I was looking for an artwork to include in a newsletter. I wanted something to talk about friendship, while also giving a reference to social distancing and connections from afar. I found this 1937 painting by Dora Maar that seemed just right…. and then I didn’t end up needing the image. I thought it was so appropriate for expressing some of the strangeness of these days that I wanted to share.
Stop touching your face, AJ.
All of our classes are now online, and I am profoundly happy to be a part of them. I admire all of your tenacious dedication to your creativity. Through this, I feel connected to you.
I have a new little studio to fix up. It’s a mess of a space; low ceilings, filthy and rough, but full of potential. I thought I’d let you know how I make decisions about fixing up a studio space. Today, I’ll talk about the paint. Painting an empty room is such a simple thing, and …
Wiki: In photography, bokeh is the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in the out-of-focus parts of an image produced by a lens. Bokeh has been defined as “the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light”. Another artist in Seattle paints the bokeh effect consistently into her work: Kate Protage at the SAM Gallery …
[image_with_animation image_url=”8775″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Preparing for my Unconventional Portraits class, I found this post on WideWalls: a top 10 list of the most influential living – or barely dead – famous portrait artists. You don’t have to like them, but you should know about them. I’m posting my personal thoughts about each of …
Welcome to day 4 of our 30 Day Creative Challenge! This is a composition day in our 30 Day Challenge. Here’s an exercise that improves your compositions, without you even thinking about composition. It worked for Diebenkorn! The primary challenge is to respond to the creative prompts in these posts, and see what happens. The …
The Conversation
I was looking for an artwork to include in a newsletter. I wanted something to talk about friendship, while also giving a reference to social distancing and connections from afar. I found this 1937 painting by Dora Maar that seemed just right…. and then I didn’t end up needing the image. I thought it was so appropriate for expressing some of the strangeness of these days that I wanted to share.
All of our classes are now online, and I am profoundly happy to be a part of them. I admire all of your tenacious dedication to your creativity. Through this, I feel connected to you.
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I have a new little studio to fix up. It’s a mess of a space; low ceilings, filthy and rough, but full of potential. I thought I’d let you know how I make decisions about fixing up a studio space. Today, I’ll talk about the paint. Painting an empty room is such a simple thing, and …
Bokeh Effect
Wiki: In photography, bokeh is the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in the out-of-focus parts of an image produced by a lens. Bokeh has been defined as “the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light”. Another artist in Seattle paints the bokeh effect consistently into her work: Kate Protage at the SAM Gallery …
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[image_with_animation image_url=”8775″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Preparing for my Unconventional Portraits class, I found this post on WideWalls: a top 10 list of the most influential living – or barely dead – famous portrait artists. You don’t have to like them, but you should know about them. I’m posting my personal thoughts about each of …
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Welcome to day 4 of our 30 Day Creative Challenge! This is a composition day in our 30 Day Challenge. Here’s an exercise that improves your compositions, without you even thinking about composition. It worked for Diebenkorn! The primary challenge is to respond to the creative prompts in these posts, and see what happens. The …