tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67578001037357780012024-09-01T05:33:18.587-07:00A category of fine art, graphic art covers a broad range of visual artistic expression, typically two-dimensional, i.e. produced on a flat surface. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757800103735778001.post-54522528204151883712018-07-14T16:51:00.002-07:002018-07-14T16:51:13.552-07:00

Painting, beauty resides both in the word and its meaning. There could be no man in earth who detests a painting. Dwelling in the technological era, men still run behind this ancient art, because a "painting" allows him to think. Painting like all other art is above all praises. Basically there could be no reason stated for falling in love with a painting, we love a painting because it is one. In

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The origins of traditional Chinese painting reach far back into China's distant history. Generally speaking, works dating from before the T'ang dynasty (618-907 A.D.) are mainly line drawings of people engaged in various activities; this was the "golden age" of human figure drawing. By the mid-T'ang dynasty, landscape and flower-and-bird paintings began their rise to prominence. Paintings of

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Reverse painting on glass has been a form of art expression since extremely ancient times. It is difficult to precisely date a number of much more ancient artworks. Art history has revealed that painting on glass became quite fashionable in Italy during the Renaissance. Italian paintings on glass during the 14th and 15th centuries were associated with Venice and with the Island of Murano. These

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How to Create a Reverse Painting on Glass Introduction: Glass is a non-absorbent painting support which does not allow paint to easily adhere to it - apart from through the paint's own drying process. For this reason the outlines of a subject painted on glass need to be simplified when applied to an extremely smooth glass surface. Simplifying a subject does not necessarily detract from the end

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In comparison to many other art forms, oil painting is still considered relatively new. Oil painting is the use of oil in pigments in order to paint. Oil paintings date back to the 1400's. Before oil painting, paint was mixed with plaster found in frescoes or egg in tempera paints. The invention of oil paintings occurred because of a new desire for realism in art. Jan Van Eyck is the man credited

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I have a custom made oil painting displayed in my living room. I gaze upon it each day. It's a portrait of a woman during sunset and half turned. Every single day I look at it and I am amazed as to what she might be thinking, sometimes I feel as though the painting has changed somehow. It gives new meaning every time I see it. Every person who has looked at it had a different interpretation of

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This article is a brief overview about the basics of Oil Painting. Lets first understand that an oil painting differs from the any other paint form in the technique and material used to make the paint itself. As we are all aware of the fact, that to erect an amazing skyscraper and to neglect the integrity of the foundation would be foolhardy. Most certainly the technique is not a steadfast rule

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Over the years, I have played around with a lot of store-bought colors (I have dozens and dozens of unused old paint tubes in a box in the basement), but I had a lot of trouble making them do the things I wanted them to. And I had a lot of trouble getting my colors to "pop" off the paper. That was, until I got a copy of Blue and Yellow Don't Make Green, by Michael Wilcox. Wilcox taught me that

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In the past lithography and traditional printing methods were used if the artist wanted to market reproductions of original artwork. While effective, these methods had serious drawbacks: First and foremost, a high output number would compromise the value of any reproduction. Second, the quality of 4 color copies limited the color rendition of such reproductions. Also, the choice of substrates was

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Still Life is an art term, that refers to a special kind of picture. It represents an arrange of inanimate objects (hence the name) such as a bowl, a cup or fruits. Usually the arrangement is made according to the artist's purpose. A Still life pencil drawing can be symbolic, with an underlying meaning, or aesthetic, in which case the purpose is to communicate beauty. About Still Life Pencil

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With the World Body Painting Festival (and of course the Body Painting Award) coming up on the 17th of July, it's about time to get you all fired up in your body painting know-how. More about this festival coming soon, but first a short introduction in the art of body painting. Body painting is a form of body art, and has probably been around since the beginning of civilization. In almost every

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Welcome to the world of Reverse Painting on Glass. This technique has been considered a popular 'art of the people' for many centuries. The use of glass as a support for this intricate painting technique has not hindered its continuing popularity. A reverse painting is created by painting a subject onto one side of a sheet of glass (or plexiglass) after which it is viewed from the other side of

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The art of abstract painting began a very long time ago. Artists began this art several hundred years ago. In fact, you have probably seen some of the more famous abstract paintings before. You may recall a famous abstract painting created by Van Gogh. Picasso also had an abstract painting or two as well. Modigliani is also known for his abstract painting work. Because of these artists, and many

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Okay, you've found it--the perfect scene, the one you think will make the perfect painting. What's next? Different schools of thought broach the subject. Some artist go straight to the paper (or canvas, as it were) with brush in hand. The spontaneity of the project is most important. Others will do a detailed sketch, perhaps a small study of the scene. I'm a mixture of both. Once seized by an

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When you are learning how to draw the human figure, it helps bring your drawing to life when you use gesture correctly. People's gestures are very dynamic and showing their gestures are key when draw the human figure. Imagine for a moment that the body is 3 blocks; one block for the skull; one block for the rib cage and one block for the hips. These blocks can be positioned any way you want and

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How To Use Proportions When Drawing People Before you can draw a human figure with clothing, muscles, shading, etc., it is necessary to understand the basic proportions of the human figure. Proportions on a figure are simply how long the major anatomical parts of the body are, in relation to each other. Let's examine the proportions of a healthy male human figure. Proportions change based on body

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