This is a site for sharing and discussing drawing methods, theories and possibilities, as well as the work of artists from all genres.
Mission statement:
"I do not place value on one school of thinking over another. Each work of art must abide to the principles it sets for itself. As Pollock says: "A work has a life of its own..." I detest imposing a
set of standards upon a work or an artist merely because one has some kind of petty preference (as in "I like this or that") or moral righteousness (as in "things must done in a certain way..."). There is NO certain way! A scribble or a written word has as much value as a highly skilled rendering. To think otherwise is to narrow the possibilities of thinking and making."
Let's look at, talk about, and make some fucking art!
– management
Schedule:
I will be posting on this site, various things related to drawing (and other art forms). There will be a drawing of the day post every day.
On Tuesdays the drawing will be something I have come across in person: as a find of the week post.
Wednesdays will also feature the sketchbook work from the artist of that day's drawing.
On Thursdays I will also feature an artist of the day, perhaps in conjunction with the featured drawing but not necessarily.
The First week of every month with be thematic. Drawings, videos, and all other bits of information will follow these themes, I am open to your suggestions.
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Tughra (Official Signature) of Sultan Suleiman. Istanbul, Turkey. c. 1555-1560. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper.
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Icons of Wall Street Farago Design
Illustrations of iconic Wall Street area buildings commissioned by DownTown Alliance of New York. From the top:
- 90 West Street (alternatively West Street Building (1907)
- Trinity Church, 75 Broadway (1698)
- Woolworth Building, 233 Broadway (1913)
- Statue of Liberty (1886)
- Fraunces Tavern, 54 Pearl Street (1719)
- 14 Wall Street, originally the Bankers Trust Company Building (1933)
- Woolworth Building, 233 Broadway (1913)
The story of these drawings can be found HERE.
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Grand Opening of the SAAM Renwick Gallery - WONDER Exhibition
Really excited to get a peek of the SAAM Renwick Gallery’s first exhibition which is schedule to open this Friday after two years of renovation work. Architect Magazine’s Instagram has started posting images of the first exhibition, you can also check out SAAM’s FB or tumblr account for more images!
The Renwick Gallery, located in Washington DC, is home to the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s collection of contemporary craft and decorative art, one of the finest and most extensive collections of its kind.
Images from the top:
- Gabriel Dawe, “Plexus A1” (images 01-03)
- Maya Lin, “Folding the Chesapeake” (image 04)
- Janet Echelman, “WONDERful” (image 05)
- Leo Villareal, “The Greek Slave (image (06)
- Patrick Dougherty (image (07)
- John Grade, “Middle Fork” (images 08-09)
- Renwick Gallery facade (image 10)
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On Saturday August 29 we organize a USK Buenos Aires outing to Museo del Automóvil (automobile museum), just to draw… cars!
The museum is located on Devoto Neighborhood, and it’s a private collection. One can find race cars, for particular use, domestic, imported, historical, etc.The first sketch is a service pick-up of racer Oscar Alfredo Galvez. I really like the front part with chrome and aluminum, apart from the body in 2 colors.
On Moleskine watercolor sketchbook A4, with fine liners 005 and 01 in 90 minutes. Add some color touches on location, then completed with watercolors @ my desk.
The other sketch is of a totem of the Automóvil Club Argentino (ACA), which is found in all service stations of the Club.
On Moleskine watercolor sketchbook A4, with Lamy fountain with EF nib with water resistant ink + watercolors in 30 minutes.A beautiful fire truck. Not much information about it. I loved the radiator frame in bronze.
Drawn with Kaweco fountain pen with EF nib with water resistant ink in 60 minutes. Later completed with watercolors @ home, in Moleskine sketchbook large.8/29/15. Here.
Source: ftessa
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Forgotten masterpiece: “Double Escape” by Moebius, from Moebius #6 - Pharagonesia & Other Strange Stories, published by Epic Comics, 1988.
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Lucy Mink Covello lives in New Hampshire, not too far from where I spend a couple of weeks every summer. We met at my friends’ farm, spread a blanket under trees in the apple orchard, and shared some beer, bread, and cheese. Our interview was punctuated by the buzzing of insects, animals, and children. I noticed that the conversation leaned heavily into discussions of family and motherhood, and I wondered whether it was influenced by the situation. My first impulse was to edit it out; how could children be relevant to serious art discourse?
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Monumental Parkour Andy Day
With a combined passion for the practice of parkour and photography, Andy Day has documented a dynamic series of images that bring together urban exploration, memories and monumental architecture. over the course of three months, the british photographer and parkour athlete traveled to Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia in search of ‘Spomenik’ — World War II monuments commissioned by the regime of Marshal Tito and scattered across former Yugoslavia. informed by the work of photographer Jan Kempenaers, who documented twenty-six of these otherworldly architectural objects, day tasked several parkour athletes from the region to engage, occupy and activate each of the structural relics. [via]
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