As I looked ahead on my calendar, I saw that Secretaries’ Day sorry, Administrative Professionals’ Week was just around the corner at the end of April.
I think artists should have a Visual Enabler Week. Or an Imagination Technician Day. : )
All right, I admit I’m just bitter that I can’t hire an Administrative Professional myself. It would make tax-time SO much easier. . .
Finally, my "big project" is finished! It’s been a crazy day with a lot going on, but foliotwist.com is finally live and online! Since I’ve kept it a complete secret up until launch, here’s a quick (mostly visual) overview of what it does. . .read more
This week I asked artists to divulge exactly how they created their art—whether they looked at real-life objects and scenes, used reference photographs, or just used their own imagination. I even threw in the option of "other artwork" in case there were any dedicated art forgers out there (the. . . read more
"Could you draw us something?" Millions of adults around the world would break into a cold sweat if asked to draw a picture in front of a group of people. They’d deny any artistic talent, make excuses, and do whatever it took to avoid being on the spot with a pencil in their hand. But ask a co. . . read more
This week I took a look at Artspan.com, a provider of contemporary artist websites, and even corresponded by email with its director and founder Eric Sparre. Eric said that Artspan (founded in 2000) was the first company to offer full-featured artist websites, but he made it clear that from th. . . read more
There's a mathematical ratio commonly found in nature—the ratio of 1 to 1.618—that has many names. Most often we call it the Golden Section, Golden Ratio, or Golden Mean, but it's also occasionally referred to as the Golden Number, Divine Proportion, Golden Proportion, Fibonacci Number, and Ph. . . read more
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