studying ART week 1

I’ve got my daily pass to the Louvre! For 30 euros I can go every day for a year and avoid the infinite line of suckers with their digital cameras, packed lunches, and khaki shorts. Mind you I’ve got my own digital camera, packed lunch, and khaki shorts but my shorts are cool (they have cargo pockets), my lunch is an orange (all naturale), and my camera can go under water—boooyah!

My schedule for the next month is to go to The Louvre every day that it’s open and to visit different museums (d’Orsay, The Dali Museum etc.) when it’s closed, which is every Tuesday.

I am also starting each day by attempting to copy a painting from one of the art books I have. I will post these merely for your amusement so that you can laugh and smack your knee and say witty things like what the hell’s that kid doing with his life? And I hope he doesn’t quite his day job.

But know, I know I’m not a visual artist, that’s not really the point.  And I already quit my day job. So far it’s been wonderful.

Here’s my colored pencil imitations!  Be nice.

Original Matisse (minus the glare)

colored pencil imitation

L arlesienne Madame Ginoux- Vincent van Gogh

Van Gogh, imitation