hubs 1-10 (updated every 30 minutes)sort by Hot Best Latest
84The Best Kept Secret of Figure Drawing: The Open Session
Figure by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon. Figure by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon. Salvador Dali, in his book 50 Secrets of Magic Craftsmanship, affirmed that even having a bad drawing teacher was better than having none at...
5 comments
72Want to Paint like the Old Masters?
"The Art of Painting" by Vermeer the question is, did the Old Masters paint like the Old Masters? Maybe not. In the very appropriately titled "The Art of Painting" (see above), by Johannes Vermeer, we are...
0 comments
74Drawing from Life Made Easier: Part 1
One of the wonderful things about drawing from life, or drawing from direct observation, is that you don't have to draw from a photo! But (you may ask) isn't drawing from a photo easier? The camera, we...
1 comment
74How to Appreciate Rembrandt's Night Watch
"The Militia Company of Frans Banning Cocq", by Rembrandt, 1642 (also known as "The Night Watch" Two words: In person. If you try to appreciate Rembrandt's painting indirectly, by viewing a photo of it,...
7 comments
70Mastering Artistic Anatomy: Some Wonderful Books
"The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp" by Rembrandt van Rijn Skeletal study by Leonardo da Vinci This Hub is the first of several dedicated to helping you in your quest to draw the human figure. When I look back...
3 comments
73Haggard's Hobbit? Allan Quatermain as a Literary Progenitor of Bilbo Baggins: A Different Sort of Anti-Hero
A young J. R. R. Tolkien. Guillermo del Toro's movie version of The Hobbit hits theaters, there are several things you can do to take the edge off your craving. You could watch or re-watch previous films by...
8 comments
67Don't Cha? A 19th Century Video Mashup
that is to say, the Art History Lesson part of it... There is first a certain duty I must fulfill... which I admit, will be only a little less fun than the Art History Lesson itself! Even more good...
3 comments
67Duchamp: The MacGyver of the Art World?
MacGyver, that dramatic character so memorably portrayed by Richard Dean Anderson, has achieved the cultural cult status of adding to the dictionary (or at least the popular lexicon) the terms "MacGyverism"...
1 comment
78Galadriel in a Parallel Universe?
The Mirror of Galadriel by Alan Lee Galadriel is an important figure not only in The Lord of the Rings, but also in Tolkien's Silmarillion. The Silmarillion lays out a vast expanse of Middle Earth's history...
2 comments
69The Readymade MacGyver Challenge (A Contest for You Creative Types Out There)
In my penultimate hub, I made a brilliant comparison between the artist Duchamp and secret agent MacGyver, suggesting that each of them, in his own unique and inimitable fashion, made invaluable...
0 comments
