Yesterday's effort was to draw Da Vinci's 'La Scapigliati' (1508). It looked better without the color. (The color was added to see if the face would 'pop' a bit more.) The eyes and nose are fine. In the first version, there was something about the mouth that wasn't right. So, I've re-worked it today. It actually looks a bit like a smirk now - not intentionally.
The nice thing was after finishing the first version last night, I listened to an organ concert from Stanford's Memorial Church. It was a Bach program performed by Dr. Morgan. It was so apropos for the very classical mood that is permeating my practice imagery lately!
My profile photo was highjacked ! For those of you who are blogging, be wary. There are some unscrupulous folks out there who may be using or about to use a photo(s) you've uploaded to an online photo-hosting site. At the time I created a blog, having a URL for a photo uploaded online was the only way to insert a photo in your profile or to create a custom header. There had been no problems for a long while. This morning, however, I did a Google image search for my name and found my photo linked to a totally different blog than my own! It is possible I didn't mark my file with the online photo-hosting site as private, but I didn't expect this to happen. I don't know whether marking it private would have actually averted the situation, but I'm not waiting to find out. I eliminated my membership to that online photo-hosting service today and caution anyone to be careful with uploading images to the internet . If you read the terms of agreement at many sites, you'...
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