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Scrapbooks
As I read in the Washington Post Book World about a new book on Scrapbooking, I was reminded of how this creative pastime is much like a visual diary. As much as moleskin notebooks can be used for sketching and collecting memories, they, as well as other blank-sheet note books, can be used for the visual keepsake of scrapbooking. There are a whole hosts of sites regarding scrapbooking when doing a search online, but here’s one that seems to be a good collective (no pun intended) place to start: http://www.scrapbooking-directory.com/ And here’s a finished project of a travel scrapbook from Martha Stewart: Now, I don’t know about you, but I…
Traditional Sketches
After my last two posts on typewriter and computer art, I thought it would be wise to go back to the root — traditional sketches. As much as computer art can create something new from an original, you need the original first. In my search for “art is everywhere,” I’ve found a cool blog, the Creative Perch with a weekly post about Art is Everywhere and it was here that I saw the Youtube video below of Chris Dent’s work @ Detour Exhibition (from votredame in 2006) regarding traditional sketches on moleskin notepads. These make great sketchbooks and I usually have one with me when I’m traveling because they are…
Photos from Olson House
Getting back to the photos that I mentioned previously in the post about Andrew Wyeth and his passing, here are some of the photos that I took when my mother and I visited the Olson House, where Wyeth painted, on our art trip to Maine during the summer of 2007. The finishes there on site were truly rich with history. There was something both simultaneously sad and beautiful about them. Being there, one could get a sense of what may have captivated Andrew Wyeth. There was a sense of peace and hardship about the place.
