Got an illustration project going on the side, which should bring in a little bit of extra money; also it's just nice to feel like I'm using my skills and getting paid for them. I don't think I'm actually forbidden to talk about the details, but I'm waiting until I've completed more of the work before I post any sneak peeks.

(Transcribed from a Facebook PM conversation I had with a friend this morning, re: yesterday's Art Party at Emily's. Names deleted.)

So, Art Atelier III went well. More people showed up this time.

excellent One of them asked for advice, so I got to give some ( Read more... )

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Found a making-of for that Rembrandt flash-mob from last year. I think I now want to hug their "Nachtwacht-kenner," Jeroen de Bovelaar -- he's just so insanely enthusiastic.

Yesterday I made spaghetti carbonara (only with macaroni) for the first time, and considered it a success. Consequently I've been thinking about Italian cookery. Carbonara, at least according to wikipedia, is likely a dish invented in the post-war period. All I know about pre-war Italian cuisine is the weird recipes concocted by the Futurists.

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The Rijksmuseum is reopening after a long and expensive renovation, and they found a memorable way to let people know:

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My brother posted this on Facebook, and I already shared it there, but thought it was interesting enough to link here: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/journey-into-the-opium-underworld/Read more... )

Remember that experiment from the '50s where the government gave a professional artist some LSD and asked him to draw portraits of the scientist conducting the experiment?

A modern performance/visual artist has apparently been conducting his own, much less controlled version. Brian Lewis Saunders has drawn a self-portrait every day for years. A ( Read more... )

Watched The Mill and the Cross over Wednesday and Tuesday evenings. Mixed feelings; the bits where Breughel (Rutger Hauer) explains what he's doing in the composition of his painting are great. The bits where Rutger Gauer just looks at stuff are great. I'm less thrilled with the other scenes, in which the events of the painting (the stations of the ( Read more... )

If your lunch includes beer, that is.

Airplane Lavatory Self-Portraits - in the Flemish Style.