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“After Life” Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda

A couple of days I came across this movie and I have just started to watch it. I wanted to share it here since it seems to be related to the first post entered in this blog.
While the movie is not about art per se, I feel it may place some perspective in your life, [...]

Art Materials

( Art )

It has been about eight months since I started sketching more regularly. When I was a little kid I used to draw a lot, I think all kids do, then at some point the activity decreased. I do recall drawing on the corners of books and making little animations, although I do not recall exactly [...]

Sunny San Francisco

( Art and Sketches )

It sure was nice to be in San Francisco on Tuesday, it was a very nice and sunny day.
Took a quick trip to the Coit tower, and decided to take the time to practice some more artmaking.
Below is a watercolor of the coit tower.

I also started this sketch, but stopped after a while… too many [...]

Linnea in Monet’s Garden

( Art and Movies )

I must tell you about this short animated film I watched a couple of days ago. It is such a great and simple story that I am sure will captivate the minds of young artists.
The name of the film is Linnea in Monet’s Garden. 
It is the story of a young girl who loves Claude Monet garden paintings, she [...]

Watercolor trials

( Art )

I would like to share the following watercolor with you. Like many of you, I hesitated at the thought of sharing my beginner attempts, however since this site’s purpose is to chronicle creative discovery here it is.
The ocean color is too purple, at first I thought hmm its not dark enough, and a couple of [...]