While I was searching for rabbits yesterday I found a rabbit by Lucian Freud, and this Sleeping Cat. I’d seen neither of these before, and thought they were sweet. So unrecognizable as Freuds! Both were made in 1944, when Freud was 22. [image_with_animation image_url=”8842″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][image_with_animation image_url=”8829″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”]
As a painter, trying my hand at printmaking was a little frustrating. Ink on paper is gorgeous even when I make mistakes, but there was something about every print that drove me nuts. So what is it that’s so frustrating about printmaking? I was talking to Nikki about this. She had a good idea: traditional …
Carmen Herrera is a Cuban-American abstract, minimalist painter. She was born in Havana and has lived in New York City since the mid-1950s. She studied alongside famous painters such as Ellsworth Kelly, but because she’s a woman her work and place in history wasn’t recognized wasn’t recognized until recently. Despite the lack of recognition, Herrera …
[image_with_animation image_url=”10246″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Water is notoriously difficult to draw or paint, but there are a few tricks. Instead of making the paint translucent or see-through, consider mixing the colors carefully, and applying the color just as opaquely as you would for a solid object. If you have reflections coming in over still …
Hey Artists! For some reason the Mailchimps didn’t pick this up at 7:00am as scheduled. This happens sometimes. In the future, if you are looking for the challenge and don’t see it in your inbox by 7:05am, check V. Notes on ourwebsite. Memory Challenge For this memory exercise you will need 2 pieces of paper, …
Lucian Freud’s Sleeping Cat
While I was searching for rabbits yesterday I found a rabbit by Lucian Freud, and this Sleeping Cat. I’d seen neither of these before, and thought they were sweet. So unrecognizable as Freuds! Both were made in 1944, when Freud was 22. [image_with_animation image_url=”8842″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][image_with_animation image_url=”8829″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”]
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