Category: Painting
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Artist Creates Spectacularly Painted Logs to Show Us Nature is in Trouble
These works are not just spectacularly painted, but they are painted with a distinct meaning in mind. Artist Alison Moritsugu paints these nature landscapes on tree trunks that mimic the art styles of 18th and 19th century to juxtapose the idyllic images of nature with tangible results of her destruction. Moritsugu’s art is supposed to remind people…
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artFido’s North American Artist Showcase is Back!
It’s here again! And this time we’ve partnered with Professional Artist, one of the worlds’ most respected artists magazines, to make it even bigger. The Showcase is open to artists from Canada, USA and Mexico. All you need to do to submit, is list a piece of art on artFido.com. That’s it. No need to…
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Classic Paintings Recreated by Auto-Mechanics in Their Garage!
We’ve featured some great remakes of classic paintings in the past (see here), but never before have we seen it from some car mechanics! That’s what Freddy Fabris did to get a unique twist on the works of Renaissance painters. The mechanics, clad in overalls and tools in hand, posed in an auto-shop. The results…
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The Bob Ross YouTube Channel Uploads Full Episodes of ‘The Joy of Painting’
Bob Ross fan rejoice! The Bob Ross YouTube channel has uploaded full episodes of the entire first season of The Joy of Painting, including the very first episode in which Ross explains the basic tools and materials used throughout the series. The channel features more than 200 videos from Ross’ instructional painting series which ran…
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The 14 Paintings That Revolutionized Art
From Gustav Klimt’s gilded aesthetic to Hieronymus Bosch’s devilish landscapes, the realm of art history has seen its fair share of radical painters. Today we accept the work of these artists as part of the canon, but at the time of their debut, masterpieces like “Adele Bloch-Bauer I” and “The Garden of Earthly Delights” were…
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Famous Works of Art Recreated on the Inside of Egg Shells!
Artists love to paint on all different mediums and all different surfaces. When we were kids, we’d love to paint as many boiled eggs as our mum would let us have for Easter. Turkish artist Süreyya Noyan has taken this concept much, much further, by carefully cracking a window into eggs, removing the goodness, then painting famous…
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Designers Create Nameless Paints So Children Can Learn About Colors
Remember how you learnt about colors when you were a kid? The sky is blue, the sun is yellow, the grass is green, etc, etc. But as adults, we know that those color names don’t do justice to the richness of colors and tones we see all around us. That’s why the Japanese design duo Ima Moteki…
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Paris Graffiti Removal Guy Comes Back to Discover Image of Himself in the Same Spot
Street artist Combo has spectacularly gotten back at a graffiti cleaner in Paris by making him the star of his next work. Combo snapped the cleaner painting over his recently completed piece featuring a graffiti-ing Huey, Dewey and Louie – so what did he do? He put up another piece the next day featuring the same cleaner! Gold! This…
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Parade in the Netherlands Celebrates Vincent van Gogh
The Corso Zundert is a parade of giant floats which traverses the streets of Zundert in the Netherlands covered in thousands of dahlia flowers. This year, the floats were inspired by the works of the great Vincent van Gogh, who was born in Zundert 162 years ago. “In Zundert, in the South of the Netherlands, we are…
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Tal Peleg is Back With More Extraordinary Eye Makeup Creations!
When we last saw professional makeup artist Tal Peleg (see HERE), she had just started stretching the boundaries of traditional eye makeup to make something a little more creative. As a result of our blog she went completely viral, and has come along in leaps and bounds since. She’s now created quite a collection of…