Fox and Crazy
March 23, 2020
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I just finished this painting recently. It’s acrylic and a little watercolor on paper mounted to a wooden panel. It features a green creature jumping in alarm at the COVID-19
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Color
December 6, 2017
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I was trying to figure out what the opposite color of brown was a week ago, and I found this website with a great color tool. I have strong instincts
Fear of Ruining It
October 13, 2017
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I wrote in a previous post that Jean-Michel Basquiat didn’t seem to have any fear in his art making process. Maybe in part because he was constantly making things. I
Foxes
October 5, 2017
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This fox arrived the other day and reminded me of how much I like foxes. They must be my favorite animal (after tigers). I have never met a fox, so
Basquiat
September 22, 2017
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I figured out this very cool thing over the summer. It’s obvious perhaps, but it had never occurred to me before. On our vacation to Acadia National Park, we stayed
Shading
June 20, 2017
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What I really need to learn how to do is to shade my illustrations in a convincing way. That’s a large part of why I wanted to learn how to
RISD Grad Show
May 30, 2017
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I went to the RISD Grad Show this weekend. It’s one of the highlights of my year. Here are some of my favorite things (from among the ones that could
More Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
May 24, 2017
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I’ve been stalled a bit with my drawing exercises for Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. I’m supposed to be drawing the portrait of a real model, and
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
May 1, 2017
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I am also trying to learn how to draw in a realistic way. I have so many line drawings that I’d love to flesh out. To add dimension, shading and
May I say something?
April 28, 2017
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I am trying to learn to paint. One of my favorite artists, Yoshitomo Nara, makes these delicious backgrounds that have so many colors in them, but it’s very subtle. I have
A goose, a play thing, and a rabbit-goat-techie
June 4, 2014
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I am trying to get into the habit of drawing every day in my journal. Here are some things I drew recently: This one is a goose with her nightgown
Harriet Pre-Demented
January 30, 2008
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Well, it has finally happened. Harriet has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in the predementia stage. If you ask me, she’s fully in the dementia stage, but doctor knows best. I
What We're Reading
Annie is reading, very slowly, Swann’s Way: In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 1 by Marcel Proust.
She is also reading Nudge by Thaler and Sunstein
Mickey is reading The Elevator by Yael Frankel.