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Perfectionism
I’ve recently started reading Anne Lamott’s Bird By Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life. Aside from the fact that her writing style is fresh, honest, and hilarious…there’s a practicality to it that is proving immensely helpful. In a brief chapter about perfectionism, she offers this – helpful to writers, visual artists, actors, musicians, chefs…whatever [...]
Drawing Techniques, pt 2
Watching it take shape… View part one HERE. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZMqqBzn010&feature=related]
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]
The Writer's Almanac
Here’s something to enrich your cultivate-the-artist-in-me times… There are daily audio clips and emails with poetry, prose, and literary history with Garrison Keillor of American Public Media. The Writer’s Almanac
The Drawing Center
Something you may want to check out…online, if not in person! “Established in 1977, The Drawing Center is the only fine arts institution in the United States to focus solely on the exhibition of drawings. Its programmatic philosophy is investigative in nature and promotes a deep and multi-faceted understanding of drawing through exhibitions, publications, educational [...]
Local Color
In painting, the term Local color refers to the natural color of an object unmodified by adding light and shadow or any other distortion. Local color is best seen on a matt surface, due to it not being reflected, and therefore distorted. In literature, regionalism or local color fiction refers to fiction or poetry that [...]
New Years Resolutions
from TheCurator… Not directly arts related, but definitely applicable. What the next very small step you can take toward becoming the artist you want to be? “My goal for 2009 was to stop setting goals. Having been a compulsive goal setter from the age of 10 when I posted my New Year’s Resolutions on a [...]
Speak
Another book-movie combination with a beautiful integration of art. Speak. The internet movie database summarizes the film this way: “After a blurred trauma over the summer, Melinda enters high school a selective mute. Struggling with school, friends, and family, she tells the dark tale of her experiences, and why she has chosen not to speak.” [...]
The Art Spirit
Here’s a resource you’ll want to check out…a recent recommendation from Patsy Blasdell. The Art Spirit – by Robert Henri In this book are the essential beliefs and theories of a great teacher and American artist, Robert Henri. While it embodies the entire system of his teaching, with much technical advice and critical comment for [...]
