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Sun, 18 Dec 2011
Recipes and Art
# 17:21 in ./general

How great is YouTube?

As well as being a superb resource for recipes (great for cooks lacking confidence), I've also found out how good it is for watching artists work. It's truly fascinating watching the creative process.

For instance, Scott Waddell produces extremely fine oil paintings, with a very high level of detail and meticulous painting. If you look at his Webisode 3: Imagining a Composition , the artist he made me think of was Théodore Géricault, specifically for his Raft of the Medusa. Watching him preview a portrait is amazing :

Another couple of equally talented artists :

The new resources we have nowadays should revolutionise education. Where is the revolution?


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