That being said, it is good to have an early start to the day.
On the menu this weekend are the usual routine tasks and hopes that I can get my art on and get working on the background for the current skull piece. I have about six of the fourteen pieces started for the background, but anticipate more handwork on them that I didn't expect. And more painting. I just can't leave surfaces alone! It feels good to have a project that my creative brain is working on in the "background" again. It is like I have to make the piece so I can see what it really looks like. Makes no logical sense, but when is the brain of an artist really logical?
Today's link is a fun article about the history of artists from history illustrating animals that they never truly saw. In the time before photography, words and sketches were used for artists to construct illustrations of the creatures of the world. I love using Durer's Rhino in my classroom as an example, and this article features many more good examples of artistic attempts. It is kind of like a visual game of telephone -- each generation of image away from the initial description becomes more inventive. Kids take for granted that they can find a visual of literally anything in the world to find out what it looks like. Truly amazing times. I love old books and encyclopedias because they present a finite amount of information that could be learned, treasured, and mastered by the reader. Frozen data, fixed in time and object, passed from person to person in concrete form. It is so different now! Web pages and Internet resources are temporary with updates a mouse click away. They are not history. The illustrations in this article are history. I love it!
What will you make today?