Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 28th, 2009
Interview with Frank Auerbach on the BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/johntusainterview/auerbach_transcript.shtml “Yeats said “destroy your darlings” – if one begins to cherish, and like what one’s done, one’s actually on a very slippery slope indeed, selling oneself one’s own paintings, and there’s nothing to do. No, I think that I… one’s got to heed one’s conscience and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 27th, 2009
Henry Yan has been a big inspiration for my pencil and charcoal work and I highly recommend his book available on Amazon. There are many examples of his drawing and painting on his web site. About himself he says, “I teach drawing, I teach painting and I teach anything that my students like to share [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 26th, 2009
In case you haven’t received the emails directly from Pump Project we are expanding the drawing sessions to include a special Thursday night class (tonight). That’s right “Class” with a capitol C! The honorable Doug L. Weber will be running the show in his usual formidable style but this time, with instruction! More information from [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 23rd, 2009
One of my favorite artists, Kent Williams, has a new blog. Kent teaches both a contemporary figure painting class and a drawing class at Art Center in Pasadena. His main site can be found here. Kent has a unique approach to the figure often rendering it from several points of view at once. Utilizing thick [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 22nd, 2009
This week we have 2 more returning models, Marie on Monday and Stephanie again on Wednesday tentatively. We had a lot of requests for longer poses since we had our epic 2 day pose with Marie a few weeks ago so this week we’re going to change the format to 2, 30 minutes sittings and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 20th, 2009
I have a batch of new drawings from the past few months, up on my web site at http://fusebox23.com/painting/
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 18th, 2009
Drawings by by Nicole Eriko Smith at Domy Books ——- Domy Books is pleased to present, consent to play new work by nicole eriko smith February 7 – March 14 913 E Cesar Chavez, Austin, TX 78702
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 15th, 2009
This week we have 2 returning models. Stephanie on Monday and then Alexis on Wednesday. 7-9 $5 as always. ————————– We’d also like to get your feedback on the group, what you would like to see more of and if there’s any interest in other days and/or nights. We’re thinking of adding a special painting [...]
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