I did another demo at Utrecht Art Supplies a couple of weeks ago. So much fun! I’m set up in the most visible spot in the store, just as you walk in the door. Yeah, caricatures! Can you draw me? Of course, have a seat. They were all art students at the School of the [...]
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Art Students at Utrecht
Posted in Art appreciation, Promotion, Technique, tagged artists, colleagues, Columbia Collebe, School of the Art Institute Chicago, shop talk, Utrecht art supplies on March 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Art projects
Posted in Art appreciation, School event, tagged exhibit, Kindergarten, Picasso, VanGogh, Wilmette on November 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My appearance in their colorful Kindergarten classroom was the culmination of two months of art projects. They had started kindergarten in September and had already worked in a number of mediums and styles: by the time they sat for me, they had worked in drawing, painting, mosaic, pottery and sculpture; they knew about Van Gogh [...]
Arts and Humanites Week
Posted in Art appreciation, Family party, tagged art, family, kids, YMCA on October 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The lobby at the Evanston YMCA is not some stainless steel walk-through. It’s more a feast for the eye, with wood paneling and carvings and—for this occasion—festive lights. For Arts Week we do need to get festive, people. I have a certain bias here, granted, but participating in art is essential to human happiness. There, [...]
