1. SOUNDTRACK OF THE DAY
Erik Satie, Picasso et Jean Cocteau - Youtube video on Ballet Parade
Youtube video Ballet Parade
Sets and costumes - Pablo Picasso
Music - Erik Satie
Scenario - Jean Cocteau
Choreography - Leonide Massine
Re - Suzanna della Pietra
2. PLACES TO KNOW
VIe arrondissement de Paris - It has a world famous cityscape, deeply rooted intellectual tradition, prestigious history, beautiful architecture and central situation,it's a major localization for art galleries and one of the most fashionable districts of Paris. You can find the Musée de la Bible et Terre Sainte at VIe arrondissement. Inside you can find the stone mask from the pre-ceramic neolithic period dates to 7000 BCE and is probably the oldest mask in the world.
3. PEOPLE TO DISCOVER
Jean Cocteau - French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker.
Jean Cocteau on Tumblr
4. QUESTION OF THE DAY
5. INSPIRATION
Leonardo da Vinci - Leonardo was the man who could do everything. The modern man can’t know and master everything.
Antoine de Saint Exupéry’s Little Prince - “When you’ve finished getting yourself ready in the morning, you must go get the planet ready.”
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Bruno Munari - faces and art
No man is an island,
Entire of itself,
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thy friend’s
Or of thine own were:
Any man’s death diminishes me,
Because I am involved in mankind,
And therefore never send to know for
whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee.
John Donne, “No Man is an Island”
6. HANDS ON
We were asked to get together with a friend. Then this friend would sketch a portrait of us. Then, we must draw our self-portrait.
This week I am sick. I got the flu. I am impatient, I want to get better but it takes time and one can't speed time. I asked my mother to make a portrait of me. It has been years since I watched drawing anything. But I remember clearly that when I was a child I would ask her to make a drawing and she would draw flowers and rabbits. Like me she was in panic. She said it was too difficult. She did not want to do it! I had to talk her into doing it!
As for myself I not used to use a pencil anymore. I just make a quick sketch in a paper and then I jump into the computer. I got lazy with pencil work. Many times I want to go back to use pencils to draw and colorize. But I know it takes more time than using Photoshop or a vectorial pencil and I give up on the idea. I was afraid I was not able to do it. My hand was shaking. I was unconfortable. Last time I made a portrait of a person it was my nephew's. We were spending summer holiday at the beach and we saw people making portraits in the street. He wanted one but it was expensive. So I promised to make a portrait of him. And I did. A quick pencil profile. I was surprised that it was easier than I expected but not too easy! I want to sketch more. This is what I learned today.
Music - Erik Satie
Scenario - Jean Cocteau
Choreography - Leonide Massine
Re - Suzanna della Pietra
2. PLACES TO KNOW
VIe arrondissement de Paris - It has a world famous cityscape, deeply rooted intellectual tradition, prestigious history, beautiful architecture and central situation,it's a major localization for art galleries and one of the most fashionable districts of Paris. You can find the Musée de la Bible et Terre Sainte at VIe arrondissement. Inside you can find the stone mask from the pre-ceramic neolithic period dates to 7000 BCE and is probably the oldest mask in the world.
3. PEOPLE TO DISCOVER
Jean Cocteau - French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker.
Site
Drawings of Jean Cocteau here and here
"The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head."
Read more quotes
Drawings of Jean Cocteau here and here
"The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head."
Read more quotes
Jean Cocteau on Tumblr
4. QUESTION OF THE DAY
5. INSPIRATION
Leonardo da Vinci - Leonardo was the man who could do everything. The modern man can’t know and master everything.
Antoine de Saint Exupéry’s Little Prince - “When you’ve finished getting yourself ready in the morning, you must go get the planet ready.”
-
“A drawing is simply a line going for a walk.”
Paul Klee
"To make things easy is very difficult.
To make things difficult is very easy".
Bruno Munari
No man is an island,
Entire of itself,
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thy friend’s
Or of thine own were:
Any man’s death diminishes me,
Because I am involved in mankind,
And therefore never send to know for
whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee.
John Donne, “No Man is an Island”
6. HANDS ON
We were asked to get together with a friend. Then this friend would sketch a portrait of us. Then, we must draw our self-portrait.
This week I am sick. I got the flu. I am impatient, I want to get better but it takes time and one can't speed time. I asked my mother to make a portrait of me. It has been years since I watched drawing anything. But I remember clearly that when I was a child I would ask her to make a drawing and she would draw flowers and rabbits. Like me she was in panic. She said it was too difficult. She did not want to do it! I had to talk her into doing it!
As for myself I not used to use a pencil anymore. I just make a quick sketch in a paper and then I jump into the computer. I got lazy with pencil work. Many times I want to go back to use pencils to draw and colorize. But I know it takes more time than using Photoshop or a vectorial pencil and I give up on the idea. I was afraid I was not able to do it. My hand was shaking. I was unconfortable. Last time I made a portrait of a person it was my nephew's. We were spending summer holiday at the beach and we saw people making portraits in the street. He wanted one but it was expensive. So I promised to make a portrait of him. And I did. A quick pencil profile. I was surprised that it was easier than I expected but not too easy! I want to sketch more. This is what I learned today.
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