The Sketchbook Project Blog

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I came across this blog called arthousecoop.com and thought this Sketchbook Tour Project was a fun thing to do. Each artist is sent the same blank Moleskine sketchbook. There are only got two rules: first, the book must be used in some way - no sending back an empty book or a completely different book! Second, the sketchbook must stay within its original dimensions.

And right now, these sketchbooks will be on tour throughout the USA.

For more information, go here.

Wordless Wednesday

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Henri Cartier-Bresson

Technical Help

As I was going through the (sometimes torturous) process of painting portraits again, I felt that I needed some technical help especially dealing with skin tones. I came across this website called ArtistDaily.com. There are all kinds of information on subjects like how to draw figures, and so forth. There are also artist forums on there too.

Monday Mantra: Be Inspired

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I love to read about people and events that inspire me -it doesn't have to be about creative artists either. It can be about philanthropy or finding a medical cure. Sometimes talking a nature walk is inspiring too. Look around you -take note of what you see, learn and feel and record it in your art journal. You never know where it will take you!

Inspirational Quote

Berliner Strassenszene (+ Bäume, verso), 1913-1914

A painter paints the appearance of things, not their objective correctness, in fact he creates new appearances of things.

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Meat Pies!

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One of my favourite foods that I miss by living in New York are Australian meat pies. They are usually made with beef and has a delicious crust and you always add tomato sauce on top! It is a meal onto itself.

In the News

Artists can now sell their art and have distributed by retailers like West Elm and Urban Outfitters.

For the article, go here.

Wordless Wednesday

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John Currin, Skinny Woman, Oil on Canvas 1992

In the News: Performance Art at MoMA

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Currently, at Museum of Modern -there is a digestible performance art piece called “Identical Lunch,” which has been performed frequently around New York and the world since 1968 by Alison Knowles one of the founders from the Fluxus Movement.

See article here.

Wordless Wednesday

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Mary Cassatt, Breakfast in Bed, Oil on Canvas, 1897

Monday Mantra: Don't Give Up!

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Every single time I get to a certain point in my paintings, especially my portrait work, I always feel like throwing in the towel!! And on many times, I have. But this time I slogged through and I am so glad I didn't give up! Yeah me : )

Flow

Over the many years, in the midst of my creative block, I would try and find books that would help me to unblock. One of the books I loved was called "Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience"Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.

Csikszentmihalyi defines "Flow" as moments of self-forgetfulness when we are totally absorbed in the process of life.

Wouldn't it be lovely to be in the flow of life/creative process all the time?

Jaffas Lollies

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Jaffas lollies are orange chocolate covered candy. They were created in 1931 and have been a mainstay in movie theatres.

Wordless Wednesday

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John Singer Sargent