TODAY'S FEATURED POST
be loose, be bold and be yourself.
I spend the most part of October traveling in Europe for different art shows. A week in Portugal for the fantastic THU 2024 event, a short week in Turin for the View Conference and a unforgettable week at Lucca Comics and Games in Tuscany. During those weeks I did a ton of portfolio reviews and talked endlessly about art, my own, my colleges art and just about art in general. And I was thinking about…
YESTERDAY’S POST
Turning Points: In Italy Edition
October 3, 2024 - Hi everyone, I'm on SABBATICAL. Orbit Books (our parent company, Hachette, actually) has a sabbatical program where after 15 years of working for the company you get a month off to do something healing/educational and heal a chunk of burnout. And I've been in Italy! I'm about halfway through, so I'll do a recap of everything and thoughts on sabbatical in general next month. For now, here's a repost of a fave episode on my ongoing Turning Points series, where we look at a someone we all think of as a "Master" and talk about realities and problems they faced that shows that Art Masters were just like us. So here's Turning Points: John Singer Sargent — I picked him because I packed my watercolors for this trip and I plan to attempt to paint…
PREVIOUS POSTS
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The Thing!
Monday, October 7, 2024
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IG WOW Episode 4
Friday, October 4, 2024
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Turning Points: In Italy Edition
Thursday, October 3, 2024
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Sandy Kossin, American Illustrator
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
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Anatomy and Studying the Muscles of the Human Body
Monday, September 30, 2024
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Conversation in Clay
Thursday, September 26, 2024
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