A New Direction in Art Education, The Florence Academy of Art, Andy Warhol, and a New Aesthetic Movement, by Dr. Gregory Hedberg, is an excellent article that explains the evolution of academic art in the past two decades. I was part of the larger group; when I graduated...
Many people and institutions that I admire are unhappy about Facebook's policy on censoring nudity in artwork. Simply put, I think that Facebook has a right to censor nudity on their own site. I certainly don't believe that artwork with nude figures need to be censored from the...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JxCYI60iYE&feature=player_embedded David Kassan's webcast tonight was fascinating to watch. It's a shame the audio was touch-and-go throughout; nevertheless, everyone had a great time in the chat room and learned a lot about David's technique. David blocks in the form, paying more attention to proportion than to volume until he is satisfied...
The Modern Art movement was dominated by abstraction; however, now there is an abundance of representational painters who are looking back, before Modernism, for inspiration. People all over the world are hungry for high-quality artwork with technical mastery and heartfelt content that reflects today's concerns. This is evident in Odd...
Although my daughter is pretty creative, she hasn't shown much interest in drawing. There have only been about three instances where she has agreed to sit down and draw from life. Today she worked on a self portrait, but she wasn't happy with the way it turned out. ...