More about how he paints these cats on my Substack post
For example, here are some concepts:
But scientists are helping us to understand embodied cognition, which suggests that thinking is distributed throughout the body and shaped by our sensory experiences.
But modern botanical science and studies of colonial insects suggests that emergent behaviors and structures appear beyond our current understanding of information processing.
But this Cartesian dualism has been challenged by various philosophical and scientific perspectives, including monism, which posits that the mind and body are intertwined and inseparable.
But many philosophers argue that free will is an illusion, and that our choices are influenced by factors like genetics, environment, past experiences, and even gut bacteria which shape our brain activity and behavior.
But we’re only aware of a thin slice of the electromagnetic spectrum, and many animals and plants can sense things we’re blind to, such as ultraviolet light, magnetic fields, or vibrations in the air.
But modern physics has shown that time is relative, flexible, and dependent on the observer's frame of reference. Some cultures also perceive time as cyclical or fluid.
Read the rest for free on Substack Art: "A Poet" by Ernest Meissonier
Here's part of an advertisement from the Famous Artist School for their correspondence course.
The lobster shack with its seagulls, pilings, and boats demonstrates a lot of depth and overlapping, skills that beginning artists often lack. But this simple step-by-step sequence makes it look attainable.
You can make a daytime drawing look like night by suppressing detail and softening edges in the darker areas. More on "day-for-night sketching" on Substack.
