New Blog Series on Color, Part 3: Orange

11 days ago | Michael Chesley Johnson

View in browser Oranges from Gamblin Artists Colors Orange is a color I don't use much unless I need a pure orange note, such as I can get with Cadmium Orange. Most often, I...
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A Scientific Paint-By-Number Pastel Drawing Was Our First Closeup Image of Mars

21 days ago | Colossal

All images © NASA, JPL-Caltech, and Dan Goods Let's rewind to 1965. Around ten years before the personal computer was invented and twenty years before the first cell phones...
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Archaeologists Uncover Nearly 170 Nazca Lines Dating Back About 2,000 Years in Peru

1 month ago | Colossal

Images courtesy of Yamagata University Following the discovery of an enormous lounging cat in 2020, archaeologists have uncovered hundreds of additional geoglyphs on the Nazca...
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Urban Landscapes Merge with Intricately Rendered Figures in Ed Fairburn's Portraits on Vintage Maps

1 month ago | Colossal

“Plymouth.” All images © Ed Fairburn, shared with permission Along the contours of roads, property boundaries, and shorelines, English artist Ed Fairburn draws inspiration for...
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In Richly Patterned Portraits, Ruby Sky Stiler Dismantles Art History's Most Persistent Archetypes

1 month ago | Colossal

“Artist with Muse” (2022), acrylic, acrylic resin, paper, glue, and graphite on panel, 60 x 50 inches. All images © Ruby Stiler, shared with permission courtesy of Nicelle...
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Delicate Spikes and Lush Petals Bloom from Avital Avital's Voluptuous Porcelain Vessels

2 monthes ago | Colossal

All images © Avital Avital, shared with permission The diverse world of plants and flowers is a source of fascination for ceramic artist Avital Avital , who crafts delicately...
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Fantasy Art at Flint

3 monthes ago | Gurney Journey

Fantasy art gets a good showing in Flint Institute of Arts in Michigan, which is currently hosting " Enchanted: A History of Fantasy Illustration " through January 8. One of...
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Go Marines!

4 monthes ago | The Fabuleous Fifties

Sunday Al Wiliamson Surprise. Timely-Atlas' war titles had verious different features about army history. The History of the U.S. Marine Corps was one of them, withg different...
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Happy 85th Birthday Sergio!

4 monthes ago | Tom Richmond

The pages of MAD Magazine has been graced by the work of some of the greatest cartoonists in the history of the medium... and that is not hyperbole. Jack Davis, Wally Wood...
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Photographer Spends Four Years Drawing 1,000 35mm Film Box Designs

5 monthes ago | Peta Pixel | 2 articles

A nostalgic graphic designer spent four years drawing 1,000 photo film boxes to reproduce the lost 35mm containers of history.
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Emma Elliott presents new marble sculptures at on form 18

Emma Elliott is one of forty sculptors selected for on form 18, a biennial exhibition of sculpture in stone at Asthall Manor in the Cotswolds. She joins world renowned and... Read more ...

Vibrant Makeup Mirrors Sweet Frozen Treats in Max Siedentopf's ‘Pleasure...

All images © Max Siedentopf, shared with permission London-based artist and creative director Max Siedentopf has a knack for portraying more than meets the eye in his... Read more ...

Sketch o'the Week- Jenna Ortega!

The Lovely Anna and I finally watched the last of the new “Wednesday” show on Netflix staring the perfectly cast Jenna Ortega as the titular character. We enjoyed it quite a... Read more ...

Blue Glass, Teal Glass Goblet and Orange

More delicious finds from the thrift store. This still life was set up in natural light by my east window. I worked on the drawing for a couple of days to get the composition... Read more ...

Early Pongo

These rough animation drawings show the early design of Pongo with a larger muzzle. See previous post on this topic here Ollie Johnston animated this section from the opening... Read more ...

The Poetic Face: Shirley S

Pastel Portrait and Video of Shirley S. Poet Read more ...

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