slow death & boredom by blogging? Well, this is but one calculation amongst many … the blog is still here, even if me & it need a rethink. think on this: painters should only mediate with a brush in their hand – Balzac
Category: Uncategorized
blog post without a category – lost & found bin for this artist’s blog – wordpress reccomends putting them in ‘blog’ category – uncategorized – scrap, forgotten but loved at the time.
Exhibtions in Sarlat & St.Avit – dordogne
* 25 August – 24 September. Galerie du Presbytere, ST.AVIT DE SENIEUR * 12 September – 26 September , Galerie Andre Malraux, SARLAT
first drive your car into the river
First drive your car into the river tea time… note the thermos on car-roof then just dive right in… it’s a hot day! i’m painting by the river here
Underexposure in photographing drawings & artwork!!
Photographing Artwork using Canon EOS 400, Photoshop & iMacI can’t photograph drawings using my Canon EOS 400, photoshop & Imac. The jpegs are always chronically underexposed. I suspect that it’s the camera is underexposing. But I’m happy with the exposures when taking snaps of non-artwork out in the real world. Which leads me to suspect…
Blind Contour Drawings of Genius
Blind contour drawing is a method of drawing widely used by art teachers, where an artist draws the contour of a subject without looking at the paper (Rodin) never (took) his eyes away from the model and with his swift, experienced hand entirely abandoned to the paper – Rilke « C’est bien…
GILLIAN HILL – Painters Painting; Draughts-Persons Drawing # 3
‘Art Class at EL Tech’ by Gillian Hill Drawing 1996 Gillian Hill – link to blog Ketchup -Sketchup Gillian Hill Detail >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> YOU ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN AN INTERNET COLLABORATIVE PROJECT…. Paintings of Painters Painting : Drawings of Draughts-Persons Drawing Following on from the post Painters, Draughts-Persons & The Educative Value of Demonstrations…
Mea culpa
I’m guilty. I’ve not done a small sized painting since friday last, so I’ve not honoured my painting a week commitment. The dog ate my homework? The dog ate my homework? well, about the only excuse I’ll blog in public (other than admit my intense disappointment) was that I did get on site twice last…