tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25015230Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:22:55 +0000island health and fitnesspublicationscollegesmoviesbooksstuffantiquesmemdecorative illustrationshoppingcompetitiontechniqueprintingartsolsticewordAllen Ludwigillustratorsvalentinesdream projectartistpoolSheldrake Pointlocal colorsummertravelcornellmonkey kingsalesholidays FinnishfamilycelebrityWorkcruiseoperarantkidslulu bookscontestfacebookweatherretrotype\rongoviachokerspartieslocalmemento moriholidaygraphicshouse of healthother blogsplinksart baselcomputersNew York Statebeescreativecorporate imagehotelsithacaopinioncraftreferenceMurray TinkelmanSyracuse ISDPcudosillustrationdesigncaliforniaarchitectureSociety of IllustratorsFlax Salecookingilllustrationcolittle chimp societyeducationshowsthesismonkeysfrakturgebornenillustration programsboxcar pressbriar pressmexicanappletricks of the tradeillustration reference2300˚Los AngelesamericanaIFilllustratorsillustration fridaymusingdesign workillustration historyinspirationillustration promotionwine projectsHartford Art School ISDPwoodcutswaterHangar TheaterGlassLabgraphic designportraitprintscaricatureQ. Cassettiwork in progressilustration fridayspiritualismilllustration promotionsteubenpostersvictorianaChicken Chokerspodcastslocal celebritiesGraven Images--by Allen LudwigCorning Museum of Glass©Q.CassettiFlax Barn Salekrampusmemeilllustratioinrant.from the sketchbookillustationletterpresspersonalphotographyGarden of EdenamericanphotoshopMusicpoliticstattooperformancesthe sketchbookLimited Residency MFA in Illustration programcommunicationartistsillustration blogspittsburghmuseumshotglassshowillustatorstelevisionTrumansburglifesymbolsralogosillustration publicationsfloridarecipenatural history©qchildren's book illustratorsmiamifoodtwitterithaca art trailKhistorypoetryhousetikidigitalGrassrootsindian artfreerangelettering design and historyart supplies and suppliersIdeas, Illustration & Design sketches randomly posted by Q.http://qcassetti.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Q.)Blogger1723125blogspot/suBvhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25015230.post-2121442397823266230Fri, 29 Oct 2010 20:50:00 +00002010-10-29T16:50:00.256-04:00From the Sketchbook Project Sketchbook 10/2010http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/suBv/~3/BC2bS23yCMA/from-sketchbook-project-sketchbook.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Q.)0http://qcassetti.blogspot.com/2010/10/from-sketchbook-project-sketchbook.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25015230.post-5002984945975960715Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:31:00 +00002010-10-29T13:31:36.197-04:00No time to make everyone's favorite, chocolate chip cookies? This dough comes together in a flash—just spread it in a pan and bake; no need to shape individual cookies.2 3/4 cups (11 1/2 ounces) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder1/2 teaspoon salt2/3 cup (10 2/3 tablespoons, 5 1/4 ounces) butter2 1/4 cups (18 ounces) firmly packed brown sugar3 large eggs1 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/suBv/~3/9R2jcv6_x_c/chocolate-chip-cookie-bars-from-king.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Q.)0http://qcassetti.blogspot.com/2010/10/chocolate-chip-cookie-bars-from-king.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25015230.post-1899076398059525548Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:57:00 +00002010-10-15T10:59:35.241-04:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/suBv/~3/t2KHv1nLDhc/my-idea.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Q.)0http://qcassetti.blogspot.com/2010/10/my-idea.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25015230.post-259178366911206388Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:34:00 +00002010-09-15T12:42:31.244-04:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/suBv/~3/Fho_zODUcZQ/grady-girl-performance-tonight-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Q.)0http://qcassetti.blogspot.com/2010/09/grady-girl-performance-tonight-at.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25015230.post-7939855251216160622Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:34:00 +00002010-09-15T12:40:44.649-04:00 Phoenix rising from the flames, Q. Cassetti, digitalRefinement coming on with this bird. Not finished yet. Some of the shapes are not working…and need a bit of the retouching white out and some reshaping. Rob thinks he looks cranky. Cranky works for me. Rising from the flames takes determination and crankiness. So there. More birds planned for this project. Only, instead of them being the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/suBv/~3/aa8XMORsL-s/let-sunshine-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Q.)1http://qcassetti.blogspot.com/2010/09/let-sunshine-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25015230.post-8868282747739887884Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:33:00 +00002010-09-15T12:38:43.251-04:00 Rain at the Sagamore, Q. Cassetti, 2010  Yearbook this a.m. I have "sales tools" created for the team to use to sell books right out of the gate. We have pricing, examples and the works….so maybe we can generate a bit more interest while parents and students are focused on writing checks and getting things done for the seniors before the crush of college applications happen.Alex needs to be http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/suBv/~3/fTxoIu-tyoI/early-start.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Q.)0http://qcassetti.blogspot.com/2010/09/early-start.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25015230.post-1617390191608185404Sun, 12 Sep 2010 18:42:00 +00002010-09-12T14:42:55.102-04:00 Nina Paley, author, animator, creative director of the wonderful movie, Sita Sings the Blues, brings us this look on content, reference, inspiration. Nuf said.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/suBv/~3/nx8iX9v5M6M/all-creative-work-is-derivative.