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PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST – KÄTHE KOLLWITZ
Kollwitz in the UK – brilliant. In Birmingham through to November at The Ikon Gallery … Source: PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST – KÄTHE KOLLWITZ
Why bother Protesting?
Some great documentary drawing on the streets from Patricia McKenna-Jones Source: Why bother Protesting?
Cosmic Playtime
I visited a friend yesterday and took a digital photo of the fishpond with my shadow. Then I downloaded it into my Samsung Galaxy Tablet Note 8 using the free Markers app and had a bit of a play. It looks like a fishy cosmos floating around in my outline.
Gertrud Arndt: Photo Pioneer of Female ‘Self-Disguise’
http://wp.me/p3x4lI-1Jw The Bauhaus. Not so radical when it came to women students. Interesting read, I hadn’t heard of this artist before.
As Dark As It Gets
This started as a very pale watercolour landscape that I uploaded onto my Samsung Galaxy Note tablet into a free Markers app. I’ve been making it darker and darker with cross-hatching and scribbles but I think this is about as dark as I can go with it. The slides show the process from the originalContinue reading “As Dark As It Gets”
A Portable, Pop-up Revolution
This is a fascinating read and a beautiful collage Source: A Portable, Pop-up Revolution
Wishy Washy
I’ve been having a go at watercolours recently, since I won a really nice St. Cuthbert’s Mill Saunders Waterford glued watercolour block in a Facebook competition. I’m not really into painting but this is lovely paper and there’s a lot of it and, frankly, waste not, want not, as my Nana used to say. HusbContinue reading “Wishy Washy”
Fanny Eaton, Pre-Raphaelite muse
This is a fascinating blog I wanted to share. Worth a look. http://wp.me/p6qHAP-iG
Elizabeth Catlett: Homage To My Black Sisters
A fascinating read about African American artist Elizabeth Catlett with some beautiful printmaking http://wp.me/p7xCqc-P0
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