(Note: The Amateur Traveler links are dead as of 2020) Chris Christensen was kind enough to re-post my SE Asian painting trip blog posts on his ( much more popular ) blog. This is about the trip I took to the Indochina region to tour and paint in early 2010. He does an often extremelyContinueContinue reading “Asian Painting Trip Posts on the Amateur Traveler Blog”
Monthly Archives: January 2011
David Hockney’s Camera Obscura Hypothesis
A few months ago I had a discussion about David Hockney’s hypothesis that many classical painters ( such as Ingres or Carravagio) had used a Camera Obscura. I think these were used somewhat, but not as much as Hockney stipulates.Here is Gregg Kreutz’s argument against Hockney’s “proofs”. http://www.kirkrichards.com/Gregg_Kreutz_article.htm
National Registry of Life Drawing Venues
Here is a link to a national database for life drawing venues: http://www.artmodelbook.com/figure-drawing-directory.htm
Some Recent Figure Studies
Here is some of the studies I did in 2010 at Chicago’s Palette and Chisel Club.
Marquetry Wood Mural
A unique decorative art technique that I became aware of recently is marquetry wood murals. Here is an example by Emile Galle, late nineteenth century, French. Marquetry is inlaying wood in decorative patterns, usually in furniture or sometimes floors. I saw an article in the New York Times about a marquetry mural in a LondonContinueContinue reading “Marquetry Wood Mural”
Painted Journals 