More Than Just a Metaphor Today on one of my last morning walks on the beach, I took my camera to take pictures of typography for a new “Segtsy” logo that I’m creating. After I snapped some pictures on the boardwalk, I started my regular morning routine of walking along the beach. For the past […]
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This is the progress of eight sessions of working on my first modsterpiece. I hope you enjoy. Modsterpiece in Eight Days
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Art Therapy After a overly long roller coaster of a week, I was finally ready to get to the National Gallery of Art on Friday to work on my painting. I started off with a new class on Monday which was a lot of fun but also a lot of work because I was trying
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A Full-Bodied Week This week was definitely eventful. I was able to spend two afternoons at the National Gallery this week to work on my painting. All in all, it was a wonderful week. And with the beautiful weather, it has only made walking from the gallery to work a memorable time. This week I
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Friday Is Becoming My Favorite Day of the Week Last Friday I had the chance to paint at the museum all day. It was a perfect day, again. The weather was great. I had lunch with Dennis again in the refectory. Mental note to self — I need to dress a little better to have
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A Day Out With Dennis I had the best day yet at the National Gallery of Art, although it started off a little frustrating. Today the weather was mild and cool with a decent breeze. Since it was so nice outside, the visitors were at a minimum at the museum. Early on in the day,
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Inspiration Put to Good Use My visits at the National Gallery have really started to pay off. I was a little frustrated with being able to mimic the technique and the colors in the John Singer Sargent piece I have been working on with my Modsterpiece project. Today I tried to focus on the illustrations
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Not as Easy as I Thought Now I’m understanding why John Singer Sargent is considered one of the great painters. All the subtle neuances of the tonal values are difficult to duplicate. I’m just going to try my best and see if I can even get close. I will say that this is going to
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An Afternoon Quickie Yesterday, I headed over to the museum to get about 1.5 hours in during the afternoon. I was excited to get down there and begin painting. I didn’t get much done, but this is really turning into a cool experience. Sitting and having unbroken focus is really meditative. Plus the atmosphere is great.
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The Modsterpiece Experiment Begins Last Friday I commenced my half-baked scheme to get back in the swing of creating my own work. The Sunday before, I was at the National Gallery of Art in an attempt to get inspired. I was working on a painting for a friend and I just couldn’t wrap it up and
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