Sentences with phrase «knack for drawing»

Your knack for drawing others out and expressing genuine curiosity about their lives can be a real boon to bidding for connection and establishing satisfying relationships.

We've found that the Anthem receiver, with its wealth of reserve power, manages to bring the best from any speaker as it sounds exceptionally clean and has a knack for drawing out the maximum bass performance of even the most difficult - to - drive speaker.

«The show has a knack for drawing the East End artist community together to celebrate art and artists in a unique way.

Pope.L has a knack for drawing out the scatological qualities of gestural painting, the abject potential of collage, and the rhetorical power of color to expose the psychosexual substrate of American racism.

Her knack for drawing unprepossessing portraits extends even to two of her literary heroes - Henry James and Joseph Conrad - whose secretaries put their negligible heads together to become the pathetically unheroic heroines of the title story.

Like his contemporary Andy Warhol, Hockney had a knack for drawing the attention of the press, between his bleached blond hair and his flamboyant wardrobe.

Oscar Grubman (Stanford, X2) is a smart, bookish 15 - year - old boy that has a knack for drawing in the ladies with his passion for French and Voltaire.

HBO has a knack for drawing big - name actors for limited - run projects, i.e. Frances McDormand in «Olive Kitteridge» (2014) and Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson in «True Detective» (2014).

Meyer seems to have a knack for drawing out a great performance from William Shatner, who had started becoming far too jovial to take seriously in the last two films.

They have a knack for drawing out the dark and maudlin aspects of childhood, the loneliness and isolation, as well as the capacity for wonder and amazement, the sheer possibility of anything and everything.

There have been similar films about young men traveling home to find themselves of late, perhaps most successfully in a similarly themed vehicle, Garden State, but Buscemi's knack for drawing out well - rounded eccentric characters that are believable allows Jim to work more often than not.

There's usually a lot to tell, for Keenan, 25, has a knack for drawing out her subjects.

Harden's knack for drawing contact is inarguably elite.

Not exact matches

An unhappy knack of drawing matches they have dominated means United are scrapping for a top - four finish rather than the Premier League crown, although the Europa League offers a fail - safe as they bid to return to the Champions League.

The romance of those craning beasts, which he never fully outgrew, coupled with his love of fieldwork and knack for geology, drew him to fossil hunting.

You tend to be drawn to vintage or vintage - inspired pieces, and have a knack for making old things look brand - new.

«Game Night,» about game - loving partiers who get drawn into a web of danger, is a raucously funny film that has a knack for going right up to the edge of nastiness.

With its quietly picturesque landscapes of working poor America and focused gaze on those struggling within its interiors, many might draw comparisons to Andrea Arnold's festival favourite American Honey; but where fellow Briton Arnold's knack for portraying the nuanced humanisms of precarity translates across the pond with ease, Haigh's first U.S. - set picture falls short, stopping just shy of poverty porn.

The film is bolstered by her knack for dialogue and character, but also in not pressing too hard in order to get laughs that aren't there, letting smaller conversations play out naturally, and having supporting characters mirror the main story in a fashion which draws out interesting tidbits without stopping the overall momentum of the character's journey at large.

With a reputation for launching new films and creating awards season buzz, MVFF has a knack for spotting emerging talent as well as drawing legendary artists.

But Bay has a knack for making big noisy movies with lots of things blowing up and that prove a draw at the box office.

The only straight line one could draw to it from anything Anderson directed previously was the director's incredible knack for pulling out career - defining performances from his actors.

Really, it's a storytelling show that harnesses comedians» alien knack for oddball articulation and drawing unlikely connections.

What has drawn generations of readers to Cleary's books is her knack for capturing real children and their real - life adventures — even if those adventures are as mundane as getting stuck in the mud of the grocery - store parking lot.

Once his pace is established, Cumming's knack for timing becomes apparent, with scenes that are neither too abrupt nor too drawn out.

She has a knack for putting ideas you might have thought about vaguely into sharp focus, and it's astonishing how relevant the conclusions she draws from relationships that occurred nearly 200 years ago can be.

But clearly she does not have a knack for this whole revenge thing, because before she can make good on her plans, Trish gets inadvertently drawn into Ian's life in an unexpected way that lets her see just how different the man is from the boy he used to be.

The simplicity of the Black Flag logo, one of the most iconic punk rock logos ever constructed from drawing just four bars, was one of Raymond Pettibon's earliest known images and one that would exemplify the artist's knack for creating witty, definitive, comic styled imagery for the next 40 years.

As well as drawing from these global themes and botany, the illustrator also shows a knack for taking real - life everyday experiences into her work: the image of three girls in headscarves, for instance, was inspired by «three girls I saw at Kottbusser Tor in Kreuzberg [Berlin] a few weeks ago,» says Breiling.

The exhibition will outline the development of the Austrian designer's career through over 100 posters, prints, drawings, and book illustrations from The Wolfsonian's collection and beyond — commissions that reveal Klinger's knack for infusing beautiful imagery with wit and an astute marketing sensibility.

In a series of drawings of old photographs, including Untitled (Rocky Road)(2013) and Laredo Benches (2016), Rush proves that he has not lost his knack for the careful and intricate mark making that is required to convincingly simulate the illusion of a photograph while working solely with graphite.

As she «draws with a knife», you'll notice her knack for highlighting absurdity.

All of the artists share a knack for uniquely interpreting the contemporary concept of what it means to make a drawing.

And way before he had a startup to pitch, she said, he had a knack for getting the people around him interested in whatever it is that draws his attention, from the serious (politics and technology trends) to the «silly» (like the fancy pens and custom notebooks he favors).