In the morning, the sun streams full force through our large living room window, which has not been the case the past couple of days due to rain. However, last week I snapped these pics of our Doggle Woggle, who was enjoying the sunshine. I was impressed with how shiny his fur is in the light.
Netflix is a thing of beauty. Mostly because it allows us to binge watch our favorite shows. One of our very favorite shows, which is a surprise to me, is the British version of Top Gear. The surprise is that I’m not a car person, but this show is all about cars and I love it. Not necessarily so much for the cars but for the snarkiness of the three hosts, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond,…
Anita Mills, one of my college professors, posted this marvelous New York Times article about blind contour drawing [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/magazine/letter-of-recommendation-blind-contour-drawing.html?_r=0] on Facebook. I remember blind contour drawing well. The exercise has students, using charcoal and large pieces of newsprint paper, draw a subject without looking at the paper. The results are always laughable, but the exercise makes students see their subjects differently and frees them from trying to draw the “perfect” picture. This is what Sam…