Zara Phillips’ Exceptionally Sexy new painting
Zara Phillips’ Exceptionally Sexy new painting February 28th, 2008 ... Relief. Vettriano, whose paintings sell for more than £700,000, was equally keen to paint the 12th ... sexy and powerful image.” The 20in by 24in oil on canvas will be auctioned later this year. (via [more...]
Date: 2008-02-28 09:59:11
Blog: British Royal Wedding...
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FUCK YOU, PHOTOBUCKET!
STUPID SHIT FUCK NUMBNUT SHIT-LICKERS! Apparently the painting I posted in my previous entry below has violated their terms of service. How? ... s not like it was a photograph. It was a PAINTING. PAINT. PAAAAIIIINNNTT. Watercolor, acrylic, and a little bit of paint pen ... . In case you can’t tell, I’m really pissed. The censoring of art, for me, is [more...]
Date: 2008-02-21 20:05:44
Blog: The Life of Light...
Restoring Oil Paintings
Restoring Oil Paintings Posted on Wednesday 27 February 2008 Any guidance about cleaning an oil painting that is covered in filth or grime ... shape. Try applying a mild solvent called conservation liquid. Art supply stores might sell a “mix” ... nozzle does the trick. Restoring oil paintings is an art form all on its own. It is an enduring task [more...]
Date: 2008-02-27 09:19:58
Blog: Oil Paintings, Art and...
Miniature paintings in a new avtaar
Olaf Van Cleef describes himself as a traveller, an artist and an author ... of painting using abstract pointillism and tachisme More of Olaf 's work in mosaics can be found ... to satisfy his soul. Presenting some of his paintings inspired by India and the art of miniature paintings [more...]
Date: 2008-02-24 11:17:32
Blog: An Indian Summer...
Another Prescription
It's been a while since I pimped my art site, Prescription Art, so I thought i'd just give an update on the excellent stuff I have up there! ... on his original 'Run' painting..... designed to transfer the painting to the walls of London. The final ... in the flesh! You can check it out here. Also be sure to take a look at some of the paintings [more...]
Date: 2008-02-07 18:30:07
Blog: headphone sex...
Economy of Scale. Day 24. Ahhhhh….
$36 $64 $144 Economy of Scale A while ago I was in a mediocre burger restaurant and I noticed they had mediocre abstract paintings ... , worthless painting for $150? Who in their right mind would buy such a thing? Finally, after much ... in their bathroom (or something like that). Whoever made this painting and set that price had figured [more...]
Date: 2008-02-25 01:07:00
Blog: Thing-a-day.com...
Still not oils.
From this evening Photoshop class. Bob Kato is the teacher, very talented Artist who is teaching at Disney Animation and at the Pasadena Art Center. I really like is approach to digital painting, and this will actually help me a lot with my first oil paintings. We worked this evening with only 4 values. (digital painting done from a photograph) [more...]
Date: 2008-02-26 06:55:17
Blog: Stef's Sketches...
Dead Match and Glass Marble
Dead Match and Glass Marble Oil on gessoed board 50x65mm $100Time lapsed painting demos have become increasingly popular on sites such as YouTube, ... attempt. I was probably foolish to try such a small painting and it felt rather strange and unnatural with an "eye" looking over my shoulder. The painting took about an hour and the video is edited down [more...]
Date: 2008-02-26 10:11:31
Blog: Postcard from Puniho...
Maderos @ Gabriella
Maderos @ Gabriella Recent paintings by Tom Maderos - plein air and still life specialist - will fill the interior of elviewlodge.jpg ... ’ expressionistic skills with oil on canvas. If Diebenkorn had painted the Santa Cruz coast ... the edible artwork of chef Sean Baker. Maderos’ paintings are also available, “to go,” [more...]
Date: 2008-02-26 18:55:06
Blog: Christina Waters ...
Happy Accident
At times it happens that while painting a picture artists come to a block, whether if it's for aesthetic or technical reasons. In my experience it happens frequently, but not quite like one particular painting, a portrait ... I would be mixing it with Unbleached Titanium, a very stiff paint. But the umber had too high an oil [more...]
