I usually get one or two very nice responses from V. Notes readers, but after the last couple of posts I’ve been receiving quite a few letters. (Thank you!) This one from Margaret, “a devoted reader” was my favorite. Other than the generous cultural love fest between us, it’s great to know we have devoted …
Charity Lynn Baker is an artist living and working in New York. She’s been drawing a lot lately. Her dream-like narrative scenes sometimes remind me of Marc Chagall’s, only Charity’s are more grounded. Formally trained in architecture, when asked about her compositions, she remarked that she likes humans and she likes geometry. Her drawings are …
Cezanne painted 29 portraits and made countless drawings of Hortense Fiquet. He drew and painted his mistress in graphite, watercolor, and oil. The first painting exists only in a photograph, and the second was of Fiquet nursing their baby. Fiquet and Cezanne met in Paris sometime around 1869. Cezanne was a 30 year old painter …
Recently I’ve posted several painters’ interviews from Painting Perceptions, so today I wanted to branch out a little. I was happy to find this Youtube painting demo with some helpful information about painting outside. When I dug a little deeper to see what else I could learn about this painter I found an interview: an interview …
Would you rather….?
The League has two different Friday portrait classes this summer. Which one would you rather be in?
Would you rather….
Combine drawings from live models with studies from art history?
…or study a variety of ages, expressions, and faces?
Would you rather….
Add meaningful elements from imagination and intuition?
Or measure and exaggerate to pull out a facial expression?
Would you rather….
Explore the spirit of a mysterious scene?
Or be challenged by a technically difficult view?
Would you rather….
Explore meaning and symbolism?
Or draw a squishy face?
Would you rather…
Take a class from 10:00 – 1:00pm PST?
Or take a class from 6:00 – 8:30pm PST?
Narrative Portraits is a morning class taught by Charity Baker.
It starts July 16th.
Expressive Portraits is an evening class taught by me, Ruthie V.
It starts July 9th.
Which would you rather do?
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