Warning: this is a calm rant. Like the warnings in fine print on the back of prescription labels. I have dreams, I am persistent, and I feel joy in learning and reaching for what might or might not be possible in this life. If you, as a friend or professional, feel compelled to give me […]
6-24-21 Drawing-a-day
All three of these are from visualartspassage at Studio Bridge live-drawing. We have 20 minutes on each pose, to do the best we can… but lots of folks go back and finish out their work. Today we had Arshile Gorky, Leonore Carrington, and Gordon Parks. I do plan to work larger. but these are in […]
6-18-21 Drawing a Day
This is from the references in visual arts passage… She reminds me of my grandmother . Lucia Rosetta Crocheron. This is Jessie Redmon Faucet. I guess this drawing a day is hit and miss, obscure, personal without a summarizing feature. If you are pulled to an activity, whether it makes sense or not, it feels […]
The Plastic Chair Photo Shout Out
Odds are that you have one or more plastic chairs. All over the world people have these. I want to do drawings that include at least one plastic chair. You can be sitting in it, your dog, cat, good friend, grandma, favorite guitar, garment, flower pot…. anything that is not X-Rated. I’m hoping we’ll get […]
6-15-21 Drawing a Day
How many times does an author re-write a paragraph? How many times does an artist erase and re-draw? I could spend years trying to get things right. But the best advice I’ve heard so far from an accomplished artist. “…as soon as I can tell who the drawing is…I stop.” Today’s sketch is Morgan Freeman. […]