For people who love art and need inspiration to make it. (What I find interesting in art, October 2021)

I am a gently frustrated artist. I collect links and study them and try to use them to get me to make art, not always successfully.

Here are 29 art related links that I have found lately to be interesting and helpful to me. I hope they do the same for you:

1. I liked this:  A Closer Look at Frank Gehry’s House.
2. This is beautiful: Mysterious and Deserted City at Night.
3. This was cool I thought:  Candid Murals by Street Artist Escif Cleverly Respond to Political Issues and Current Events.
4. The wooden sculpture of  Richard Scherr are amazing and worth a look.
5. This was a really good piece on Norman Rockwell.
6. Also great:  the eyeless girls.
7. Thank you David Bowie for this: on making art.
8. Does art make a difference? Here’s a good essay on it: Why Art Fails to Make a Difference on Its Own: More Thoughts on Hans Haackes Urgently Relevant Survey at the New Museum .
9. The endless debate:  Is art dead? Nope.
10. Agree with this: Why collage making is great.
11. Yes to this:  Make bad art. It’s a good thing.
12. A good reminder:  Why make art.
13. In case you need it:  More art making encouragement.
14. Good stuff here:  Advice for young artists.
15. In case you need more encouragement:  Make art even if you don’t like your output.
16. Art making during the pandemic. Not surprising, some artists have been productive while others struggled.
17. What Makes An Artist? David Hockney explains as only he can.
18. One of my favorite artists:  Gerhart Richter.
19. This piece thinks Titian is controversial. I dunno. I think this argument is anachronistic.
20. A Collector of Antiques Asks: Can Something Be Racist and Also Be Beautiful? Of course. Also somewhat anachronistic as an argument but less so, I think.
21. Want to watercolor? Read this:  Watercolors Made Simple.
22. A cool way to make art:  The Lyrical and Funny Art of Erasing Words From Books.
23. MoMA’s Online Courses Let You Study Modern & Contemporary Art and Earn a Certificate. Worth considering.
24. Got Poetry? Memorize it!
25. Cartoonist Lynda Barry Teaches You How to Make a Visual Daily Diary . Lynda Barry is an inspirational teacher of art.
26. Great advice:  Keep calm and make ugly art.
27. The goodness of Sickert. An artist you should get to know.
28. Awesome:  Behold the Newly-Discovered Sketch by Vincent van Gogh Sketch.
29. I am a fan of  Tom Gauld. Here’s a tweet that shows how to make a NewYorker cover. At least if you are Tom Gauld.

(Photo by dusan jovic on Unsplash )