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Q.)0http://qcassetti.blogspot.com/2010/09/all-creative-work-is-derivative.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25015230.post-2558001121064707796Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:07:00 +00002010-09-04T23:22:11.146-04:00 Kitty before the Prom, Q. Cassetti, 2010 It’s funny that life is this long strand of time that sometimes just keeps going on it’s own without a definite time or date to tag things around. There are dates that are significant that one really doesn’t have any control over.Your birth and death happen outside of your control. But some you can impact and fix a time and date to. The day you enter http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/suBv/~3/WbDc9zgKtzU/fwd-momento-memento.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Q.)0http://qcassetti.blogspot.com/2010/09/fwd-momento-memento.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25015230.post-7207011354563503418Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:06:00 +00002010-09-04T23:19:12.901-04:00 Kitty at the Parade, Q. Cassetti, 2010 Wow. What a last few days. I do not think I will not run down the blow by blow as it seems irrelevant other than we got to Amherst, stayed at a Holiday Inn Express (thankfully with comfy beds and air-conditioning), and were embraced by the spirit and community of Hampshire College, its friends, families, faculty, staff and the blooms of this wild rose, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/suBv/~3/Qnywd3X6vas/group-hug.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Q.)0http://qcassetti.blogspot.com/2010/09/group-hug.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25015230.post-3834081658638650488Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:06:00 +00002010-09-04T23:06:16.212-04:00> Holiday illo, Q. Cassetti, 2010, digital>> The wheels are in motion. Granola is baking for Kitty to take to > school. Kittyn gets dried cherry, Robbie gets golden raisin. The > totes are lined up in the hallway. The new bedding is in it's > packaging ready to be carried off to Amherst. Kitty has finally > completed the reading required for Orientation (I have been on her > all summer…and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/suBv/~3/mdnOvqx2LK4/prep.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Q.)0http://qcassetti.blogspot.com/2010/09/prep.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25015230.post-8428745787673949577Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:05:00 +00002010-09-04T23:05:46.996-04:00>> This new graphic approach is more about drawing, and lots of working > over shapes to get the forms and curves right along with making them > fit with more detail, flowers, fauna, bunnies and birds. I am back > to pencils and eraser— working from light blue to indigo. None of > this body of work is final but more the blueprints (scanned in as > low res, rgb, PDFs )— not the black and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/suBv/~3/v7jiRWHdy8E/its-more-about-messy-drawing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Q.)0http://qcassetti.blogspot.com/2010/09/its-more-about-messy-drawing.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25015230.post-5035243412922772103Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:49:00 +00002010-08-30T14:49:11.125-04:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/suBv/~3/Tlit6fy-2Jw/museum-of-glass-with-rob-cassetti-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Q.)0http://qcassetti.blogspot.com/2010/08/museum-of-glass-with-rob-cassetti-by.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25015230.post-5112568879247599625Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:01:00 +00002010-08-25T11:01:17.755-04:00Norwegian Stockings to Knit - Knitting Dailyhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/suBv/~3/fxH61aMDQ3o/norwegian-stockings-to-knit-knitting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Q.)0http://qcassetti.blogspot.com/2010/08/norwegian-stockings-to-knit-knitting.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25015230.post-6669172666127691563Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:18:00 +00002010-01-02T12:21:07.924-05:00Just to reiterate the blab from yesterday, The Academy has officially moved. You can find us at:http://qcassetti.squarespace.comhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/suBv/~3/FmOm0Zjot_k/moving-announcement.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Q.)4http://qcassetti.blogspot.com/2010/01/moving-announcement.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25015230.post-8099189518605269378Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:57:00 +00002010-01-01T16:18:52.764-05:00rantQ. Cassettidecorative illustrationToday is a momentous day. Yes, its 2010 and the first day of it. But even better. Even better than the snow blanketing our streets. Even better than Shady Grove eating half the rolls I had rising in the kitchen. Even better than the promises and opportunities a new year presents. Well, all of this is better for me...and for you, you may have to change a bookmark or a pulldown. Today, January 1, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/suBv/~3/DQWLilQ98Mo/adieu-for-now-blogger.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Q.)0http://qcassetti.blogspot.com/2010/01/adieu-for-now-blogger.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25015230.post-7669668009154079491Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:23:00 +00002009-12-31T10:24:24.849-05:00Today is the day before the future Tomorrow, a new year filled with change, new opportunities, a new spring, a new summer, a new autumn and then the winter, just like today--begins again. It is snowing this morning in a steady stream of the white stuff that sticks. Somehow it seems right--a quiet day with the beautiful pearly grey sky, muted warm grey trees and the thread of snow building up http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/suBv/~3/KGgQcqi2JP0/eve-song.