[image_with_animation image_url=”9194″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] In the 1600’s, wood was a limited resource in the Dutch Republic (now the Netherlands), so artists either switched to canvas, or scavenged for wood panels. Rembrandt painted some of his works on mahogany panels from used shipping containers, still with the label and handles on the back.
Info from Suzanne Walker’s WTF Art History Lecture on Rembrandt
This is day 9 of our 30 day creative challenge! To learn more about this 30SAL challenge, click here. Draw an aerial view of your living area or studio space, wherever you spend the most time, as if it was an abstract composition. If people and pets are moving through the space then include them too, …
[image_with_animation image_url=”7520″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Pictured above: Lagos Elephant House, Nigeria Draw, paint, or collage the view outside your window. Replace the buildings with animals. Option for collaboration: one person draw the scene, the other draw the animals. Take a picture of your drawing and add it to this post our Facebook page. Tag: #salchallenge Important: Save …
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Rembrandt’s panels: “This Way Up”
[image_with_animation image_url=”9194″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] In the 1600’s, wood was a limited resource in the Dutch Republic (now the Netherlands), so artists either switched to canvas, or scavenged for wood panels. Rembrandt painted some of his works on mahogany panels from used shipping containers, still with the label and handles on the back.
Info from Suzanne Walker’s WTF Art History Lecture on Rembrandt
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