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Submitted by CAROL NELSON FINE ART BLOG
My Daily Painters group assignment is to post a painting of something I would not normally do. I do just about everything, so I had to contemplate a bit about this. Then an ad for Geico came with the newspaper showing their little pile of money you could be [...]
Mini Paintings
Submitted by Bonnie Hurst Paintings
$22 each 4×4 or 3×4
Check these out! Mini-Paintings complete with a twisted wire hanger! I had a blast making these. They are quick and it allows me to fit painting into my day without being overwhelmed! They are $22 each. Let me know if you want one! More of these to [...]
Commission -DONE, I think……..
Submitted by Bonnie Hurst Paintings
I have worked on this commission since way before Christmas. I have reworked it many times. I think I finally have a good likeness of each child. Of course, if I hang onto it much longer, I am sure I will rework it again, and again, and again! Anyway, Lisa-let me [...]
Taxing Times
Submitted by Art Blog By Bob
Now my advice for those who die,
Declare the pennies on your eyes.
‘Cause I’m the Taxman,
Yeah, I’m the Taxman.
And you’re working for no one but me.
—From “Taxman” by The Beatles
For the March Art Poll By Bob, I asked you to rock out and answer the following question, “Which of these famous [...]
“Home in Tuscany” ~ 03/31/09 A Painting a Day Hudson River School Garden Flower Landscapes by Connie Tom
Submitted by A Painting for You!
I can’t imagine being surrounded with this much beauty, serenity, set on a hill so you can see miles of scenery and a view of the water from your house. The quietness, solitude, and peace…. now that’s me! ~ Enjoy!
To find out more information about this work, see my blog [...]
Humber College
Submitted by Gurney Journey
At Humber College in Toronto, Ontario, visual and digital art student Ekaterina Lyadova needed to come up with a character design. Her school assignment came with a backstory:
“In a time before memory, predating the Pyramids, the Sphinx and even ancient Atlantis… from the mists of an earlier age of humankind…there were unicorns, [...]
Mars And Venus Collide
Submitted by BRENDA YORK’S PAINTING A DAY
10×8″ oil on canvas, $150 PURCHASE HERE
…while making yet another valiant attempt at whipping the garage clutter into shape. Some things never change.
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Paint It Black
Submitted by Art Blog By Bob
What happens to an artist when one of their senses begins to fail? Do the other senses truly compensate? Or do they feel the agony of a door forever closed? Beethoven dealt with the seemingly crushing blow of deafness and continued to write inspiring music, including his final, Ninth Symphony, [...]
Creature Design Workshop
Submitted by Gurney Journey
This July I will be offering a week-long workshop in creature design at the Woodstock School of Art
and I hope to see you there.
Each student will design a Pan figure, “half man, half goat,” a classic character from Greek mythology who appears throughout western art history.
Starting with sketches from the imagination, students [...]
Celebration of Blue, 9035, metal and mixed media abstract
Submitted by CAROL NELSON FINE ART BLOG
This metals and mixed media abstract features aluminum, pewter embossing metal, blue steel cut tacks, metal brads, acrylic modeling compound and acrylic metallic paints in an abstract composition. This is another painting for the upcoming Blue show at Third Floor Gallery in Parker, CO.
I really had fun with [...]
Lemonade Award
Submitted by CAROL NELSON FINE ART BLOG
James Parker, Costa Rica’s most famous artist, international bon vivant, and humorist extraordinaire, has given me the Lemonade Award, for which I am honored. The Lemonade Award is for bloggers with “a positive attitude and willingness to share ideas, support and friendship.” I do like to share my methods [...]
Life Lessons From The Pursuit of Art
Submitted by Ancient Artist: Developing an art career after 50
Lately, I’ve been reaching more and more for my favorite books - The Art Spirit, by Robert Henri, and Art/Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland. I know why. I’m searching for the perfect phrase, the words of wisdom which will make the suddenly long walk [...]
Playing the Part
Submitted by Art Blog By Bob
What must life really have been like with Vincent Van Gogh? Born March 30, 1853, Van Gogh tried the patience of everyone from his father to his devoted brother Theo to his one-time friend Paul Gauguin. Van Gogh’s tragic life can be played for pathos or even for laughs, however [...]
