Category: Art

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Etsy

I am planning to have an Etsy shop in addition to my Felt shop, and to develop them both!

I have made a start on Etsy but will need to begin all over with a new email address, as I want a different  name for the shop.

There is a lot of work on these sites I like, and I see it now as one way for me to sell my prints.  I am planning … new pricing, new promotions, releasing series of prints one at a time?

Here is an example od an artist whose images I like on Etsy:

Crack In The Wall 16 x 16 inch acrylic on canvas by robinsart:

Crack In The Wall 16 x 16 inch acrylic on canvas

Crack In The Wall 16 x 16 inch acrylic on canvas
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Title: Crack In The Wall

First in a series of abstract art whereby I have used historical reference for my inspiration.

16″ x 16″ x 1.5″

Golden acrylic paint on premium stretched canvas, finished with golden gloss varnish, black painted staple-free sides and mounting bracket in place … ready to hang!

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Milton Glaser’s Great Rules For Life

I like his work! And these “rules” make a good read.

Nice video here. hilmancurtis

Milton Glaser’s Great Rules For Life « Saskia Wilson-Brown http://saskiawilsonbrown.com/2010/07/28/milton-glasers-great-rules-for-life/

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Unfortunately in our field, in the so-called creative – I hate that word because it is misused so often. I also hate the fact that it is used as a noun. Can you imagine calling someone a creative? Anyhow, when you are doing something in a recurring way to diminish risk or doing it in the same way as you have done it before, it is clear why professionalism is not enough. After all, what is required in our field, more than anything else, is the continuous transgression. Professionalism does not allow for that because transgression has to encompass the possibility of failure and if you are professional your instinct is not to fail, it is to repeat success. So professionalism as a lifetime aspiration is a limited goal.

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iPad & Art

This popped up on RWW today:

iPad Art: Who Says You Can’t Create With The iPad!:

The iPad has taken the tech world by storm this year. In a half-year poll, ReadWriteWeb readers voted it the most important product of 2010 so far. One of the few criticisms of the iPad has been that it’s mostly a media consumption device. It doesn’t have a camera and writing on the iPad is akin to walking on the moon (everything happens in slow motion).

However, the iPad has gained popularity in the artistic community – in particular thanks to an iPad app called Brushes, which enables you to ‘finger paint’ a colorful work of art.

It is a great tool – that’s why I’ve just got one. Brushes on the iPhone is OK, I prefer Layers and Sketchbook, but I’m upgrading them all to iPad versions.

The big drawback is pressure sensitivity, which puts it way behind any wacom based screns like my M200.

Just did my iPad first doodle today.

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Three new sketches & tools

First time in months I’ve put pen to screen! Playing.

The last one called “Making Time” Mostly using ArtRage on the Toshiba M200.

making time

I love the process. I am so familiar with the tools – the software and the M200.

I have my eye on an iPad. It will not have the pressure sensitivity. What it will have is mobility. It is so sad that MS did not have the ability to develop the Tablet. The Toshiba M200 is small enough, but impossible (for me at least) to master when folded into its slate form. And the battery life is measured in minutes even with my new battery. There is still IMO a place in the market for MS to make a Windows 7 convertible. I am over my initial iPad disdain. I am appreciating Apple’s solid building and pragmatics combine with the revolutionary. They took over the music industry even though they came in late to the mp3 market, not a mean feat brilliant strategies!

Tools evolve, and the best use of any given tool is of value. I have done a lot of sketching on my Palm PDAs – tool I’ll never use again – but therein lies something of value. The lead pencil has no colour. But look what has been done over the centuries with the humble pencil, and it lives. The current – no pressure iPad will die and be gone, but I look forward to making use of it, while it is in its first iteration. What can the finger do on that thing?

Here are some examples, some good stuff there.

✔ July 2021

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Art on the couch: when Sigmund Freud examined Leonardo da Vinci

Art on the couch: when Sigmund Freud examined Leonardo da Vinci | Jonathan Jones via The Guardian.

Hulton Archive/Getty Images and Bettmann/Corbis

Hulton Archive/Getty Images and Bettmann/Corbis

Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images and Bettmann/Corbis

Renaissance meets reason … Leonardo da Vinci and Sigmund Freud. Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images and Bettmann/Corbis

From Jonathan Jones

guardian.co.uk Blogposts Mon 29 Mar 2010 11:44 BST

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