small drawings

2012-01-27T06:31:00.003-06:00

• Being a biographer. (The Wilson Quarterly)
• The world's tallest building will soon be in.....Azerbaijan. (arabian business)
• Soviet bus stops. (Crap=Good)

2012-01-27T06:30:00.001-06:00

Couch
pastel on paper 30.5 x 45.7 cm (12" x 18")

2012-01-26T06:31:00.002-06:00

• Six million in prison. (The New Yorker)
• The other Vitruvian man. (Smithsonian)

2012-01-26T06:30:00.001-06:00

Odd Man
ink and charcoal 35.6 x 33.0 cm (14" x 13")

Hard to tell what's going on in this drawing.

2012-01-24T06:32:00.003-06:00

• Modelling for Lucian Freud. (Vanity Fair)
• How helicopters explain Los Angeles's bland architecture. (kcet) (via C-Monster)
• Ugly Renaissance Babies. (via C-Monster)

2012-01-24T06:31:00.001-06:00

Girl on Fire No. 2
digital image

This is a toned down digital version of Girl on Fire No. 1.

2012-01-24T06:30:00.004-06:00

Girl on Fire No. 1
pastel and charcoal on paper 31.8 x 38.1 cm (12.5" x 15")

This model had two parabolic heaters directed at her while she was posing. She was turning from orange to red as the drawing was being done.

2012-01-20T23:23:00.001-06:00

• Revisiting William L. Shirer's The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. (Smithsonian.com)

2012-01-20T22:58:00.000-06:00

Grey Stocking
digital image

2012-01-19T06:31:00.000-06:00

• Blighted lives. (First Things)
• The privilege of being exploited. (London Review of Books)

2012-01-19T06:30:00.010-06:00

Musicians on the Water
graphite on paper 11.4 x 8.9 cm (4.5" x 3.5")

This drawing is a couple of years old. It was done in Tokyo, while being entertained by some floating musicians (albeit, faceless musicians).

2012-01-13T06:31:00.002-06:00

• Parking woes in L.A. (Los Angeles Magazine)
• The retro heaven of Ray Bradbury. (The American Conservative)

2012-01-13T06:30:00.001-06:00

Standing Male Figure
digital image (Original size: 40.6 x 20.3 cm, 16" x 8")

2012-01-10T06:31:00.003-06:00

• If you're in the New york City area check out Art/Trek NYC, premiering in January, which branches out to NYC's five boroughs in a quest to showcase new and emerging artists. It premieres on NYC life (Channel 25). (NYC Media)
• Churchill's tastes in food and liquor. (HistoryToday)
• Photographing philosophers. (Talking Philosophy)

2012-01-10T06:30:00.001-06:00

Odd Fence
gouache on paper 11.4 x 8.9 cm (4.5" x 3.5")

2012-01-05T06:31:00.001-06:00

• Complaints from George Steiner. (presseurop)

2012-01-05T06:30:00.002-06:00

Lulu's Cat
oil on board 53.3 x 86.4 cm (21" x 34")

This painting is based on a digital image posted on Dec. 30, 2011, which, in turn, was based on an ink drawing originally posted on Dec. 5, 2011.

2012-01-03T23:33:00.000-06:00

• Problems with causality. (Wired)

2012-01-03T14:18:00.002-06:00

Green House No. 2
oil on canvas 38.1 x 50.1 cm (15" x 20")

2012-01-01T06:31:00.001-06:00

Happy New Year??? It's 2012, isn't it???

2012-01-01T06:30:00.001-06:00

Dr. Katz: Dom Irrera

2011-12-30T06:31:00.003-06:00

• An appreciation of Helen Frankenthaler, who died this week at age 83. (The Wall Street Journal)
• Obituaries for Helen Frankenthaler. (The Guardian) (The Telegraph) (Los Angeles Times)
• The mess that was Ernest Hemingway. (The Times Literary Supplement)

2011-12-30T06:30:00.001-06:00

Pink Hat No.2 or Lulu's Cat
digital image

I'm still playing around with this one. The cat and script were just added. The cat will stay; the script may not.

