Archive for January, 2010
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Submitted by Gurney Journey
Quick: what images do you think of when you think of N.C. Wyeth?
“Dear Papa,” N.C. Wyeth wrote in 1909. “All that I have done in the past, and all that I could do in the future (in illustration) would be utterly forgotten in a preciously few years except by a few friends [...]
Dead Tech: Proportional Scale
Submitted by Gurney Journey
Before computers made it possible to scale things up or down by dragging a corner or typing in a number, the proportional scale was an indispensable studio tool.
It made it easy to calculate relative measurements when you needed to make enlargements or reductions.
It looks like a circular slide rule. The smaller inside [...]
Phone Doodles
Submitted by Gurney Journey
My wife Jeanette doodled this face with a ballpoint pen while she was on the phone yesterday. She was talking the whole time and she said she wasn’t thinking about the doodle. “I don’t know where he came from. I have no idea.”
Just curious: What sort of doodles do you do? Vote [...]
“Genesis” Exhibition Opens Tomorrow
Submitted by Gurney Journey
Thursday evening at 7:30 the art museum of the University of Wisconsin in Eau Claire will debut a new exhibit of the work of five author/illustrators.
The featured artists include Shaun Tan (The Arrival, above), William Joyce (Rolie Polie Olie and Dinosaur Bob), David Wiesner (Flotsam, Tuesday), Adam Rex (Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich), [...]
Useless Moon
Submitted by BRENDA YORK’S PAINTING A DAY
18×24″, oil on canvas, email me for more information
For the next couple of weeks I will be previewing my new paintings created for the upcoming show, Temptation6, at India Street Gallery. All with a bit of a twisted Valentine’s theme–minus the sugar coating. And starting next week I will [...]
The Crying Game
Submitted by Art Blog By Bob
Whenever I hear the name of Turner Prize-winning artist, Chris Ofili, I unfortunately think of the old Monty Python joke: “What’s brown and sounds like a bell? Dung!” For Americans who still remember Rudy Giuliani’s dung-inspired demagoguery in the mid-1990s, Ofili remains defined by that single word and single, controversial [...]
Relay for Life
Submitted by Art Blog By Bob
I’ve never tried to raise funds on this site, but I’ve never been involved in something as important to me and my family as the fight against cancer, specifically The American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. Please consider clicking through to my personal donation page and giving something to help [...]
“Reflections of Spring” ~ 16″h x 20″w Hudson River School A Painting a Day Landscapes by Connie Tom
Submitted by A Painting for You!
This is the first in a series of paintings on Spring. I have done so many on Autumn, I thought it was time to reflect the beauties of Spring with it’s emerging color and new life. I hope you enjoy this painting as much as I enjoyed painting it! Connie
“Ask, [...]
“Sierra Nevadas” ~ 24″x30″ A Painting a Day Hudson River School California Landscapes Paintings by Connie Tom
Submitted by A Painting for You!
This was another intense study that I did of one of the Hudson River School masters, Albert Bierstadt that painted back in the 1800’s. He, Frederick E. Church, and Jasper Cropsey are my favorites had the most dramatic lighting, mood and atmosphere. I am very thankful for what I have [...]
“Colorado Rockies Wildflowers III” ~ 22″x28″ A Painting a Day Hudson River School Colorado Landscapes Paintings by Connie Tom
Submitted by A Painting for You!
I love the mountains and I love wildflowers and evergreens in the Rocky Mountains. I hope you enjoy this painting as much as I enjoyed painting it! ~ Connie
“I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made [...]
“Sunset Over Table Rock Lake, Branson, MO” ~ A Painting a Day Hudson River School Mountain Autumn Tree Landscape Paintings by Connie Tom
Submitted by A Painting for You!
This was an intense study I did of one of my beloved Hudson River School artists, Albert Bierstadt. I love the mood in this scene. This work pictures a panaramic view of a beautiful sunset over Table Rock Lake located in Branson, MO. I love the contrast between the intense [...]
Checkerboard Illusion
Submitted by Gurney Journey
The recent colored cube illusion showed us how our brain compensates for a color cast, making hues seem constant, even when they’re really not.
Our visual system does a similar thing with tones, discounting the effect of shadows and grouping tones into meaningful sets.
This checkerboard is an example. I painted it using the [...]
