Friday 5 November 2010

James McMullen - The Artist - Line by Line Drawing - An Introduction

While working full time in the early 1980s, I created a fun blog (using ATTs primeval internet) which I focused on line art that I did while in Washington DC during my lunch breaks. The pleasure one can derive from drawing is very personal. I used a primitive version of Microsoft PowerPoint to get the material on line and had the PowerPoint presenter display it for this early audience. Other artists have had interesting experiences getting on line, such as James McMullen.

Want to learning how to draw and enjoy the fun of sketching. Have a look at James McMullen's blog and New York Times articles.

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/16/getting-back-to-the-phantom-skill/

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/category/line-by-line/

http://www.linesandcolors.com/2010/09/21/line-by-line-james-mcmullan/

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/?s=Art+drawing

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