tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post5328905285437071165..comments2024-03-29T03:40:49.981-04:00Comments on Today's Inspiration: Robert Fawcett: "...you collect these g.d. things?"leifpenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07232334860061949895noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-76545506606105586302010-07-14T19:58:28.948-04:002010-07-14T19:58:28.948-04:00I found a woodcut print at a fixture sale of a jaz...I found a woodcut print at a fixture sale of a jazz club that went out of business a few years ago. The woodcut print is of a river driver. It is signed in pencil and I believe the signature is Robert Fawcett. I have been trying to locate information on it for years. Is anyone interested in taking a look at it to see if they recognize the print or the signature?jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13042143619735619241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-75410241444966668572010-05-24T08:07:34.821-04:002010-05-24T08:07:34.821-04:00Thank goodness! I was really scared when it said t...Thank goodness! I was really scared when it said the blog was gone! Thanks for the great post, it's always a pleasure to see the rough work and process of the masters!Jori Boltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00897211859398052519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-77584857636887148382010-05-23T00:05:05.217-04:002010-05-23T00:05:05.217-04:00Thanks to everyone for getting in touch about TI s...Thanks to everyone for getting in touch about TI suddenly disappearing. It happened while I was sleeping - it was back when i woke up this morning and checked my email and found all sorts of panicky notes.<br /><br />I dunno what happened but I think Blogger had a hiccup. From digging into some forums today I discovered that Blogger runs an automated program over all its blogs to check for spam blogs - and deletes about a thousand blogs a day (yikes!)<br /><br />That program apparently registers a lot of false positives so it can mean a legit blog gets suspended until an actual human reinstates it.<br /><br />I don't <i>think</i> that happened in our case, but it is pretty scary... so I'm going to back the entire blog up onto my HD tomorrow just to be safe. If 5 years of work actually did just disappear one day, I don't know what I'd do...<br /><br />Again, many thanks for all your notes of concern.<br /><br />Best - Leifleifpenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232334860061949895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-50456844159309428922010-05-22T22:57:48.229-04:002010-05-22T22:57:48.229-04:00i know this is off topic..but i just can't hel...i know this is off topic..but i just can't help but make sure..thank god it's back..thanks sir!LLOYDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17478500645668443650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-85748858639383475042010-05-22T22:29:38.018-04:002010-05-22T22:29:38.018-04:00Daniel: I think many of us found the same thing. T...Daniel: I think many of us found the same thing. These pages are such a tremendous resource that I was practically in mourning to find them missing for a few hours.Michael Fraleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14394923592670217503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-24657387872853095412010-05-22T20:36:01.656-04:002010-05-22T20:36:01.656-04:00You're back! (Yester-day, Blogspot/Blogger was...You're back! (Yester-day, Blogspot/Blogger was declaring you gone.)Daniel [oeconomist.com]https://www.blogger.com/profile/06763094285750736837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-71908881134051168982010-05-22T14:08:36.123-04:002010-05-22T14:08:36.123-04:00Looks (to me) like the illegible word on the note ...Looks (to me) like the illegible word on the note is "construction".<br /><br />Thanks for posting these.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00388121892621447226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-79236291776172812512010-05-22T11:12:26.476-04:002010-05-22T11:12:26.476-04:00Gorgeous stuff. I just wish Fawcett had had pigmen...Gorgeous stuff. I just wish Fawcett had had pigmented markers to work with. The drawing at the top is wonderful, but looks like a ghost of its former self. Of course, Fawcett's primary concern wasn't to create a preliminary drawing for us to drool over decades later. He was trying to get his job done. But in a way, it's odd that a man with as high an opinion of himself as he had would be drawing with vanishing ink ...Michael Fraleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14394923592670217503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-18250830150562817922010-05-21T17:01:16.037-04:002010-05-21T17:01:16.037-04:00I remember that Flo-master ad when I was in art sc...I remember that Flo-master ad when I was in art school. A fellow student idolized Fawcett's work, used his Fawcett book on drawing like a bible, and his technique was so similar to Fawcett's, you could hardly tell the difference. The instructors just gave him free reign and watched with admiration. He seemed more interested in doing drawings from a nude model or clothed figure than doing illustration assignments. He always used a Flo-master pen in all different widths and tip configurations that he cut and altered himself, just like Fawcett. He was one of the best draftsmen I ever saw while attending art school. <br /><br />Tom WatsonTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237565169344311948noreply@blogger.com