Out Of The Vault: The Long Way Home
Submitted by BRENDA YORK’S PAINTING A DAY
10×8″ oil on canvas
One of my all time favorites–out of the vault. I’m crazy-busy painting for my upcoming show in February so I get to revisit the oldies but goodies.
I’ll have many new paintings to post soon from my new series about love and all it’s twisted [...]
A Beautiful Mind
Submitted by Art Blog By Bob
What makes something we see pleasing to our eyes? Is beauty always in the eye of the beholder, or is there something common to the human mind that says, “This is art”? Beauty and the Brain: A Neural Approach to Aesthetics, a new exhibition at The Walters Art Museum, brings [...]
Metropolitan Museum of Illustration
Submitted by Gurney Journey
In 1907 The New York Herald invited N. C. Wyeth to write an article in support of “a movement in N. Y. city to have the Metropolitan Art Museum set aside a gallery for the best example of illustrations.”
The Herald solicited the opinion of Howard Pyle and a few other eminent illustrators [...]
Not a Knot
Submitted by foothills & highlands
This shows a portion of a 12″x12″ acrylic painted acid-free tissue paper. Since my scanner doesn’t accommodate a 12″x12″ paper, I really much photograph the entire 12″x12″ painting to get the full effect.
Layering the paints, stamping and stencils lets my mind run free…seeing all the possibilities in subjects and themes.
Visit [...]
Pop Divas
Submitted by Art Blog By Bob
When you think of Pop Art, the art movement that dominated the late 1950s and early 1960s in America, you almost automatically cast up the wigged head of Andy Warhol. A few other names might rise up from memory— Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, or even the British artist Peter Blake—but [...]
Pillars of Thought
Submitted by foothills & highlands
12″x12″ acrylic paints layered and stamped on acid free tissue paper. This is another example of the ‘pretty painted papers’ that resulted from working with techniques taught by artist Anne Bagby http://www.annebagby.com/.
After randomly applying layers of acrylic paint (beginning with opaque then adding transparent), a design or theme will appear. Letting [...]
“Colorado Red Rocks - Garden of the gods” ~ A Painting a Day Hudson River School Mountain Autumn Tree Landscape Paintings by Connie Tom
Submitted by A Painting for You!
“Colorado Red Rocks - Garden of the gods”
I’ve been painting in festive colors these days. This work pictures a panaramic view from the Garden of the gods” located in Colorado. ~ Enjoy!
“And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, (Numbers 21:5-9) even so must the Son of man [...]
“Geese in the Mist” ~ 24″x18″ A Painting a Day Hudson River School Landscapes by Connie Tom
Submitted by A Painting for You!
“Geese in the Mist” This work pictures a scene on the lake in the beginning of August. Autumn is beginning with subtle color changes. A morning mist hovering over the water and geese coming on ground. Enjoy!
“Ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.” ~ I Thessalonians 4:9
“…but [...]
The Cal Arts Animation Program
Submitted by Gurney Journey
California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, CA, was founded in the early 1960s by Walt Disney, who wanted to create a “Cal Tech for the Arts.”
The school developed a counterculture spirit in the 70s and 80s, taking on teachers like Judy Chicago, but it has recently become oriented more to the [...]
Verne’s Right Half
Submitted by Gurney Journey
Jules Verne’s manuscripts were written in longhand on the left half of the page. The right half was reserved for other purposes.
His publisher, Jules Hetzel sometimes wrote comments in the right margin, said Agnes Marcetteau, director of the Jules Verne Museum in Nantes, France.
The original manuscript for Paris in the 20th Century, [...]
Cover Poll Results
Submitted by Gurney Journey
The people have spoken! In the Color and Light book cover poll, there were 744 votes in all, and here’s how they were distributed.
So we’re going to go with the sleeping dino, which happened to be my favorite, too. For those of you who wanted the street scene, don’t be disappointed—we’ll show [...]
Superior Mirage
Submitted by Gurney Journey
Ordinary ground mirages look like puddles on hot roads in the desert. They’re called inferior mirages and they’re fairly common.
Far more rare and magical are superior mirages, also known as fata morgana. They occur when a layer of very cold air is overtopped by a warm air layer. The change of densities [...]
The Difference Between Things
Submitted by Ancient Artist: Developing an art career after 50
“I don’t paint things. I only paint the difference between things.” ~ Henri Matisse
For the past decade I have painted things. I didn’t understand that I was doing this, so it was natural for me to start each canvas with the same conceptual approach. In fact, [...]
