Paris Journal

  • Thursday

    After the Giacometti exhibition of yesterday I was excited that an artist I have a lot of respect for liked to study other artists work as well, and some of the drawings on exhibition is the same works I sketched previously in Florance as well. This morning I prepared canvases and started doing ground layers.…

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  • Wednesday

    How can any full time artist live with just one easle! I am on three canvases at a time and still not satisfied. Oils take too long to dry! Fortunately I am working in three different styles… But it is part if my problem . There us not a distinct style. I get bored when…

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  • Kalevi Kiviniemi

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  • Museum of Asiatic Art

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  • Tuesday musings

    Be gentle, everybody you meet is fighting a fight you know nothing about.  Just a thought for today. The blog is really fun and I do it for a record for myself to look back at later. But it takes hard work and discipline. I usually do the visual diary thing. Drawing with short descriptions…

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  • Herbert du Plessis

    https://youtu.be/F2rrYu7Sv9c

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  • No blues Monday

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  • Sunday antique market

    On our way to an antique market on the outskirts of Paris we cross the busy square in front of the Notre Dame. It is swarming with tourists, taking selfies on selfie sticks, with the cathedral as backdrop. An old song from childhood comes into my brain: ” Daar is n apie op n stokkie…

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