Pencil rubbings & Art (intersection of tags)
6 Pencil rubbings posts • 868 Art posts • 5 in common
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Drawing on the Picasso with pencil rubbingsLooking for a completely different way to make a drawing? How about making your drawing directly on public art? (video) Let’s start with one of the most famous public artworks in Chicago. The Picasso. This hefty icon stands 50-feet tall,…
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I did a five-foot wide pencil rubbing on my last day in the Tribune TowerGoodbye, Tower. I just left the Tribune Tower for the last time. On my way out, I made a giant five-foot wide pencil rubbing. Here’s a four-minute video with me narrating its creation along with a time-lapse. Etched into the…
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ART PROJECT IDEA: Historical plaques projectI’m thinking about doing a project with all the historical markers in Chicago. Maybe a collection of photos. A photo of just the plaque. A photo of the location where the plaque is. Maybe a 30 second video of the…
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IDEA: send pencil rubbings as postcards for postcrossingPostcrossing.com is a site where you can sign up to send and receive postcards from across the world. (It is #14 on my list of 14 things that inspired me in 2008.) Most people send postcards of photos of their…
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rubbing it overSince June of last year, I’ve been meaning to experiment with rubbings in my art. After running off a few in the tribune tower lobby today, it seems like they need something more. Maybe… Make a collage by making rubbings…
