This week I ended up running out of town for the day job and missing out on the weekly broadcast of The Artistic Biker Live! I did manage to take a break from my globetrotting to have both the drawing class and the painting class this week as well as getting the membership area of my website going.

The membership area of my site signs you up for the newsletter where the password for the classes is published every week. You will get 50% off of any workshops offered and it also signs you up for prize drawings like gift certificates to Dick Blick or some personal art work. Premium membership gets you all of that as well as unlimited, download access to all of the classes, PDFs and videos and a total of 75% off of the workshops.

Drawing Class 1:1 Drawing a Gazing Ball went on sale this week here, it's free to premium members. Painting Class 1:1 Color Wheels also went on sale this week here: https://www.artisticbiker.com/category/ppp/

Click here to sign up for membership by going to https://www.artisticbiker.com/membership.

The Drawing Class this week was about seeing the basic shapes in the real world. With everything being made up of circles, triangles, and rectangles, I present you with some exercises you can do that will help you find them in everything you see. That class is still available for free at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18827823

The Painting Class this week centered around adding depth to the popcorn painting. I discussed shading techniques that make the object stand out and give it depth. That class is still available for free at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18847447

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2 Hours on Ustream: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18725877
6 minutes on YouTube: Art Journaling Christmas Card

On this week's The Artistic Biker Live! My mom the producer was back from her globetrotting adventures. We were also joined by my beautiful daughter Girl1, who showed off her "Daddy's Girl" tattoo. She was the subliminal baby this week.

With all that excitement we chase a LOT of rabbits on the show, including discussing using my waterbrush as an ink filled brush pen! (which I LURVES!!!) Somewhere past half way done with the show, I finally managed to make a few card prototypes for Christmas this year. I'll probably re-do all of them this weekend and then get them to the printer. I could print them myself, but it's way more cost and time effective to go to Staples (free endorsement).

This week's featured artists were:

+Eveline Hessels http://eveline-timeless.blogspot.com/2011/11/urban-sketching-from-home-2.html
+Darcy Wilkinson http://art-and-sole.blogspot.com/2011/11/mandala.html
@artistpoetgirl http://mypurpledoorstudios.blogspot.com/2011/11/because.html
@sandyjonesUK has a daughter that made this http://yfrog.com/ocf1kgsj

In the chat this week were:

http://theartisticbiker.com
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-junque-studio
http://teardrop-loveandbeloved.blogspot.com/
http://themusicalscrapper@blogspot.com
http://art-and-sole.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/threedot
http://www.ProfessionalEncourager.com
http://artjournaling.ning.com
http://eveline-timeless.blogspot.com/
http://moon-light-creations.blogspot.com/
http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/Timeless
http://www.youtube.com/user/EvelineUK
http://www.comfortableshoesstudio.com/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/coffee_and_art/
http://inkiwell.blogspot.com/

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Painting Class 23NOV2011: Popcorn I bit.ly/vxRcR6
Tonight, I demonstrated the horrors of not prepping a surface properly, creating a background underpainting, and began blocking in the shapes for the popcorn forground. Next week I will finish this up so be sure and tune in for the conclusion as well. The password will be listed in the newsletter at https://www.artisticbiker.com/newsletter

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http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18688818
(The password is in the newsletter)

Tonight we looked at the basic structure and shading of cones. Using a spraypainted party hat as a model, I demonstrate the basic shape and shading of a cone. We briefly discussed applying that to other triangles and cones in diamonds, bottles, and even the negative spaces in plants. Followed it up with a 5-minute demo drawing.

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I think this mustache is growing on my.

Still raising money for Movember! Movember is where a WHOLE bunch of guys the world over grow mustaches to raise awareness and dollars for men's cancer research, specifically The Prostate Cancer Foundation and LiveSTRONG. Last year, Movember raised nearly $81M. My little team has raised just over $300 this year. You can contribute by going to http://mobro.co/artisticbiker. You can also help by sharing this link as far and wide as possible.

Thank you!

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