Sketching Outdoors
Monday March 26, 2007
Northern Hemisphere readers should be enjoying balmy weather now, and here in Australia the weather is finally starting to cool down - so it's a perfect time to get outdoors ... Read More
Almost Daily Drawings
Wednesday March 21, 2007
There are a few new drawing projects up, including an apple, a baseball and a lemon. Maybe there's a connecting thread there.... well there is one, in that you can ... Read More
The New Leipzig School
Wednesday March 21, 2007
Trends in art recently seem to have been more like weekend workshops than schools (both in quality and longevity). I've heard a little about the Young German Artists (reference the ... Read More
Robert Hughes on Slow Art
Sunday March 18, 2007
So here I was, thinking about Slow Food, knitting, and Slow Art, and it turns out that, as always, I've been living under a rock. Way back in 2004 the ... Read More
Slow Food, Slow clothing... slow drawing?
Friday March 16, 2007
Slow Food started out in the mid-1980s, when Carlo Petrini protested the planning of a MacDonalds near the Spanish Steps in Rome. I've been thinking about it a bit lately ... Read More
Classical Drawing Atelier Review
Tuesday March 13, 2007
Juliette Aristides' book, Classical Drawing Atelier, won't teach you all the techniques of classical art, but will certainly inspire you. Aristides is explains why the classical artist uses line and ... Read More
On Not Painting - or Drawing - from Photographs
Saturday March 10, 2007
Regular readers will know that I'm a big fan of drawing from life. Nothing is better for gaining an appreciation of form in space. Jerry Fresia, a guest writer ... Read More