tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099623746004047287.post1067948828916653631..comments2023-07-14T04:19:58.832-04:00Comments on A Painter's Year: Sunday Sketchbook: LondonSusan Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729773074834731314noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099623746004047287.post-63186123871088587402008-12-05T09:45:00.000-05:002008-12-05T09:45:00.000-05:00Thanks, Olha, I'll check that site out. I guess we...Thanks, Olha, I'll check that site out. I guess we're another tiny niche group within the wider art world!Susan Abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07729773074834731314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099623746004047287.post-18945064381536319312008-12-04T01:53:00.000-05:002008-12-04T01:53:00.000-05:00check out Urban Sketchers http://www.urbansketcher...check out Urban Sketchers http://www.urbansketchers.com/ - lots of commuters drawing here. Avidor Arikha's stuff looks wonderful, thanks.Olha Pryymakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17677389622529131665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099623746004047287.post-2619840111771773892008-11-28T10:23:00.000-05:002008-11-28T10:23:00.000-05:00No, Clair, I haven't read that, but I'll put it on...No, Clair, I haven't read that, but I'll put it on my winter sit-by-fire list. The novel form is so different from visual art, which is so akin to poetry. (Many painters write poems, don't know of many who attempted a novel.) Must be that both painting and poetry are about the accumulation of observed details into a clear and ambiguous image. Moments that stay in the moment.Susan Abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07729773074834731314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099623746004047287.post-5671122567855856782008-11-28T05:29:00.000-05:002008-11-28T05:29:00.000-05:00No doubt you've read Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Brown"...No doubt you've read Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Brown" -- starts with a woman, a stranger, in a railway carriage and goes on--way on-- from there.Clairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09151298064598120697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099623746004047287.post-4891661517433226282008-11-24T10:49:00.000-05:002008-11-24T10:49:00.000-05:00I was thinking like Olha - people watching (and sk...I was thinking like Olha - people watching (and sketching) is the best part about riding the metro, the bus, any public transport! ;-)) and I LOVE seeing other artists sketchbooks....it's like another way of sharing a 'conversation'! <BR/>cheers, RoxanneRoxanne Steedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13672037058284711345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099623746004047287.post-33733525243027064252008-11-24T10:10:00.000-05:002008-11-24T10:10:00.000-05:00Thanks for your comment, Olha. I love that too--st...Thanks for your comment, Olha. I love that too--stealth drawing techniques are required, haven't you found? The painter Avidor Arikha commuted to a studio in Manhattan for a time , and made a wonderful series of subway drawings (some are reproduced in monographs on his work.)Susan Abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07729773074834731314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099623746004047287.post-42338239792552132612008-11-24T05:04:00.000-05:002008-11-24T05:04:00.000-05:00oh it's so much fun drawing people on public trasp...oh it's so much fun drawing people on public trasport. Love the combo of notes and colors hereOlha Pryymakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17677389622529131665noreply@blogger.com