Tag: artFido
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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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It’s a Halloween Donald Trumpkin!
Jeanette Paras of Dublin, Ohio, is known locally for her elaborate Halloween pumpkin decorations. In 2013, she used paint, wigs, felt, and a sprig of holly to create a Christmas-themed tableau starring Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty and singer Miley Cyrus. In 2012, a 334-pound squash became “Naughty Prince Harry.” But little has prepared Ohio—nay, the world— for this year’s hyper-topical…
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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 Cutest Illustrations Of Idioms’ Literal Meanings
Keren Rosen has been enamored with drawing since she was 8 years old. She even built wings and tried to fly, but that didn’t pan out well. Therefore, Rosen went to Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, Israel, where she majored in Industrial Design. After the graduation, she joined Fabrica, the Benetton Research…
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Artist Shows Us What the World Would Look Like Without Smartphones
Smartphones: we all have them and most of us don’t know what we’d do without one. In fact, according to our site analytics, 64% of you will be reading this blog on your smartphone. But are they making us disconnected from our families, our friends, and society in general? The question of whether we are too…
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Artist Uses Mold to Create Spectacular Photographs
As we know, artists use all sorts of materials to create. However Korean photographer Seung-Hwan Oh has taken this to an all new and awesome level by storing the film for his photographs in a warm and wet environment to encourage fungi to grow. It’s not an exact science, however, as apparently only one out of…
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A Teeny Tiny Owl’s Adventures In The Woods By Tanja Brandt
Once upon a time, a tiny owl tried to shelter under a mushroom to protect itself from the pouring rain. Fortunately, that owl’s hooman was also a very lucky photographer who happened to be in the right place at the right time. Tanja Brandt snapped some photos, and the rest – as they say – was…
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Amazing Wire Animal Sculptures that Look Like Scribbled Drawings!
You might need to look at these amazing works by artist David Oliveira a few times before you realize that in fact they’re not scribbled drawings, but works with wire meticulously used in an unconventional way by cutting and twisting the material into sculptures that could be mistaken for scribbled sketches. Viewed from one angle, the pieces…
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Issues Woman Face Illustrated in a Hilarious Series of Comics
We’re interesting creatures us women. We’re confident and insecure, straight and weird, predictable until we’re unpredictable. A bit of everything really. Illustrator Sarah Anderson has taken a funny take on what makes the modern woman fun and unique in her comic strip called “Sarah’s Scribbles“. We think she’s on pointe. Sarah publishes one semi-autobiographical comic every Wednesday…
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An Epic 16th-Century Sculpture In Italy Has Rooms Hidden Inside
If you have visited the Villa di Pratolino in Tuscany, Italy, you definitely would have stopped by to gaze at the wonder that is Appennino. This epic colossus, half man, half mountain, was erected in the late 1500s by renowned Italian sculptor Giambologna as a symbol of Italy’s rugged Appenine mountains. This mountain god stands 35 feet…