by Jeffrey Scherer | Mar 24, 2017 | Art, Philosphy, Travel |
2017.03.18 Week 12 Day 1 Saturday was spent shopping (at the Mercado di Sant’Ambrogio) and preparing for a dinner party for my fellow students and teachers. It was a beautiful day—warm enough for short sleeved T-shirt. The meal I am cooking tonight for my fellow...
by Jeffrey Scherer | Mar 4, 2017 | Art, Philosphy, Travel |
2017.02.25 Week 9 Day 1 This Saturday was spent working on my anatomy homework. We have to replicate the sketches in the book “The Human Figure” by John H. Vanderpool originally published in 1935. The pencil sketches are simple and useful in starting...
by Jeffrey Scherer | Feb 11, 2017 | Cultural, Health, People, Philosphy, Travel |
2017.02.04 Day 1 Week 6 I spent six hours today working on the left shoulder blade of my Bargue #2. This one is complex and is taking a lot of patience. I listened to Leonard Cohen, Merle Haggard, Chopin and Dylan’s Bootleg Tapes Volume 1 during my pencil lead...
by Jeffrey Scherer | Feb 3, 2017 | Art, Travel |
Day 1-2 Week 5 I spent the weekend in Paris. The main reason for my visit was to see the show “Les Temps Mérovingens” at the Cluny Museum. The Merovingian times were the heirs of the Roman Empire. Throughout this show one could see the development of...
by Jeffrey Scherer | Jan 1, 2017 | Art, Cultural, Philosphy, Social, Travel, writing |
On the last day of 2016 I begin my journey to Florence, Italy for the full year of 2017. While in Italy I will be studying at the Angel Academy of Art. The purpose of this one-year long adventure is to learn as much as I can about traditional techniques of drawing...
by Jeffrey Scherer | Dec 21, 2016 | Art, Cultural, Philosphy, Travel, writing |
At the end of this strange and deeply disappointing year of 2016, I am spending my last days at home preparing for a new life. I leave my beloved wife and home on December 31, 2016 for a year of intense study at the Angel Academy of Art. It is a very odd feeling to...
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