2011-12-28T06:31:00.002-06:00

• Outsider physics. (NewScientist)
• Urban economic development fads. (City Journal)

2011-12-28T06:30:00.001-06:00

Heater No. 2
ink and pastel on paper 30.5 x 22.9 cm (12" x 9")

2011-12-25T06:30:00.001-06:00

Têtes à Claques: Le Père Noël. Merry Christmas everyone!!!

2011-12-23T06:31:00.001-06:00

• Swaying buildings. (Archiact)

2011-12-23T06:30:00.001-06:00

Will
graphite, ink, and charcoal on paper 27.9 x 33 cm (11" x 13")

2011-12-22T06:31:00.003-06:00

• A dilemma for ethical eaters. (The Conversation)
• Tough times in Abu Dhabi. (Architectural Record)
• The Royal Barge. I can hardly wait. (BBC News)

2011-12-22T06:30:00.002-06:00

Foreshortened Arm
graphite and ink on paper 26.7 x 55.9 cm (10.5" x 22")

An older drawing.

2011-12-21T06:30:00.003-06:00

• Why is Chinese football (soccer) so abysmal? (The Economist)

2011-12-21T06:30:00.001-06:00

Blue Girl
digital image

This image is based on a recent drawing.

2011-12-19T06:31:00.002-06:00

• Verdi versus Wagner. (NewStatesman)
• Did someone say that Queen Anne was not very nice. (Literary Review)

2011-12-19T06:30:00.001-06:00

A Colourful Blanket
pastel on paper 30.5 x 45.7 cm (12" x 18")

This one still needs some work.

2011-12-16T06:31:00.003-06:00

• Navel gazing, American style. (Daily Kos) (via C-Monster)
• The problem with Freakonomics. (American Scientist)
• Are you infinitely stupid? (Edge)

2011-12-16T06:30:00.001-06:00

Hip Bones
pastel on paper 30.5 x 45.7 cm (12" x 18")

There are a few problems with this drawing, which for the moment you'll have to discover for yourself. I hope to rectify them and then repost the drawing.

2011-12-13T20:36:00.002-06:00

• How to write about travel. (The Times Literary Supplement)
• Feminism at a crossroads. (London Review of Books)

2011-12-13T20:15:00.003-06:00

Orange Arm
pastel on paper 30.5 cm x 45.7 cm (12" x 18")

2011-12-11T06:30:00.001-06:00

Dr. Katz: Which animals should you eat?

2011-12-08T06:31:00.001-06:00

• The London riots. (City Journal)

2011-12-08T06:30:00.001-06:00

Untitled No.17
digital image 11.4 x 15.2 cm (4.5" x 6")

2011-12-07T06:31:00.001-06:00

• Glamour in the gutter of Rome. (The New York Review of Books)

2011-12-07T06:30:00.001-06:00

Spear Sharpener
digital image
original image size: 40.6 x 21.6 cm (16" x 8.5")

2011-12-06T06:31:00.002-06:00

• Why is some art so expensive? (The Daily Beast)
• Where is the New York Public Library going? (The Nation)

2011-12-06T06:30:00.001-06:00

The Hat
ink and charcoal on paper 29.2 x 43.1 cm (11.5" x 17")

Saturday's digital image was based on this drawing.

2011-12-03T06:31:00.001-06:00

Dr. Katz: Thanksgiving Dinner

2011-12-03T06:30:00.002-06:00

Pink Hat
digital image

Just playing around. The digital image is based on a recent drawing.

