Today’s watercolor experiment: I began today’s study simply: I applied several yellowish pigments to a completely wet watercolor paper. In Kandinsky’s Concerning the Spiritual in Art, he equates forms with colors. Yellow, to use today’s example, is one of the ‘keen’ colors that is consonant with a sharp, or triangular shape. I wanted to see what would happen […]
Today’s experiment: I remember how difficult it used to be for me to estimate proportions in my drawings of faces and figures. It is still not my forte. On a whim, I wanted to see how I would fare with a sketch today. Sketch subject – my Jaguar Begin digression: Before I describe today’s sketch I […]
We all went out today and had a very nice day, although everything was crowded as could be. At the end of the day we had dinner, five big people and a baby. During dinner I snapped quite a number of photos. I like the one of William eating spaghetti, the most. Today’s watercolor experiment: […]
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. It is that time of year here in the US. There is quite a frenzy for those of us who venture out. The pie store had a line out the door; people waiting for their apple, pumpkin, cherry pies. They ran out of mincemeat, so don’t even ask. For the past week […]
The mind is a terrible thing to make up. What does “making up one’s mind” mean, anyway? It could mean, making a decision. However, if one has enough information available, and one’s goals are clear, it should be easy. Problems arise when: one doesn’t have all the needed information and/or one isn’t clear about one’s goals. […]
It is a pretty universal desire to want someone else to know exactly how one feels. By the same token, many people would love to know, to feel, exactly what someone else is feeling. This is the definition of empathy. But empathy – to truly feel what another individual is feeling – is impossible. The […]
Joy and I were just watching the first episode of the updated Cosmos, starring Neil deGrasse Tyson. Dr. Tyson is really inspiring, as much so or even more that Carl Sagan, the author of the original Cosmos series. I never tire of the story about how all the elements arose from the furnace of the […]
I have been on the lookout of late for fire hydrants, standpipes and other cool looking water delivery systems (Fire Plugs, Concentration, Standpipe Portrait). I thought I would have some fun and incorporate some of the features from previous drawings into an abstractish, surrealistic portrait. Today’s watercolor experiment: In one of my previous sketches (What […]
Today’s experiment: I am reviewing photographs I took of my older brother, Michael, during my last visit. My mother, younger brother and I visited him in his group home the day before his 64th birthday. Mike is autistic, low functioning and nonverbal. For the past couple of days I have concentrated on sketching his portrait […]
I have been reading Plato at the Googleplex by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein. For me, its like taking a sip from a firehose. I have a keen interest in philosophy, but no training and only passing acquaintance with the highlights of the field. As an engineer by training, I am used to getting down to basics. This […]
