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What we did as kids...
...is even better for us now
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We’re talking about drawing pictures.
By Codgers, a group you join just by getting older.
Codgers used to be cranky old men.
But in this age of gender neutrality, when scads of women call each other “you guys,” the word covers a lot more
ground than it used to. You’ll know by sixty if you’re in the vicinity. It’s as clear as that first membership
application from AARP.
The good news, now well established, is that creative efforts like drawing are as essential for the health of the Codger mind
as physical exercise is for the body.Our intent is to get you to restart drawing, picking up where you left off at six,
or seven, or ten. We're pushing crayons because of their familiarity, their ease of operation.
First we will refresh your crayon memories.
Then we will show you more advanced techniques and introduce you to art tools you may find even more exciting.
We will
acquaint you with working artists and our special role models––artists who still work hard at their easels long
after they have qualified for elder statesperson status.
Just click on the links in the Navigation Bar on the left
side of this page to learn all that we have to offer.
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OLD YELLOW HOUSE
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A FIRST EFFORT "IN SIXTY YEARS" BY A SEVENTY-SOMETHING WTH ARTHRITIC FINGERS. |
ANOTHER "MATURE EFFORT"
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BY AN AGELESS WOMAN WHO USUALLY DABBLES IN WATERCOLORS. |
CRAYON CONFRONTATION |
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INSPIRED BY A VAN GOGH COLOR SCHEME--MORE OR LESS |
This illustration is a good example of the freedom that comes with crayons. The simple straight-forwardness of crayons lets
the artist tell a tale with facial colors that are easy for the viewer to grasp. Here, we have the weasely office holder
under attack by the apoplectic bluehair and the bronzed stalwart. In the foreground are the fair-minded (though partially
balding) silverhair and an envious youth waiting his turn.
NAY-SAYERS PLEASE NOTE! |
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SPEED SKATER |
For all of you who swear you absolutely cannot draw, this little fellow we call Speed Skater is designed to prove how wrong
you are. He is what the Head Codger calls a "Random Line Creation," a type of drawing virtually anyone in the world can do.
You'll meet him again on the Brain Exercise page where you'll learn how to follow him to artisic results you always thought
were impossible.
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HEALTH ALERT:Time Magazine reports (7/30/04) that regular activities that challenge your brain--WHICH CRAYON DRAWING
MOST CERTAINLY DOES--can add five years to your average lifespan.
Head Codger: Joseph Klipple, artist, author, photographic illustrator.
Executive Editor: Eileen Julia Palese, artist, author,
advocate for the brain injured.
"ENJOY THE CIRCLE OF LIFE"
Contact us anytime at:
crayonsforcodgers@mindspring.com
THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE, DRAW MORE THAN YOUR BREATH
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