I'd like to preface this with a disclaimer: These are my opinions, which as such, I do not wish to "force" on anybody. I read a blog post by a user who's name I cannot write or pronounce , which seems to have gotten popular on the blogs section. It had me thinking, and since they felt strongly enough about the i » Continue Reading
I was listening to a recording of a harpsichord piece, written by a composer named Jean-Philippe Rameau, who the classically musical among you may have heard of. I looked up his piece called Les Cyclopes, and saw the that the first thing that came up was a recording performed by Grigory Sokolov, one of the greatest pianists still living. I could hardly recognize the » Continue Reading
These are some linocut prints I did. Linocut printing is like woodblock printing except on linoleum instead of wood. You freehand or transfer a graphite sketch on to the block, shave away any material you don't want to be printed, roll ink over it and press onto the paper. Like a stamp. » Continue Reading
I wear these boots. They are engineer style Redhead Lubbock hunting boots. I wear them to do farm work, to hunt, to hike, and to do about anything you need proper, sturdy footwear to do. The point is, low or high-top boots are unsatisfact » Continue Reading
"Docendo discimus" is a Latin phrase meaning " by teaching, we learn. " Today I made a study of the front of the skull, with the book Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist, by Stephen Rogers Peck as a guide. I bought it at least a year ago from an antiques store, but never really read it. If I wish to obtain the level of artistic ability I want, at least in terms of human anatomy, then this book i... » Continue Reading