At my studio, beginning students get their first opportunity to copy a drawing by one of the Modern Masters (think Van Gogh, Degas, John Singer Sargent) after spending several weeks working from the still life in charcoal. With good drawing habits now firmly in...
Have you ever stood in front of the easel…the cutting board…the lathe; sat in front of the word processor…the lined notepad…the typewriter, or kneeled in front of a flowerbed & longed to really step out, break the mold, do something completely,...
In my previous post, I discussed The Goldfinch, a painting by Carel Fabritius that Tom & I were fortunate enough to see last month in an exhibit in San Francisco. Still savoring my enjoyment of the painting several days later, it somehow brought to...
A mere three days after we viewed Vermeer’s Woman in Blue Reading a Letter in Los Angeles, Tom & I were standing in front of yet another Vermeer in San Francisco, the much-beloved Girl with a Pearl Earring. Popularized in recent years by both a novel & a...
Last week Tom & I visited the Getty Center in Los Angeles. This time we were there specifically to feast our eyes on Vermeer’s Woman in Blue Reading a Letter, but anytime spent at the Getty is cause for excitement because it presents to the visitor the simply...
