Still Life
Drawing from photos, plus an invitation
Hi, I’m Edith, and this is a newsletter with comics and links. I’d love to know what you think; please feel free to reply to this email!
Update: This post has been revised to include more images!
And, from the Still Here Still Life challenge (photos from their account):
**Also: An experiment!** If anyone would like to draw their own still life (from a photo) and send me the images (both the drawing and the photo, like the side-by-sides above), I’d love to include them in a future installment of this newsletter! Just reply to this email with the images attached (or write me directly: edithzimmerman at gmail), and include any identifying info (name/website/whatever). It’s also fine if you’d rather be anonymous. We’ll see how this goes; I think it could be cool!
Note: No need for the drawings to be good.
Deadline: Sunday, Aug. 23 at 8 p.m. EST.
Links:
Still Here Still Life on Instagram (right on cue, they are taking this week off)
My own Instagram still lifes
Related: People recreate paintings at home.
Vaguely related: “Lovely Interactive Display of Early 19th-Century Hand-Drawn Illustrations of Minerals,” on Kottke.