“…What more attractive and challenging surface than the skin around a soul?” – Richard Corliss (1944-2015)
Below is an overview of some of the most innovative and influential painters from figurative art history to the mid-twentieth century. Starting in Ancient Greece, through the Renaissance into Romanticism, then Modernism, these artists articulated our view of the human form.
Up Next: Contemporary figurative works that push me out of my comfort zone.
“No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.” – Edvard Munch
Yesterday’s Tucket was listed as the last day, but there is one more: Exercise your creativity This SAL Challenge is a vocabulary based creative challenge every day for January. Materials are artist’s choice. You can draw, paint, sew, collage, sculpt your food, anything you want. See below for today’s creative challenge. Set the timer for …
Exercise your creativity This SAL Challenge is a vocabulary based creative challenge every day for January. Materials are artist’s choice. You can draw, paint, sew, collage, sculpt your food, anything you want. See below for today’s creative challenge. Set the timer for 20 minutes and see what happens. SLIMSY : flimsy, frail Slimsy is a blend …
If you haven’t seen Wayne Thiebaud’s cakes, his gumball jars, the ice cream cones in rows, you simply MUST check them out. They are what made Thiebaud famous, and with good reason. But don’t look here for gumballs and meringues. They are not here. This post has a few of his sketches, and less common …
[image_with_animation image_url=”7664″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Wang Tzu-Ting Draw the same thing, over and over, from multiple views. This can be done from observation, or imagination. Overlap your drawings. Add your drawing to this post on our Facebook page. (#salchallenge) The January Creative Challenge: 15 minutes, once a day, for 30 days.
Figurative Art History
Below is an overview of some of the most innovative and influential painters from figurative art history to the mid-twentieth century. Starting in Ancient Greece, through the Renaissance into Romanticism, then Modernism, these artists articulated our view of the human form.
Up Next: Contemporary figurative works that push me out of my comfort zone.
Image source: http://www.figurativeartist.org/
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