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News Letter #11 - December, 2002 |
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Hello from Tony, It's December already! Where has the time gone? They say, "The older you get the faster time seems to go by". Now that I'm "up in my years" is seems this is so true. Why is that? Is it because as a child, time didn't seem important to me as I always thought there was plenty of it left and now that I've grown older I know now how precious time left can be? I have become more aware of everything around me and of all the beauty of the world and its people, especially loved ones. I have lost grandparents, parents, sibling and friends which I will especially remember over this holiday season. I will love the ones with me now and remember loved ones lost. Tina and I hope your Holidays are happy and safe ones. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Art Quote of the Month: "Life is an empty canvas, others may color or shade it, but your hand holds the brush that paints the picture of your life." - unknown author ----------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS AND NOTICES: Great News! Portrait Technique offer is Extended... (read more) A-n-C Arts & Crafts in Lecanto HAS CLOSED!..(read more) HELP ME in finding new places to teach!..(read more) Special offer on my instructional painting packets (read more) Tips & Bits questions and answers #36 - #40 ! ( read more) Miss out on previous News,Notices or Newsletters? ( read more) FINAL MONTH to buy Tony's paintings for holidays!.. (read more) STILL TIME, buy Gift Certificates for Tony's classes! (read more) Tina has her own webpage, Check it out.. ( read more) ----------------------------------------------------------------- IN THE SPOTLIGHT: This Spotlight I have featured a talented student of mine, Barbara Monday of Gainesville, FL ( read more ) ----------------------------------------------------------------- COMING NEXT MONTH: I will disclose another person whom I have placed, "In the Spotlight" as well as adding 5 more Tips & Bits to that ever popular section, so please continue to ask the questions you want answered. In the near future, look for another 12 "How To" Instructional Painting Packets to be added. Also, I might be posting a FREE painting packet on my website and I'm still looking into having a possible, "Packet of the Month Club". So stay tuned in so you don't miss anything. ----------------------------------------------------------------- INTERESTING "ART-I-FACT" OF THE MONTH: Copyright protection for your artwork. Copyright is not a symbol or date that you put on a piece of work, but the act of defending your ownership of a work that you have created from an original idea or thought. The key thing is to be prepared and protected against infringement. Your artwork is under copyright protection the moment it is created and fixed in a tangible form so it can be visibly seen either directly or with the aid of a machine or device. Example, as soon as you draw or paint a picture on paper or canvas, your artwork receives copyright protection. For artwork created after January 1, 1978, copyright protection will endure for the life of the artist plus an additional 70 years. Now that's a long time! There are ways to help defend your rights to a piece created by you to support your position in any copyright arguments that may arise. To be safe, keep a record of all your paintings as you do them. Include the dates and any reference material, photos, sketches, etc., from which the work was derived and a photo of the work itself. The better your records are of creating the work the better your chances are of defending it as your own. Although registering a copyright can be done, it's an expensive process that is not necessary in most cases. Placing the copyright notifer or this symbol "©" after the artists name informs the world of your rights to the artwork. Artists retain the copyright to their art works with or without the copyright symbol and/or registration unless contractual agreements are made otherwise. Having a date on your painting also adds to it's time of origin. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Well, that about wraps it up for another month. I do hope that you have enjoyed it and that you go directly to my website to get all the "inside scoops" on the News and Notices, Tips & Bits and to check out any of the December classes you want to sign-up for. If you have any topics, ideas or questions that you would like to see featured in future newsletters or on my website, please let me know. I love hearing your feedback on your thoughts about it. Thank you for your time. Always,"Painting for Pleasure", with Tony and Tina Carchia Email addresses: Tony@Painting-for-Pleasure.com Tina@Painting-for-Pleasure.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- |