On a Cary Grant binge
The moment from Arsenic and Old Lace. Probably one of his best. Overshadows the rest of the marvellous performances.
Art
Artists Want You to Better Know Your Land
A series of thought provoking art works commissioned by Toronto History Museums wants to shake up your understanding of local history. The collective project called Awakenings approaches tales from the…
The Getaway
Poking around in Procreate. Always loved the selection fill tool in Paper discovered you can set a drawn selection to fill the shape. Play around with some brushes, layers, fills….…
Bill Blair sketch
Quick sketch with a blunt finger in the new Procreate Pocket on iPhone. Haven’t drawn with a blunt finger in a long time. Minister Blair on screen on AppleTV on…
For Procreate Artmash
The prompts were terrarium, monster, cupcake.
Now is the Time to Increase Accessibility in the Arts
Making an art gallery accessible is more than providing a ramp for people to enter, an accessible art gallery ought to include accessible art. The bare minimum a gallery or…
I just can’t see it
Just scribble something. Sometimes it works out.
Claudette
Indulging again in It Happened One Night. Criterion is a great collection.
The Ghost of Christmas Lockdown
Doug Ford agonizes over keeping the economy open.
It’s Time to Get Crafty for the Winter Pandemic Months
In North America and Europe we are bound to have to spend the winter mostly in our own domiciles due to political mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic alongside the scourge…
Can Art Survive the Internet? | TVO.org
Can art survive the internet? Can artists make it in the world of free that’s enabled by it? Author William Deresiewicz explains why those are urgent questions, before, during and…
In Italy, Art is Used to Block Illegal Fishing
It’s well known that industrial fishing is bad for the environment and bad for the fishers involved in it. A local fisherman, Paolo Fanciulli, had enough of the industrial fishing…
art in our new home
When we were in Salt Spring Island, we went to the Saturday Market, and I instantly fell in love with this man’s work. Salt Spring artist Lorne Tippett uses wine-barrel…
virtual walking tours of new york city, hosted by ny times architect critic michael kimmelman
During the pandemic shutdown, there were so many offers of interesting things to do online — cooking, crafting, indoor exercise, art classes, author readings, and on and on. I didn’t…
Try something
Testing the wordpress publish ability #idea !(Dougs%20door%20plan.jpeg) So let’s see what happens.