Date: 2008-02-26 05:43:47
Blog: Luis Colan...
New White Series painting (scroll down to see the full piece)
As much as I love color, I've wanted for years to experiment with subtle variations of white. Here's a detail of my new piece ( ... like a year's worth of details, a year's worth of paintings, incorporated onto one canvas ... physical and metaphorical. My Winter paintings came out of that: Understandably, last year's whites [more...]
Date: 2008-02-25 22:24:47
Blog: Just the Art...
No, The Paint Fumes Didn't Get Me
Actually the painting went very well! Much better than I expected and way better than I could have hoped for ... was so large I'd buy 3 gallons and we only used 2 gallons. Want to guess what color we'll be painting ... for new art work for above our bed. And we found it. 4.5 hours and 6 stores later we finally found [more...]
Date: 2008-02-26 19:10:45
Blog: Our Story...
Love Flow, Abstract Flower
"Love Flow"6 x 6 inchesAcrylic on cradled hardboardSides are painted- framing is optional $100.00 This painting started out as a geometric abstract design, kind of looked like a cliff ... to just see where the paint would take me. No deep spiritual thought or hidden message this time, just art [more...]
Date: 2008-02-17 13:10:14
Blog: Fawn's Paintings...
Pains of Painting
Okay, so I've bought like 7 gallons of paint to paint inside my house. Of course I didn't think about how the color tends to come out darker than the swatch says. Sooo, this is what it looks like. It turned out okay though. It's called "Old Gold 5" [more...]
Date: 2008-02-28 07:40:25
Blog: Virginia's Family Adven...
Inspire Me Thursday- Action Painting
This week's Inspire Me Thursday prompt was a tough one! I spent time reading about Action Painting on Wikipedia, I looked at work by Jackson Pollock, and for some reason got stuck on the idea of dribbling paint and being abstract. And I created two [more...]
Date: 2008-02-26 14:14:35
Blog: bee creative...
Longwing Gulf Fritillary Painting
Copyrighted Gulf Longwing Fritillary Butterfly Boyd Greene Art sketch rendering contemporary modern original painting art artist painter ... to get a few new paintings up for everyone to see. I’ve also narrowed my search for a new site host down [more...]
Date: 2008-02-24 03:45:44
Blog: Beautiful Explorations...
Classical Painting Boring? Nah…
by Lisa On Sunday, at the California Art Institute, The Portrait Society of America sponsored a presentation of portrait artist Adrian Gottlieb ... his hair out. He is a classically trained artist having studied at the Florence Academy of Art. Whoa ... , they are really beautiful. It’s a shame that the paintings do not show better from reproductions [more...]
Date: 2008-02-26 15:00:25
Blog: On Painting...
Score!
Few people know that I paint. Well, now the 100+ regular readers of this blog know, which means that pretty soon, the whole world will know, ... ), so we parted ways, and then I headed home. On the way, I passed this art store on Union that’s NEVER ... . I love painting on matboard. There’s a gold one in there, and some patterned pieces, too [more...]
Date: 2008-02-24 00:26:15
Blog: Squeaky Wheel Seeks Gre...
Transporting the troops
Marine painting The QE2 visited Liverpool last year and I was among the thousands of people who trudged through the rain to see her moored at ... of troops and vehicles for the invasion. An oil painting of Marwarri was done by Sybil Rimmer in 1940 ... of military personnel to different areas of battle. At Merseyside Maritime Museum there is [more...]
Date: 2008-02-28 13:03:29
Blog: National Museums Liverp...
What 's in a weekend?
I know I am getting so boring with only paintings, but it's a passion I have which I had sealed and bottled up for so many years ... expecting appear leading me to become a better painter. Last week I showed my paintings to Maria ... , here is a Flamboyan I think I can be proud of, other than my abstract one. This one isn't quite [more...]
Date: 2008-02-24 13:47:19
Blog: Mi Jardin...
