Art, Visual Thinking and Creativity
Sitting in a lovely cafe called “why not”. Why not, indeed. This place is kind of discovery for me and quite refreshing change from my usual neighborhood of Florentin where I live. Actually, it is a park so no wonder I am so enthusiastic about the calm and quite. Earlier did some sketching of the [...]
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This week in Tel Aviv, the art scene exploded into a frenzy of the new season’s openings to which I didn’t bother to attend since it all felt just too overwhelming.An event that is supposed to be a Biennale has turned into an Annual event called Art TLV and same as last year I heard [...]
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The summer is still in full blast here but it is possible to feel some relief, especially in the evening when the breeze is coming from the sea. And with the breeze, comes the desire to return indoors and start chewing on some new compositions. I am not sure how it is for other artists, [...]
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part of my creative process is a constant shift between themes, some of which include landscape, cityscape and the human figure with all it’s variety and richness.
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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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Yesterday, finally after a whole year of struggles, indecision and plain procrastinations, I have managed to finish a double portrait of a mother and her daughter. All in all it was a good experience in spite of the fact that it took way too long. In a way, everything has its right pace and right [...]
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A lot of stuff going on in my life at this point in time and sometimes it feels a little too overwhelming. I wish I could make the pace a little calmer but it seems to be beyond my control . It may sound like a regular workoholics avoidance and excuse and indeed somewhere in [...]
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My name is Josef Ralt. I am an artist, painter, art teacher and creativity facilitator. My blog is about anything that is connected with art, visual thinking and creativity in all it's forms.It is also where i think aloud about the intriguing relationship between the normal everyday events of my life and how they evolve eventually into shapes, colors and forms on my canvass.
