American Lifestyle Magazine article
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010“Bad news travels fast. Good news takes the scenic route.” – Doug Larson
I can’t imagine a more scenic route: I’m delighted to announce that I’ve been included in ‘American Lifestyle’ magazine‘s Sept/Oct issue. Check out the ‘latest issue’ download on their home page for the full scoop! Gratitude to the entire editorial team for honoring me.
3D Street Painting in Japan – The Next Generation
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
After my visit to Hong Kong, I decided to make a trip over to beautiful Japan to check out Kyoto and visit some good friends down in Toba, where I had done some 3d street painting back in 2004 as part of a Santa Barbara Sister City project. My dear friend Mitsuko Yamamoto had extended an invitation to visit with her family along with providing a 3D workshop for the students enrolled in the Kokusai Kids Club in Toba.
I was thrilled to teach while there so we agreed to a 3 hour session, with approximately 30 students enrolled. Since our age gr0ups were younger than my usual classes (kids participating were aged 7 – 10 years), I decided to simplify the curriculum and present some very basic images for them to draw with chalk pastels on paper (as it was 40 more…