Lines and Colors art blog

Author: cparker

  • James Gurney’s How to Make a Sketch Easel

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    As I will point out in an article soon to follow this one about DIY pochade boxes, there are a lot of blog posts and videos out there that offer do-it-yourself instructions for making outdoor painting kits, from simple watercolor kits in a bag to complex pochade boxes with drawers and panel carriers. Unfortunately, most…

  • Heinrich Hermanns

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    Heinrich Hermanns was a German painter and printmaker active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He studied at the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf, and in addition to his training and the influence of other German painters, he took inspiration from the French Barbizon School and later the Impressionists. Hermanns was noted for his painterly…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Carl Larsson ink and watercolor

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    The Veranda. From A Home (26 watercolours), Carl Larsson Ink and watercolor, roughly 13 x 17 inches (32 x 43 cm); in the collection of the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm (zoomable file); high resolution downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons. This delightful pen and watercolor is part of a series of similar pieces that were intended to be…

  • Treasure trove of high-res images from Nationalmuseum Stockholm

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    In a gesture to make up for the inaccessibility of much of the museum’s collections during a major renovation to the building, the Nationalmuseum Stockholm has just released 3000 high resolution public domain art images from its collection to Wikimedia Commons. There is an article on the museum’s website here. The images are arranged on…

  • Bilquis Evely

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    Bilquis Evely is a comics artist based in São Paulo, Brazil who is currently the artist on the new Wonder Woman series from DC Comics. Evely has worked on a number of titles for DC — including Batman, Legends of Tomorrow and the Shadow — as well as titles for for Archie Comics and Dynamite…

  • Emilie Preyer

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    Liker her father, Johann Wilhelm Preyer, Emilie Preyer was a noted 19th century German still life artist who devoted much of her career to painting carefully composed arrangements of fruits. While Preyer senior was an excellent painter, I think Emilie outdid him with her more visceral portrayal of texture and sensitivity to the subtle effects…