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All articles filed in September 2014

Hitting the Bottle

By: Melissa September 29, 2014October 15, 2016
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This is my bottle project. I did it!

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In Art as in Life

By: Melissa September 27, 2014October 15, 2016
Life, Psychology, Technique1 Comment on In Art as in Life

On a cool Wednesday we put away our easels at the end of our morning session and pulled up stools or sat on the floor in a semi-circle around Juliette.

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A Toolbox Full of Triangles

By: Melissa September 25, 2014October 15, 2016
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Myron Barnstone was my teacher’s first teacher.

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You Can’t Outthink the Old Masters

By: Melissa September 22, 2014October 15, 2016
Art History, Inspiration, Technique1 Comment on You Can’t Outthink the Old Masters

Today we looked at plates made from sketchbooks of the old master draftsmen (Rubens, Poussin, Da Vinci and Dürer to name a few) and talked about their methods.

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Harold Speed on Vision

By: Melissa September 21, 2014October 15, 2016
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If you want a comprehensive text about the psychological and technical aspects of fine drawing, look no further than Harold Speed’s The Practice & Science of Drawing (1917).

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Life Creeps In

By: Melissa September 21, 2014October 15, 2016
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Wouldn’t you know it. Amidst pencil honing, cast drawing and attempts at monastic focus, life was going on simultaneously.

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The Drawing Board

By: Melissa September 17, 2014October 15, 2016
Life Hack, Motivation, Psychology2 Comments on The Drawing Board

Day two.

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Day One

By: Melissa September 15, 2014October 15, 2016
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The really early stuff I totally nailed it and went to 6 a.m. yoga like a boss with a packed breakfast and lunch and day clothes and face wash and everything.

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Pencils

By: Melissa September 15, 2014October 15, 2016
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Earlier this evening while I was sitting on the couch sharpening pencils for tomorrow, Billy my mother-in-law’s boyfriend read me some facts about pencils.

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3, 2, 1

By: Melissa September 14, 2014October 15, 2016
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I keep thinking about a note a friend sent over the weekend:

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