I thought this filming was destined for the University website where I teach. it may be there too. But it is on YouTube. Me. Mr. No Cell Phone. Me. Mr. No Facebook, Mr. No Twitter. Me. Mr. Old World Forever. Mr. Technophobe. I am on Youtube.
Category Archives: Art Education
Art Identification App
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
“Plink Art” a mobile phone application that allows users to identify a work of art by simply taking its photo. The app contains thousands of famous paintings in its database, which can also pull up information on the artwork, including content from Wikipedia about the artist. Plink Art users can also leave digital comments and order prints of the [...]
Like Rome Needs Another Museum
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
The MAXXi is open. The new museum of modern art in Rome was designed by architect Zaha Hadid. I Googled for links to see it and saw lots of sites. The actual museum website is incomplete and provided little background. Here is one link that has lots of images.
The Artist’s Palette
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Renoir’s palette.
Lucy Davies, on the Telegraph.co.uk website features an article on the value of analysis of the palette of famous artists. The images that illustrate it are pictorial diaries. Link.
Woodblock Printing Process
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
I love block printing but I haven’t done it for a long time. Thinking “in reverse” is hard for the owner of this mind. Carving to reveal the positive line was difficult, particularly, for multiple colour pieces that required precision. Consequently, this site that illuminates the process of Valerie Lueth and Paul Roden is an excellent one [...]
Teaching! Yay!
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
I have taught elementary school (3 hours—loathed it), high school (2 years) regional college (2 years at Vancouver’s Capilano College) and University (2 years @ University of Nice; I am in my second year teaching at Emily Carr University of Art and Design). I kept searching for an ideal situation but students seemed to be [...]
Be Alone in the Sistine Chapel and See It Up Close
Monday, April 19, 2010
I could not believe this site when I found it. Being raised a Catholic, a lover of the Renaissance, all things Italian and passionate about choral music, I spent hours looking at gazillions of details in the world’s most famous church. What a treat. (Meanwhile, pervert priests and a horrible Pope are making headlines.) Link [...]
Porn for the Blind
Friday, April 16, 2010
Lisa J. Murphy is a photographer with a certificate in Tactile Graphics from the CNIB. She has photographed, sculpted, thermoformed, & self- published a book of nude photographs for the blind. Pictures and grade- one Braille accompany the images, so blind, vision impaired and sighted individuals can enjoy this work.
tactile mind is a handmade thermoform [...]
Teaching Creativity: Listen Up Art Teachers!
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
From Andrew Sullivan’s “Daily Dish:”
Eric Barker recently referred me to this interesting study, which looked at how elementary school teachers perceived creativity in their students. While the teachers said they wanted creative kids in their classroom, they actually didn’t. In fact, when they were asked to rate their students on a variety of personality measures - [...]
Marwencol by Mark Hogencamp
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
I have a “neice” who is the daughter of the daughter of best friends whom I have known all my life. Her name is Sahara. She has changed my life. She has developmental deficiencies that prevent her from talking and communications. I love her and her whole family to bits. She has changed the way [...]