Cézanne Portraits
Great exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. Interesting to see Cézanne very much exposed through his portraits. They said he never painted portrait commissions or sold any so they really were the workings of the inner artist, working things out for himself. The overriding impression I was left with is of an artist' continuous struggle. Sometime achieving a satisfactory result, other times leaving it unresolved. There are basic struggles with draftsmanship, in particula
Sketch now think later - review
After receiving an email post from Citizen Sketcher Marc Taro Holmes with a book review for 'Sketch Now Think Later' by Mike Yoshiaki Daikubara I was instantly inspired to order a copy which arrived in a couple of days. The very theme of 'just do it' appealed as my recent sketches have been odd 5 minute scrawls squeezed in on my way to work and I would really like to understand how the 'urban sketcher' tribe manage to seemingly fit so much in, with most of this style of image
