tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076604.post2918057596493285447..comments2022-11-17T09:53:52.850-05:00Comments on Light and Shade: Favorites in Pen and InkVincent Desjardinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620854437984156862noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076604.post-56757951482749702722010-07-14T17:28:34.123-04:002010-07-14T17:28:34.123-04:00I was googling Erik Blegvad and your blog appeared...I was googling Erik Blegvad and your blog appeared. I have always loved Mr. Blegvad's work and like you I collected the calendars from Mother's Day magazine starting around the same time you did. He illustrated the calendar for years and years. When my daughter was born and I had to return to work, I framed two of his pictures from the calendar showing a mother with her children doing simple ordinary things. I framed them together and the versus as well as the illustrations reminded me all these years (my daughter is now 25 and a teacher)what was really important to me. It's amazing what artwork of the simplest kind can do. This framed art of his two illustrations was hung on my office wall and still does. I was sad when Mr. Blevgard moved on from Woman's Day. Thank you for presenting him in your blog.A Lovely Inconsequencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609925729312148318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076604.post-1398560050832708762009-12-12T19:25:57.894-05:002009-12-12T19:25:57.894-05:00Vince I too struggled with pen and ink in art scho...Vince I too struggled with pen and ink in art school. I always ended up with an over done sketchy and unforgiving mess. So, I enjoy acrylics the best. Only an X-ray would show you the disasters behind my paintings.<br /><br />There is something so amazing about those pen and ink drawings, I'm truly in awe by the mere fact that the weights of the lines and dark and light can convey so much emotion, etc from the art work. Neat, huh?<br /><br />But I'm proud I took a pen and ink class because I improved my own techniques.<br />:)<br />GeorgeUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05075133854546823758noreply@blogger.com