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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Inspector General, following up on a previous report that faulted the authority for offering employees "Cadillac" health insurance, said the authority, also known as Park City Communities, has not updated its flat rent since 2004.
Since the cost of housing has risen since 2004, the authority should have updated its flat rents, according to the report released last month.
Auditors said they couldn't precisely estimate how much revenue the authority lost, but said it was at least "millions."
In the most recent year, the authority missed out on about $600,000 because it undercharged 161 tenants an average of $300 per month.
According to the audit, new staff at the authority are implementing its recommendations, including updated flat rents.
The report also raised two issues related to unreported conflicts of interest.
Authority officials failed to disclose an apparent conflict of interest when they contracted with a director's family member to perform work for the authority's federal programs. After discussing the issue, the executive director took corrective action and terminated the contract.
The authority also had a longstanding contract with an individual who later became an elected official and thus had a HUD-defined conflict of interest. However, officials did not inform HUD or obtain the required approval. After discussing the issue, authority officials agreed to request the waiver, and HUD officials indicated that they were inclined to approve a waiver for this individual to run an after-school program.
Some parties were catered, others canceled.
On the joyous side, Malloy hosted a St. Patrick's Day party for 200 people in 2013, according to documents obtained from the state agency that manages the Governor's Residence.
After the Newtown school shootings Malloy canceled five holiday receptions.
Among the canceled events was a Dec. 20, 2012, press reception for 100 expected to cost $3,450, according to the documents from the Department of Administrative Services, emails spanning December 2012 to April 2013.
The administration rescheduled some of the canceled events for early 2013, but the documents don't provide a clear picture of how the rescheduled events match up with the canceled ones.
According to the documents, taxpayers paid for six catered events totaling about $15,000 at the residence during the five-month period with most of that going toward the $6,900 St. Patrick's Day party.
The March 16 St. Patrick's Day party cost $30 per person, plus a 15 percent service charge.
On Jan. 10, 2013, Malloy had a "formal sit-down dinner" for eight catered by Russell's Creative Global Cuisine. The menu included a romaine, fennel and blood orange salad with pomegranate vinaigrette; braised beef short ribs with green peppercorn demi-glace; and warm apple crisp. The dinner, including four extra orders of short ribs, cost $654.47.
Malloy hosted local elected officials for a breakfast on Feb. 6. Mary's Catering charged $265.50 for 25 people. Another event for local officials on Feb. 26, also handled by Mary's Catering, cost $1,239 for 75 people.
A Feb. 7 luncheon for commissioners catered by Russell's Creative Global Cuisine cost $3,584.72.
Culinary Accents catered a cocktail party for "inner-city clergy" on Feb. 15 for $2,625.
Two outgoing members of Malloy's staff, Roy Occhiogrosso and Andrew McDonald, paid for catered events at the residence. Occhiogrosso, who left the Governor's Office at the end of 2012 to return to the communications firm Global Strategy Group, paid for a Jan. 11 event at the residence. McDondald, Malloy's general counsel until he became a justice on the Connecticut Supreme Court in January 2013, paid for an event on Feb. 20.
Did Occhiogrosso and McDonald pay for their own farewell parties? The Governor's Office declined to provide any context about the events, but it appears they may have.
The residence also frequently hosts charitable events. At one April event, according to the emails, a catering worker helped himself to some of Malloy's personal ice cream and wine.]]>
"I have not engaged in the practice of law nor held myself out to be a practicing attorney since I left the private practice of law at Cummings & Lockwood over ten years ago," McKinney said in a statement. "This is consistent with my annual ethics statements filed since that time. As such, this issue is moot. I am currently in the process of formally submitting retirement papers with the Statewide Grievance Committee to clear this administrative error."
McKinney faces former Ambassador Tom Foley in the Aug. 12 Republican primary for a chance to take on Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy in November.
Active lawyers in Connecticut are required to pay an annual fee to the client security fund, currently $75. The fund reimburses clients for losses caused by a dishonest attorney.
To avoid paying the fee while not practicing, an attorney can file paperwork to retire, effectively putting one's license on hold. If a retired attorney wants to begin practicing again, the retirement is revocable.
If a lawyer fails to pay the fee, the Statewide Grievance Committee administratively suspends his or her license. Although it is illegal to practice law with a suspended license, the SGC will reinstate licenses when it receives all overdue fees. The SGC also handles complaints against attorneys.
Malloy, also an attorney, has no record of discipline or suspensions, according to the SGC website.
The SGC first suspended McKinney in July 2003. The SGC also suspended McKinney in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and, last month, 2014. Starting with fees for 2006, the SGC started automatically suspending attorneys for each fee missed. Suspensions are made for missing the prior year's fee, so the 2014 suspension is for missing payment of the 2013 fee.
Attorneys paying overdue fees must pay a reinstatement fee of $75. Including the restatement fee, McKinney owes $1,330. He didn't pay $75 in 2002, 2003 or 2004. Between 2005 and 2012, he didn't pay $110 eight times. He owed $75 for 2013 and another $75 for 2014, although he has not been suspended yet for missing that payment, according to a clerk for the client security fund.]]>
The Capital Region Development Authority will lend the money to 360 Main Street Associates at 3 percent interest for 20 years with a balloon payment in year three.
According to the bond commission agenda, CRDA funding will "assist in conversion of underperforming commercial space into 20 units of housing, including 16 micro units."
The Connecticut Democratic Party recently moved to 30 Arbor Street. The property owner, 30 Arbor Street LLC, is controlled by Carlos Mouta, according to the Secretary of the State's online database.
Mouta also controls 360 Main Street Associates according to the same database.
On May 23, according to party filings with the Federal Elections Commission, the Democrats paid $1,420 to 30 Arbor Street LLC for rent.
On June 12, the party made two rent payments to the same entity: $2,334.75 and $994.]]>
Previous advice from the State Elections Enforcement Commission, in the form of an opinion of counsel provided to the Connecticut Democratic Party in 2007, suggested the party "expressly state that it is soliciting funds only for its federal account," with the word "federal" underlined, "to avoid the appearance of violating the ban against soliciting prohibited contributions."
New advice issued earlier this month outlines an even more cautious view from the agency suggesting some prominent examples of executives of companies with close ties to the state, including Northeast Utilities CEO Thomas May, may have violated state campaign finance laws by donating to the Democratic Party's federal account with the intent of supporting candidates for state office.
