Lines and Colors art blog

Month: December 2017

  • Norman Rockwell Santa

    And to All a Good Night, Norman Rockwell This image is sourced from an interesting 2015 Wired article on Rockwell’s photographic reference for this and a number of his other holiday themed paintings. As is often the case with Rockwell paintings, much of the charm for me is in the little touches — the position…

  • Apollinary Vasnetsov

    Apollinary Vasnetsov was a Russian painter whose work is usually overshadowed by that of his more widely recognized brother, Viktor Vasnetsov, who was also his only formal teacher. Apollinary Vasnetsov painted landscapes, and was also known for his portrayals of historic Moscow. Many of his images of the latter appear to be in watercolor over…

  • How to Draw a T.rex Cartoon Dinosaur

    As some long time readers are aware, in addition to writing Lines and Colors, I’m also a designer, painter and cartoonist. I’ve just taken my first run at creating an instructional YouTube video in support of my book, Dinosaur Cartoons. How to Draw a T.rex Cartoon Dinosaur is an 11 minute step-by-step tutorial in which…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Frits Thaulow’s Winter

    Winter, Frits Thaulow Link is to zoomable image on Google Art Project; downloadble high-res file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Norway. What better way to celebrate the Winter Solstice than with a super high-resolution image of a painting I haven’t see before by one of my…

  • Hector McDonnell

    Hector McDonnell is an Irish painter whose primary subject appears to be room interiors, from humble to palatial. He approaches these with loose, painterly confidence. In many of his compositions, light through windows is the dominant player, cascading across furnishings and illuminating floors. McDonnell also appears to take delight in complex floor patterns and architectural…

  • Denis Sarazhin (update)

    Denis Sarazhin is a Ukrainian painter I first wrote about in 2015. His approach to painting plays with color and texture in ways that are visually captivating. Since my last writing, in which I particularly admired his still life subjects, Sarazhin has moved into a concentration on figurative work. However, he often appears to treat…