“Too often we hold fast to the clichés of our forebears. We subject allfacts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort ofopinion without the discomfort of thought.” ― John F. Kennedy [Commencement Address at Yale University, June 11 1962] Persillade (French pronunciation: [pɛʁsijad]) is a sauce or seasoning mixture of parsley (French:Continue reading “April Notes”
Category Archives: Daily Art
100 Faces (31 to 36) and Some Dragons
100 Faces (1 to 8)
I am joining a quest to draw a 100-faces. I will do them in pen and ink for my first round with a goal of 8 to 10 per day (and per page – so smallish) in a 9 by 12 sketchbook. Then I will move on to more extensive / bigger for another 100.Continue reading “100 Faces (1 to 8)”
Selfie Sunday
Selfie Sunday
A Reset
I did not make any new resolutions for 2023. I did reflect some that I made going into 2022 that I held on to for all 12 months and have continued. Did you stick to your 2022 goals, new ones for 2023? Have you stuck to them as we end the second month of 2023?Continue reading “A Reset”
Selfie Sunday (a day late)
December Gallery
November Gallery
Intermediate Art Project 4 Drawing Re-Do
As part of my personal growth in 2022, I am taking an intermediate drawing class at the Rivers School in Weston, Massachusetts. The class is taught by Jeff Nesbit. After spending a couple of weeks drawing parts of a face, project four was to copy two statutes from a National Geographic magazine. What went well?Continue reading “Intermediate Art Project 4 Drawing Re-Do”
Relentless Robin 