commonplace book
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Clancy’s 5 tips for drawing crowds
I’ve been so busy with other projects that I can’t talk about in public yet that I’ve not had time – not even 5 spare minutes – to work on my Time Tavern sketchbook. So to come up with a blog post update today I flipped through my sketchbook/commonplace book. Crowds of characters feature prominently in one…
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finding artistic inspiration
People tend to think of “wealth” as things they have yet to acquire rather than things they already have. Similarly people think of “artistic inspiration” as some grand life-changing event rather than a learned-and-practiced way of looking at ordinary life. I had an art professor in college who would talk, after class was over, of…
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from the coffee table book
I’ve been working towards an upcoming fine art exhibit at Caplan Art Designs; writing an exhibit statement, compiling an inventory list, writing promo materials. You’d be amazed at how much writing there is in this “visual” art field. I also have to write a speech to give during the opening reception. One of the things…
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from the books of Bob
“Feelings are guides not gods.” – Dr. Bob Hoke When I was in art school – and shortly after graduating – I tried wood sculpture, metal sculpture and pottery. I had a “story” of myself as a 3D sculptor. I soon noticed in each of those artistic disciplines that there were times where I was…
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from the Books of Bob
“Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly at first” – Dr. Bob Hoke When I’m beginning a new piece of artwork I make thumbnail sketches, I write notes and doodles in my sketchbook, I make small studies, I make to-scale drawings, I draw, draw and re-draw before arriving at something that “works”. Then what “works”…
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Gullfriends
When I exhibit my artwork (as I did recently at the Caplan Art Designs gallery www.caplanartdesigns.com) I try to explain how my life inpires my artwork. Being more “visual” rather than verbal it’s easier for me to talk about this via pictures: as I go through life I draw and write in a sketchbook. Like…
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coffee, table, book
I’ve been working on an ebook titled “Coffee, Table, Book”. This book directly relates to my upcoming exhibit at Caplan Art Designs www.caplanartdesigns.com (opening May 7th!) but it’s also about my artwork in general – and very much like the pages I’ve been posting here on this blog. Here’s what the cover looks like: It’s an…
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