[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”7137″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][vc_column_text]Occasionally I can’t find my own darned painting on my own darned computer, so I’ll ask Google if it’s online somewhere. Today I was working on portrait palettes, and was looking for some of the quick portrait studies I’ve done. I remembered one and couldn’t find it on my computer, so I searched for it on Google. Pictured above is the painting I was looking for, “The Look.” Below are two images that came up along with it, side by side. The first is by Nicolai Fechin, the second is Snow White by Disney. While they don’t resemble my little study, they do strongly resemble each other. Placement of hands, placement of figure, angle of face, birds vs scissors. How strange.[/vc_column_text][image_with_animation image_url=”7151″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][image_with_animation image_url=”7152″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
This image gave me pause, each figure in their own separated space. I used to see it as introverted and introspective. Now I see it as enforced loneliness and confinement. Call for Art: 6′ of Space Looking for artwork related to your experience in this quarantine. Open to any media (photography, drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, …
I’ve been watching episodes of The Great Pottery Throw Down. I hadn’t previously considered ceramics as a spectator sport, but it’s crazy fun to watch people make pottery! In every episode, amature potters respond to a wide variety of maker challenges. Some are races against the clock, some push contestants to go out on a …
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]I posted yesterday about the burning of Notre Dame. The medieval cathedral was home to many paintings, musical instruments, religious relics, and stained glass, and the building itself was a work of art. Since yesterday’s post, I’ve been collecting …
[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] The highest creativity is in the sketch, when the mind is still free to explore and let things happen. [/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”Full Width Line” custom_height=”30″][vc_column_text] British Contemporary Watercolors Tuesday, August 27th, 2013 at 7:58 pm Source: http://watercolor.net/british-contemporary/ Looking At Watercolor Directions By 5 British Artists …
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[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”7137″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][vc_column_text]Occasionally I can’t find my own darned painting on my own darned computer, so I’ll ask Google if it’s online somewhere. Today I was working on portrait palettes, and was looking for some of the quick portrait studies I’ve done. I remembered one and couldn’t find it on my computer, so I searched for it on Google. Pictured above is the painting I was looking for, “The Look.” Below are two images that came up along with it, side by side. The first is by Nicolai Fechin, the second is Snow White by Disney. While they don’t resemble my little study, they do strongly resemble each other. Placement of hands, placement of figure, angle of face, birds vs scissors. How strange.[/vc_column_text][image_with_animation image_url=”7151″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][image_with_animation image_url=”7152″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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