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%”]
Take a class with SAL – anywhere! If yesterday’s post sparked any pilgrimage plans, you may want to put another pin in the map. This from a reader: “Even though Julius II is buried in St. Peter’s basilica, the tomb is not there. The tomb was completed many years after his death and can be …
V. Notes are daily–ish thoughts and ideas related to art. I might post a series of pictures, a technique, an idea for a project, or some philosophical rambling. I try to make these emails relevant, but they’re not pre-planned, and they’re not perfect. They’re just thoughts in the moment, take ’em or leave ’em. Hopefully they’ll spark some thoughts and help get your artistic …
While we reach for the hand sanitizer and hold our breaths, our Thursday drawing/painting class has been thinking about a different kind of Corona. We’ve been studying the effects of light, especially glow. I was interested in exploring why some images seem to glow. Take the image above as an example. Why, if an all-white …
Welcome to day 2 of our 30 Day Creative Challenge! This year is so darned special, there are two simultaneous challenges. The primary challenge is to respond to the creative prompts in these posts, and see what happens. The alternative challenge is to make a comic based on the year 2020. You choose what you’re …
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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