Lines and Colors art blog

Author: cparker

  • Alice in Wonderland Illustrations

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    “…and what is the use of a book,” thought Alice, “without pictures or conversations?” I used the quote above, from the first paragraph of Lewis Carroll’s classic and newly popular story, as a preface to the “Dead Tree Edition” of my webcomic, ArgonZark! when it was published in 1997. I felt it was a perfect…

  • Nick Pugh (update)

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    I wrote about Nick Pugh back in 2006. Pugh is a concept artist and designer for the entertainment industry. In addition to his work in feature films, he often does design work for theme park rides and attractions. Since my previous post, Pugh has redesigned his web site and added considerable material. You’ll find links…

  • 70 Million: art history themed music video by Hold Your Horses

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    70 Million is a song by Hold Your Horses, a French-American band, that has been made into a video by L’Ogre Productions in which members of the band (and presumably a few friends) pose in hilarious mock-ups of 25 or 30 famous paintings from the history of Western Art. If you get tired of guessing,…

  • Patrick Hughes

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    The work of UK artist Patrick Hughes lends itself to viewing by way of photographs even less than sculpture, which is unsurprising in that it is essentially a combination of painting and sculptural elements. Sculpture, to be properly appreciated, must be experienced by moving through the physical space in which it exists, which changes your…

  • Robert McCall 1919-2010

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    Robert McCall, the pioneering space artist who helped chronicle the NASA space program through some of its greatest triumphs, as well as open our eyes to the imagined possibilities of mankind’s future in space, died last Friday, February 26, 2010, at the age of 90. Even if you’re not directly familiar with McCall, chances are…

  • Kevin Frank

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    Encaustic painting is an early painting medium, used by the ancient Greeks and Egyptians. In the later case it was used for the well-known Fayum Mummy Portraits, the sometimes strikingly beautiful portraits done on wooden panels attached to mummies in Roman Egypt. Encaustic painting is a process in which pigment is added to heated beeswax,…