• Urban Intellectual Fodder, otherwise known as Urban Intellectual Art. (3 Quarks Daily)
• Can the appreciation of honour change the world? (Slate)

Headache
ink and gouache
45.7 x 30.5 (18" x 12")

I don't find this drawing too exciting. Maybe I've done too many similar drawings.

With his hand over his eyes the model looked, either in despair, or, like he might have had a headache.

• The Man Who Never Was: Todd Marinovich, artist and former football star. (Esquire) ( www.toddmarinovich.com) (wikipedia)
• Getting paid in the art world. (The Art Newspaper)

• Mohawks and Canada's Big Tobacco. (The National Post)
• The overcontrolling parent. (The New Republic)

'fro
gouache
40.6 x 27.9 cm (16" x 11")

Are 'fros (Afros) still in style? They are, at least with this model.

Circle of Fifths : For The Longest Time

There's something to like about this music.

• More than you ever wanted to know about golf. (Slate)
• Don't paint outdoors in New York. (Hyperallergic)

Orange and Green Girl
ink and gouache
30.5 x 45.7 cm (12" x 18")

This one I like.

• Dien Bien Phu. (WeeklyStandard)
• Rethinking the university. (The American Spectator)

Turban 2
ink and gouache
38.1 x 27.9 cm (15" x 11")

It might look like the model is wearing a turban, but it's just her hair, painted in a quick if lax way.

• The man who invented modern art. (The Telegraph)
• In praise of memorization. (The New York Times)

Incline
gouache
30.5 x 45.7 cm (12" x 18")

This was done very quickly. Or can you tell?

• Chinese science cops. (New Humanist)
• In Greece it's important to blame everyone but yourself. (Vanity Fair)

Nap
gouache
30.5 x 45.7 cm (12" x 18")

There are a couple of problems with the perspective in this drawing. I may or may not correct them.

• A history of beauty. (Powell's Books)
• Graham Greene's Travels with Barbara Greene. (The Telegraph)
• Ivan Eyre donates work to the McMichael Gallery. (CBC News)

Portrait of K.
ink and gouache
27.9 x 30.5 cm (11" x 12")

K. looks quite severe here. Somehow I managed to age her about thirty years. I'm hoping she'll forgive me.

I've just finished a recent job. I'll be back with regular posts tomorrow.

I'm still tied up with work and will be for another week. For now I'll leave you with a wonderful painting by one of my favourite artists, Jean Dubuffet.

Campagne heureuse (1944)

Artist: Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)