2011-11-30T06:31:00.002-06:00

• The year's 100 top thinkers, or, at least, the top 100 according to Foreign Policy.
• Averroës' defense of philosophy. (Humanities)

2011-11-30T06:30:00.001-06:00

Scarlet Hat
ink and pastel on paper 29.2 x 41.9 cm (11.5" x 16.5")

2011-11-28T06:31:00.001-06:00

• The Africa boom. (Foreign Affairs)

2011-11-28T06:30:00.001-06:00

Actor
gouache on paper 21.3 x 26.9 cm (8.4" x 10.6")

A mediocre effort.

2011-11-25T06:31:00.001-06:00

• Money and art? A good combo? (The New Republic)

2011-11-25T06:30:00.001-06:00

Garbage
gouache on paper 30.5 x 45.7 cm (12" x 18")

2011-11-24T06:31:00.003-06:00

• A different Jacqueline Kennedy. (Vanity Fair)
• Milosz mania. (The Times Literary Supplement)

2011-11-24T06:30:00.001-06:00

Mosque
ink on paper 8.9 x 11.4 cm (3.5" x 4.5")

2011-11-23T06:30:00.002-06:00

Korea's Got Talent: Sung-Bong Choi

2011-11-22T06:31:00.003-06:00

• What's with the Warhol art market? (More Intelligent Life)
• The origins of Occupy Wall Street. (The New Yorker)

2011-11-22T06:30:00.001-06:00

Small Girl
ink on paper 27.9 x 38.1 cm (11" x 15")

2011-11-18T06:31:00.002-06:00

• So much for a college education. ( Los Angeles Review of Books)
• A master of self-marketing: Kurt Vonnegut. (New York Observer)

2011-11-18T06:30:00.002-06:00

Headless
digital image - original image: 11.4 x 8.9 cm (4.5" x 3.5")

2011-11-16T06:31:00.003-06:00

• Whatever happened to the fur coat? (HistoryToday)
• Deborah Turbeville: The Fashion Pictures. (The New Yorker)
• An audio slideshow of Degas and the Nude, now on at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. (The New Yorker)

2011-11-16T06:30:00.001-06:00

Hand on Shoulder
graphite on paper 35.6 x 27.9 cm (14" x 11")

2011-11-15T06:31:00.000-06:00

• Art, subversion, and the Penguin Modern Classics. (The New York Times)

2011-11-15T06:30:00.002-06:00

Blue Girl
digital image - original image: 35.6 x 22.9 cm (14" x 11")

This is a digital transformation of an ink and pastel drawing. The original was orange and dark green.

2011-11-12T06:30:00.001-06:00

Bent Over
charcoal and pastel on paper 38.1 x 27.9 cm (15" x 11")

2011-11-10T06:31:00.002-06:00

• Albert Camus' bond to Judaism. (Tablet)
• The romance of beer. (The New Republic)

2011-11-10T06:30:00.002-06:00

Purple Face
charcoal and pastel on paper
22.9 x 30.5 cm (9" x 12")

Hmmm.

2011-11-08T06:31:00.002-06:00

• Much ado about nothing? The American university. (The New York Review of Books)
• Losing it. (The Chronicle)

2011-11-08T06:30:00.001-06:00

Orange Knees
oil on paper 30.5 x 45.7 cm (12" x 18")

This one I struggled with.

2011-11-05T06:30:00.001-05:00

Sylvain Chauveau: Nuage

2011-11-04T12:43:00.001-05:00

• Robert Rauschenberg as photographer. (The New Yorker)

2011-11-04T12:34:00.003-05:00

Orange Meditation
gouache on paper 45.7 x 30.5 cm (18" x 12")

This figure is a little taller than I wanted; and, by the way, orange is far from my favourite colour.

2011-11-02T06:31:00.001-05:00

• Always blame your mother. (The Atlantic)

2011-11-02T06:30:00.002-05:00

Bodrum
graphite on paper 8.9 x 11.4 cm (3.5" x 4.5")

This slight sketch is of the bay at Bodrum, Turkey, as seen from the Castle of St. Peter.

