http://elizabeth-berg.com Elizabeth Berg - Illustrator, Artist and Art Teacher with Online Portfolio Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:11:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://elizabeth-berg.com/for-those-who-seek-to-work-with-an-illustrator/2012/01/22/ http://elizabeth-berg.com/for-those-who-seek-to-work-with-an-illustrator/2012/01/22/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:38:09 +0000 Elizabeth http://elizabeth-berg.com/?p=8068 Instead of thinking your writing will provide all the information an artist could need to illustrate your book, consider offering something personal about you.
Your writing, of course, is the core of the project. However a very important second is the illustrator’s understanding of your intention. It can be revealed through good conversation, a deeper desire to speak ...]]> http://elizabeth-berg.com/for-those-who-seek-to-work-with-an-illustrator/2012/01/22/feed/ 0 http://elizabeth-berg.com/look-back-to-the-future-its-2012/2011/12/31/ http://elizabeth-berg.com/look-back-to-the-future-its-2012/2011/12/31/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:53:44 +0000 Elizabeth http://elizabeth-berg.com/?p=8058 Let us begin the new year with a solid view of authenticity, creative adventure, and inspiration from new heights.
Write to me and share your creative process… artist, writers, dancers, and singers. We will be seen in a new light this year. Encouragers, expressers, you speak the heart’s desire. This is the year to ...]]> http://elizabeth-berg.com/look-back-to-the-future-its-2012/2011/12/31/feed/ 0 http://elizabeth-berg.com/new-art-show-and-the-power-of-diversity/2011/12/07/ http://elizabeth-berg.com/new-art-show-and-the-power-of-diversity/2011/12/07/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:32:19 +0000 Elizabeth http://elizabeth-berg.com/?p=8028 The First Friday (Art Walk), is a popular monthly event for tourists, locals, as well as artists, musicians, and wine connoisseurs. Newberg is a gentle old fashioned setting for up and coming cultural interests. Located in Yamhill County, it is becoming legendary for its ...]]> http://elizabeth-berg.com/new-art-show-and-the-power-of-diversity/2011/12/07/feed/ 0 http://elizabeth-berg.com/%e2%80%9cjoin-us-at-the-newberg-art-walk-tonight%e2%80%9d/2011/12/03/ http://elizabeth-berg.com/%e2%80%9cjoin-us-at-the-newberg-art-walk-tonight%e2%80%9d/2011/12/03/#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:56:12 +0000 Elizabeth http://elizabeth-berg.com/?p=8012 My art exhibit will be here the entire month of December.
Make everything you do ART,
Elizabeth Berg
]]> http://elizabeth-berg.com/%e2%80%9cjoin-us-at-the-newberg-art-walk-tonight%e2%80%9d/2011/12/03/feed/ 0 http://elizabeth-berg.com/introducing-my-new-portfolio-preview-page/2011/11/29/ http://elizabeth-berg.com/introducing-my-new-portfolio-preview-page/2011/11/29/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:50:44 +0000 Elizabeth http://elizabeth-berg.com/?p=7960 Imagine… I  stand on a stage before you, the huge curtains behind me are luminous. I  present the latest in virtual carousel rides:  My New Portfolio Preview Page, a dazzling changing frame of a wide variety of  my art work. The curtains of light seem to pool as a flat screen, and there before you, the delightful shifting of image after image, turning and unfolded into the next.
I am thrilled to announce my New Portfolio Preview Page, a virtual carousel ...]]> http://elizabeth-berg.com/introducing-my-new-portfolio-preview-page/2011/11/29/feed/ 0 http://elizabeth-berg.com/artists-retreat/2011/10/23/ http://elizabeth-berg.com/artists-retreat/2011/10/23/#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2011 02:21:20 +0000 Elizabeth http://elizabeth-berg.com/?p=7438 I am interested in working with individuals who, whether local or visiting the area, may be interested in experiencing an artist retreat at my studio workshop ...]]> http://elizabeth-berg.com/artists-retreat/2011/10/23/feed/ 0 http://elizabeth-berg.com/helping-authors-turn-words-into-art/2011/10/14/ http://elizabeth-berg.com/helping-authors-turn-words-into-art/2011/10/14/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 02:32:45 +0000 Elizabeth http://elizabeth-berg.com/?p=7279 For the new author, who has always wished to have a bit of art to enhance their poetry or short story, I have provided a full description of the language used in art and the way your story can be translated into illustrations!
For the experienced ...]]> http://elizabeth-berg.com/helping-authors-turn-words-into-art/2011/10/14/feed/ 0 http://elizabeth-berg.com/freedom-to-express-without-fear-of-criticism/2011/10/11/ http://elizabeth-berg.com/freedom-to-express-without-fear-of-criticism/2011/10/11/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 03:48:15 +0000 Elizabeth http://elizabeth-berg.com/?p=7259 We ought to be emboldened by the unbelievable solutions that are being put to work to empower individuals. Artistically, as well as personally the more we allow ourselves to be ourselves without apology, the greater our field of expression will be. Let’s cut ourselves free from what may ...]]> http://elizabeth-berg.com/freedom-to-express-without-fear-of-criticism/2011/10/11/feed/ 0 http://elizabeth-berg.com/where-expression-is-free-to-grow/2011/09/23/ http://elizabeth-berg.com/where-expression-is-free-to-grow/2011/09/23/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 23:24:30 +0000 Elizabeth http://elizabeth-berg.com/?p=7306 We need to discover our most authentic self. Perhaps a self that was never discarded, for all of the various reasons that this can happen. This usually happens at the hands of those who have lost their own childhood. As a home school mother  I wanted to provide an environment that nurtured what my children were born with, natural creativity, ...]]> http://elizabeth-berg.com/where-expression-is-free-to-grow/2011/09/23/feed/ 0 http://elizabeth-berg.com/7295/2011/09/19/ http://elizabeth-berg.com/7295/2011/09/19/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 04:40:12 +0000 Elizabeth http://elizabeth-berg.com/?p=7295 I’d like to tell you about something I learned from one of my youngest students. She is just seven. She taught me that when you don’t know you can’t do something, you might just be able to do it very well.
It was our first class together. From what her mother brought of her art I could see a definite confidence in her line. She had a sure hand, even when she wasn’t sure how ...]]> http://elizabeth-berg.com/7295/2011/09/19/feed/ 0