Old Movies: A Reflection Of Our Times

“My Man Godfrey”, a 1936 black & white classic film starring William Powell and Carole Lombard, targets the wealthy and labels them as being out of touch and morally depraved, a little like now. While this movie is a romantic comedy it’s message is anything but comedy. I’ve seen...

Tips On Pencil Portrait Sketching – The Six Elements Of Portrait Sketching

Tips on Pencil Portrait Sketching – The 6 Steps of Portrait Sketching Sketching in general entails 4 distinct steps: line, tone, texture, and shape. In the special case of pencil portrait drawing we can refine the list of steps to six: shape, proportion, anatomy, texture, tone, and planes. Sketching in...

“Venetian Style” at MFA, Boston

Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice Sixty paintings by 16th century “Venetian style” artists will be on view beginning March 15: Titian (1485–1576), Tintoretto (1518-1594) and Veronese (1528–1588) Venetian Style – “painters from Venice were not as concerned with...

“Decoding Identity: I Do it for My People”

Starting January 23, 2009, MoAD presents a group of 20 artists that go to the edge to break stereotypes of religion, race, and gender. Their intentions are to question and challenge beliefs with art: Lorraine Bonner, Ed and Linda Calhoun, Christopher Carter, Lalla Essaydi, John Yoyogi Fortes, Chaz...

No One Gets Away Clean

I revisited the Steven Soderbergh movie  “Traffic” this week and still enjoyed it. I was not surprised. I had originally followed the TV mini series “Traffik” which was about 6 hours long and wondered how the movie would do. Besides the texture, plot, direction and performances in...