Paul Gauguin
“I shut my eyes in order to see.”
Linen or Canvas?
To painters: Whats the difference between painting on linen versus canvas?
I’m Thinking….
Do you think in images or words?
News
What are you favorite websites for art world news?
Give Me A Title
What is a good title for this painting? 48”x62” oil on canvas artist:Robert Tokley http://www.roberttokley.com
Up For Interpretation
What do you think of this? (tempera and gold on wood) http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/458967?sortBy=Relevance&ft=cars&offset=60&rpp=20&pos=75
Paul Cezanne
“A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.”
Tim Gunn
“Men have escaped the criticism, and it’s high time they came under the microscope as well. Elected officials need to get with the semiotics of fashion, because the clothes we wear send a message about how we’re perceived, and they have constituents they’re serving.”
Mark Pol
The blue man, is a drawing from Mark Pol. www.markpol.nl. He was thinking about the Humankind. He can’t deny that the Humankind is in the blue period. The world is quite cold, not cool, slowly it will turn to red maybe. There is a rage going around. The people are angry, why? We do not […]
Impressionists
Who is your favorite Impressionist or Post-Impressionist?
Salvador Dali
“Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.”
Pablo Picasso
“I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.”
Family Photos
Do you like to take corny family photos? What do you think of them?
Doodles
Do you doodle in the margins of your notebooks? What do you doodle? Why do you doodle? Is it something that keeps your hands busy, helps you concentrate, capture artistic inspiration, or another reason?
Caption Contest
Whats a funny caption for this artwork?
Anonymous
“‘I don’t know anything about art, but I know what I like,’ really means, ‘I don’t know anything about art, but I like what I know.’”
Marcel Duchamp
“I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.”
Genesis
What first got you interested in art? A friend or family member, art class at school, a specific artist or artwork, a visit to a museum… how did it all start for you?
Sol LeWitt
“Artists teach critics what to think. Critics repeat what the artists teach them.”
Roy Adzak
“Good art is not what it looks like, but what it does to us.”
Twyla Tharp
“Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.”
Mandatory Art Class
Do you think a studio art class or an art history class should be required of college students? What about high school students? What kind of art class should be mandatory?
Whats up with unlabeled artworks?
I know a lot of times that when people display art in their homes, they might not need a high quality label like in an art museum, if they decide to use a label at all. But what I don’t understand completely is why public works are often missing labels. Is there a reason for […]
Charles Baudelaire
“Genius is only childhood recovered willfully.”
Jackson Pollock
“Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.”