There’s a lot of background that you need for today’s work. I’m guessing that you’ve all seen a still life painting at some point. You might’ve seen one in a museum or gallery, and you may have even painted or drawn one in our class. Still life’s a great because they’re cheap, the weather doesn’t change, you don’t have to … Continue Reading →

So you’re sitting around in a café in Paris in the early 20th century. You are a painter or a poet or a model or an art dealer or a musician or a political activist. You made friends with some of the other creative and intellectual types that hang around in the same café. You read the same newspapers and … Continue Reading →