Lines and Colors art blog

Month: August 2013

  • Collaborating with a 4-year old

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    While drawing in a toned paper sketchbook, which she had carefully selected for its nice middle ground for adding highlights as well as darks, illustrator Mica Angela Henrdicks was reminded by her 4-year old daughter that kids always want to play with grown-ups’ toys. She reluctantly acquiesced, and the 4-year old proceeded to “finish” a…

  • Syd Mead Blade Runner concept art

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    Fans of the reality-bending fiction of Philip K. Dick, among whom I count myself, generally acknowledge the the best film made from his source material is Ridley Scott’s superb 1982 “future noir” thriller, Blade Runner. One of the best features of that film was the art direction, cinematography and overall look and feel, much of…

  • The Unicorn Magical Drawing and Painting Horse

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    As I mentioned in my 2007 article on “The Drawing bench (horse)“, I’m fond of the arrangement provided by these usually simple benches that allow for a “sight-over” position when seated and drawing. I say “usually simple”, because I got a kick out of comment recently posted to the article on this amazingly deluxe variation,…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Jean-Baptiste Greuze ink and wash drawing

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    Madame Greuze on a chaise lounge with her dog, Jean-Baptiste Greuze Rijksmuseum, ink and wash over chalk on paper, 13×18″ (34x47cm) In this seemingly casual but beautifully realized drawing of his wife relaxing with her dog, Greuze achieves a subtle portrayal of light and form — a reminder of the surprising versatility of the humble…

  • Adam Paquette

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    Adam Paquette is an illustrator and gaming industry concept artist based in Melbourne, Australia. Among his clients are Wizarda of the Coast, for whom he does Magic the Gathering illustrations. Beyond that, I know little, as his website and blog are short on bio information. His professional website is arranged as a blog, and the…

  • Vasily Polenov

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    Vasily Polenov was one of the remarkable group of Russian painters known as the Peredvizhniki, whose members included such luminaries as Ivan Kramskoy, Ilya Repin, Ivan Shishkin, Vasily Surikov, Valentin Serov, Alexei Savrasov, Issac Levitan and others (see my article on Painting.Answers.com). Polenov focused on landscapes and religious scenes. He brought to to both a…