Author: cparker
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Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter
Color. What other factor in art is so simultaneously fascinating and frustrating for artists? Numerous books have been written on the subject; some are less than worthwhile, some are good, some are excellent, and a few have become so relied on that over time they have become standards. Each takes a certain approach to the…
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Rockwell’s Four Freedoms
Most Americans associate Norman Rockwell’s iconic painting of the formal family meal, shown above, top, with today’s holiday of Thanksgiving, and its traditional signature main course of roast turkey. The painting, however, was painted with a different intention (even though the model for the turkey was actually the turkey from his own family Thanksgiving dinner).…
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BoldBrush November competition entries
BoldBrush is a painting competition held by Canvoo, an arts newsletter produced by a company that sells hosted artist websites. Entries are not limited to customers, and they post the entries online in a large grouping that is worth looking through. There are quite a number of interesting entries, and there are links to additional…
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Past trains of the future
I just love illustrator’s visions of future transportation from the early to mid 20th Century. Popular Science has a 10 image gallery of some wonderful trains that I want to ride. (Plus I’m still waiting for the gyrocopter in every garage and my personal jetpack.) Isn’t it the future yet?
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Arthur Hughes
Though he was never a formal member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, English painter and illustrator Arthur Hughes was part of their circle and distinctly influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite style and subject matter. Younger than the established Pre-Raphaelite painters, Hughes was first attracted to their movement by a magazine they published for short time called The…
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Moebius art on Tumblr
Jean Giraud, more commonly known as Moebius, and who also signs some work as “GIR”, is a French comics artist and illustrator, very well known in Europe, less so here in the U.S. Moebius is my favorite comics artist, and if you think of him as an illustrator, one of my favorites in that category…