I recently completed my first Inktober challenge. A portmanteau of ink and October, Inktober challenges invite participants to create one daily drawing throughout the month to encourage consistent drawing habits. Participants will then share these drawings on Instagram or other social media outlets to encourage one another as they complete the challenge. I’ve never participated… Continue reading My first Inktober: #wildoctoberart
Category: Art
New Digital Project: Facemask Drawings
I’ve been in a holding pattern since finishing my written exams on August 27 because I still need to complete the oral component, which is happening this Wednesday. In the meantime, I’ve been catching up on nonacademic projects that I’d sidelined while reading for comps. My main website, for instance, now features a brand-new page… Continue reading New Digital Project: Facemask Drawings
Rediscovering Oil Painting
I know everyone is worried about Covid-19 right now, and for good reason. These are uncharted waters, and with uncertainty comes anxiety. Today then, we’ll take a break from talking about reading lists and take a look at a painting I did in January, because art is important, especially at a time like this. Okay,… Continue reading Rediscovering Oil Painting
Guided Creativity: A (Sort of) History
Since the beginning of the year, I’ve been making an effort to be more consistent with my artistic practice. After seeing that I could make something every day with last year’s abstraction challenge, I’ve tried to draw or paint something new several times a week. I often work on these projects in the evening, as… Continue reading Guided Creativity: A (Sort of) History
Edward Hopper and the American Hotel
I may not be actively curating shows at the moment, but I still visit art exhibitions, both for the often enjoyable content and to keep up with current installation and scholarly trends. One particularly fine exhibition I recently attended was Edward Hopper and the American Hotel, on view at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts… Continue reading Edward Hopper and the American Hotel
My Goals for 2020
With the new year comes a time for reflection and new aspirations. Since I already did some reflection in last week’s post, today I’d like to highlight my goals for the coming year. First, some academic goals: Complete my exams: This is probably the most obvious one, but getting through exams is the next big… Continue reading My Goals for 2020
My Year-Long Art Challenge: A Review
Last month, I finished off my year-long challenge to paint one daily abstraction for an entire year. Every day for 365 days, I completed a 2″ x 3″ abstract painting based on something I’d seen that particular day, whether it was a landscape, a bird in flight, the cats at play, and so on. Whether… Continue reading My Year-Long Art Challenge: A Review
Good Tidings, 2019 Edition
With December comes the onslaught of consumption, debate, and cheer associated with the holidays (though let’s be honest, it starts much sooner and goes away much later, if it ever does). I’ve been up to my own holiday activities too, with the main one being my annual card. Today’s post will take a look at… Continue reading Good Tidings, 2019 Edition
Ongoing Art Project: Colors of Autumn
With only a few weeks left to go in 2019, I’m coming to the final entries for my daily abstraction project. As we continue working toward the winter months, today we’ll take a look at what I’ve been painting this autumn. By far the one subject that has preoccupied my attention has been the foliage.… Continue reading Ongoing Art Project: Colors of Autumn
Ongoing Art Project: Colors of Summer
As we head into autumn, I thought I’d show you some highlights from the summer edition of my daily abstractions project. In some ways, summer has been the most challenging season for me to paint so far. After the rapid and dramatic transformations of the spring, with new leaves and flowers appearing practically every day,… Continue reading Ongoing Art Project: Colors of Summer