May's solicitation, first reported by The Courant, asked his employees to give to the party's federal account and "to join me in financially supporting Connecticut's Governor Dannel P. Malloy."
State parties are allowed to keep two separate accounts, one to support candidates for state and local office and another for federal candidates.
The ethics and contracting reforms enacted following the resignation and imprisonment of former Gov. John Rowland made it illegal for state contractors to donate to candidates.
The state contractor ban also prevents them from contributing to a party's state account. The ban does not apply to candidates for federal office or to a party's federal account.
Parties are allowed to transfer funds from their federal account to the state account, using the national party as an intermediary, and then to provide direct support for candidates for state office, significantly weakening the ban and obscuring the connections between contractors and the politicians they support.
Even without directly transferring funds, the party accounts are accounting devices with little practical distinction. Parties pay some of their employees with money from both accounts. If an employee paid partially by each account solicits a state contractor to donate to the party, which account is doing the solicitation?
In a July 2, 2014, opinion of counsel, SEEC's lowest level of legal advice, the agency expanded on its previous advice to the Democratic Party, this time to the principal of a state contractor, William Ducci. According to the Federal Elections Commission website, Ducci has donated to a number of Republican candidates for federal office.
"The short answer to your question is that Connecticut law does not prevent a Connecticut state contractor from contributing to the federal account of the state party committee, to the maximum extent allowed by federal law," wrote Shannon Clark Kief, SEEC's legal compliance director. "There would be scenarios where such a contribution would be problematic, for example, if the contribution was solicited for the benefit of Connecticut (non-federal) candidates and that money was later used to make expenditures for that purpose."
"Such expenditures, if coordinated with the state party committee's state account, might be considered disguised contributions from the state contractor to the state party committee's state account. Such contributions would be impermissible for a state contractor to make," Clark Kief continued. "It is illegal for any person to, directly or indirectly, pay, give, contribute or promise any money or other valuable thing to defray the cost of any campaign or election to any committee, other than to a campaign treasurer. If the contribution was made to the federal account of the state party to defray the cost of a Connecticut candidate's campaign, that too would be impermissible."
SEEC spokesman Joshua Foley said "the basic answers are the same" although the law has changed in the time between the two opinions. "It's more nuanced," Foley said. "Our thinking on it, I guess, got more refined."
Ducci, of Ducci Electrical, asked SEEC whether he could contribute to a state party's federal account without negatively affecting his company's state contracts.
"Frankly, after waiting all these months, I am very disappointed," Ducci said. "I asked a very specific question as to whether or not I could contribute, and what I received was a five page 'Opinion of Counsel.' What I had hoped for was an answer to my question."
"The opinion includes several different vague and highly subjective caveats, including who solicited the contribution, what purpose it was solicited for, what the money is ultimately spent on, and which political candidate the money ultimately goes to help, any one of which could make the contribution illegal," Ducci said. "Bear in mind that most if not all of these are out of my control."
"I'm not a lawyer, I'm a contractor. I was trying to do the right thing by asking for a straight answer before making a contribution, but I can't seem to get one," Ducci said.
Because of the ambiguity, Ducci said, contractors might get away with giving to the party in power, "but it sure sounds pretty threatening if you are contributing to the other camp."'
Donors to the Democratic Party's federal account include:
Employees of companies involved in a joint venture selected by the Department of Transportation to manage a $500 million development in Stamford gave nearly $100,000 since DOT made the decision.
A former Republican-party donor gave almost $6,000 since the election of Gov. Dannel Malloy in 2010, while one of his companies received $4.3 million from the state bond commission and another got $18.2 million of contracts and subcontracts from DOT since 2011.
Two employees of Mystic Aquarium, a beneficiary of state funding, donated $6,000 in January, as have First Five companies, developers of affordable housing and other companies receiving state assistance.
Employees of another DOT contractor, HAKS Engineers, gave $45,000 in November possibly at a fundraiser attended by Malloy and have continued to give this year.]]>
The First Five, Connecticut's signature economic development program under Gov. Dannel Malloy, prompted five CEOs to move their companies. In return, they got taxpayer funding – and a shorter commute to work.
Last month, a plan to move the hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, one of the world's largest, from Westport to Stamford at a cost of $115 million in taxpayer money fell through.
The move would have reduced the commute for its billionaire founder Ray Dalio by two thirds. Instead of driving about 45 minutes from Greenwich to Westport, Dalio would drive only 15 minutes to Stamford, according to estimates based on Google Maps.
In some cases, the move was drastic. Charter Communications moved its headquarters from Town & Country, Four other First Five/Next Five deals still in place will move the company headquarters and keep the same CEO. In each case, the office moved closer to the CEO.
Missouri, to Stamford. For CEO Thomas Rutledge, who already lived in New Canaan, the new location is 990 miles closer to his home.
Charter will receive $6.5 million in taxpayer support.
"Our CEO has had an office here and in Philadelphia for years, and still does," said company spokesman Joe Mondy. "Cigna has offices in 30 nations and jurisdictions around the globe. Our decision to designate our flagship Connecticut offices as our corporate headquarters is all about the opportunity to leverage the highly educated, experienced and talented labor pool our state offers, so that our businesses may grow and flourish here and around the world."Cigna CEO David Cordani saved himself some travel time by moving the company's headquarters from Philadelphia to Bloomfield. Cordani's Simsbury home is about 210 miles closer to the Connecticut site.
Cigna could receive up to $71 million from taxpayers.
Spokesmen for Malloy's office and the Department of Economic and Community Development, which coordinates First Five incentives, did not respond to a request for comment.
The pharmaceutical company Alexion plans to move from Cheshire to New Haven next year in return for $51 million in state assistance. CEO Leonard Bell will cut his commute from Woodbridge in half, from about 30 minutes to 15.
The insurer Navigators Group will receive $11.5 million to move from Rye Brook, N.Y., to Stamford. CEO Stanley Galanski will reduce his commute by a third, shaving about 15 minutes off his commute from Ridgefield.
CEOs in the First Five/Next Five program aren't the only ones shortening their commutes. Fifth Street Finance received a $5 million forgivable loan from DECD to move from White Plains, N.Y., to Greenwich.
CEO Leonard Tannenbaum cut his commute from Greenwich in half, from about 30 minutes to 15. Fifth Street spokesman James Velgot said the shorter commute was unrelated to Fifth Street's move.
