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Author: cparker

  • Eye Candy for Today: Meléndez still life with apples

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    Still Life with Apples, Grapes, Melons, Bread, Jug and Bottle, Luis Meléndez Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Museu Nacional D’Arte De Catalunya. Here is another beautiful still life by 17th century Spanish master Luis Egidio Meléndez. I’m particularly fascinated in this arrangement…

  • X-Story, Vitaliy Shushko

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    X-Story is an animated short (roughly 12 minutes) by Vitaliy Shushko. At first, I thought this was a promo or incorporated animation for a game from a major company. Given the production values, length and level of accomplishment, I was surprised to find that this was an independent animation project. I checked Shushko’s blog and…

  • Henry Herbert La Thangue

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    Henry Herbert La Thangue was an English painter active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. After studying at the Royal Academy in London, his work brought him attention and a scholarship to study with highly regarded French painter and teacher Jean-Léon Gérôme in Paris. In spite of Gérôme’s conservative disapproval of the new…

  • Painting with casein paint

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    Casein (pronounced “kay’ seen”) is a water based paint in which the binder is the milk protein of the same name. Casein is one of the least familiar of the water based painting mediums available to contemporary painters, even though it’s one of the oldest painting mediums known. Casein’s use can be reliably traced back…

  • Casein Painting in the Wild, James Gurney

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    Casein is a water based paint that uses milk protein as its binder. It shares many characteristics with gouache; both are water-based, opaque and dry to an appealing matte finish. Both dry quickly and can be used in concert with other water based mediums. Both are neglected step-children of watercolor and are somewhat on the…

  • Thomas Fluharty

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    After an extensive career as an illustrator and storyboard artist, Thomas Fluharty has turned his focus to personal projects, often applying his classical art training to painted caricatures of pop culture icons. As you explore his website, you’ll find other series, including wonderfully expressive dogs and nicely nasty sharks. You can also find a selection…