It was unusually noisy in my neighborhood café this morning and it took away much of the pleasure of my daily sketching exercise. Still, somehow in all the chaos, there was a weird correspondence between the visual clutter on my table and the audio clatter.
Here is also a short video that shows some of the [...]
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This morning I had an opportunity to play with iPad brushes application.I played with this application on my iPhone before but with the bigger screen of iPad it’s a whole new ball game.At the risk of sounding like a commercial for Steve Jobs , I think that this is a truly remarkable device that will [...]
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When the model is good, the whole process of painting is full of magic. What is a good model you may ask? In my opinion, a good model is someone who’s character is inspiring and at the same time can sit in comfort for extended periods of time. Preferably, also someone who has an appreciation of the creative process that feels like contributing to the creation of Ar
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My neighborhood offers many possibilities for painting some wonderfully chaotic cityscapes.Here I am exploring a composition with a ruined house which offers endless opportunities to stir the imagination.
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I love children’s art .Once in a while I get to know a child that allows me to peek at their scribbling and doodles and I feel very privileged to be shown into their visual ideas. There is always much originality within the context of the known and well defined patterns.Love those bright colors and [...]
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Just returned from a day and half trip to the north where I teach art once in two weeks in this lovely kibbutz called Yir’on. The weather is exceptionally warm which makes it ideal for landscape painting, so this is exactly what I did. Packed my portable easel and did some sketching in the sun.Yiron [...]
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I truly believe that it is very important for a developing artist, to free his hand and mind by exercising the gentle motor functions of fingers and hand helping thus to release visual preconceptions and allow intuitive understanding of the Form.
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It’s been some time that I have worked with a model.Last week I decided to return to the regular practice of working with model since I believe that working with a live model for an artist is like a regular exercise for a pianist without which the hands become rusty so to speak. Of course, [...]
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Piano Bar “8mm” is one of my favorite places in my neighborhood of Florentin. During the day it is a lovely relaxed and peaceful cafe where I do a lot of my writing, sketching and man watching. but at night this place transforms into a magical performance and jamming dungeon of the best kind with [...]
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My name is Josef Ralt. I am an artist, painter, art teacher and creativity facilitator. I believe that there is a big change happening today in our world in which Arts have a great role enhancing the communication, interaction and creativity that are necessary to make the transition to a more wholesome world. 
