[Verla Kay Posts: 5,917 Status: Offline Invite Verla Kay to speak in your area WWW]

 : Hi, Illustrators. I'm peeking out from under my desk to share a link with you that I thought you might really enjoy. I did, and I'm not even an illustrator. It's about a book, Painting Your Way Out of a Corner, but it's also a "how-to" video that shows one technique that looked so fun even I wanted to try it! Made me want to run out and buy some paints and a sketch book!     Anyhow, here's the link to the page if you are interested.


https://www.dropbox.com/s/9kms12bhdwcmljh/Paint%20Your%20Way%20Out%20of%20a%20Corner_final.mov

[Artemesia Posts: 4,527 Status: Offline WWW]

The link said preview failed, but it's probably just not tablet friendly. Excited to look later from my desk!

[Verla Kay Posts: 5,917 Status: Offline Invite Verla Kay to speak in your area WWW]

It's a .mov file, Arty, that's probably why. My iPad doesn't do flash type stuff unless I activate an app I put on it. Then it can do them just fine. I discovered recently that it isn't the iPad that can't play flash type movies, it's the browser. Hmm. I wonder if it's possible to download a different browser for those times when I want to watch things Safari doesn't recognize? Probably not. At any rate, I have a program that does it, so I guess I'll just stick with that. 


ETA:  Just in case anyone is interested, the name of the app I put on my iPad so I could watch videos it couldn't normally see is called:  Photon

[Artemesia Posts: 4,527 Status: Offline WWW]

Lol, I've been too busy to spend time figuring out how the tablet works. I can post on the boards and check email from the couch?? Good enough for me. 

But I'll totally check it out later. You've piqued my curiosity!

[jayme-allen Posts: 33 Status: Offline Pass me a book & cup of tea; I'll love you forever]

Love it! Thanks for posting the link--this video was just what I needed today. Now, off to the mall to tell Santa I want a new sketchbook for Christmas this year...

[Franzilla Posts: 1,146 Status: Offline Gah! WWW]

That was great! I watched it on my ipad safari browser no problem.

[Vijaya Posts: 8,806 Status: Offline BEAUTY WWW]

That reminds me very much of Natalie Goldberg or Julia Cameron who advise keep the pen moving ... Thanks for sharing, Vijaya

[Monica Rondino Posts: 115 Status: Offline I love kids' books! WWW]

Love it! Thanks for sharing

[Cynthia Kremsner Posts: 734 Status: Offline Author / Illustrator WWW]

Ooh, I love what she says about risks. A certain ARTist here pushed me out of my comfort zone. And the same suggestion was given to me years earlier . . . but she had a certain amount of tenacity about her.  It was about two years after I went for this change that I got my first contract. I'll have to check this book out in the near future.
 
Thanks for posting this Verla.