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Learning to draw: from Winky Dink to Peanuts to Jon Gnagy
Monday, April 13th, 2009
The first TV show I remember, and this is going way back, was called Winky Dink and You.
This show was way ahead of its time. In today’s world it would be called interactive. Your parents, and by your parents I mean your Mom, would buy you the kit that went with the show. (more…)
Tags: drawing, drawing teachers
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A Short-lived Change of Direction on the Long Road to Painting Landscapes in Oils
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
After selling no paintings, for the first time ever, at my “tile pieces” show in San Francisco in 1983 (as described in My Life as an Artist Part Three), I said screw it, I’m done with working with my hand-carved rubber stamps. I’m going to do something completely different. I’m going with the first idea that comes into my head. (more…)
Tags: oil painting
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Hello.
I'm Stephen Springer Davis
I'm a pretty much self-taught and pretty much unknown artist and designer living near Philadelphia. The plan is to tell you about my artwork, why I do it, maybe how I do it, and also about other artists who've inspired me along the way.
My definition of the term "painting" will remain intentionally broad so I can talk about anything that interests me.
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