"Len believes in the state, and wants to help it succeed in the long run," Velgot said.
Another company, Sustainable Building Systems, was planned as a new joint venture so it did not have a previous location. In any case, the company has had trouble getting started. TicketNetwork withdrew from the First Five program after its CEO was arrested.Some companies in the First Five/Next Five program, like ESPN and Pitney Bowes, did not relocate, instead expanding in an existing location. Other companies changed CEOs around the time of the move, including NBC Sports and CareCentrix. The accounting firm Deloitte did not move its headquarters to Connecticut, but did expand its presence.
The Bridgewater move fell apart because of a land use dispute between the project developer, Building and Land Technology, and city officials. Even though the deal fell through, BLT still gets at least $16 million from the state – as much as $2.50 for each $1 invested – to complete the environmental remediation of the property.
Graphics by Colby Pastre.]]>
McDonald, 28, worked as a manager and disc jockey at Kahoots on Main Street in East Hartford. The club has been closed since police arrested him and a co-worker, Renaldo Byrd.
Byrd, 39, of Hartford, pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in September and was sentenced to one year in jail. The club has been closed since the arrests, but the owner is fighting to reopen.
East Hartford Police, working with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, arrested McDonald on May 21, a month after he stopped working at the Capitol, but he began selling drugs to undercover agents while still on the state payroll.
McDonald is scheduled to appear in Manchester Superior Court Wednesday facing two counts of possession with intent to sell, two counts possession with intent to sell within 1,500 feet of a daycare and one count conspiracy to sell narcotics.
In a letter to the judge, McDonald said he successfully completed two treatment programs and, at the time of writing, was drug-free for more than five months. "After I complete whatever consequences are handed down for my deplorable actions, it will be the last that any court system ever hears of me," he wrote.
A Waterbury native, McDonald worked as assistant commerce committee clerk from Jan. 9 to April 12, 2013, earning about $7,600. Assistant clerks at the Capitol only work while the General Assembly is in session and not always for the entire session.
Previously, McDonald worked on the reelection campaign of Rep. Jeffrey Berger, D-Waterbury. Berger said he hired McDonald to work on the campaign when he returned from college and then recommended him for the clerk job based on his performance.
"His father, Brian, has been a friend of mine for life," Berger said. "He had this temporary addiction and he spiraled out of control."
Berger said McDonald was one of eight people he recommended to the House Democrats for a clerk position.
According to the arrest warrant affidavits, complaints in February 2013 prompted the ATF investigation in cooperation with local police. "Undercover operations were conducted, revealing that several employees are either aware and/or involved in the distribution of narcotics and prostitution," an affidavits says.
According to arrest warrant affidavits, Byrd supplied McDonald with some cocaine he sold to undercover ATF agents and McDonald told the agents Byrd could also get them firearms.
When an undercover ATF special agent asked McDonald about President Barack Obama's visit to Hartford, McDonald said he was outside the Capitol during the president's visit "smoking a 'blunt'" or marijuana cigarette, according to an affidavit.
McDonald approached one officer patrolling the Kahoots parking lot in an unmarked car and told the officer he was the manager of the club and that he worked for the commerce committee at the Capitol. Later, he told undercover agents that he would "approach police officers with cocaine on his person, and not worry about it because the police think he is doing his job."
The undercover agents also attempted to buy an AR-15 from McDonald who claimed his source showed him "a photograph of a military-style AR-15 with a scope, flashlight and banana clip."
Berger wrote a letter to the court to "strongly recommend that the Court see in its wisdom to grant relief to Jon."
In his own letter to the judge, McDonald said he hid an addiction to painkillers while working at the Capitol. He said working at Kahoots introduced him to cocaine.
"My use spiraled out of control, but I was never selling drugs for profit. I acquired cocaine for those officers so that I could do some of it for free," McDonald wrote. "I have never fired, never mind held a gun in my life. All of the time I was involved with those officers I was intimidated and way out of my depth. It is a great point of shame for me that I was able to even speak of guns after seeing the parents of the Sandy Hook victims at the Capitol during last year's session."
Update: This article was updated to clarify the role of assistant clerks, a temporary or sessional position.
Update: The Manchester Journal-Inquirer reports McDonald pleaded guilty and received a sentence of 13 months in jail and three years of probation.]]>
Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy along with Rep. Jim Himes, who represents Norwalk, celebrated the grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development Monday.
The funding is part of HUD's Choice Neighborhoods Initiative, which hopes to convert affordable housing into mixed-income housing.
On Tuesday, Gov. Dannel Malloy and state Housing Commissioner Evonne Klein announced $9.8 million in additional federal funding passed through Connecticut's new Department of Housing. HUD awarded Connecticut a total of $31 million for disaster recovery from Superstorm Sandy.
Previously, Washington Village received a $1.89 million low-income housing tax credit.
Boston-based Trinity Financial will redevelop Washington Village with the Norwalk Housing Authority and the Norwalk Redevelopment Agency.
Patrick Lee, a co-founder and executive vice president of the company, donated $7,500 to the Connecticut Democratic Party in the past year.
In 2013, Lee donated $2,500 on July 18 and again on Aug. 1.
HUD announced the availability of Choice Neighborhoods funding on June 13, 2013, and the deadline for applications was Aug. 12.
Malloy first announced the $9.8 million in disaster funding on April 11.
Lee donated another $2,500 on April 23. He made all of his donations to the party's federal account. As a top executive at a company that receives state assistance, Lee would be ineligible to give to the party's state account.
In November 2013, the party received thousands in donations from others with affordable-housing business, also through its federal account.]]>
In Harris v Quinn the Court ruled that home healthcare workers providing services to individuals who receive state or federal funding should not be required to pay dues to a union that represents public employees (mainly the SEIU and AFSCME). This precedent sends shots across the bow of public union advocates seeking to add to their political coffers by forcing anyone who operates near government money to pay some sort of union fee.
The details of this case should sound familiar to folks here in Connecticut. In 2011 Governor Malloy, via two Executive Orders, effectively forced individuals providing home daycare and home health care services similar to those in Harris to pay union dues, regardless of whether or not they wished to unionize. The logic behind this fiat being that since these employees, mainly mothers running daycare out of their homes and healthcare workers contracted by persons needing in-home care, often provide services for individuals who receive public money through Medicare, Medicaid etc. they should therefore be considered public employees.
