Just sent this split personality painting off to a show at Lost Art Gallery , 900 Main St. in Watertown, CT opening saturday evening March 19 at 6:30 pm with the work by lots of illustrators and Magic card creators and other fantasy work.  

   

My mate is the author of, “A Survival Guide to the Mis-information Age”. This is a brand new book for anyone who wants to know if what they hear or read on the Internet or in the paper is true or not and how to figure it out. This a book for anyone who isn’t sure if global warming is real or wants to know if vaccines cause autism or how to know whether the cancer cluster reported to be in their neighborhood is really there! In other words, this book is for anyone who wants to understand and figure out the world around (or even inside) them. As Neil Degrasse Tyson said in his review, “Professor David Helfand has written the right book at the right time with the right message. Read it now. The future of our civilization may depend on it.”So go immediately to Amazon.com and buy this book and give one to anyone you think needs to read it. This is written by an interested party! http://www.amazon.com/Survival-Guide-Misinformation-Age-Scientific/dp/0231168721/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1455031152&sr=8-1&keywords=a+survival+guide+to+the+misinformation+age

Final portrait will be 24×30″ oil on linen canvas…here is head study done on linen on board…first is the chosen photo (this is a posthumous portrait so  the photo is a tiny section from a snapshot taken at  some event dinner.. part of a group shot and only included his head (top of necktie up) and.not exactly high res! or even focus!) next is the charcoal drawing which was fixed and, next,  i began to apply oil paint  

   

One almost finished and the other finally getting delivered (there is a story there but too worn out from festivities to tell it now!)… 

 

      

 

Leonardo da Vinci’s study for a flying machine

Don’t do watercolours on cheap paper.

Don’t use fugitive inks.

Don’t put your brush in your mouth — or smoke.

Don’t think it’s going to get easier.

Don’t lock yourself into anything.

Don’t try to sell your work right away.

Don’t sweat the small stuff; go for the big picture.

Don’t worry when somebody says your work is not so hot.

Don’t worry when somebody says your work is great.

Don’t take yourself too seriously.

Don’t be afraid to do something over and over.

Don’t listen too much to perceived authority.

Don’t be afraid to listen to your own intelligence.

Don’t try to please anybody except yourself.

Don’t be either too vain or too modest.

Don’t talk about what you’re going to do.

Don’t be afraid to look at other people’s stuff.

Don’t think you’re an undiscovered genius.

As well as “don’t,” don’t use the word “can’t,” “won’t,” and “shouldn’t.”

Don’t give up.

Best regards,

Robert

Study drawing for a helicopter or “Aerial screw”

by Leonardo da Vinci

PS: “Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.” (Leonardo Da Vinci)

Esoterica: Now that’s done, here’s this: By eliminating the “d” word and its partners from your vocabulary you can put a positive spin on yourself and those around you. Informed optimism is the flood that lifts and carries seemingly impossible projects.