Sammy JoSadly, Sammy Jo had to be put down this past Tuesday. It was not unexpected for his health had quickly deteriorated in the past two weeks ... because one thing is for certain, from the moment that cat showed up in my back yard all bedraggled ... . So I will now relate Sammy Jo's last kick of the paint can. Last Friday I was painting on my art table [more...]
Date: 2008-02-15 17:57:26
Blog: blue conversations...
Plums and paintings in Atami
Thanks to its balmy climate (and the fumes from its hot springs), the plum trees in Atami are among the first to bloom in the wider Tokyo area ... ones. You will find these in the famous MOA Museum of Art, in the form of the Red and White Flowering ... paintings, ceramics, Buddhist statues, a copy of the Golden Teahouse of Hideyoshi, a reproduction [more...]
Date: 2008-02-19 21:35:12
Blog: Japan Navigator ...
Top places to see in Tuscany
Top places to see in Tuscany The Tuscany region of west northwest Italy or Chianti shire as it is sometimes described is one of those in areas ... paintings. The Pitti Palace has an amazing collection of porcelain, carriages, modern art and formal ... of paintings that would rival those housed in the Uffizi. Boy were the Medici family into artwork [more...]
Date: 2008-02-26 03:16:03
Blog: MoreCarHire.com...
Sayonara January! Hello February!
As I mentioned in a previous post, this month has sped by like a bullet train and so we say goodbye to January until next year... ... ) been painting our bedroom. And I am SO IN LOVE with the color I chose. It's a pale aqua and I can't ... . I have an antique shabby dresser painted white and distressed naturally. :-) When the weather gets warmer [more...]
Date: 2008-02-01 01:05:54
Blog: Gail Schmidt ~ Artist...
The First Assignment
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, the first assignment in my ceramics class at Harvard was to make 8 bowls with 8 different rims, ... to admit this, but it is a little like how I used to feel about abstract painting – I just don’ ... with while working with my painting teacher. He did his best (for years!) to encourage me to move [more...]
Date: 2008-02-26 16:28:03
Blog: Breathing Easy...
Thailand's Gay Past
“Contrary to conservative beliefs, homosexuality has long existed in our society, as evidenced by these mural paintings,” said Varaporn, ... of murals painted on old temples in various parts of Thailand. Varaporn started with images ... is housed for public reverence. There, she found some murals with images of lesbianism. One, located [more...]
Date: 2008-02-24 16:11:49
Blog: Average Gay Joe...
Lunar Eclipse, Art Gallery, Cutting Down Trees
Last night we did go out a few times to see the lunar eclipse. I was worried that it would be cloudy, but it was perfectly clear ... . There were oil paintings, watercolors, acrylics, etc. These ones that Tyler liked best were totally abstract and were done with automotive paints. They were like swirls of colors. To me they looked [more...]
Date: 2008-02-21 20:30:45
Blog: Soaring Mountains Acad...
festival time
The Adelaide Festival 'turns on' next week. A quick scan of the festival website reveals plenty of art action. There's even an 'artists week' ( ... paintings at the Peter Walker Fine Art gallery. I haven't seen these paintings in person ... 'not with it' and Charlie won't tell me about them... Above - 'Venus' by Jeremy Piert, 150 x 120cms, oil on [more...]
Date: 2008-02-26 23:41:37
Blog: on painters & painting...
Salavating on Omniture Site Catalyst Implementation Guide from Semphonic
I've been reading, with a lot of interest, the Omniture Site Catalyst Implementation Toolkit from Semphonic (salivating over my copy - just kidding) ... about, Art. Several times, when I've gone over to my studio to paint, I'd notice several fine paintings that were in the process of being ruined; the artist would have something good - maybe even [more...]
Date: 2008-02-22 05:58:17
Blog: WebMetricsGuru - Web an...
ARTIST CHOSES INLAND EMPIRE MODELS FOR PAINTINGS
ARTIST CHOSES INLAND EMPIRE MODELS FOR PAINTINGS (SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.) ... ’s annual Art Expo. It’s one of the world’s largest trade shows where gallery owners come ... , ranging from abstract expressionism to figurative.” It’s this latter style where Carrie Eckert [more...]
