Lines and Colors art blog

Month: July 2013

  • New Mickey Mouse cartoons

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    I had long ago given up on Mickey Mouse as a viable cartoon character and resigned myself to his role as a standard bearer for Disney corporate licensing and merchandising. However, a new series of short animated cartoons from Disney Television, led by animator Paul Rudish, has changed that, and put the character back in…

  • Alexandre Calame

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    Alexandre Calame was a Swiss painter and printmaker active in the mid nineteenth century. He was noted for his depictions of the Swiss mountain landscapes, which he captured in a series of location drawings and studies and later developed into finished paintings in his studio.

  • Eye Candy for Today: Rørbye’s window

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    View from the Artist’s Window, Martinus Rørbye In the Statens Museum for Kunst, National Gallery of Denmark. High-resolution image here.

  • David Merritt

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    David Merritt is a concept artist based in Los Angeles whose clients include Disney Interactive Media Group, Disney Imagineering, BRC Imagination Arts, and The Jim Henson Company. Both his online portfolio and his blog are primarily of his personal work though many pieces are done in what I presume is his professional style. In addition…