Working with the team at Google Maps, artist Bill Guffey has established a unique travel and learning opportunity for painters and sketchbooks artists worldwide. Each month he uses Google Maps to select a location where he and fellow artists will “meet” to paint in their sketchbooks. A new location is announced on the first of each month. Artists go to the chosen location using Google Maps and roam the streets using the Street View feature to choose their composition. Completed drawings and paintings are scanned and sent to Guffey before the end of the month. This fun painting experience is open to all levels of artists.
If you have been wanting to add a sense of adventure to your day, then visit the The Virtual Paintout website and see what “traveling artists” have created.
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How does one sign on for this??
There is not a sign-up process. All that is required is that you obtain information about the new location when it is posted. Then you submit your work. You may also be interested in the Virtual Paintout Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Virtual-Paintout/233032153029