Month: April 2006
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Academy Update
Haven’t posted in a week or so… here’s an update on how all of the major projects I am working on are progressing. First up is a portrait drawing: a multi-week pose from Dan Thompson’s Portrait Drawing class. I think I’ve got just under 6 hours into the drawing at this point and I’ll get…
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Diploma Project Update
It’s been a little while since I’ve posted about my Diploma Project, though not because I have been idle, on the contrary, I have been very busy this past week. I’ve simply wanted to get to a point where enough of the painting has been covered with the new palette that I felt comfortable posting.…
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Cream of Asparagus Soup
I promised you an action shot of cream of asparagus soup… ta dah! Ok, it’s subtle action, just my style. I was tickled by the visible steam rising from the bowl, even though it means my house is still really cold. (What in the world happened to spring this year? The weatherman keeps reminding us…
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Trekking through Spey Valley, and More!
As always, I have lots of sock knitting to report. But you’re in luck! I went on a bit of a forced sock knitting hiatus while waiting for pretty new yarn to arrive, and have made some progress on a few non-socky projects in the past week or so. Case in point: Ok, fine…yes, those…
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Sculpting the Head
Our model time is up in the portrait sculpture class. Next week we will begin the casting process. I’m very excited, this has been a great experience. Though I don’t feel like I got a great likeness, I learned a great deal about the forms of the head and ended up with something I feel…
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Vincent Desiderio On Art
There is no doubt in my mind that a hundred years hence, Vincent Desiderio will still be counted among the greatest artists of this generation. It has been my good fortune to be able to interact with him on a number of occasions this semester. About a month ago I had the opportunity to visit…
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Colin L. Powell
Truly, there are some benefits to attending a school in New York City. The International House had its annual George C. Marshall Visitor Program today. Yes, that is the same General George C. Marshall, Nobel Peace Prize recipient, and architect of the so-called Marshall Plan to rebuild war-torn Europe after World War II. Today another…
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NYC – General Observation
I don’t mean to be unkind, but after speaking with several fellow New York students, it seems clear to me that when we arrived slightly less than two years ago there was still a significant wellspring of Post 9-11 mutual goodwill in New York City. The New York Attitude is a well known phenomenon, but…
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Catching Up
I was lucky last week to have my parents visiting me from Colorado, during their spring break. We had a great time, even though I was only able to take one day off (gotta conserve my vacation time for going to Jeremy’s graduation!): We drove to the coast last Sunday for a visit to Florence…
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Watching the Paint Dry
Things have been rather slow lately, a bit like watching the paint dry. Perhaps that is a bit of an exaggeration, but I have been waiting for the underpainting to be sufficiently dry to accept an isolating glaze. Here’s a picture after a glaze of terra vert with the lights wiped-out. Now I need to…