I love this photo of a model on a break, and the early stages of Steve's demo of closed grisaille. I've so enjoyed rediscovering the handouts we received during the workshop, ones that I packed away because I was on the road, and re-living those hot days in Philadelphia, while living these hot days now in Albuquerque.
A work of art consists of two elements, the inner and the outer. The inner is the emotion in the soul of the artist; this emotion has the capacity to evoke a similar emotion in the observer.
The artist's life is not one of pleasure. He must not live irresponsibly; he has a difficult work to perform, one which often proves a crown of thorns. He must realize that his acts, feelings, and thoughts are the undefinable but fundamental material from which his work is created; he is free in art, but not in life.
The artist is a king....not only because he has great powers, but also because he has great obligations.
Wassily Kandinsky, from Advice from the Great Masters
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