FOR YOUR EYES

A few videos that I think are great to see over the summer:

Jerry's Artarama ARTIST PROBLEMS series on YouTube is excellent at tackling the REAL issues all artists have, from money to motivation... If you like THIS ONE (click here)- I encourage you to check out MORE.

TED TALKS are great, and there are a couple dedicated to ART, here are TWO I LOVE:

LINK ONE- (click here) doodles

LINK TWO- (click here) schools kill creativity

JIM CARREY gets real (into painting) CLICK HERE for the vid-

Lastly, ART 21 features LIVING, breathing, WORKING, selling, IMPORTANT, contemporary artists... If you are thinking about maybe one day being one of them, you should really check out their WORK, life, THOUGHTS, ideas, SPEECH, and attitudes on THESE VIDEOS (click here)

BOOK SUGGESTIONS

OFF THE WALL : a portrait of Robert Rauschenberg by Calvin Tomkins

Artemestia Gentileschi by Mary Garrad

WHISTLER by T. Martin Wood

Hockney By Hockney by David Hockney

WINSOR McCAY: His Life And Art by John Canemaker

GEORGIA O'KEEFE: An Eternal Spirit by Susan Wright

Mary Cassat: A Life by Nancy Mathews

Toulouse-Lautrec: A Life by Juila Frey

CHAGALL: A BIOGRAPHY by Jackie Wullschlager

Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud

PICASSO ON ART by Ashton

The Art Spirit by Robert Henri

BIG MAGIC by Elizabeth Gilbert

Steal Like An Artist by Austin Kleon

PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST: A Biography Of Georgia O'Keefe by Laurie Lisle

Lust For Life by Irving Stone

Jean Michel Basquiat : A Biography by Eric Fretz

FRIDA by Barbara Mujica

Modigliani: A Life by Jeffery Meyers

ALICE NEEL: The Art Of NOT Sitting Pretty by Phoebe Hoban

Article From " The Onion "

NEW YORK—Saying that he doesn’t want to let the perfect opportunity pass him by, local artist Brian Danforth told reporters Tuesday that he makes a point to always carry a sketchbook around with him in case he feels like making a stranger uncomfortable. “You never know when you’ll catch a glimpse of some random person and feel that sudden urge to sketch them without their permission as they fidget under your gaze,” said Danforth, who noted that there’s nothing worse than coming across an interesting and easily unnerved subject on the subway whom you’d love to stare at intently from three feet away for several stops only to realize you don’t have your sketchbook with you. “A few weeks ago, I was sitting across from this great older gentleman at the coffee shop, but I had forgotten my pad at home and ended up wasting a ton of time trying to find a piece of paper before I finally just grabbed a napkin. But by that time, I barely even had a chance to make the guy feel completely self-conscious by darting my eyes back and forth between him and my pencil drawing before he got up and left. I won’t make that mistake again.” At press time, Danforth was switching seats on the 7 train to get a better angle on a passenger who had unfolded a newspaper in an effort to block his view.


See the WHOLE ARTICLE -HERE-

Prompt 100- Optical Illusions

Google Image Search:
OPTICAL ILLUSION DRAWINGS
and then try to draw one of the one's you liked/found.

HARD isn't it?

PROMPT 99 - HOW TO

In a series of simple CLEAR drawings (3-5), SHOW - ILLUSTRATE
how you do a process.

No Words.
Unless you really need them...

PROMPT 98 - I've Been Framed

Draw a FRAME on a page that precedes another drawing,
so you can flip the page-frame down atop of the drawing,
if you want,
but keep them as separate.

Make the frame THICK and DETAILED and ORNATE and cool-
a work of art in and of itself!

PROMPT 97 - PANTHEON

Egyptian, Hindu, Native American, Aztec-

Do a drawing of a GOD from a different religion than YOURS...

Ganesha is my favorite!