2011-10-31T06:31:00.003-05:00

• Early Soviet architecture. (The Independent)
• The value of charm. (review)

2011-10-31T06:30:00.001-05:00

Frozen
pastel on paper 45.7 x 30.5 cm (18" x 12")

No comment.

2011-10-25T23:38:00.003-05:00

• Waiting for who? (The Washington Post)
• The diaries of Henry Kessler. (The Atlantic)

2011-10-25T23:35:00.002-05:00

Untitled
gouache on paper 30.5 x 22.9 cm (12" x 9")

2011-10-20T22:55:00.003-05:00

• The book business deserves to die. (Lapham's Quarterly)
• The Neiman Marcus Christmas book. (Neiman Marcus)
• An anchor modeler.

2011-10-20T22:45:00.003-05:00

Backyard
gouache on paper 27.9 x 18.8 cm (11" x 7.4")

This might look like a summer scene, it isn't. It was painted Wednesday in 4ºC weather.

The painting took 10 to 12 minutes.

2011-10-19T15:19:00.002-05:00

Rapids at Night
gouache 16.5 x 24.1 cm (6.5" x 9.5")

Another quickie.

2011-10-14T17:32:00.000-05:00

• Will the ebook kill the footnote? (The New York Times)

2011-10-14T16:20:00.003-05:00

Yellow Figure
gouache on paper 26.7 x 18.4 cm (10.5" x 7.25")

A quickie.

2011-10-12T17:01:00.004-05:00

Messy Portrait
graphite on paper 45.7 x 30.5 cm (18" x 12")

Not only messy, but lots of extraneous lines.

2011-10-11T10:20:00.001-05:00

• A comedown for Alexander the Great. (The New York Review of Books)

2011-10-11T10:12:00.003-05:00

Painted Face
watercolour
35.6 x 27.9 cm (14" x 11")

2011-10-06T06:31:00.001-05:00

• The problem of getting paid if you are a writer. (The Daily Beast)

2011-10-06T06:30:00.002-05:00

Holding a String
ink and charcoal
30.5 x 45.7 cm (12" x 18")

The model was actually holding a rope, but it looks more like a string in the drawing.

2011-10-05T06:31:00.003-05:00

• Alfred Kazin's journals. (Boston Review)
• A history of night. (The Times Literary Supplement)
• The Opium War. (The Guardin)

2011-10-05T06:30:00.002-05:00

Prairie Crossroads
oil on canvas
61.0 x 91.4 cm (24" x 36")

2011-10-04T10:20:00.006-05:00

Happy Are The Happy
ink
20.3 x 15.2 cm (8" x 6")

The title is a quote from Jorge Luis Borges.

2011-09-30T06:31:00.002-05:00

• Conrad Black will never go away. (Vanity Fair)
• David Hockney and the love of technology. (technology review)

2011-09-30T06:30:00.002-05:00

Dolphin Watchers
watercolour
11.4 x 8.9 cm (4.5" x 3.5")

A rather skinny dolphin.

2011-08-29T11:03:00.002-05:00

I'll be working on a project for the next couple of weeks. Posts might be few and far until mid-September.

2011-08-26T06:30:00.001-05:00

• Historian Hugh Trevor-Roper. (The National Interest)

2011-08-25T06:31:00.003-05:00

• Toulouse-Lautrec and the Moulin Rouge. (The Smart Set)
• Honey Money. (The Guardian)
• Albert Barnes and the Barnes Foundation. (Philanthropy)

2011-08-25T06:30:00.002-05:00

Three Trees
oil on canvas 76.2 x 101.6 cm (30" x 40")

I'm not sure how accurate the colour and contrast in this image is to the original painting. I've done my best, though, to match the digital image to the painting.

2011-08-23T06:31:00.002-05:00

• 60's playboys. (Kempt)
• Robert Johnson, bluesman. (Alibi)

2011-08-23T06:30:00.003-05:00

Blue Water
oil on canvas 45.7 x 61.0 cm (18" x 24")

2011-08-20T15:15:00.002-05:00

Common People: Pulp