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One Direction
A couple of months ago, my son asked me if I would draw a picture of One Direction, so that he could give it to his friend, who apparently is their biggest fan. I said I would, and then I...
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Variety
I have a hard time committing to any activity for an extended period of time. I have a long list of “tried and abandoned” pursuits, including the piano, the harmonica, Spanish, speed reading, and...
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Sketchbook Journal
I sketch because I enjoy doing it, but I also draw because it helps my memory. Sometimes the past feels like a blur. When my kids were infants, I bought them each a baseball glove. Now they are...
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Philip
Last weekend, I took my kids to SFMOMA for the first time. After touring the museum, I asked them, “Which artwork did you like the best?” My eldest was the first to respond, and he said, “The bull’s...
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Planes, Trains, and An Automobile – Sketches From the Road
I have been traveling a lot this year, so I have been filling my pocket sketchbook with scenes from the road. Below are some sketches from airplanes, the BART train, and a moving car. I get...
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Travel Sketches – Hawaii
“The world is a book, and those who do not travel, read only one page.” - Saint Augustine For the kids’ spring break, we joined my in-laws in Hawaii. It’s hard not to have a wonderful time in Hawaii....
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Uncle Jimmy
Last weekend, my Uncle Jimmy visited us. He has lived in Paris for almost thirty years, so it’s not often we get to see him. Last year, we unknowingly scheduled vacations to Vancouver on the same...
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It’s Time To Smell (and Draw) the Roses
“What a lovely thing a rose is!…Our highest assurance of the goodness of Providence seems to me to rest in the flowers. All other things, our powers, our desires, our food, are all really necessary...
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“Step to the rhythm step, step to the ride…”
A few events in the last month, including the first anniversary of MCA’s passing, the naming of Adam Yauch Park in Brooklyn, and my brother’s “close, but not quite” encounter with Mike D, prompted me...
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Why I Drew a Can of Campbell’s Soup
In her book, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, Betty Edwards writes, “For centuries, copying masterworks was recommended as an aid to learning to draw. “Copying forces one to slow down and...
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My First Art Competition
Each year, KFOG, a San Francisco radio station, records and publishes on-air live performances of artists who visit their studio, in a CD entitled Live From The Archives. KFOG also holds a contest for...
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Evolution of a Drawing
“What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something, because of course art is about sharing.” – David Hockney Earlier this summer, my friend asked me if I would do a drawing...
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Stacie
Stacie - pencil on paper It’s our tenth anniversary this week, so I drew this portrait of Stacie based on a picture that was taken just after our engagement. Filed under: Art, Family
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10 Things I Learned While Copying Jonathan Yeo
Jonathan Yeo is one of the most talented living portraitists. His subjects include Tony Blair, Nicole Kidman, Rupert Murdoch, Sienna Miller, and Damien Hirst. I only recently encountered Jonathan...
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Conference Call Sketches
My sister-in-law recently emailed me this Wall Street Journal article about Andy Silton, a retired money manager, who had a habit of drawing during meetings. During his 30 years in asset management,...
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Artists Anonymous
No. Artists Anonymous is not a rehab group for people who are overly preoccupied with drawing and painting. Artists Anonymous, or “AA”, is a collective of artists based in Berlin and Liverpool, who...
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Banksy Plays the Violin
Earlier this year, I read an article about Joshua Bell, a violinist who played at a Washington D.C. subway station during the morning rush hour. Unlike most buskers, this musician was one of the most...
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Portrait Practice
“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There’s no way around these two things that I’m aware of, no shortcut.” – Stephen King As you can tell...
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On Jeff Koons, Technicians, and Minions
Last Tuesday, Christie’s held an auction where Francis Bacon’s triptych Three Studies of Lucian Freud sold for $142.2 million, the highest price ever paid for a single piece of art. Jeff Koons‘s...
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Digital Experiments with David Hockney
“I haven’t stopped painting or drawing – I’ve just added another medium.” – David Hockney Last weekend, I saw David Hockney: A Bigger Exhibition at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, which focuses...
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