Watercolor and gouache painting techniques
Watercolor and gouache are both water-based painting techniques, but they have some key differences that make them unique.
Art Style, Movements and Influence Of Western Art
Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time – Karl Marx Since ancient age to modern art we have come across multiple art styles & movements. Most of them were new creation or transformation of one or other styles. Efforts by individual, group […]
His Most Famous Illustration (The Peacock Skirt) – Aubrey Beardsley
English illustrator, caricaturist, and author Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (1872- 1898) was born in Brighton, Menton, France on August 21, 1872. The frontrunner of ‘Aestheticism’ and ‘Art Nouveau,’ Aubrey’s accentuation for erotic components is displayed in many of his drawings. The most daring and audacious representation could be seen in his famous illustrations Lysistrata, and Salome, especially “The Peacock Skirt.”
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John lives and paints in North Cork. He has painted in various media over the years including oils, pastels and pencil. His latest body of work is oils as it allows him more variation in theme and style than pencil or pastels did in the past.
The All-Encompassing Modern Art Movement
Modern Art is an all-encompassing classification for art created between the 1860s to the 1970s, and all of the major art movements during that same time period (Impressionism, Bauhaus, Surrealism, Expressionism, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Photography as art, Pop Art, Minimalism, etc.) fall under its wide umbrella. Modern art is a rubric is that […]
Western Art – Reductive Art – Creatively Simple
Reductive Art – The Concept Rather than being a distinct genre of art, this art form is a collective term for some Modern Art styles with same or similar underlying philosophy. The essence of Reductive Art lies in its simplistic designs rather than intricate work, clarity against obscurity, basic forms against elaborate patterns, and […]
Breathing Life Into Still Lifes
Still life is a genre of art that has been prevalent in the art world since the Middle Ages and Ancient Graeco-Roman era. While styles may change with each era, the simplicity of the still life has brought it through the centuries. But with a genre that has survived through so much time, still life […]
Abstract Art – A Boundary-Less Visual Language
Abstract Art refers to all those works of art, which are carried out in compliance with the principle that Lines, Forms, and Colors have aesthetic value. An Abstract Artist is like a poet arranging compositions and colors, which are devoid of normal subject matter. Abstract Art does not try to imitate or express any external […]
Art Mediums & Means Of Expression
‘What counts most is finding new ways to get the world down in paint on my own terms.’ Said Michelangelo. Medium is not bar in art. We are already equipped with multiple art techniques and art mediums. When I talk about art; it is not limited to only watercolor painting or oil painting in terms […]
Focus on the Process, Not the Result
When most people think of art, they think of something static and unchanging. Films play moving images with sound, and music fills the air with melody, but traditional forms of art are still and lifeless: a statue, an oil painting, a straw basket. If properly preserved, a piece of art can remain the same for […]
Create Harmony in Your Painting and Stop the Chaos
When an artist paints with a great array of tubed colors, it can become a chaotic nightmare; especially, when they are trying to achieve harmony. It takes less understanding of how to paint with a few colors mixed properly than to try to manipulate the massive amounts of factory produced paints, not to mention the […]
Western Painting Style – Hyperrealism – Photorealism, the Edged Way
Hyperrealism – The Concept Hyperrealism is a full-fledged school of Western Painting that involves the creation of paintings and sculptures, resembling high-resolution photographs. It is an independent art style and a movement that progressed in Europe and the United States, since the beginning of the new millennium. The Intricacies Under the style of Hyperrealism, […]