I feel this comes from some silly animation short from the NFB (National Film Board of Canada) I must have seen in my childhood. The cow is clearly responding to some disturbance in its field and launching the question of what it is at the audience. What is it seeing / what disturbed it? I … Continue reading Cow In Green – Music-book Doodles 2022
Cat As Ornament – Music-book Doodles 2022
Inspired by a small sculpture I saw on Pinterest... slightly Pre-Columbian in style... the sculpture was all brown and burnished smooth in a more modern style, but I still saw movement in it. I wanted to keep the sculptural feel and infuse some animation into it: I changed the colours to something warmer and blurred … Continue reading Cat As Ornament – Music-book Doodles 2022
Bumble Cat – Music-book Doodles 2022
Is the tittle too obvious? The colours and. stripes just seemed to speak bee to me. The cat is goofy and cute at the same time. I felt the orange background went well with the brown and ogre stripes... the bright green nose changes the focal point and allows the eye to roam over the … Continue reading Bumble Cat – Music-book Doodles 2022
Blue Cat – Music-book Doodles 2022
Complimentary colours! They just work! The cat is full of prideful attitude and perhaps a little confusion about its identity... it looks like a dog, just a little. The oil pastels are really fun for the blending of colours and adding natural textures to the composition... I also really enjoy. how messy they are; it … Continue reading Blue Cat – Music-book Doodles 2022
Aren’t I Pretty – Music-book Doodles 2022
I've been wanting to revisit some old portrait drawings / paintings and just hadn't been able to get them going... this is the first. of many to come... she is done in film pastels on salvaged music sheets. The pastels really pop on this paper. he inspiration was one of my frequent inner dialogues with … Continue reading Aren’t I Pretty – Music-book Doodles 2022
Artists draws hyper-realistic drawings using only a Bic pen
youtube.com/watch A good friend sent me this and I have already added it to my art resource library for teaching. As a bonus, the journalist mentions how much money this amazingly skilled artist can make, which would probably incentivize some of my more cynical teen students. But the teaching magic comes in the way she … Continue reading Artists draws hyper-realistic drawings using only a Bic pen
Transformative Artistry — Antoni Gaudi
youtube.com/watch A few nights ago, in one of our long, winding, and intellectually indulgent conversations, my good friend Marcel and I were dreaming out loud about possible work relocations. I eventually came around to discussing Barcelona as a place I could see my family being right now and staying into retirement. I gave some practical … Continue reading Transformative Artistry — Antoni Gaudi
A little good news — about amazing art
http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/animal-sculptures-trash-art-stephanie-hongo/ I love found object art and almost any artwork that transforms recycled materials. Check out @sugarfox_art
A little good news… about art!!!
For art nerds and artists alike we sometimes struggle with the reasons we paint what we paint... well, it can have something to do with where we are painting... at least it appears that way for Vincent Van Gogh... http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/van-gogh-painted-his-last-masterpiece-here-discovery/
A Visual Reflection on: “The Hayloft” by Rosa Brett – The Autobiography Of A Painting
There is far less information written about Rosa Brett than other members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. According to Nunn (1984, 633), it was the intention of the artist to be an outsider of this group. Starting with the use of the masculine pseudonym, Rosarius, to her aversion of socializing with the other members who sought … Continue reading A Visual Reflection on: “The Hayloft” by Rosa Brett – The Autobiography Of A Painting
The New Renaissance Mindset 