Where Have All the Poppies Gone?

My ‘field of poppies‘ studies have been evolving. I still like my original concept of the aerial view of a field of poppies flanked by the field below and sky above. Perhaps this is the type of thinking that goes into designing icons, such as national flags, family crests, company icons and other symbols. Thus […]

Kandinsky and Autism

I’m reading The Bauhaus Group, by Nicholas Weber. I just finished the section about Paul Klee and started the one about Wassily Kandinsky.  Klee and Kandinsky were friends and were professors at the Bauhaus at the same time. Kandinsky’s urge to express his feelings Several of the passages about Kandinsky, at the start of the section […]

Basics

I started a watercolor class today. I’m looking forward to learning more about what I can do with that medium. I also thought, since I am reacquainting myself with the basics of painting, I should also think about how to portray basic emotions. Connecting with basic vision As I have mentioned in previous posts, I […]