Date: 2008-02-21 06:44:47
Blog: Dameron Communications...
Art Gallery and Home For Sale
Andrew Long, with one of his paintings. When we were at the party last Wednesday, I was anchored against the wall ( ... so they filled the two (over 2000 sq. foot) homes with paintings and sculpture and turned them into a giant ... and he was showing sculpture made from recycled and broken windshield glass and metal tubing, cables [more...]
Date: 2008-01-27 14:08:09
Blog: Austin, Texas Daily Pho...
Syllables & Cymbalism
www.thaneeya.com Syllables & Cymbalism 12" x 12" x 1.5" Acrylic on Canvas This painting is available for purchase here ... in the work that applying paint becomes a meditative process through which I strive to achieve balance amidst ... my interest in tribal and aboriginal art, specifically in the act of storytelling through [more...]
Date: 2008-02-14 21:02:43
Blog: Thaneeya McArdle New ...
Carnival Reminder and Blogroll Additions
The current Georgia Blog Carnival can be found here. The next edition will post here at Georgia on My Mind this coming Friday ... she loves very much. She’s passionate about painting and teaching others how to paint. She loves to scrapbook and create other ART in her spare time. Abnormally Normal - Mom on the Run is trying to live [more...]
Date: 2008-01-29 20:04:24
Blog: Georgia On My Mind...
"Saguaro Cactus" ©
I have been advised never to paint a subject that would be considered "odd" ... . Today I threw advice to the wind and played in my paint. Oil on Linen, 9" X 12" Subscribe to A Painting A Day by Laura Wambsgans [more...]
Date: 2008-02-26 04:57:51
Blog: A Painting A Day by Lau...
Federal: Urge Members of Congress to Co-Sponsor the Artist Deduction Bill
It would allow artists to take a tax deduction for the fair market value of works that they donate. Write to Your Members of Congress Now! ... (e.g., paintings or manuscripts) to museums, libraries, educational or other collecting institutions ... only their "basis" value—essentially the cost of materials such as paint and canvas. [more...]
Date: 2008-02-27 02:35:31
Blog: Painterly Visions...
My Office / Studio
Last week I had to take some photos of my office for an magazine my business is being featured in. ... will project onto the wall on the left hand side under the stair case. That flower sculpture is now gone ... the painting stage… the big wall got painted a coffee / grey colour. office001.jpg [more...]
Date: 2008-02-21 08:35:44
Blog: Samm Blake Photographe...
Hillyer Art Space
On Friday, February 22nd from 6 to 8 pm, Hillyer Art Space presents the celebratory closing of the current exhibitions, Tools as Art Two: ... on fiddle, guitar, upright bass and mandolin. Come and enjoy the art and down-home wizardry of in-house ... , Shape, and Form: Small Abstract Paintings by Bill Schmidt features a selection of gouache paintings [more...]
Date: 2008-02-20 03:07:37
Blog: Painterly Visions...
"Nonchalance"
9 x 12" oil on masonite sold There is something so gratifying about painting Sargent's works - I truly learn from it - as I do from all my little reproductions. It's how the great artists learned, aside from a teacher's instructions ... paintings, which hangs in the National Gallery of Art, in Washington, DC. Please click here [more...]
Date: 2008-02-16 21:01:43
Blog: A Painting Today...
Busy Week and More Pendants
It's been a busy week so far. I'm still struggling with getting over "something". I think the flu has shifted into bronchitis ... . "Glorious Goldfinch" Original Wearable Art Pendant - Acrylics I also celebrated my birthday this week ... . However, I have managed to get several more pendant paintings done. I just love painting [more...]
Date: 2008-02-28 03:07:09
Blog: Artwork by Andrea...
Letter to Kurt and Abstract painting now and then.
Dear Kurt, You do sound very changed, and very serious. I was thinking of the Reinhardt under glass at MOMA and the others ... . I am sure that any art library in a place like Uppsale, for example, would have it. So would any library connected with a museum which collects 20th century painting. You know, all of those letters [more...]
