Tag: painting
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Magnificent Paper Art by Yulia Brodskaya
Quilling or paper filigree is an art form that involves the use of strips of paper that are rolled, shaped, and glued together to create decorative designs. Paper artist and illustrator Yulia Brodskaya uses the technique to create lush, vibrant, three-dimensional artworks. Brodskaya started working as a graphic designer and illustrator in 2006, however quickly abandoned the computer programs in…
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Amazing Pencil Drawings From the Talented Dino Tomic!
Dino Tomic is an extremely talented Croatian tattoo artist in Norway, who likes to create gripping realistic drawings when he’s not tattooing clients. His drawings, whether drawing upon horror and sci-fi elements or looking to realistic models for inspiration, pulse with dynamic force. Tomic, himself a relatively young artist, has plenty of advice for those…
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A 365 Miniature Painting a Day For a Year Project by Lorraine Loots
Postcards for Ants is an ongoing painting project by Cape Town artist Lorraine Loots who has been creating a miniature painting every single day since January 1, 2013. The artist works with paint brushes, pencils, and bare eyes to render superbly detailed paintings scarcely larger than a small coin. After the first year, Loots relaunched the…
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Sublime Splattered Ink Animal Portraits by Hua Tunan
Chinese artist Hua Tunan is back with more incredible splattered ink portraits. Born in 1991 in Foshan, Guangdong, China, Tunan blends traditional Chinese art and Western graffiti into his own unique style. The painter and graffiti artist has done both commercial work for global brands as well as ‘noncommissioned’ street artworks that can be seen around China.…
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Hyperrealistic Oil Paintings of Feminine Beauty by Anna Halldin Maule
Initially, these images appear to be crisp, elegant photographs. However, in reality, each hyperrealistic image is an oil painting created by artist Anna Halldin Maule. With unbelievable attention to detail, the Hawaii-based artist produces amazingly detailed, beautifully feminine portraits. The artist’s process is a collaboration with photographer husband Tom Maule. The couple develops a photo…
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Mesmerizing Surreal paintings by Vladimir Kush Will Have You Thinking
Vladimir Kush is a Russian born surrealist painter and sculptor. After several years working as an artist in Moscow, he moved to the United States where his surrealistic style really took off. He now has galleries in Hawaii, California and Nevada, and his original paintings often sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars. If you can’t afford that much,…
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Swirly Psychedelic Self-Portraits by Nikos Gyftakis
Greek artist Nikos Gyftakis created this wonderful series of swirling self-portraits between 2004-2005. The works are made with oil pastels on canvas and are actually quite large, with a few of the pieces taller than 5 feet(1.5m). You can see many more from this series and more of his recent work in his work gallery. And don’t forget, if…
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The Tiniest Paintings You Will Ever See
Microartist Hasan Kale creates impossibly small paintings you have to see to believe, using everyday objects as his canvas. The artist has been painting since childhood, starting his career drawing miniatures in Istanbul, Turkey. Kale considers these microworks a turning point for his career. On his website he explains, “things we usually see can turn into something…
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Hyper Realistic Bath Time PAINTINGS That Will Blow Your Mind
Alyssa Monks is a New Jersey-based artist who’s most famous for her stunning hyper realistic paintings. Although they seem like photographs, these are actually very detailed portraits of bathing people. “Using filters such as glass, vinyl, water, and steam, I distort the body in shallow painted spaces,“ Monks said of her techniques. “When I began…
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Artist Uses Surgical Tools To Make Incredible Book Sculptures
Brian Dettmer, a New York-based artist known as the Book Surgeon, uses tweezers, knives, scalpels and other surgical tools to dissect and carve old books into intricate and beautiful sculptures. Dettmer’s work has a sort of vintage touch to it because he uses old books – maps, encyclopedias, textbooks, manuals, and any other sort of…