Well, it worked for me anyway. I officially declared every Friday as “pizza night.” A couple of weeks ago I tried a pizza dough recipe, and it was pretty good. Then I found this one, the sworn “best pizza crust ever” by a woman who has had a pizza night for a long time. My Read More
Well, I’ve been looking at finally adding to the portfolio link of my website. Goodness knows I have a TON of artwork to put up there, but who has the time? So, Josh and I sat down today and have put together a nice little format for how it’s going to work. Granted, it won’t Read More
I just checked out a post on Elyse Sewell’s blog. She saw an interesting exhibit at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo. It’s an exhibit titled Dialogue With the peasants of Tiangonsi Villages by Chen Shaofeng. The artist basically had his subjects sit across from him and they would simultaneously paint portraits of each other (hence Read More
This is a new (and living!) artist that I’ve been digging lately. I first saw her painting Gaze on a greeting card at a local bookshop (pictured here, Oil on Canvas, 24″ X 36″, 2003). I stopped and was drawn in by the interesting way she cropped the picture and her delicate values. Then, I Read More
I have recently taken an interest in another living artist’s work. Her name is Kathleen Jardine and she does watercolors & oil paintings. Very often her subjects are portraits, although recently she’s been doing more meditative studies of place & light. She makes beautiful work with great detail. I look at her portraits and feel Read More
I’m taking a class on integrating the Internet into your curriculum. So, I’ve been finding lots of pages that 5ux0r and pages that are pretty, but a pain to navigate and pages that are OK and so on. Anyhoo, I love playing all the dumb little games here and there. For awhile I thought I Read More
I’ve had some shifts in my thought regarding my Art, and I think it’s pretty interesting. It’s one of those things where you feel a thought/idea burning into your head, but you’re not quite sure of all the possibilities or implications of it yet. So, I have some exploring to do. I’ll put some of Read More
This entry is not just because I am an Art teacher, so I’m not trying to be some kind of a ringer and freak out about this issue. But, I do really see some serious problems with children lacking quality education. I’m not just talking about being able to finger paint when you’re a kid. Read More
It has just been brought to my attention that the Cantor Art Center at Stanford University has the largest Rodin collection outside of France. They also have a copy of his much acclaimed Gates of Hell. Also, the San Francisco Grace Cathedral has a copy of Ghiberti’s famous Gates of Paradise. It’s funny to think Read More
Check this out! This guy has an incredible grasp of perspective drawing and also uses some seriously expensive pastels to get these done! I love stuff like this! I’ve considered having a sidewalk chalk competition in my Art classes for fun! That would be so neat! Maybe if I have a day with nothing left Read More