Unions have tried this in numerous states claiming that these private employees are "free riding" on the collective bargaining efforts of local unions who are of course only seeking to ostensibly improve things for workers, society and the human condition. In reality anyone who follows the money can see that this is a strong arm tactic that enables unions swing the political pendulum in their favor by getting and keeping Democrats in office by expanding their donor base by force.
In response to Malloy's Executive Orders a slew of lawsuits were filed against him in 2012. Among them was a suit filed by the Yankee Institute on behalf of Cathy Ludlum. Ms. Ludlum, who suffers from Spinal Muscle Atrophy, wished to prevent the twelve people she employed, who helped her with everything from running her business to eating, from being forced unwillingly into the SEIU.
At a personal level it was argued that this forced unionization scheme effectively changes the relationship between employer and employee. When a union attempts to inorganically force its way into this relationship the people who get pushed to the side are the ones that actually need care. Loyalty for the service providers is diverted from their employers, such as Ms. Ludlum, to their union bosses. It was also argued that Malloy's actions intruded upon a constitutional authority reserved for the Legislature.
Unfortunately for Ms. Ludlum and her peers in 2012 the CT General Assembly, who could not pass up the opportunity for increased campaign support, passed a bill that concurred with Malloy's executive actions. In late 2012 the State Superior Court ruled that the lawsuits against the actions were rendered moot by the passage of legislation.
Fast forward to Monday June 30, 2014 and it appears as if the suits filed against the Governor may have not been all in vain.
The SCOTUS ruling on the Harris case is extremely narrow and pertains to only home healthcare workers, preventing them from being considered state employees and therefore subject to forced unionization. However, it signals victory for those types of workers in CT like those employed by Cathy Ludlum who do not wish to pay union dues and will now be able to opt out.
While unions will react to this decision by saying it is anti-worker, anti-poor, anti-(insert sacred cow of the left here) those who truly understand the underbelly of union politics should take solace in the fact devious tactics used to expand union influence have been put on hold; for now. For every freedom loving individual the holding in Harris (and Hobby Lobby) represents just a little bit more decision making power returned to the hands of individuals. Such a nice Independence Day gift from SCOTUS!
Andrew is a Tax Consultant at Alternate Tax Solutions and a Summa Cum Laude graduate of CCSU.]]>
Like the $80 million awarded in the previous seven years, most of the money this year went to the University of Connecticut Health Center or Yale University.
The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, already the recipient of $291 million in taxpayer largess, secured $1.1 million from this batch of stem-cell research funding.
In the history taxpayer funding of stem-cell research in Connecticut, only two private companies received grants totaling $2.4 million out of about $90 million, or less than 3 percent.]]>


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REVENGE was sweet for Blaze as they ended another busy weekend on a high after getting the better of Hull Stingrays in the Elite League.
Paul Thompson's side returned to winning ways on Sunday evening by beating Hull 2-1 at home just 24 hours after losing out to the same side 4-2 on the road in the Challenge Cup, a result that proved to be insignificant for both sides who had already qualified for the quarter-final stage of the competition.
Sam Smith fired Blaze ahead in the third minute at the Skydome with his first goal for the club as the hosts continued to put pressure on the top four.
Then followed a much-anticipated clash between Benn Olson, who was sent off for fighting during last week's 8-2 defeat against Belfast Giants, and Stingrays' Ryan Hand.
Both players received five-minute fighting majors before Blaze took a two-goal advantage.
Thompson praised the impact of Shea Guthrie last week and last year's player of the season continued his impressive run of form by firing the home side 2-0 in front on seven minutes.
The visitors set up a tense finale when Dominic Osman cut the deficit back to one shortly before the half-hour mark.
But Blaze managed to hold on to gain quick revenge over Stingrays and earn their 300th Elite League victory.
"It was an ugly win but we got the two points," said Thompson. "We lacked a bit of energy and were not firing on all cylinders this weekend.
"We went two up early and I would have liked to have got the third goal because it would have killed the game.
"But they got a five-on-three powerplay goal and then it got a bit tense but we managed to see it out.
"I have to give credit to Greg Blais (Stingrays netminder). He made four or five point-blank saves and Hull also defended very well and made it hard for us."
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NHS boss: 'NHS needs to change from top to bottom'
Asked what changes were required to implement the recommendations of the Francis Report on Mid Staffordshire Hospital, Sir David Nicholson said: "This is a significant change programme for the NHS from literally top to bottom.
"It's from setting out basic standards that patients and everyone can understand and assessing and inspecting again against them."
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There is nothing more ironic than seeing how both the left and right are seizing upon this outsourcing argument.
For one thing, the trend of outsourcing jobs started long before Barack Obama and Mitt Romney ever held elected office or even left the womb.
Roman emperor Julius Caesar outsourced everything from military conquests, tax collections, fire departments. In the late 1700s, Adam Smith in his book "The Wealth of Nations," advocated the idea of competitive advantage. This is the idea that rich nations could cut down on costs and get cheaper labor if they outsourced work to less developed nations.
However, as the politicians battle it out over the airwaves to blame one another for outsourcing jobs, Americans may be supporting the cause of outsourcing just by some of the purchases we Americans make.
An informal survey conducted by U.S. News and World Report's ranking's site surveyed over 500 people around the last election cycle to see if what type of car they drove hinted at their political leanings. Forty-five percent of people identified as Democrat and 42 percent identified as Republican. The remaining 13 percent identified as unaffiliated or Independent.
The survey found import cars to be a more popular choice among Democrats than Republicans. Seventy-one percent of Democrats claimed to drive a foreign car. Hatchbacks like the Toyota Prius ranked as one of the most popular choices for a vehicle among Democrats. However, even the number of Republicans who owned imported vehicles outnumbered the number of Republicans who owned domestic vehicles-57 percent of Republicans claimed to drive a foreign car. Among Republicans, pick-up trucks appeared to be the most popular make for a vehicle.
In the luxury market, Democrats chose Acura while Republicans preferred Lexus. Republicans were also slightly more likely than Democrats to drive German cars. Republicans embraced their BMWs and Porsches while Democrats were more likely to ride in a Mercedes-Benz or Volkswagen.
The fact of the matter is that regardless of whether Americans lean Republican or Democrat, most people in the United States tend to support the outsourcing of our automobile industry when they buy foreign vehicles.
