Art + Such is a blog about painting and grateful living by Beth Cole of Beth Cole Art.
I love an atmospheric landscape and this piece, Winter Creek, was started with that in mind. My inspiration photo was taken on a cold morning last winter as my husband and I were cruising the back roads of Custer County.
Read MoreIt’s that time of year when we are all thinking of gifts and giving so I polled my FB friends to gather gift ideas for artists. Thanks to all my friends who pitched in with ideas!
Read MoreI am happy to announce a new service for people who would enjoy sending or receiving a little piece of Nebraska as a gift. The service is called Art Gift Delivery and this is how it works.
Read MoreYou are invited to the Kaleidoscope of Art at the Museum of Nebraska Art in Kearney. It is happening next weekend, November 4-5, 2017 from 11-5 both days.
I will be taking many small, affordable paintings as well as a bunch of small vintage barn paintings...and a few handmade journals. It will be a festive event, good fun for all.
Read MoreWe just returned from a visit east to North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. Beautiful country it is. Our destination in West Virginia was an area with an old steam engine that billows steam and smoke to the photographer’s delight.
Read MoreI got to experience five days of uninterrupted painting at the autumnartworkshop.com a few weeks ago and it was glorious! I am still soaring on such a fun and positive experience. Here's some video footage from 10/11 news.
Read MoreI always like to read people’s lists of favorites whether it be books, or household items or food or whatever. So I wanted to share with you some of my favorite things of late. Some are art related, some are just life.
Read MoreTom Gosinski of DawsonHome in Cozad, Nebraska is celebrating his one year anniversary on October 5th and you're invited to the Open House from 5-8pm at the store. The address is 829 Meridian, Cozad, Nebraska.
Read MoreI visited the library a few days ago in search of a landscape painting book by Edgar Payne. I hit a dead end with that book but in perusing the art section I found a couple other books to check out, one of which is all about the rituals of art. It is titled Daily Rituals: How Artists Work edited by Mason Currey. It is an interesting compilation of descriptions of daily routines of well-known artists such as Mozart, Beethoven, Hemingway, Updike, Einstein and the like.
Read MoreHow do you find your subject matter to paint? For me, it is my camera, whether driving down the road and snapping photos with my iPhone, or driving the backroads on foggy mornings with my big girl Nikon. I usually take shots of anything to which I am drawn. Many of them go into the trash bin, but I have found several keepers through the years using this method.
Read MoreThank you to all those who have already signed up for my online painting class, Earth, Water, Sky. I appreciate you and look forward to seeing the beauty you create in class.
Read MoreI have been invited by artist Olga Furman to teach an online landscape painting class and I am excited to announce the opening of registration for the course - Earth, Water, Sky: Painting Atmospheric Landscapes.
Read MoreSelling Your Art Online
by Beth Cole
We just finished our art club’s annual art and photo competition, whew! We displayed over 130 entries from around the area, what a beautiful exhibition. Especially fun was the interest from young people, we had lots of grade school age entries as well as those in the high school years.
Which brings me to what I am writing about today. I was asked by a young person and others as well, “how do you sell your art online?”.
Read MoreOne of the things I have come to realize on my painting journey is that painting is all about problem solving. When you begin to think of each painting as a puzzle to be solved, it makes the process less about you and your self-talk (I’m no good at this, I want to break this brush, why am I even trying…..etc. sound familiar?) and more about the painting and its potential.
Read MoreI'm excited to announce I have been invited to participate in the Heartful Soul Collective Art Facebook Auction happening August 1-3, 2017. In addition to "Light Show" (above), I will also offer these three pieces.
Read MoreI try to take my paints and just go whenever I can. I have been visiting the little in Omaha and I thought it was time for a trek to Standing Bear Lake. This was a beautiful spot to paint.
Read MoreThanks to all those who came out to Kearney Art in the Park yesterday. It was great to see so many friends and enjoy art together.
Read MoreGary and I are looking forward to sharing our art and photography at Kearney, Nebraska's Art in the Park on Sunday, July 9th. This is always a wonderful art show. The atmosphere is festive with music and kettle corn and tropical snow and the like.
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