Lines and Colors art blog

Month: June 2014

  • Ben Haggett

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    Ben Haggett is a painter from Montana, who also happens to make some of the best and most cleverly designed pochade boxes out there, under the name of Alla Prima Pochade (as I described in my extensive article on pochade boxes). Somewhat ironically, Haggett has in recent years become fascinated with digital painting, working in…

  • Hayao Miyazaki animated short

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    Hayao Miyazaki, director of some of the most fantastic and beautifully executed animated feature films in history, is not known for creating short films. According to io9, this animated short, which has recently become available on Vimeo, was an exercise to break a creative block Miyazaki experienced while working on Princess Mononoke. The film was…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Gossaert’s Merchant

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    Portrait of a Merchant, Jan Gossaert On Google Art Project. Hi-res downloadable on Wikimedia Commons. Original is in the National Gallery of Art, DC. Gossaert has surrounded his subject with items relevant to his profession. For more, see my post on Jan Gossaert.

  • Medieval style Tolkien illustrations by Sergei Lukhimov

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    These illustrations, mostly done in a style reminiscent of medieval Russian iconography, are from Russian editions of JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings books. They were painted primarily in gouache by Ukrainian artist Sergei Iukhimov. I haven’t been able to find much directly on Iukhimov, save multiple references to this particular series of illustrations. The…

  • Back from Tech Hell

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    You may have noticed several delays and glitches in the display of Lines and Colors in the last couple of weeks (or longer), as I’ve struggled with a number of technical issues behind the scenes. Hopefully, they are now resolved. There is a new design in place; it’s a bit rough and incomplete at the…

  • Ann Kraft Walker

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    Largely self-taught, Texas painter Ann Kraft Walker started out in a folk art style, but eventually evolved into a refined realist approach for her still life and portrait subjects. Since 2010, she has supplemented her study with several workshops, and has been featured in a number of juried exhibitions and art magazines. Walker’s still life…