02/26/09
I don’t know about you, but I never get tired of looking at Munnys. The do-it yourself toy has been popular for quite some time now and vinyl toys has not died down since. I love the creativity involved into making these little dudes!
Here are some Munnys I really like, one is from the [...]
Tags: apple, charlie brown, leonidas, mummy, munny, operation, rene magritte, son of man
02/23/09

Monday class is the only class I teach by myself and I’ve been having fun coming up with ideas especially for self-portraits. The first set is Pablo Picasso inspired and the second set is René Magritte inspired. Both assignments are handled with oil pastels. (How messy!)
Dylan, age 7:
Dylan’s cracks me up and it’s not in [...]
Tags: dylan, florence, kayla, kevin, pablo picasso, rene magritte, self portraits, warren
02/16/09

These are so awesome. My favorites has to be Da Vinci and Picasso Little Thinkers, they’re too cute. Some of this stuff I hope to give out to our students as prizes when they’re being super good… which is probably impossible for some.
All dolls and action figures found on Shakespeare’s Den:
Vincent Van Gogh Action Figure:
Van [...]
Tags: action figure, andy warhol, claude monet, diego rivera, doll, finger puppet, frank lloyd wright, frida kahlo, georgia o'keeffe, leonardo da vinci, pablo picasso, salvador dali, shakespeare's den, vincent van gogh
02/15/09

Why?
Unless you’re one of those people who get high off this kind of stuff, but still…why? Perpetual Kid also has a glue-scented cologne for those glue sniffers out there. I’m surprised they don’t have a Sharpie-scented one.
All found on Perpetual Kid:
Play-Doh Cologne Spray.
Paint Cologne Spray.
Crayon Cologne… this was has to be the worst for me.
Tags: crayon cologne, paint cologne, perpetual kid, play-doh cologne
02/15/09

Great artist, awesome professor.
Her sculptures look like bones from an alien.. it’s really cool. She uses so many different things for her pieces from her own blood to Barbie parts and turns them into something else, it’s absolutely amazing! The drawings with her blood fit so well with her sculptures because they look like it [...]
Tags: laurie hassold, process wall, sculpture, strange attractor v, trying not to tell
02/14/09

Her paintings are absolutely beautiful.. and it’s weird because I don’t eat meat. I guess it’s because of the stylistic approach to them, they look so Renaissance-like. You look at the details of each piece and realize the time and effort put into them and of course appreciate them, but you also feel so much [...]
Tags: down the primrose path, flight of the reindeer, meat paintings, painting, reindeer vivication, victoria reynolds
02/14/09

What do you think? Is it offensive? Is it funny? Is it even art to you?
This is one of the statues Gustav Vigeland created that is displayed in Vigeland Sculpture Park in Norway.
When I first saw this piece I didn’t think it was funny. I understand it maybe offensive to some people especially parents, but [...]
Tags: chris ofili, gustav vigeland, holy virgin mary, jan van eyck, painting, sculpture, the arnolfini portrait, vigeland sculpture park