“Panthère noire de face, pattes croisées” by Paul Jouve (1878-1973)

Simple pleasures are the best.

“Still Life” by Giorgio Morandi (1943)

“Street in Bologna,” By John Ruskin (1845)

Picture by Ken Price via Je Suis Perdu.

Three nice pictures by Robert Herman via This Isn’t Happiness.

Lovers on the Street by Claire Streetart (via fer1972).

Kurt Schwitters.

Saul Leiter: “I started out as a fashion photographer. One cannot say that I was successful but there was enough work to keep me busy. I collaborated with Harper’s Bazaar and other magazines. I had work and I made a living. At the same time, I took my own photographs.

“I spent a great deal of my life being ignored. I was always very happy that way. Being ignored is a great privilege. That is how I think I learnt to see what others do not see and to react to situations differently. I simply looked at the world, not really prepared for anything.”

A Leiter gallery over at On-Line Browsing.

Picture by Susan Derges (1991)

Beautiful gallery of NYC subway photographs over at Magnum Photos.

“Green Pan and Black Bottle” by Pablo Picasso (1908)

Just Another Masterpiece by Franz Kline.

Last night I went to a live model class at the Society of Illustrators on the east side. It’s a neat place and the session was attended by old-timers and kids alike–cartoonists, book illustrators, comic book artists, professionals and amateurs. It’s been more than a dozen years since I’ve been to such a class but I got the itch recently when talking to some old painter friends of mine. I figured what the hell, why not? It’s been too long.

The night before the class, I couldn’t sleep I was so excited.

It took an hour or so or flailing around, not really knowing what to do, where to start or continue, before I settled in and got a little bit of the old feeling back. Mostly though, it wasn’t about any finished product as much as it was about paying attention and really looking. After the second hour my hand was cramping and my eyes hurt. But I felt good. I think I’ll go again.

Banksy.

Photographs by Miroslav Tichy. 

“Untitled Number 14” By Richard Diebenkorn.

“Route 66” by George W. Gardner.

Nude Study by Pablo Picasso.

Over at BuzzFeed check out this gallery of hyper-realistic art.

[Painting by Omar Ortiz]

“Escaped Fruit” by Danielle Hughson.