Month: November 2013
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Rembrandt's elephants
A Rembrandt drawing figures in a story in New Scientist today, about the search for the earliest example of an Asian Elephant known to European scientists. It was determined that the previous presumed example was, in fact, an African elephant, and records were searched for another example of a true Asian Elephant. It turns out…
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Urban Sketchers blog turns 5
The Urban Sketchers blog, which I first wrote about in 2008, just marked its 5th anniversary (the corresponding Flickr group is about a year older). There are sketches from contributors around the world to this blog, the tagline of which is: “See the world one drawing at a time”. In addition to pencils, pens, markers…
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Patrick William Adam
After recently writing about Pieter de Hooch, I found it interesting to make an (admittedly unfair) comparison with the work of 19th century Scottish painter Patrick WIlliam Adam, who was also known for his sun-splashed domestic interiors.
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Barry Blitt
Barry Blitt is an illustrator and cartoonist whose clients include Vanity Fair, Time, Rolling Stone The Atlantic and The New York Times, where he contributes regularly to the op-ed page. He is probably best known, however for his New Yorker covers, which are frequently political (in contrast to the majority of New Yorker covers) and…
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Pieter de Hooch (update)
In recently writing an article about Pieter de Hooch for Answers.com, it occurred to me that despite a few “eye candy” posts, I haven’t done an update with current links and resources since my original article about him in 2008. Given the similarities between the compositions and subjects of de Hooch and his contemporary Vermeer,…