Art + Such is a blog about painting and grateful living by Beth Cole of Beth Cole Art.
You’re invited to Kearney Art in the Park July 9-10, 2022 at Harmon Park in Kearney, Nebraska. The show opens Saturday, July 9 at 12 noon and runs through Sunday afternoon at 4 pm.
Read MoreI listened to an artist interview recently where he spoke about never throwing out any of his paintings. I think it was Dan McCaw on the Artful Painter hosted by Carl Olson. He said something to the effect of seeing his unsold paintings as immature children only needing time and attention before they would be able to walk.
Read MoreThe opening reception for my upcoming exhibition at the Western Nebraska Arts Center in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, is Thursday, December 30th from 5-7 pm and you’re invited!
Read MoreI am hosting my third annual online show and sale October 1-2 and you’re invited! If you would like to attend online, please request an invite here. Everyone is welcome at the in person event hosted by the Brickwalk Gallery in Kearney, Nebraska, Friday October 1st from 7-9 and Saturday October 2nd from 10-3.
Read MoreIf you are near Malvern, Iowa, please know you are invited and welcome to my upcoming in-person painting workshop, Compose Beautiful Oil Paintings happening August 14, 2021 from 9:00-4:00 at Fine Arts on Fifth in Malvern.
Read MoreRegistration for Do Your Best Work is now OPEN. Watch the trailer and see what students are saying here.
Read MoreI am happy to share that I am one of more than 80 artists from across the country who were invited to donate a piece of their artwork to be sold in an online auction from May 10 – 15. The auction will feature art made of charcoal from the devastating wildfires in Colorado that burned more than 700,000 acres.
Read MoreMy heart spills over as I prepare to show the work of my hands at the beautiful Coram Deo Gallery in Omaha. The opening reception is Friday, March 26, 2021 from 5:30 to 8:00 and I will say a few words about the show around 6:30.
Read MoreI listened to a very good podcast a few months ago and it has stuck in my head. It was an interview by Andrew Osenga on The Pivot - he talked with Ron Block, a musician with Allison Kraus’s band, also a composer and performer in his own right.
He talked about not trying too hard when you approach a performance, which for me is the canvas.
Read MoreHello dear reader. I am happy to share that registration for my latest online painting course, Do Your Best Work, is open today.
Read MoreWhen the “rona” gave us closed signs and locked doors, The Museum of Nebraska Art (MONA) got busy and began offering video studio visits by artists from Nebraska or with Nebraska ties. Isn’t that cool? I think so, too. You can see all of them here.
Read MoreFresh off the easel is this painting I titled “The Invitation.”
It’s almost like the foremost cow and his friend with the face to the sun are inviting us to come along to the hills. That’s what I was thinking as I painted. What an adventure it would be. Ahhhhh. A cow’s life.
Read MoreYou know when something just captures your eye and won’t let go? That’s kind of what it was like the morning I saw this corral full of cattle, the sun glinting off the water.
When I was a young lass I would sit on the fence and sing my heart out to ones like this, a rapt audience if you will. The fondness continues. The soft glowing light of the morning made this scene something I knew I wanted to paint.
Read MoreI have been experimenting with a more neutral palette lately, using one red, blue and yellow and mixing all the grays and more saturated colors from there. I quite like the experience. It has worked well for my plein air outings, too.
The colors I am using are ultramarine blue, a medium red, I think it is called perylene red, and cadmium yellow medium. Both of the paintings in this post were painted with this palette.
Read MoreThis painting is inspired by an overlook of the Merna valley, very near where we live. But for me, it’s about so much more than a scenic overlook. Those squares of farmland we see when we drive through the rural places are the result of so much time and effort and planning. Tilling, sowing, watering. Time and again. It’s important work.
Read MoreHello to you loyal reader. Just popping in to share my story about painting the neighborhood. I’ve been out and about as much as possible but I haven’t traveled far! Most of these paintings are of scenes from my back and front yard, I thought it would be fun to try and capture as much of my neighborhood as possible in paint.
Read MoreThis is the second post in a series about painting color charts for all of the paint colors you have on your palette. See the first post for all the supplies you will need to get going on your charts.
Richard Schmid, in his book Alla Prima II, describes the process beautifully and has cool photos to go along. I wanted to definitely give this a try and I’m sharing the process in case you would like to create your own color charts.
Read MoreJust a quick hello today to share a cool event. There will be a huge collection of beautiful Nebraska art available to buy online beginning this Friday, April 3, 2020 at 8 am through April 17th, 2020 at noon. The auction, SPIRIT: A Celebration of Art in the Heartland, benefits the Museum of Nebraska Art in Kearney, Nebraska, and involves over 70 Nebraska artists - imagine the variety!
Read MoreJust a quick hello to say thank you to everyone who has already signed up for my online class, The Painted Prairie! I’m so grateful for you and I’m looking forward to the beauty that will come from each one of you. Plus, what fun we will have!
Read MoreThis post might be a little geeky but hang with me just a sec. I wanted to share the color charts I have been painting after reading Richard Schmid’s excellent book Alla Prima II. I thought you and others might be interested in the process and materials so you can make your own. This first post is all about the first chart of all your colors. I’ll write about the yellow family, red family and blue family in subsequent posts.
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