Watching it take shape… View part one HERE. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZMqqBzn010&feature=related]
Posts under ‘Artist’
Curious George Saves the Day
Remember the Curious George children’s books? Simple and delightful stories…paired with great, memorable illustrations. Read some about the story behind the stories HERE. View a slideshow of a current exhibition HERE. “He imitates gestures, examines objects. He sees a hat, he puts it on his head; he sees a seagull and is determined to fly [...]
Drawing Techniques, pt 1
From artist Gary Reef (read more about him HERE)… By no means a “typical” tutorial. Very enjoyable. Watch the messy beginnings (using blind contour drawing!) in this video…and the “rest of the story” next week. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vbmp-Uiq08&feature=channel]
Winslow Homer
Winslow Homer (February 24, 1836 – September 29, 1910) was an American landscape painter and printmaker, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters in 19th century America and a preeminent figure in American art. Largely self-taught, Homer began his career working as a commercial illustrator. He subsequently took [...]
The Color of Night
Here’s a wonderful, educational….beautiful slide show touching on the life and work of Frederic Reminton. From the National Gallery of Art. Definitely worth your time… Frederic Remington – The Color of Night
Barry Moser
Barry Moser is a renowned artist, most famous as a printmaker and illustrator of numerous works of literature. Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1940, Moser studied at the Baylor School, Auburn University, and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and did graduate work at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He studied with Leonard Baskin. [...]
The painter and the pendulum
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My Kid Could Paint That
“My Kid Could Paint That is a 2007 documentary film by director Amir Bar-Lev. The movie follows the early artistic career of Marla Olmstead, a young girl from Binghamton, NY who gains fame first as a child prodigy painter of abstract art, and then becomes the subject of controversy concerning whether she truly completed the [...]
In Memory of JD Salinger
“The famously reclusive author J.D. Salinger has died at his New Hampshire home, his literary representative said in a statement. He was 91 years old. Jerome David Salinger retreated to a New Hampshire farmhouse in 1953, a few years after he published the high-school classic The Catcher in the Rye. And there he stayed, for the [...]
Paper Gives Peace
From The Curator. “In a city where buildings seem to change as often as fashion, the shop is one example of attention to detail designed to last. The inside shelves and stairwell are handmade by a craftsman from Nagano. There are papers of many sizes, colors, and textures gathered from across Japan. Often traveling extensively [...]
