial;">, Oil, 55 x 42″</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I got a call from Gordon Wetmore, Chairman of the Portrait Society of America, that my painting,<span style="font-style: italic;"> Biangle (Portrait of Lauren and Everett)</span>, has been selected as a finalist for the <a href="http://www.portraitsociety.org/">Portrait Society of America</a>'s 2011 International Portrait Competition<span style="font-family:arial;">!!</span> Quite an honor since it was chosen to be in the top 20 from 1,800 international entries! I will be taking the painting to the PSoA's <a href="http://www.portraitsociety.org/conference#%21__conference">Annual Conference in Atlanta, GA</a> on April 28th were it will be on display with the other finalists. The finalists will then be judged in person by the distinguished panel of judges for the top awards and prizes.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Quoting from PSoA's website, "Reflecting a unique combination of skill and talent, the International Portrait Competition showcases the finest in portraiture and figurative art, and has become one of the most prestigious events in the field of fine art portraiture.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Top award winners will be eligible for over $50,000 in cash and prizes. The William Draper Grand Prize includes a feature article in International Artist Magazine and a cash prize of $5,000 sponsored by Jack Richeson & Co. Finalist also receive recognition in the Art of the Portrait® Journal and on the Portrait Society's website. Top 20 finalists receive complementary tuition to The Art of the Portrait® Conference 2012, as well as other cash and prizes."</span><br /></span></div></div>Casey Childshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01351601841991492308noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21224828.post-42755732264410237282011-03-20T18:16:00.000-07:002011-04-11T11:24:58.139-07:00New and Improved Taboret<span style="font-family:arial;">We recently finish and deliver this brand new and improved taboret table. </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://artisttaboret.wordpress.com/">See more about A better taboret here.</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> It's built with oak and stained in a red oak finish. This custom table was purchased by a very nice man and talented comic strip artist Jerry Scott. He wrote a wonderful article about the table on his blog. </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.zitscomics.com/blog/2011/03/25/life-is-a-taboret/">You can see his blog post here.</a><a href="http://www.zitscomics.com/blog/2011/03/25/life-is-a-taboret/"><br /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This new taboret table has a couple of great new features:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">1) Opening in table top for trash w/slide out cover</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">2) Trash cupboard with built-in pull out trash can</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">3) Larger compartment to hold </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >two</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> brush cleaning tanks</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">4) More efficient layout for customizable paint drawers</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWhejueI1XXidjTaexO2j9r_hfc3XfPF3CCxiOEO3TSLx0-UYxYDGb91BqLVgfcdEIktGC81XhbE6MCvuVvc4qjoN5m0u9dF9lcY8L-XrmbkdBQ1D6aU4oaw-lcySDMKZ6ExLy0A/s1600/CaseyChilds_Taboret_Front.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdnw3Y_cXEjyNRDVwYhXPvcctMHhKcFX-ok8pMiUtTLG6_SMK1HBsaG2u6boeEKpgvi9fWarcrEs_8-eo4n1N5Q4hkYZ5VC29RyYl_TraZ9eDb4MV8OECac3AoO0RFU6SkeXdBSA/s320/CaseyChilds_Taboret_TrashPullOutSide.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586336644769171426" border="0" /></a>Casey Childshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01351601841991492308noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21224828.post-26371894382625205842011-03-06T11:46:00.000-08:002011-03-06T12:01:28.946-08:00Head Painting Demo at BYU<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMg0WIHz5oOoOhovmF5aNCwqAgMc27CTFaoBgUr9bAZkSkUigbcyzZ4N120YkWDqvHvvxKXSVRRJsV8sz0vCD9rRSX8yqw2Vlo_NG_gnXIUaxnWMvfz5Yzl8TXn5aWVbvmkEkMQA/s1600/DSC_3203.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_yRkH9YcdKfPMAAFEEiBX9aNWvWStLlPOJMcC_o5dfvZOJAohcuaCSpPKGbLH-TuKAWak-SLux-xir0hXJqi-XEUr_u3i7ROoYsKknfcHPhDAlJowZAT3RLWis6adn8a3aoBAA/s320/DSC_3211.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581058693999681186" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">In conjunction with my show at BYU last month, I was asked to give a painting demo for some of the students. It was fun (for me at least) to be able to paint for a few hours, and I hope amongst all my ramblings I was able to offered a bit of guidance for those who were there. And since this was my first attempt at painting in front of a group of people, I was happy that my painting wasn't a total disaster. :)</span>Casey Childshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01351601841991492308noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21224828.post-44201710024597101612011-02-22T10:34:00.000-08:002011-02-22T10:46:11.319-08:00Oil Sketch from Life<span style="font-family:arial;">I talked my little brother into sitting for me while I painted a quick portrait, just under 2 hours. He stayed still for the most part. :)</span> <span style="font-family: arial;">I would have liked more to time to work in some details(and refine the drawing), but I was happy with what I was able to describe in that amount of time.