Evolution of Watercolor Videos

Jill completed another project that pulled together her love for watercolor and history along with a new skill...making movies. Using the iMovie app, she created two wonderful videos tracing back the roots of watercolor painting. There is a short, 3-minute, video that is just a visual walk, and then a more detailed documentary version.

Take a look and let me know (or her know) what you think.

 

 

A Busy Month, Travel to NYC and the Metropolitan Museum of Art

A busy few weeks. We just got back from a business trip to my old hometown, NYC. Took the opportunity to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art. After just seeing the National Gallery of Art in DC, this helped fill some gaps in research Jill is doing for a video project she is about to release. We took time to appreciate the ancient Greek and Roman sculpture while admiring the frescos of the time. Amazing how far back the use of watercolor painting dates. From bare uses in Prehistoric times to more elaborate techniques in the Middle Ages and Renaissance to today. Did not know Michelangelo painted in watercolor (fresco) in the Sistine Chapel. Remarkable.

NYC is quite the place to experience many cultures somewhat seamlessly interoperating. The mix of culture is not only in appearance but characteristics and language too. Walking the streets provide a good test of all the senses, while marveling at the old architecture as well as all the new. The Freedom Tower is remarkable and the monument of the fallen is somber and surreal. Taking the time to see the police officers walking and in discourse between themselves and citizens is an encouraging reminder of the bond people have in the common good. Even the homeless seem to work in the culture as not an added burden but just as another facet of life in this city.