Tag: drawing
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Street Art Painted Traffic Light Boxes in Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne’s streets and laneways have been alive with street art for a number of years now. In the early days, however, the city had a “zero tolerance” policy in relation to this form of art, with fines and arrests not uncommon and beautiful wall murals being painted over by council workers faster than they were…
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Bouncy Coloured Balls Installation by Nike Savvas
Atomic: Full of Love, Full of Wonder was a 2005 coloured balls installation by artist Nike Savvas at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art in Melbourne. The piece involved an immense array of suspended bouncy balls creating a dense field of color in the gallery space that was gently moved in waves by a nearby fan.…
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Amazing steampunk sculptures made out of watch parts!
Using the smallest components from repurposed antique pocket watches and other time pieces, New-Jersey based artist Sue Beatrice of All Natural Arts assembles curious sculptures of animals and human figures. Given the nature of watch movements I can’t help but want to see each one of these things spring to life. See much more here. And don’t forget,…
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Amazing eye drawings and sketches
There’s something mesmerizing about eyes that we just can’t seem to get enough of. We are constantly amazed by how artists are able to create hyperrealistic drawings of what must be one of the most challenging facial feature to render correctly. From the wispy hairs of one’s eyelashes and the wrinkled creases under the eye…
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Book Paintings by Ekaterina Panikanova
Artist Ekaterina Panikanova creates densely layered paintings across large spreads of old books and other documents, resulting in artwork that blurs the lines between painting, installation and collage. Born in St. Petersburg in 1975 Panikanova graduated at the top of her class from the Academy of Fine Arts and was subsequently given a studio to work from…
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Surrealism and optical illusion paintings by Oleg Shuplyak
Oleg Shuplyak is a painter whose works involve portraits of famous personalities drawn in such a way that common objects and scenery make up their distinctive faces in amalgamated form. The pictures are brilliantly, and evocatively multilayered with uncommon depth. Here are some of our favorites:
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Taking hyper-realism to the next level
We’ve showcased a number of seriously talented hyper-realistic painters in the past, but have just been introduced to one who has stopped us dead in our tracks. We cannot find words to describe the amazing talents of Italian artist Emanuele Dascanio, so we’ve chosen some of our favorite images from his most recent body of…
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An A-Z poster of great modern artists
If you are a fan of modern art, this print is made for you. English graphic designer Andy Tuohy has created a striking A-Z print where the letters are represented by 26 of the greatest modern artists in history. Including legendary personalities like Frida Kahlo and Pablo Picasso, this alphabet poster for art-lovers also features lesser known artists like…
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INSTAGRAM: BUILDING THE NEXT GENERATION OF ARTISTS
Mindlessly double-tapping through Instagram can quickly turn into a black hole of nail art, puppies in costumes, and half-naked Rihanna. Looking for a more cultured and entertaining 20 minute diversion? Here’s some awesome artist and art-world Instagram accounts that you should definitely follow: www.artfido.com @artFido http://instagram.com/artfido No bias here! Although we haven’t been on Instagram…