Lines and Colors art blog

Year: 2010

  • Paul Delaroche

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    Hippolyte (Paul) Delaroche was a French academic painter who helped set the standards for late 19th Century history painting. Though denigrated in subsequent times (and at the time by upstarts like the Impressionists), history painting was the core of mainstream academic painting, then the artistic establishment; and Delaroche, along with Eugéne Delacroix and Théodore Géricault,…

  • 10 Surreal Animated Short Films on Listicles

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    Listicles, part of The L Magazine from New York, is a blog for which every post is a list of some kind, has posted an interesting list of 10 Surreal Animated Short Films. These are culled from various sources (including the Goeblins Annecy animations) and are a mix of hand drawn and CGI animation. All…

  • Glenn Dean

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    California born, new Mexico based artist Glenn Dean finds endless variety in the rocks, hills, canyons, bluffs and mountains of the American West. Sometimes his work can be more intimate, with scenes of small arroyos, canyons and adobe structures, and he occasionally paints views of the California coast, but most often portrays the monumental geologic…

  • Ryan Wood

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    Ryan Wood set out originally to pursue a career in illustration, but found his calling as concept artist in the video game industry, and relegates illustration work to the side. He is currently working for Avalance Software, a game development studio that was acquired by Disney. Though he does maintain a presence on the Shannon…

  • The Color Wheel on Gurney Journey

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    Painter and illustrator James Gurney, who I recently profiled here, is currently writing a series of fascinating posts on his blog, Gurney Journey, about The Color Wheel. In them he is exploring questions that are not raised often enough, including questioning the concept of exactly what is a primary color, and how might primary colors…

  • Artist Monograms and Signatures

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    An important but often overlooked aspect of creating a finished painting or drawing is the application of a signature by the artist. Simultaneously claiming authorship and declaring the work finished, signatures are a source of pride to some artists, and a necessary chore to others. Prized by collectors, to whom attribution is often more important…