food for thought
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similarities of art and writing
I have always enjoyed the kinship between visual art and the written word. Both disciplines similarly use plot, character and a story! As a way to develop my fine art designs i have actively read and studied creative writing (in addition to art, art techniques etc.) since college. So imagine my delight to find that…
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Paws on the Coffee Table
My current art exhibit “Paws to Enjoy” was largely centered on my rediscovery of soup. I rediscovered soup in restaurants and I also tried making soup at home. Here is a free sampler, a downloadable pdf file titled Coffee Table Preview containing a few pages from my Coffee Table Book a 36 page eBook which…
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knowing beans
Knowing how to cook dry beans, and having a pot of formerly-dry beans ready to use in any quick-recipe, is a good thing to know when you’re a busy artist getting ready for a major art exhibit…. Here’s a page from an old sketchbook drawn some years back when, after a time of struggle, I’d…
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write pasta
I’m reading about writing/creativity while I’m making a pasta dish… here’s my sketchbook notes:
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zucchini inspired art
Inspiration to make a zucchini dish lead to appreciation of the green skin of the zucchini which lead to making green paper and stenciling it. Eating the zucchini casserole lead to the desire to nap…. The art above is titled “Sawing Logs” and is currently at Caplan Art Designs.
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carrot cake inspired art
New artwork destined for exhibit in October at Caplan Art Designs. See the events page at www.caplanartdesigns.com or follow on Twitter @AmyCaplan1 or @artistclancy
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Essential Art Studio Equipment
One of the best “how to be a professional artist” advice I ever got: Learn to cook! 2nd best advice: Get a rice cooker – slow cooker combo that has a timer and a “keep warm” setting. (This way dinner cooks while I work – and when dinner is done if I’m still working my…
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picked off the Coffee Table
Here’s a page from Coffee Table Book by Sue Clancy
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book excerpt in honor of Dr. Bob Hoke
Here is a pdf file – DrBobFirstAidKitSampler – a sampler of a few graphic-novel pages from a book I illustrated titled “Dr. Bob’s Emotional Repair Program First Aid Kit” – in this book I collected the stories and ideas expressed by psychiatrist Dr. Bob Hoke who recently passed away. I was so lucky to have known him as a Dad, a…
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