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Q.)0http://qcassetti.blogspot.com/2009/12/eve-song.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25015230.post-768931744475609363Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:12:00 +00002009-12-30T10:14:03.032-05:00Hangar Theaterdecorative illustrationlocalfrom the sketchbookThe patients are one day more in the sickroom...or at least thats how it feels right now. They have been nursing their aching jaws with "popcorn bags" which I quizzed the nurse about. Essentially they are any dried bean or popcorn in a beanbag kind of thing. You tie them off and then microwave them for around 2 minutes to create this lasting heat that is not too much. We had some old red toe/heelhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/suBv/~3/q5wKNCuYOF4/new-resolutions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Q.)0http://qcassetti.blogspot.com/2009/12/new-resolutions.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25015230.post-6703151922816323784Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:17:00 +00002009-12-29T11:18:19.511-05:00frakturTrumansburglocalillustration promotionfrom the sketchbookWow! A week later and here I am. Time just seemed to take over--and somehow getting in here to write a bit seemed something difficult to do. The week held Christmas, Christmas Eve and oral surgery for both Kitty and Alex (two complete sets of Wisdom Teeth). As you can imagine--it was filled with holiday activity, cooking, nursing and for me, a bit of reading. So, its been pleasant, productive andhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/suBv/~3/SOtIJngDKGc/wow-week-later.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Q.)0http://qcassetti.blogspot.com/2009/12/wow-week-later.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25015230.post-523792619373444462Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:30:00 +00002009-12-22T10:57:43.680-05:00local colorholidays Finnishdecorative illustrationillustrationlocal I was perusing my visitors and discovered someone visited my site from the Looky Blog. I noted the author pointed up a link I had to a wonderful Finnish illustrator, Sanna Annukka. Looky's author has a site that is chock full of beautiful, graphic illustrators that prompts this graphic design/illustrator to scratch her head and think that maybe a foray down this channel for a while might be http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/suBv/~3/esaIUlEhl0Q/tuesday-before-christmas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Q.)1http://qcassetti.blogspot.com/2009/12/tuesday-before-christmas.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25015230.post-7440339205777249056Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:15:00 +00002009-12-20T17:16:22.182-05:00Byzantine depiction of the Three Magi in a 7th-century mosaic at Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo.We are on for the yankee swap tonight. We have 20 confirmed yeses and 29 confirmed maybes. There are invitations outstanding, but this world of teenagers--one needs to stay flexible. So, I am keeping my head on straight, not worrying about enough food etc. What will be will be. If the RSVPs are http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/suBv/~3/WeQKfdHuTzY/yankee-swap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Q.)0http://qcassetti.blogspot.com/2009/12/yankee-swap.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25015230.post-7286310152411070109Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:18:00 +00002009-12-17T15:19:28.643-05:00familylocalholidayfrom the sketchbookfoodThere was a bit of flurry this morning. I got out and about to the Regional Access to pick up the mini bagels and pesto for the home team. I love that place. Lots of choices...and their little bottega of goodies (today there was Ganache from Sharffen Berger, Chestnuts, big elegant cans of extra virgin olive oil). The whole charm of buying these treats in this off the beaten track place is http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/suBv/~3/5_OvErdg2y4/break-in-clouds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Q.)0http://qcassetti.blogspot.com/2009/12/break-in-clouds.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25015230.post-5447552174543158953Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:10:00 +00002009-12-16T12:11:12.634-05:00The Cholmondeley Ladies circa 1600-10Oil on woodsupport: 886 x 1723 mm frame: 1074 x 1914 x 100 mm paintingPresented anonymously 1955T00069Tate Britain, LondonAccording to the inscription (bottom left), this painting shows ‘Two Ladies of the Cholmondeley Family, Who were born the same day, Married the same day, And brought to Bed [gave birth] the same day’. To mark this dynastic event, they are http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/suBv/~3/LDTRXiM05kU/cholmondeley-ladies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Q.)1http://qcassetti.blogspot.com/2009/12/cholmondeley-ladies.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25015230.post-8524363249617282616Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:24:00 +00002009-12-15T08:25:58.497-05:00frakturdecorative illustrationholidayfrom the sketchbookt's just beginning to brighten. This is the time of the year that we have velvety dark mornings and nights and despite my growing to love this non bright time, the aspect of the Winter Solstice being on the horizon is reassuring. The deep darkness which falls around four thin the afternoon and doesn't brighten until well after eight in the morning used to be that pall that descended bringing http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/suBv/~3/GhfrJB1mFYM/just-beginning-to-brighten.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Q.)0http://qcassetti.blogspot.com/2009/12/just-beginning-to-brighten.html