Art, Visual Thinking and Creativity
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Just returned from a day and half trip to the north where I teach art once in two weeks in this lovely kibbutz called Yir’on. The weather is exceptionally warm which makes it ideal for landscape painting, so this is exactly what I did. Packed my portable easel and did some [...]
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I truly believe that it is very important for a developing artist, to free his hand and mind by exercising the gentle motor functions of fingers and hand helping thus to release visual preconceptions and allow intuitive understanding of the Form.
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It’s been some time that I have worked with a model.Last week I decided to return to the regular practice of working with model since I believe that working with a live model for an artist is like a regular exercise for a pianist without which the [...]
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Piano Bar “8mm” is one of my favorite places in my neighborhood of Florentin. During the day it is a lovely relaxed and peaceful cafe where I do a lot of my writing, sketching and man watching. but at night this place transforms into a magical performance [...]
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Today was one of those glorious spring days ideal for a walk in nature or even sun bathing on the beach. I have chosen to sketch in one of my favorite cafes, here in my neighborhood. With time, sketching is becoming more and more like an open [...]
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