Comments on: A Thesaurus for Your Art

By: ishitab

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:32:40 +0000

In reply to Margret.

Margaret, you are SO funny! I am going to get this book for sure and maybe I will be able to say funny differently!!

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By: Carol Mcintyre

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:53:26 +0000

The collecting of words is something I have been doing for a long time. I have a blank journal where I stuff sentences and words. Then periodically I choose the ones I like and I write them in the journal and toss the scraps of paper. The words can come from articles I read, or comments I hear from people talking about art or emails I receive when someone describes my work. A thesaurus and dictionary are always easily available near my computer, but I think I will have to go and check out “The Lexicon” that Margret mentioned.

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By: World Spinner

Sun, 06 Mar 2011 09:40:37 +0000

A Thesaurus for Your Art — Art Biz Blog…
Here at World Spinner we are debating the same thing……

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Sun, 06 Mar 2011 04:18:44 +0000

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By: Margret

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 19:14:09 +0000

Hello Alyson, This is a great idea! A Thesaurus describing different components of our artwork is an ingenious new tool to use. I just bought a delightful little book by William F. Buckley Jr. called: “The Lexicon, a cornucopia of wonderful words for the inquisitive word lover.”Can’t you visualize Buckley’s anomalous facial posings, circuitously roofing his protruding eyes, pursing his pointy lips, all the while preparing to elucidate. Never more will I say a color theme is simply harmonious….from now on my color schemes will have chromatic appoggiaturas. Margret

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By: business buzz 3-5-11

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 12:08:58 +0000

[…] A Thesaurus for Your Art – A great idea for keeping descriptive words for your art on hand to use in your artist statement, blog, bio, etc. (Yes, this week I just had to have two posts by Alyson Stanfield. What can I say, she knows her stuff.) […]

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By: Wendy Edsall-Kerwin

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:09:36 +0000

This is a great post. I want to go do this right now (but I have other computer work that needs done first.) I love the idea of having the words divided into categories so you can find them easier.

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By: Jaimee Todd

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:33:47 +0000

First, thank you, Alyson for featuring my painting in today’s post. It’s an honor.
Secondly, this post couldn’t have come at a better as I’m in the process of working on my artist statement for several upcoming endeavors. This post is a much needed shot in the arm! Thank you for writing this.

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By: Alease Michelle

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:29:10 +0000

Alyson,
What a great idea. I just started keeping a journal of detail descriptions of my work. Like date, materials used, and the process. It has really helped me document and talk about what I do.
Thanks for the new idea.
Alease

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By: Sari

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:04:24 +0000

Put a GPS on your colours…My Canadian brown is dirt almost beige…I made an extremely
permanent mistake by assuming that my brown was understood- the lady took brown to mean almost black, like loam…(She was from a very hot climate)…
Christo & Jeanne-Claude’s thing in Ny was called saffron…Irked me…I saw McDonald’s orange…I grew up with saffron being “mellow yellow”…A Persian person explained to me that saffron was so plentiful in her country, it looked orange in rice…Here in Ontario, it is so expensive & scarce, the rice comes out yellow at best…GPS your words…

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