Quote of the Week
February 3 2019
“The artist will either flourish or fail with either persistence or pessimism”
~Elvis Swift
Essays And Yarns
Quote of the Week
December 23 2018
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.”
~The Heavenly Host
It’s Pink Friday
December 21 2018
In one of our recent Essays and Yarns, the suggestion was made that some people are living under a rock. As it turns out, the space under the rock has company.
Us.
While wandering into the local Drug Store looking for a new comb, walking down the ladies isle was spotted one of the most amazing product designs ever seen. The Nicki Minaj Pink Friday Parfum. It is evident that there are things going on in the world that have completely escaped our understanding.
Just to be clear on this, the bottle design is absolutely captivating. Who would have thought that a bottle with a gold head covered in Pink hair on top of a brassiere and transparent torso filled with fragrant liquid would be anything but awkward?
We love it. As a matter of fact, we wish we had a bust of Mr. Swift that was an equally compelling product to put on a shelf somewhere.
Perhaps we’ll start working on one.
Quote of the Week
November 26 2018
“We were making the future,” he said, “and hardly any of us troubled to think what future we were making. And here it is!”
Herbert George Wells – When The Sleeper Wakes (1899)
Drawing Lesson No. 8
November 4 2018
Today’s topic for our Drawing Lesson is ‘Perspective”. Have you ever wondered why various accounts of events reported do not always agree with one another? The simple reason is due to perspective. Perspective not only plays a part in what we experience day to day but also as artists, how it is we portray the ideas and images we conceive. Every viewpoint of the same subject or object is slightly or wholly different dependant on the viewer, medium and intent. (more…)
