tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990722786629269786.post1035198672594824956..comments2023-08-16T04:56:55.053-07:00Comments on Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man: Memory Lapses, Part I - Who Are You?John Kotulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14493223755268729430noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990722786629269786.post-56475898370855190102010-02-25T05:13:07.308-08:002010-02-25T05:13:07.308-08:00Sally, Your comment sent me to Google searching fo...Sally, Your comment sent me to Google searching for Holbein.<br /><br />Here is a link to one of his portraits that I like a lot. Maybe I'll do a version with my face superimposed on it!<br /><br />http://www.lib-art.com/imgpainting/0/9/12390-portrait-of-henry-viii-hans-the-younger-holbein.jpg<br /><br />Can you say more about what makes this one of my best?John Kotulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14493223755268729430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990722786629269786.post-70954755243306432872010-02-16T05:41:41.283-08:002010-02-16T05:41:41.283-08:00hmm... something is not right here... it says I po...hmm... something is not right here... it says I posted these comments at 5;37 am...maybe the computer is confused.. sorry about my anal preoccupation with time..Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03596343126857459251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990722786629269786.post-30455379696842366392010-02-16T05:39:12.566-08:002010-02-16T05:39:12.566-08:00yeow John... you posted this at 4:59 this morning....yeow John... you posted this at 4:59 this morning.... how often does that happen? you could do a posting on age and sleeping habits?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03596343126857459251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990722786629269786.post-29825967786679677172010-02-16T05:37:39.115-08:002010-02-16T05:37:39.115-08:00yes... that slow careful way of looking at the wor...yes... that slow careful way of looking at the world and then slowly, slowly, drawing what you see is how Gretchen and I were taught by Amy Bartlet Wright... I remember taking 12 hours to render a red cabbage( maybe it was more , i lost track of time after a couple of days spent pencil shading cabbage crevices) . I would dare to say that this self portrait is one of your best. Watch out Holbein, here comes Kotula.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03596343126857459251noreply@blogger.com