Nick Walker, the founder of the car enthusiast website Mind over Motor said that many American consumers developed "brand loyalties" to foreign brands from 1973 to well into the 1990s because the quality of most American cars did not match what Asian and European companies had to offer.
"Foreign offerings continue to be strong, so upsetting this loyalty has not been easy despite vastly improved automobiles from the big three since 2008," Walker said.
However, the American market has tried to push out new products that can compete in today's global market.
GM is set to release new models of the Cadillac, Camaro and the Corvette. Ford is coming out with new models of the Focus and the Fiesta, which has already seen some demand in European markets.
Walker said that if these companies market their cars well, they might be able to shake this stigma.
"People want to buy American, but only if the products are genuinely quality goods in comparison to other offerings," Walker said, "Each company, American or foreign, has their own responsibility to make competitive products."
The issue of outsourcing remains a thorn in the side of many companies regardless of who will win in 2012. If our own car companies are competing in the global market, will foreign car companies setting up in the U.S. make up for the outsourcing of our American products?
"While many American companies are outsourcing jobs abroad, many foreign companies are investing and making cars here in the U.S., so that begs the question: what exactly is buying American these days? It is not as simple as the brand of a car anymore, parts of cars are made all over the world now…regardless of where final assembly happens," Walker said.


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In the April issue, this column optimistically reported on how the District of Columbia's acting fire chief was making progress in bringing his department back from the devastation caused by years of reckless budget cuts, Unfortunately, he ran head-on...
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In the April issue, this column optimistically reported on how the District of Columbia's acting fire chief was making progress in bringing his department back from the devastation caused by years of reckless budget cuts, Unfortunately, he ran head-on into a political and financial brick wall that wrecked his plans and prompted him to resign. Now, the DCFD is back in trouble and the high hopes of its firefighters have been replaced by anger, despair and frustration.
Chief Thomas N. Tippett suddenly resigned when the financial control board that supervises the city's budget rejected his actions in restoring a fifth firefighter to ladder companies and bringing back the position of aides to battalion chiefs. Tippett had made these and other moves to implement recommendations that came out of the investigations of two fires that had taken the lives of three firefighters.
A veteran of 32 years on the DCFD and a former union president, Tippett had been named "interim" chief last December after the previous chief resigned under pressure from Mayor Anthony Williams for not moving fast enough to bring about the changes recommended in those reports. The mayor gave Tippett a mandate to end the delays and promised to back him up with the financial and political support he needed to make things happen.
It was a formidable task. Over a period of several years, the DCFD's annual budget had been slashed 30% and its manpower cut by 25%. The staffing of engine and truck companies had been reduced from five to four, battalion chiefs' aides were eliminated, several companies had been closed while apparatus, stations and equipment fell into disrepair. The fire department - which had been one of the few local agencies that did its job - was in danger of becoming as dysfunctional as the rest of the city government.
Tippett moved quickly and decisively to carry out his mandate from the mayor. He used $4 million that had been budgeted for overtime to pay for the restoration of the fifth man on the department's 16 ladder trucks and the six battalion aides positions. His proposed 2001 budget included a request for an additional $6 million to fund these positions on a permanent basis. He reopened a busy firehouse that had been closed and proceeded with plans to cross-train the entire department for firefighting and EMS, create paramedic engine companies and expand the overworked emergency ambulance service. A massive order for new apparatus, improved SCBAs and other safety equipment was to be delivered by the end of the year.
Firefighter morale, which had been at a low ebb, picked up as Tippett made his moves. In just the last few months, there were several fires in which the fifth truckmen had made a difference in rescuing the occupants of smoke-filled buildings and at least two incidents in which battalion chiefs' aides had spotted danger and relayed critical information that prevented firefighters from being injured or killed.
There was grumbling from some city council members who want to continue saving money at the expense of the fire department and use if for other projects, or to build up the city's cash reserve, or to give the citizens an election-year tax cut. But the real trouble came when Mayor Williams went to the financial control board with a request that they re-program this year's budget to provide funds for the additional truckmen and chiefs' aides. They turned him down and Tippett immediately resigned - as he had warned he would do if they didn't provide the money.
In his letter of resignation, Tippett pointed out that understaffed ladder trucks and the lack of chiefs' aides had been cited in two fire reports as being "major factors that may have contributed to firefighter fatalities." He added: "I have made a solemn promise to the firefighters of this city and to their families that I would do everything in my power to improve safety and not unnecessarily place my employees in harm's way. Therefore, I cannot in good faith carry out the directive."
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008
More Grungeboard
So, playing a bit with the Grungeboard. One stamp from Stampers Anonymous for the background. I used Brilliance inks on the pieces and embossed with Distress Powders. Still needed more color, so I dug out the Lumiere paints and added some Russet here and there. The star is from Maya Road.
Back of a snap at the top, a charm, and rusty wire completes the look. A bit over the top for me, but it was fun.
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WOW! That is gorgeous!!ReplyDelete
I just signed up to take your Fragments class next month in St.Louis and I am so excited!! The example on the site looks really cool!!!
Wow Linda Just love this piece its gorgeous !!!!ReplyDelete
Linda!!!! This is gorgeous!!! Definitely not way over the top! I must have it.....or make one myself, I guess.ReplyDelete
This is very cool!!! Not over the top at all---is that even possible?? My DH has the flu, too, so I'm trying to stay away from him.....guess I'll have to just spend more time in my stamp room! :-)ReplyDelete
WOW!!! You have been very creative! I love all the latest pieces you have displayed on your blog! I need to get some new toys to play with.ReplyDelete
Glad to hear DH is doing good. Kiss him once for me! I bet he is happy it's over.
Love the contrast of the blue wings on this piece and I agree with the others, not over the top at all! Looks absolutely great!!!ReplyDelete
Perfect combo. Lots to look @ to make it very interesting. I do recognize that star!! And you know...I'm addicted to the grunge!ReplyDelete
Keep up the good work!
WOW Looks amazing Linda Love the colours, the blue is beautiful.Love the top bit with the wings and crown.Another master pieceReplyDelete
Not over the top at all, amazing really it is so well balanced I LOVE IT!ReplyDelete
So gorgeous. You are so talented. Hope you're feeling better soon.ReplyDelete


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Star Wars Interactive R2-D2 Astromech Droid
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The Star Wars Interactive R2D2 Astromech Droid from Hasbro is about the closest thing that you can get to the real R2-D2.