Plane Heads
Submitted by Gurney Journey
Here’s another painting exercise that I learned from Paul Souza, who taught the “scumbling the lights” method on a previous post.
As you look at a real posed model, try to analyze the head in terms of simple planes.
State the lines bounding the planes in pencil on chipboard. Seal the board as before, [...]
Orientalist and Academic Exhibitions
Submitted by Gurney Journey
While the Dahesh Museum is looking for a new permanent home for its collection of academic painting, it is loaning works to other museums.
The Joseph I. Lubin House at Syracuse University is currently exhibiting “In Pursuit of the Exotic: Artists Abroad in 19th Century Egypt and the Holy Land.” The show will [...]
Kossin and Karn in Illustration Magazine
Submitted by Gurney Journey
Illustration Magazine comes out every three months with gorgeous color features on twentieth century illustrators.
The new Issue 25 takes a look at the pulp and fashion work of Gloria Stoll Karn and the bold designs of Sandy Kossin.
Kossin himself wrote the second article, which includes 41 illustrations. He looks back on a [...]
Puddles on an Overcast Day
Submitted by foothills & highlands
8″x10″ oil on RayMar panel, painted en plein air, alla prima on 3-24-09 (completed around 3:15) - $85 including shipping - This is the first time I’ve been out painting en plein air in a long, long time…well, since November anyway. I usually paint during morning hours, but conditions haven’t been [...]
“The Secret Garden” ~ 24″ x 24″ A Painting A Day Hudson River School Spring Landscapes by Connie Tom
Submitted by A Painting for You!
It’s an early Spring morning and a beautiful time for a stroll. I love the first of the day. The air seems much crisper and fresher. The dew is still on the flowers and it’s a wonderful time to start your day. ~ Enjoy!
“That your faith should not stand in [...]
“Spring’s Hidden Sanctuary” ~ A Painting A Day Hudson River School Spring Landscapes by Connie Tom
Submitted by A Painting for You!
It’s an early morning. The sun has just risen from over the hill glistening on the new growth of early spring. What a treat to get away from the business of life and reteat to the woods to meander through the trees. With no schedules to keep….it’s time for you [...]
501 Queen
Submitted by Gurney Journey
Among Toronto’s beloved streetcar routes, 501 Queen is the centerpiece. At over 15 miles, it is the longest route in Toronto, and one of the longest in the world.
When I rode it yesterday between Spadina and Gladstone, it was so crowded I had to stand facing sideways near the front. I was [...]
Unicorns
Submitted by Gurney Journey
Unicorns have been spotted in Toronto.
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Photo Succession
Submitted by Art Blog By Bob
Pioneering photographer Alfred Stieglitz justly gets credit for first exposing many of the great European artists of the turn of the twentieth century to America by exhibiting them in his Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession, later know more simply by its street number—291. Cezanne, Matisse, Picasso, Rodin, and others can [...]
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Submitted by Art Blog By Bob
In a daring move that tops anything ever attempted by prankster artist Banksy, an Irish artist not only created two crude, nude portraits of Brian Cowen, the current Taoiseach (or Prime Minister) of Ireland, but walked into the National Gallery of Ireland and the Royal Hibernian Gallery and hung them [...]
Great Beach Day, 9034, family at the beach
Submitted by CAROL NELSON FINE ART BLOG
This painting is for the blog, Different Strokes From Different Folks, where host Karin Jurick posts a photo for all artists to interpret as they please. What this little 5×7 painting taught me is that I need better tiny brushes. That’s a lot of detail in those 1 inch [...]
“Autumn Twilight on the Hudson River” ~ 36″ x 24″ A Painting a Day Hudson River School Garden New York Landscapes by Connie Tom
Submitted by A Painting for You!
This was another intense study I did of one of Hudson River School Master painters, Jasper Cropsey. I loved the color, light, mood and atmosphere as well as detail in the trees, leaves and grasses. I hope you enjoy this painting as much as I enjoyed painting it! ~ Connie
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