Being Mindful While Drawing
We’re hearing a great deal about “mindfulness” these days. On talk shows & webcasts, in self-help books & even college-level courses, we are being taught the importance of “staying in the moment.” Of course, the concept of mindfulness is an ancient...
On Learning to Draw
I often tell my brand-new students at the beginning of their first lesson: “In the next 2 hours, I will teach you all you need to know about drawing; after that, everything else will just be practice.” Am I being facetious? Yes, perhaps a bit, but not as much as one...
A Recent Museum Visit
A couple of weeks ago, my husband Tom & I went with some friends to Milwaukee to visit the Milwaukee Art Museum. If you haven’t been to MAM yet, I highly recommend it. It is simply like a sparkling little jewel sitting beside Lake Michigan. The building itself...
My First Great Teacher
This summer some of my students showed their work at the Hanover Park Village Hall & I was asked to write a bit about myself for the exhibit program. It was the first time in ages that I took a moment to quantify how long I’ve been an art instructor. ...