Mario Kart Wii Mini Radio Control Kart Mario
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Kids 8+ can play out their own Mario Kart race with this mini radio-control vehicle.
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Kids 8+ can play out a Pac-Man video game with this Red Ghost R/C toy that makes sound effects from the video game.
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This is an introductory radio-control car that is easy for kids 3+ to control.
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Disney Planes fans 3+ can pretend to fly Dusty Crophopper and fly like Dusty with this roleplaying R/C toy.
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Race Mario just like in Mario Kart Wii with this 10-inch R/C vehicle for ages 8 and up.
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Kids 8+ can control this flying toy with their hands instead of a remote control.
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Information gathering, innovation and growth
AbstractIn this paper we study the economic implications of IPR protection on corporate intelligence, R&D investment and economic growth. To accomplish this objective, we introduce trade secret and information leakage into a standard quality-ladder growth model and study the long-run implications of improving the privacy of firms' data. We find that reducing the set of practices of information gathering is more effective in protecting firms' privacy than strengthening trade secrets.
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- Carmelo Pierpaolo Parello, 2009. "Information Gathering, Innovation and Growth," Working Papers 122, University of Rome La Sapienza, Department of Public Economics.
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- D91 - Microeconomics - - Intertemporal Choice - - - Intertemporal Household Choice; Life Cycle Models and Saving
- O32 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change; Research and Development; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
- K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
- O33 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change; Research and Development; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
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Meyer, Hinton, Coombs Happy for Success of Former Teams
First of all @Buckeyedude - Dantonio'd!
Secondly, what else could they say? I wish they would never have won again to prove my greatness?
You can kill a fly with your slipper or a cannon. Either way, the fly dies. -Ramzy


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I've been studying art only for a short while (since August) and I have definitely been bitten. I spend the greater portion of my available time practicing.
I've done a few master copies of Michaelangelo studies and have found them very useful in learning about line quality, form construction, hatching and value.
I'm interested in learning more about everything really, but with a focus on the foundations for my skill level. What I'm looking for is recommendations of what artists/which pieces would be most valuable to copy in order to learn most about the fundamentals. I know this might be a matter of taste, but I'm curious to hear your suggestions nonetheless. What do I study to learn most about line, value, color, painting technique(which I would apply in photoshop ) etc?
Thank you in advance.
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Forget this silly question, I suppose.
I picked up The Story of Art by E.H. Gombrich and it seems to answer it.
So what's the answer? I've never done a master study myself, seems like it would require a teacher to guide me through it.
"Beliefs are rules for action"
"Knowledge is proven in action."
"It's use is it's meaning."
Well, since I can't seem to find a good teacher ... I'm forced to make certain assumptions. Looking through The Story of Art, Gombrich appears to nail down very well done pieces in both terms of composition and technique. I figure if I use the book as a guide of which pieces to study/copy/emulate and post them up in my SB, I'll invariably learn something.
The prime difficulty in learning art thus far(for me) is that it seems to be a mystery on how to best/most efficiently learn it. Every book seems to say something different, when they say anything at all. I usually recieve the answer "Draw, draw, draw", but obviously that is not very specific, and without specificity of practice, you can practice incorrectly and greatly delay your own progress. So I rely on the occasional crits I get in my sketchbook here, and a variety of books and dvds.
Where I found in my study of music, very many set processes that essentially guarantee progress and very many capable teachers; it seems that it is highly lacking in art (which oddly, is more tangible than music) and teaching/learning appears to rely on much guesswork. ie." Well, I've done so many things, and this appeared to work for me." The other Catch-22 is, where there are good teachers and learning programs, an amateur such as myself is not good enough/skilled enough to attend there to learn. It's more confusing than frustrating, but fortunately the passion for art pushes one through these series of blunders and obstacles.
I guess music is more based in recipes than art. Since you usually start by playing songs that already exist, the equivalent in art would be to say that you can draw when you can copy a Bouguereau perfectly.
Is there a perfect way to teach music composition? I say, pick masters you admire rather than ones that are dictated to you.
Yup, I think Qitsune's got it right. Pick artists whom you want to emulate.
Your observations about the differences in the ways in which music and art are taught are interesting. I'm going to have to think about that. . .
I think you are awesome, and I wish you the best in your endeavors, but I am tired of repeating myself, I am very busy with my new baby, and I am no longer a regular participant here, so please do not contact me to ask for advice on your career or education. All of the advice that I have to offer can already be found in the following links. Thank you.
Perspective 101, Concept Art 101, Games Industry info,Oil Paint info, Acrylic Paint info, my sketchbook.
I dabbled in music for a long while, and though I never practiced hard enough to progress, the musicians around me were all into improvisation and greatly admired those who could pull it off. To me, learning how to do this in a controlled manner is the closest comparison I can make to the goals of a "well-rounded" artist. It's the same saying for both, you gotta learn the rules before you can break them. There are no wrong notes if the listener likes what they're hearing, and likewise for art
for example, I've been enjoying this clip lately http://youtube.com/watch?v=kUzFbT5JT1M
To create an equivalent skill in art, well, just remember that there will never be a handbook that can be written that tells you how to do everything in art, you need to find tools that will make your emotions and thoughts clearer in this medium.
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I agree with a lot of what you're saying, especially "Every book seems to say something different, when they say anything at all." Yes, I can't stand "draw, draw, draw", I mock it every chance I get. Musicians seem to have been more tolerant of different ways of creating music: tonal, atonal, and the different scale constructions of different cultures, as compared to the classical and modern art dichotomy, but I really don't know enough to say much about anything on that. I've found that good books on music are just as hard to come by as good ones for visual art.
One of the problems with art instruction is the mystique it has and the vague words used to describe various ideas and techniques. It should be possible to structure a practical method of drawing based on visual perception, without reference to "energy" and such, that's my dream. Just as underlying forms are used over and over again in music the same must exist in visual art, it must be that nonone has compiled them yet.
"I guess music is more based in recipes than art"
I think both have the same amount of recipe. In visual art we have the basic forms, in music the equivalent could be the major and minor scale. Both the classical tradition of visual art and the harmonic series derived western music tradition are just one possible institution out of many.
"Beliefs are rules for action"
"Knowledge is proven in action."
"It's use is it's meaning."
