Posts Tagged ‘art’

The Kid™ decided last week that she was going to draw Mickey Mouse, and by gum, she pretty much pulled it off! Sue away, Disney!

File this post under "Things To Do This Weekend." With The Wife™ out of town once again and my daughter and myself being a big Wild Things fan, we'll be attending the opening of the Terrible Yellow Eyes exhibit at Nucleus on Saturday evening. It'll be her first gallery opening outside of pre-school, and I [...]

Last month, The Kid™ and her entire pre-school class held an art exhibit to show off the various pieces they'd been working on over the course of the previous year. She had only been in attndance for about 6 months at that point, but she still had plenty of pieces on display, including a flower [...]

So, only one Nerd Dads post yesterday, mainly because I got distracted by work and putting together an art site for my daughter. She's hit the stage where she wants to draw all the time, and when she's not doing that, she's all about taking photos with the digital camera. And, I'm not sure if [...]

This is a perfect example of why the internet is so freaking amazing. Back in the day, long 'bout 15-20 years ago, the only place you'd have a chance in hell of seeing something like this would be at a random gallery showing (I loved Baltimore's First Thursday!) or, if the artist was big enough [...]

Thanks to Robot 6 for pointing out the Maurice Sendak tribute blog, Terrible Yellow Eyes. Sure, we have a number of Agreed Upon Faves at Nerd Dads, but Maurice Sendak is one of those special things that sits undisputedly at the top of the list, and anything that successfully pays the author/artist tribute in a [...]

If you happen to be in the San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County this Saturday, you might want to consider stopping by Nucleus in Alhambra as they're going to be hosting a One Day Only event featuring Pixar artist Ronnie Del Carmen. Apparently Del Carmen is one of the artists responsible for Pixar's [...]

Chances are if you grew up during the 1970s like us old men you remember Roger Hargreaves's Mr. Men series, little square picture books about characters whose personality mirrored their last name. For example, Little Miss Chatterbox, Mr. Happy, Mr. Mischief, etc.
These books/characters have garnered a whole second life as ironic, pre-aged t-shirts, and, [...]