I’m sending this stuff because I’m watching this stuff, and I’m watching this stuff because I want to do this stuff. I’m gonna make some heads in clay! Sounds like fun, and if they work, they’ll be good subjects for drawings and paintings when live models aren’t available.
The wonderful secondary benefit is that studying sculpture will make my paintings better. Physically working information into a 3 dimensional form will help me develop my 2 dimensional paintings. It’s a complementary level of knowledge. https://youtu.be/m17DFYI0GLc” el_aspect=”43https://youtu.be/F8Y797g_Jg4
Alan Honick contributed a beautiful photograph of his collection of moon snails. His statement described walks on the beach, and how the number of shells found by his friend decreased and eventually ended in the last fifteen years. The shells were beautiful, arranged in the spiral as they grow… or dwindle. The story was simple, …
The most recent V. Notes post had some personal favorites from the many Seattle Artist League Portrait Awards submissions we received. One of the artworks featured yesterday piqued my interest, so I contacted the artist, and raided his website and Instagram for images. Akira Ohiso recently moved to Seattle from New York. He paints …
This show at MoMA was brought to my attention by a League member. (Thanks Chris!) He had been there to see it and said it was impactful to see works in context not by culture, but by timeline. What was happening while Matisse painted his ladies? What was the dominant art world thinking about at the time, …
Blemmyes are mythical creatures without a head, with their facial features on their chest. Blemmyes are said to occur in two types: with eyes on the chest or with the eyes on the shoulders. Epiphagi, a variant name for the headless people of the Brisone, is sometimes used as a term referring strictly to the eyes-on-the-shoulders type. One of the creative …
Sculpting a head in clay
I’m sending this stuff because I’m watching this stuff, and I’m watching this stuff because I want to do this stuff. I’m gonna make some heads in clay! Sounds like fun, and if they work, they’ll be good subjects for drawings and paintings when live models aren’t available.
The wonderful secondary benefit is that studying sculpture will make my paintings better. Physically working information into a 3 dimensional form will help me develop my 2 dimensional paintings. It’s a complementary level of knowledge. https://youtu.be/m17DFYI0GLc” el_aspect=”43https://youtu.be/F8Y797g_Jg4
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