The universal nature of children’s art
We can smile at a little Russian boy who lived almost 800 years ago, and think of how he reminds us of ourselves at that age. Drawing by Onfim of Novgorod, c. 1260. All illustrations courtesy of Wikipedia. Onfimwas a little boy who lived in the area of Novgorod in the 13th century. What became of him …
Monday Morning Art School: why copy a masterpiece?
Think of it as getting a painting lesson from the masters. Great Springs of the Firehole River, by Thomas Moran, 1871, is one of the paintings my students will be copying this week. Courtesy National Park Service. If you visit art museums regularly, you may have seen students set up to copy masterpieces. Or, you’ve …
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Snowdrifts and shadows
A world without shadows is disconcerting; objects seem to float in space. Shadows give objects form and ground them. My son Dwight Perot took this photo of the Wyoming night sky last year at this time. It’s almost like this winter jaunt down US 90 is getting to be a habit. It’s a balmy -2° …
One last road trip in the Eco-Warrior
I’m off on a harebrained excursion to nowhere in particular. On this trip, I put four easels, three painting kits, one pastel kit, three chairs, three umbrellas, luggage for three people for eight days, a solo art show, three computers, and three passengers in the Prius. When your adult child says, “do you want to …
Monday Morning Art School: the color of light
In winter, we’re in warm light from sunup to sunset, because the sun never really climbs very high in the sky. That’s our payoff for putting up with this weather. Three photos of the golden hour, courtesy of Jennifer Johnson The golden hour is that period after dawn and before sunset when the light is …
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