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Visit to Getty Villa

My last few visits to the J. Paul Getty Museum were over 20 years ago. Today was first time I’ve been back after the 2006 renovation (and the art collection moved to the newer Getty Center). I’m glad to see it is even more impressive, especially the gardens. This is a closeup of a fountain in the East Garden, based on one from Pompeii.

fountain

Milton Glaser’s comments on drawing

MILTON GLASER DRAWS & LECTURES from C. Coy on Vimeo.

I saw on Twitter a link (via John Nack’s blog) to this video of Milton Glaser drawing and commenting on drawing. He shared some good thoughts. (Thanks to C. Coy for posting it.)

Visual Notes – Morning Walk


Took my point&shoot camera (Canon G10) and captured images that caught my eye during a morning walk. The last two photos are of a wonderful Chinese Lantern plant that has bright orange petals that look like paper lanterns.

Gliding Pelican

Gliding Pelican

Going over some old vacation photos and did some cropping and tonal/color adjustments on a “toss away” image. I liked the animated, glassy ocean surface, punctuated by the gliding pelican.

Tulip Painting

tulip

tulip

Used Painter’s pastels and chalks brushes to render this tulip study I did a couple of years ago. These brushes provide a nice blending without sacrificing too much texture. The flower and stem were painted against a transparent background and placed into Photoshop to make background variations.