More Rembrandt

Even though this book says for kids it is pretty long.  I did learn Rembrandt lived in Amsterdam and Leiden.   His last name is Harmenzoon Van Rijn.  He was born in 1606 and died in 1669.  He was only 63 when he died.  He was pretty young.  I think people did not live as long back then though so he may have been pretty old for his time.  Rembrandt has 3 daughters named Cornelia, only one of which survived past infancy.  He had one son named Titus who survived.

Rembrandt mostly painted people and also a few scenes from the bible.  He was very good at using light in his paintings with shadowing to make them more real.

Onto chapter 3 tomorrow.  By the way, there are only 5 chapters and then we move onto another book.

Rembrandt

I got my book today.

Rembrandt is about, well, you guessed it the great artist Rembrandt.  He has a tragic story.  All of his kids died in infancy and his mother and wife both dies in the same year.  That is pretty sad.  Right after I read that a bad accident happened outside of my house.  creepy.

Even though he had such terrible incidents he great flame stood fast in his art.  He still was an amazing artist.

Off to read some more.

My book is on it's way

My book should be here soon.  That is a good thing because I need to read it by November something.  This art thing is more complex than I thought it would be.  I am going to focus on drawing and making my drawing better.  I have been drawing different Thunderbirds.  Drawing helps my head stop thinking so much.  Sometimes it is loud in there and drawing makes it quiet for a bit.  That helps me I think.  My sister sometimes likes to draw with me too.

Exciting news on the Hobbyist Project.

My mom went to Spokane Washington for work and met an artist up there.  She is a one stroke painter and said she would be happy to do an interview with me.  I am also going to interview my dad who is a great pastel artist.  I bought a set of pastels but have not opened them yet.  Maybe this week.  They are messy and I need to get some fixative to set my project when it is done.  Plus I chose my first book and it is on order.    

This is what I will be reading:

Rembrandt by Russell Roberts

This week I plan on drawing at least once a day.  I am also going to go find a drawing book at the store to work on strokes.

Hi this is Michal

I am using this blog to organize and display my art adventure.  I have chosen Art as a hobby for a school project and will put all my updates, fun pictures, and videos here.  Come back soon to see my first adventure.

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