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQCL1nagTk3IzYKecYAm13h4huXao0hlBIv0yiTW57Sp4GZ3q79abMN4AGNoP8Rl-L9Oj2d9wiDK4mrCzQT63j7SFLQBoqdBkoxpjyCZ1R_eHUSw_L7YAzVU7tD_CLhkgg3M0vEw/s1600/CaseyChilds_Alan_OilSketch_web.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 205px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQCL1nagTk3IzYKecYAm13h4huXao0hlBIv0yiTW57Sp4GZ3q79abMN4AGNoP8Rl-L9Oj2d9wiDK4mrCzQT63j7SFLQBoqdBkoxpjyCZ1R_eHUSw_L7YAzVU7tD_CLhkgg3M0vEw/s320/CaseyChilds_Alan_OilSketch_web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576584489500409682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Casey Childs, </span><em style="font-family: arial;">Alan</em><span style="font-family:arial;">, Oil, 10 x 5″</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpsgRTVXXCmyiD97PreORpeYPtRz2In1UuEyujgXkPu-3I2k5-M__UNT3PHwt8V9chuWD2UYHnHPsjTAt5FT5pcodPfXS0Apij0TcYq5vU1zw1qHxHbJS08IbbndeBjlS35-DoTw/s1600/Oil_Painting_Sketch_in_studio_CaseyChilds.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpsgRTVXXCmyiD97PreORpeYPtRz2In1UuEyujgXkPu-3I2k5-M__UNT3PHwt8V9chuWD2UYHnHPsjTAt5FT5pcodPfXS0Apij0TcYq5vU1zw1qHxHbJS08IbbndeBjlS35-DoTw/s320/Oil_Painting_Sketch_in_studio_CaseyChilds.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576584486028785778" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><em style="font-family: arial;">Al enjoying his soda in the studio.</em><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span><br /></div>Casey Childshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01351601841991492308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21224828.post-80123705222456838342011-02-20T20:30:00.000-08:002011-04-26T22:56:28.329-07:00Photos from BYU Exhibit<span style="font-family:arial;">Here's a few images from my recent show at BYU</span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >(<a href="http://mgvaughan.com/">courtesy of Michael VaughAn</a>)<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5L2vOvJhz_ZfjWBe-rGGiGlXup00dq2nkhkW0yydXYwQm9O7a4rUznz2UT58c4JAUNZ8JDhccOmQ3Z63DVqxujcOdUrBRPfKdK41JxcLlvHjZyZzYA_Q1YF6qK79Km0GnKu3hNw/s1600/110217_08.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-1_svitqxQC7xg1yhLIgiwAw-P6ZlNYJPCai2MkD8C7Y7scKCbHOey51X_5V5mcMyhGiIRnqjFBEuJ47E-ejhSnZxvgECEMvx65-sXFRncwVbULXlayRUzKACpnazLjegLr844A/s320/110217_03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575996473338431106" border="0" /></a>Casey Childshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01351601841991492308noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21224828.post-3794824593627015042011-02-16T08:33:00.001-08:002011-03-01T23:25:06.077-08:00Casey Childs | Recent + Works<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzXSniJq2h74pi4gklKSOd6I5dxA3Yj0z1e2WdJynbLrApG6InAE0n32TFgVgJSPoM_Rpvd4ZBUoF1hkN-iqwt1QOLtXCtG2hLNdTnNS0fNGDaOjYfm4fbZKBuoi0uwV3XtXHrLg/s1600/CaseyChilds_BianglePortrait_oil_painting.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzXSniJq2h74pi4gklKSOd6I5dxA3Yj0z1e2WdJynbLrApG6InAE0n32TFgVgJSPoM_Rpvd4ZBUoF1hkN-iqwt1QOLtXCtG2hLNdTnNS0fNGDaOjYfm4fbZKBuoi0uwV3XtXHrLg/s320/CaseyChilds_BianglePortrait_oil_painting.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579380100603846594" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Casey Childs, </span><em style="font-family: arial;">Biangle</em><span style="font-family:arial;">, Oil, 53" x 40″</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:arial;">February 2 - February 28, 2011</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> BYU Harris Fine Arts Center - BF Larsen Main Gallery</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I'm honored to be exhibiting some of my recent work on the main floor of the Harris Fine Arts Center on BYU campus. The HFAC is the building due south of the BYU Museum of Art. The show will be up through the month of February. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">For those of you who live in the Provo area:<span style="font-weight: bold;"> An opening reception will be held tomorrow night, February 17, 2011 from 7-9pm.<br /><br /></span>Refreshments/reception will be in room A410. This is the room directly between the north doors in the HFAC. Hope to see you there!</span><br /></div></div>Casey Childshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01351601841991492308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21224828.post-90032221281384286452011-02-12T19:37:00.000-08:002011-02-12T23:44:44.065-08:00More study<span style="font-family:arial;">This is my oil study based on the sketch I previously posted for my Carthage Jail painting. I've been working up some studies to help me work out expressions, color, values and tones before I start on the final piece. This study is of John Taylor and I'm currently working on another of Joseph Smith...</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMkVv_bp5oaUNBzPO1OE2ZcOQj3a8I8PZ02L9yxAU7vbwrUuIpqSx0FdTfe1EFK43YnrsGbegW2C22SJ1hPh9TXCoUZgGgGEFc9UkT1Ci586e2K8QqW8fozG_z2k38uzXqd4nlEg/s1600/CaseyChilds_JohnTaylor_study.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMkVv_bp5oaUNBzPO1OE2ZcOQj3a8I8PZ02L9yxAU7vbwrUuIpqSx0FdTfe1EFK43YnrsGbegW2C22SJ1hPh9TXCoUZgGgGEFc9UkT1Ci586e2K8QqW8fozG_z2k38uzXqd4nlEg/s320/CaseyChilds_JohnTaylor_study.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573076353743563746" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhEb-DgKZu0vn-CDiDkZMNB6XLCGHAcfliMnYnqRZZRfghwy-cQX0jJQ2iq8oVN_EuI4LkI-93rkxkOlM7dHGb9wpUpW_RrXb6Ekv8hfr7nt3r5PopeSmu_tJM5fb9_jYv76qNLA/s1600/JohnTaylor_study_web.jpg"><br /></a>Casey Childshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01351601841991492308noreply@blogger.com0