Everyone Sharpen Your Pencils

May 10th, 2008

I just found out that June 7th, 2008 is officially “Drawing Day 08″ and it will be the first Saturday of every June from this day forth. According to their site

“Drawing Day is a worldwide drawing event encouraging everyone to drop everything and draw for the sake of art. The internet is an open canvas. Help us create 1 million drawings online this day and boost online art communities.”

I don’t generally need an excuse to draw, but I’ll definitely be getting in on this action.

Hope you do too!

Digital Web Magazine – Creating The Perfect Portfolio

February 5th, 2008

An excellent article that clearly identifies not just the building of a portfolio, but the need to treat it as an important piece of a self-promotional marketing tool. This is something I preach to my students as much as possible.

Of course, I must admit my portfolio is getting a little long in the tooth…

Find out more here… (courtesy of Digital Web Magazine)

Happy 50th Anniversary Legos!

January 28th, 2008

Just heard that today (at 1:58 p.m. to be exact) was the 50th anniversary for Legos. From me and my two children, “Happy Birthday, Legos!”

Courtesy of Gizmodo

Color Inspiration from the Masters of Painting by COLOURlovers

July 25th, 2007

Need some color inspiration? Check out this entry from the great folks at COLOURlovers, a blogging site where color is the sole subject matter.

Find out more here… (courtesy of Drawn)