Intimate Portraits of Artist’s Own Children – Matisse, Cezanne, John, Rembrandt, Chardin, Rubens, Nicholson

  ‘Telly Fans 10’  by adam cope – sanguine     ‘Telly Fans 8’  by adam cope – graphite Intimate Portraits by Artist’s of Their Own Children I overheard on the web some artists saying that they couldn’t possibly do portraits of their own kids as it was ‘too close.’  I don’t agree. Neither did…

Drawings of Painters Painting

Sunny weather brings the painters out ‘en plein air’…. Here’s some sketches from a recent day of teaching. I greatly enjoy these painting days with such good company, a honour to teach & to watch other painter’s creativity & learning open like the new spring leaves to the sun light. Graphite, A5 Sketchbook

Selling & Making Art on the Streets

‘Chez Caty’ aquarelle 24 x 32 cm © adam cope   Clowns & fire-jugglers aren’t the only ‘artistes de la rue’ in tourist hot-spot Sarlat working the summer crowds. There’s other kinds of artists who ‘faire le trottoir’ (work the pavements), painters who paint on the streets & try to sell on the streets. Hoping…

Paintings of Painters Painting : Drawings of Draughts-Persons Drawing

‘Frederick and Jessie Etchells Painting’ Vanessa BELL oil on board 1912 51 x 53 cm Tate, London ‘Duncan Grant Painting’ Vanessa BELL c.1920 50 x 40 cm Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermartizburg Two Vanessa Bell paintings of painters painting. The first painting is from her Asheham House – Bloomsbury days. Virgina Woolf, Lytonn Strachey, Roger Fry,…

Ed TERPENING : Paintings of painters Painting; Drawings of DraughtsPersons Drwaing

Ed Terpening “Sue”12×9″Oil on Linen Ed Terpening “Gina”8 x 6 “Oil on Linen Ed Terpening – Life Plein Air >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> YOU ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN AN INTERNET COLLABORATIVE PROJECT…. Paintings of Painters Painting : Drawings of Draughts-Persons Drawing All levels welcome, from genius to absolute beginner. I thought it might be fun to gather…

J.G.VIBERT – Paintings of Painters Painting; Drawings of Draughts-Persons Drawing

J-G.VIBERT ‘The Delights of Art’ 1896 engraving This is an illustration for his satrical short story ‘ The Delights of Art’ (The Century magazine, 1896), in which a sun beam discusses with the curtain the merits of the Cardinal’s éclatiste painting ( literally ”dazzlers’ being the name that some critics gave the Impressionists, with their…

Vivienne ‘KITCHEN TABLE SKETCHES’ : Paintings of Painters Painting : Drawings of Draughts-Persons Drawing

‘Artist Sketching’ Vivienne pencil in sketchbook Link to Vivienne’s blog -Kitchen Table Sketches >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> YOU ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN AN INTERNET COLLABORATIVE PROJECT…. Paintings of Painters Painting : Drawings of Draughts-Persons Drawing All levels welcome, from genius to absolute beginner. Preferably your own work. Ongoing Project. I thought it might be fun to gather…