Teaching the fundamentals of Drawing
UPDATE: 1/27 at 9:30 PM. I added the promised Tutor Notes for Monet. They are at the bottom. I’m Prejudiced. There. I said it. I LOVE Claude Monet’s work. I have this utterly crystallized memory of the first time I saw a Monet in person. I was in New York […]
I love writings these packets up at times: introducing people to artists and art. But sometimes, I have blind spots. Degas = ballerinas. no biggie. At least for me. But some people don’t like ballet. Or ballerinas. Like some of my friends who have classes dominated by boys. Now, I […]
Note: if you are here looking for the Edgar Degas Packets, they are at the bottom. I saw an art meme the other day, which tried to give a quick-and-easy way to identify certain artists. My favorite had to be this one: So…when it came to identifying Degas, what do […]
I have to admire Gainsborough: he figured out a way to paint what he wanted. In a world where those who could afford a painting HAD the property they could see through the window…why would they purchase a landscape? And yet, Gainsborough LOVED to paint landscapes, so… Why not do […]
There are a few artists who we commonly refer to by one name: DaVinci. Michelangelo, Raphael, Donatello (yes,. all the turtles) But there are a few more: Picasso. Van Gogh. And of course, Rembrandt. Rembrandt’s family was really interesting: His father was a miller, and his mother a baker’s daughter, […]