Well I can say the best art experience I've had was when I travelled through Europe. I went to the major museums and spent days just walking through and finding my favorite artworks. Each one I saw that I really liked, I made a study of in oil pastels - for most museums in Europe, they don't mind. I have a long list of them posted on my myspace, which you can view here:
what I went for was to only choose art that I really really liked, that moved me, and then try to capture what it was that I liked into the study. I think that's the best way to really learn from other artists. You can find good art looking through books, but you should visit lots of museums too. For books, try the biggest local library and go to their art section. Pour through the books and find something that grabs you. It's also a great way to figure out who your favorite artists are and why, and to get a greater sense for movements and progression of art history.
Gombrich is a good basic art history book. It will give you the framework and context that will allow you to go off in detail on the paths that interest you.
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But it doesn't show enough actual art. You need to go through a very large museum and just soak it up.
Sorry couldn't have left this unsaid : There is NO easy way to learn drawing, it's ALL about practice, there is no way around it.Originally Posted by max xiantu
Just draw sketches by people whose artwork you like & would like to get a similar style to.
I've found the styles I like most and they're the only ones I'm practicing for.
Anyways, the bottom line is : you do not need teachers, books, tutorials or whatsoever, it's something that comes over time.
You are so completely wrong. All the basic elements of art that we have come to expect in professional work are all part of the western tradition of art. All styles of representational art are derived from these elements, and choose to emphasize certain elements while leaving out others. Because this is so it should be expected that there would be many books that would explain it thoroughly, but instead many fall short and are mostly filler with a few tips sprinkled in throughout their uselessness. This can be overcome with the help of teachers, CA is a great resource when someone doesn't have a teacher.Originally Posted by Corrupt
"Beliefs are rules for action"
"Knowledge is proven in action."
"It's use is it's meaning."
Thank you Armando.
Allow me to expand a bit on my music study analogy.
If in the beginning of musical training someone were to choose to study whatever they liked, without proper guidance they might for example decide Nirvana were masters worth studying. After learning many Nirvana songs, albums etc the student would have the level of mastery of Kurt Cobain on the guitar, which would not leave him as a very capable player.
Now, if even if the student had a more developed taste, and chose to study the works of Chopin, he would still greatly benefit from a teacher who could guide him through his musical development that he may properly study and perform Chopin. The level of technique would have to be developed through study of simpler Chopin compositions or different composers that would lead him on a path towards mastery of the more difficult Chopin compositions.
Transfer the idea over to art study and you might begin to see what I mean.
Having to travel to see art in person, because one doesn't feel that a print of art is actual art, is rather limiting and impractical. No? It's like saying you can only have a relationship with God at church and nowhere else.
Well, there's several things that the real artwork has that are worth traveling for: experiencing the actual size of the piece, being able to closely examine the surface and brushwork, doing faithful master copies, getting to know the locations in which the artists made the work (if they haven't been moved), and experiencing the world a little bit. If you can imagine how difficult it was to travel in the past, being able to see works in person around the world should be no less than a privilege. And if the journeys aren't as affecting, if not more so, than viewing the artwork, you're not taking advantage of your artistic opportunities.
Where in New York are you? If you're within a day's trip of Manhattan, which has a higher concentration of great art than anywhere else in the world, then there's no excuse for not seeing the real thing.Originally Posted by max xiantu
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I visit museums regularly. I was an art lover before I attempted to study art myself. I definitely see the value in seeing the real thing. I was responding to the idea that a print is not the art as well. I have neither the means, nor do I see it as pragmatic to visit a museum to see every piece in Gombrich's book so that I have seen "actual art". The idea struck me as dogmatic and slightly absurd. But I am only a novice.
But it doesn't show enough actual art. You need to go through a very large museum and just soak it up.
Gotcha', no problem.
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unless you are a printmaker
define print..... nevermind
I think there are things to learn from everyone
techniques even from people who's are you don't care for
everyone.... who thinks about what they do is a master who can be learned from
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"I usually recieve the answer "Draw, draw, draw", but obviously that is not very specific, and without specificity of practice, you can practice incorrectly and greatly delay your own progress."
That is the most brilliant statement I've ever heard in my life, no joke! I always ask a few artists how to improve and they respond the same way... but I end up getting fustrated because HOW am I suppoed to practice? "Just draw from life" .... Ummmm, what? GYAH!
I say study a variety of artistsfrom every time period, also cultural art. I mean, you can't find what you're looking for in only, say, 4 artists. I stroll on Deviantart alot, and end up going to the strangest artists with the strangest styles... or picking up manga from this store Book-Off (used book store) in the back coners of the store where they sell strange manga that doesn't even look like manga... really old and underground! I learn their techniques and little bits of knowledge. Then, I use that library of reference in my own work. Are you just talking about techniques? Because techniques imporve work a ton. Drawing, though... I guess it would be studies of those artists. Of everything -- looking and studying and thinking and drawing.
I suggest making a folder on ur computer and saving all your favorite art. I have 6 binders of art printed from many artists (some artists have their own binders they're so good!) and when I find myself in an artist's block I look through their work and notice things I haven't before. It depends on your level, too... like if you're a beginner, start simple and work your way up. If you're pretty good and you understand the basics, it's all about style and technique, I would guess...
p.s. I live in NYC too
I don't know, I guess the first part is learning how to reproduce what you see, how to look at an arm and put it on paper (I call that the 'Drawing on the right side of the brain' part) next part is learning the rules that go beyond 'blind' reproduction, like anatomy and perspective. Then you learn how to use that skill and knowledge effectively, with color theory and composition. Of course, these parts are not all separate, they will overlap considerably.
When I was learning how to draw I would copy a lot of Hans Holbein portraits upside down. I thought he was the best draughtsman overall when it came to form. I would love to make more but I had to return the book of plates to the lib.
