By Paul Burrows




January 24 @ 10:00 am - May 26 @ 5:00 pm  Featuring the illustration and fine art of Drew Struzan and Bob Peak. 

DetailsFOREST LAWN MEMORIAL GLENDALE MUSEUM

Start: January 24, 2014 10:00 amEnd: May 26, 2014 5:00 pmhttp://forestlawn.com/event/drew-bob-movie-art-drew-struzan-bob-peak/

I called today and found out that on Saturday February 1st and 6 - 8pm there will be some sort of special presentation, I'm assuming with Drew Struzan speaking.

By Paul Burrows

This is taken from Comicbook artist Henrike Dijkstra

Passion

An intense desire or enthusiasm for something.


- Cambridge dictionary Passion. Everyone knows this word. The excerpt from the dictionary above is just one of many different definitions of the term.
What a lot of people don`t know is that the word “passion” actually comes from the Latin root “pati” which means “suffering” or “enduring.” This word was, for example, used to describe the suffering of Jesus Christ on the cross to save the world.

 At first it might seem that over time the word evolved into meaning something completely different than suffering. But I find it a strangely appropriate word for one of our modern day definitions: “an intense desire or enthusiasm for something”


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http://pencilsandstories.wordpress.com/2014/01/20/passion/?utm_content=bufferbfedc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

For those of us who have not tried using a Wacom tablet, or for those that would like a new tool.....eh gadget to play with, Wacom Inkling might be a great bridge from pen to stylus.
http://www.wacom.com/en/us/creative/inkling  Using you're own sketch pad, the Inkling "records" everything you draw and sends it right to your computer.  I like this idea very much for two reasons. 1. I like to sketch with a pen. 2. I don't want to invest in expensive software and hardware and then never use them.  This might be the perfect introduction to creating "digital" work for me. It's not very expensive and hardly intimidating.  Will have to get a demo to fully appreciate it.  What do you think?
kat McD

By Carol Heyer


Happy New Year!  We had a wonderful first meeting of the year!  Lots of great art and talk!  

After the meeting Bob McMahon sent a link to one of the subjects we were talking about.  Here's Bob's note and a link to the article:   I found this and it seems to be relevant to a discussion we had today about when a painting is actually finished. Some good insights here.

http://www.muddycolors.blogspot.com/2014/01/10-thingsknowing-when-to-stop.html