Date: 2008-02-22 05:27:05
Blog: Gabriel Laderman...
What I learned from making a cross-sectional collage
Detail of collage - for seeing enlargement click on picture. My collage puts an order to a very large body of work from 1960 - 2007. First, is the question "Where do I get my ideas for my dragon paintings?" So I selected representative paintings of my twisting linear style and put it around the outside of an egg shaped idea incubating center [more...]
Date: 2008-02-06 18:17:20
Blog: Umbrella Watercolors...
The Noticing Project
(Photo credit: Nat Hansen) My senior year of college, I took a short painting course from a professor who loved to work al fresco. We painted scenes of Georgetown in watercolor for three hours every morning and I loved every minute of it. When you take art like a vitamin - every day Vitamin A - you develop muscles you never [more...]
Date: 2008-02-25 17:29:17
Blog: Two Kitties...
Surreal Antique Pendant
This is my very first post to the VAST blog! Hurray! I just thought I would share this little pendant I made last night. An antique optical lens featuring one of my paintings. The original painting is a 30" x 24 ... . You can check out the listing here. The rest of my shop features high quality reproductions of my work [more...]
Date: 2008-01-27 15:29:28
Blog: ETSY PRESENTS:VAST - Vi...
My friend... my hero
A little over a year ago Kuza aka Angela had to undergo a fibroid operation. Some pain, tears, prayers and months later... she was fine ... downtown location to the fact that every single painting in the art room was hers ... . I thought she wanted to talk about the weather... her boyfriend...a painting she was working [more...]
Date: 2008-02-24 07:18:33
Blog: In My Mind...
I Heave a Deep Sigh....
I Heave a Deep Sigh.... And go back to a month of no thrift/antique shopping. But these are just a few of the things I found yesterday ... velvet paintings for seat covers? I found that interesting. I didn't notice any old velvet paintings, but I did find an old tapestry-ish wall hanging which I shall someday cut up into something [more...]
Date: 2008-02-18 05:48:38
Blog: Anybody Home...
Photo_2 Been dabbling with paints again this week. It has been sooooo long since I did any painting ... up for Art Nest retreat this week in Utah. Classes with Amy Hannah, Pam Garrison and me. But the cool part is that I get to take classes from them! I have been combing antique stores for jewelry components [more...]
Date: 2008-02-17 19:15:30
Blog: Anahata Katkin...
Intrepid little bird
Intrepid Little Bird (2006) Acrylic on kraft paper Inspire Me Thursday's proposition for this week was: ... applied.” Think Jackson Pollock, the American Abstract Expressionist painter who was fond of huge ... around the canvas, being ‘in the painting.’ I was immediately reminded of a series of paintings I did [more...]
Date: 2008-02-22 15:55:17
Blog: World So Wide...
DCist Studio Visit: Laurel Hausler
Recently, DCist met with artist Laurel Hausler at her studio in Fairfax ... . She describes her work as “big, juicy, ghostly oil paintings,” many of which contain other-worldly images of spirits and hauntings, and portray the dark, chaotic emotion of the women pictured. Her paintings [more...]
Date: 2008-02-20 00:26:22
Blog: DCist: ...
Feel Art Again: “A Young Girl Defending Herself Against Eros”
Feel Art2.jpg Bouguereau.jpg Several weeks back, reader Johnny Cat suggested Bouguereau’s paintings for ‘Feel Art Again ... who managed to achieve great success during his own lifetime. His paintings were popular with American millionaires, who spent large sums of money on obtaining original Bougeuraus, and it is said [more...]
Date: 2008-02-14 23:00:35
Blog: mental_floss magazine -...
Eyeborg Lets Color-Blind Artist Paint in Color
Neatorama: “Neil Harbisson is a color-blind artist who can now paint - in color - thanks to a cybernetic device called the Eyeborg which converts 360 colors into different sounds: As an art student at Dartington College of Arts ... system, manufactured by HMC Interactive, the design company in Plymouth that he co-founded [more...]
Date: 2008-02-27 14:54:14
Blog: Unleash your inner gee...
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