I was lucky enough to spend 18 years 5 day a week in a masters painting studio^^ watching learning and asking questions I was very blessed i also watched him teach many people and got to watch there frustration with learning,as my own. All of these people would bring in photo's and copy them,99% struggled to paint^^ and ask questions like" i dont know what colors to paint the trees lol and sit for 3 hour trying to figure it out if i can impart anything it is this DRAW,DRAW DRAW!!! ART is all about confedence^^ GO outside and do 3 painting a week in oils if that what you want to learn^^ only by drawing those trees 1000 times do you learn to draw tree's!!! there no magic formulla^^ belive me I LOOKed for the short cut and spent many years doing so, taking for granted my situation^^ the moment i got off my ass and went outside and painted painted painted did i excell, and understand everything i had been taught and the secret was draw draw draw. It the only way also youll ever be able to get a good sence of color and lighting^^ is by painting from life. All these great masters had 1 thing in common.....they all drew from life and outdoors^^ all shapes lines and form can be found in the study of nature and landscapesat all times of day^^ monet could tell you the time of day by the color of the shadow^^. the only time i ever saw my mentor mad, was when i was about 14 years old and asked him to teach me to paint trees like him he told me it took him 50 years and 20 mins^^ get the point enjoy your struggles for its when you learning the most good luck it a life time path...and you must work everyday to reach your goals^^
.............my master.............................. dead 10 years now.... 6 foot painting...
p.s i watch this + many paintings painted this sold for 60,000$$$
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Look, Xianto, if you only read and accept the general art survey books, then you'll only ever learn about 1% of the important artists that existed.
Art survey books, even the good ones, take one era of art history, and list the 2-6 biggest names of that era. They make it seem that these were the only artists who lived for a hundred years, and everyone at the time knew them, held them in the highest esteem, and learned from them. Although many artists have been greatly influential in history, they are the tip of the iceberg. To see the artists that books leave out, trust me, you'll thank your lucky stars to go to lots of museums, and look up every artist you like. Especially the Louvre. If you don't go anywhere else, spend a week there.
Now as for this debate about how to improve as an artist - self taught vs mentoring.
What did Confucious say? There are three paths to wisdom:
Reflection is the noblest
Mimicry is the simplest
Experience is the most bitter
I learned to draw from observation by myself - all self taught. It was a combination of reflection and experience, and I can do it. But I'm not great at it. As in, I'm not MC Escher yet. Throughout high school I thought art was just something you had to teach yourself, because I had never met a really good teacher. It wasn't until college when I had great professors that I began to learn what I was missing. But not all of my art professors were good. I don't want to say all art schools are like this, and I'm certainly not bitter. But here's what I found:
some art teachers just give you the materials, tell you to make something, and come back when you're done. All you ever do in class is critique it, and they pick at everyone's work, sayig why it's not good enough - even if it's a great work. If they can't pick it apart, then they feel you're not getting your money's worth. Sometimes these professors are worth listening to, and very wise. Sometimes they're not. But this is the kind of crit that you can find outside of school, without paying an arm and a leg for college.
Other classes actually have you work in class, with demonstrations that explain techniques and technology. These are the classes you will learn from!!! This is how I learned about glazing and underpainting. This is how I learned to make animations and jewelry. This is how I learned to make etchings, aquatints, color etchings, chin collet, etc. This is how I learned figure sculpture. Take as many of these kinds of classes from great teachers, and you will learn a great deal more than you would on your own. Learn the techniques, and then practice, practice, practice! Then, don't wonder what you should draw that'll make you better. Choose what to draw that you think matters. Drawing anything will help you improve over time.
As for getting books, I recommend books devoted to one artist, that give a good biography, include everything the actual artist ever said, and/or have a complete list of works. You'll never be able to judge an artist from one artwork.
And, as Darkwolf said, if you see the work in person you can see the brushwork, surface, details, etc. In short you can start to ask yourself, how did this artist paint this? What colors were first, and what other colors are on top? You can't do that from most book photos, so yes, the print isn't the same as the original. There are certain books dedicated to single paintings, such as Da Vinci's last supper, and they have innumerable close up photographs. But that's only for a select few paintings in history.
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I've learned a great deal by copying both drawings and paintings from the masters directly from museum collections. Living in New York, you should be
able to engage in the administrative process allowing you to copy in the
Met. I would start in the drawing archives, if still possible. Also drawing from
some of the museum's finest greco casts won't hurt - though you sometimes have to hunt one down off in a corner or stairwell that has a single, dominant light source lending a good description of volumetric form to chase down design wise.
Surely, the only master worth studying is The Master from Doctor Who. Though he can't impart much wisdom on the subject of oil painting, he can teach you how to kill millions of people. I hear that The Master from Buffy the Vampire Slayer also teaches quite accomplished airbrushing techniques from his underground lair.
pxl prophet... I m curious..... your Father?
I am married to a Master ..... so in a sense I have had access to a mentor for 25 years.... if I weren't so lazy I'd be a better artist
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regarding the draw draw draw, i believe most aren't complaining about having to draw the same stuff over and over again, but rather what is it exactly that they are drawing wrong?
sometimes it's just very simple stuff like reversing the direction of your stroke to get a better texture, but unless pointed out, very few are going to realise it themselves.
Take a look at www.maxthemutt.com. The website includes curiculum. All the courses (except acting and Hisotry of Animation) contain conent you will want to focus on. You can do it yourself but its easier- and faster- to study in a structured environment. We also ofer a one month intensive in July which is open to everyone and is moderately priced.
You need: life drawing, including exercises to develop your use of all senses when drawing ( Kimon Nicolaides: The Natural Way to Draw), Perspective and Structural Drawing, a good drawing class using still life to develop other basic drawing skills: pont to point, positive and negative space, planar construction, modelling, tonal pattern; a good design and composition course. If you want to paint, there's more. Of course you also need to draw and draw and draw to develop all these skills.
Like classical music or ballet, you can't start at the end. Its developemental and you are right :just drawing will not get you there...you have to think about what and how you're drawing.
I hope this is some help.
Studying art history has been a very daunting task for me. The more masters I study, the more I find. I tend to go off on tangents. For example, one of my favorite artists is Herbert Draper (1863-1920). He was a British Academic painter as opposed to a member of the Impressionist movement. When studying him, I was able to find very little on his actual technique, methods and such. However, I did learn that he was a student of Bouguereau and Frederic Leighton. There is much more information on these more well known masters. Looking at Drapers art, you can see the similarities between him and his predecessors. Each school of art, whether it is Italian Renaissance or Spanish or French Academic can be distilled down to a small list of artists that summarized the movement. Starting with your Hals, Caravaggio, Rubens, Durer, Leonardo, Rembrandt, Renoir, Goya, Valesquez, Monet, etc. is better than trying to say "I like Constant Troyon as a painter. I want to learn his style", simply because you will find more information on the more well known. How can you emulate someone as a learning exercise when you can't find out what kind of ground they used, what colors their palette consisted of, how they laid out their composition, etc. This is just my opinion as a fellow art student, but that is what I have been doing and it seems to yield better results for me.
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