November 2010 Blog Posts (2)

Artists' Biographies Anyone?

I was looking for some details about the picture Prabha put up with today's assignment - Vermeer's "Astronomer" or "Geographer". It occurred to me that I have not read his biography called "Girl With a Pearl Earring". The reason is simple, I do not have the book.

Mind wandered as it does and I remembered the other biographies of artists that I have read.

Here is a (short) list:

Moon and Six Pence; Somerset Maugham; Gauguin

The Agony and the…

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Added by J L Anil Kumar on November 18, 2010 at 8:00pm — 5 Comments

How to make Pencil Jammers.com work for you

Pencil Jammers has grown rapidly over the past few months. What started as a little site to track the artwork of a few friends has now grown into a small community of enthusiastic artists from around the world. For those who have been around since the beginning, this site offers no surprises. If you've joined more recently however, you may feel a bit overwhelmed at the amount of content crammed into this site. Here then is a primer on how to find your way around, and how you can make this site… Continue

Added by George Supreeth on November 15, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments