Blog Detail

Curious Crow

Curious Crow

http://curiouscrow.typepad.com/curious-crow/

Curious Crow features my art and craft work as well as odd ramblings about life and anything which interests me.

subscribe Recent Posts

  • Urgh

    Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 12:49 in art history

    Well, that visit to Cambridge did for me. I've done a few things this week but I'm sadly too fatigued to write about art this week - next week I promise.In the meantime AccountoftheSun has uploaded the first part of a documentary about Titian...

  • Cambridge and the Chronophage

    Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 08:27 in life, art history, sketchbooks

    I don't have many sketches to share - in fact only one for this post. I haven't been drawing so well this week mainly due to sheer fatigue. i just can't concentrate when the ME is bad. Against my better judgement ,(already fatigued - do...

  • Lucien Freud

    Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 11:04 in art history

    Lucien Freud is one of my heros and Leslie's comment yesterday reminded me that an interview (very rare) with him has been uploaded - in bits - to YouTube. It's excellent - he's so gentle and unassuming, not at all what I expected as in h...

  • Horns

    Posted on Monday November 16th, 2009 at 12:51

    There is no deep meaning to this, I just felt like drawing a girl with horns. It's actually a surprise for someone.I think you can see the colours - they're very subtle, but that turquiose glow is meant to be there. 11 x 81/4" Penc...

  • Jan Van Eyck

    Posted on Friday November 13th, 2009 at 04:33 in art history

    I’m going to stay in the Low Countries for this post and take a look at the work of Jan Van Eyck (c. 1390 – 1441). Perhaps his most famous painting, which fortunately for me currently hangs in the National Gallery in London, is the painting kno...

  • Well...

    Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 10:15 in sketchbooks

    I'm still struggling with that damn painting. Now I have to wait for things to dry before I can continue. Oh well.I finally remembered to take my mini watercolour kit out with me this morning so I actually added washes to a couple of sketches. Th...

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 4.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

4 stars Donna Litchfield

Very nice blog, just started myself and hope to find more mixed media artists. I love your Mary on wood.

Posted: November 20th, 2009 | Report This Comment

Post A Comment/Review

* Your IP is being logged.
* Your e-mail address is used only for verification purposes only and will not be sold, or shown publicly.
* No HTML tags allowed
* DO NOT use the Comments/Reviews to promote your own site.

Name: or Login
E-mail:
Rating:
Verify: Spam Protection: sum of 2 + 2
Comment:
  Remember Information