ASIFA Digitizes “Famous Artist Courses”
Some of us recall the ads in our childhood showing a cartoon pirate or skunk then asking, if you are interested in pursuing a career in art, to draw that same character and mail it in. I have to admit that I completed those drawings many, many times but, alas, never mailed it in.
Well, it turns out that this series of mail-order art courses was established by none other than Norman Rockwell. He hired some of the best artists of the time to create a series of courses which were mailed to the student in a set of three binders. Artists like Rube Goldberg & Milton Caniff were among the instructors.
ASIFA has begun digitizing all 24 lessons for inclusion into their archives.
Link to the Famous Artist Courses article.
October 16th, 2009 at 8:42 am
Mural Painter Lee Bowerman Fine Art Historic Murals…
great, I can\’t figure this out on a deeper level. I tend to over analyze I guess….