Art

Here are a collection of beautiful tamilnadu paintings of artist Maruthi. His journey as an artist started at an young age when he was seven years old. Maruti was born in Pudukottai, Tamil Nadu. Maruti came to Chennai when was just 19 yrs old, to pursue his interest in art. Maruti is a self taught artist who has showed his...

Comic Art: Shanghai Tango is a freelance artist from China. His illustrations are quite simple and they use the everyday objects, but projected in a hilarious note. Remember the last time you cleaned a water dispenser? How did Daschund dogs evolev? Well, they ate a long bone and the result was daschund dogs. How were dinosaurs...

Art Contest : Illustraciencia 2018 is currently in it's sixth edition is currently accepting illustration entries till June 20th. The illustrations should be purely based on science and nature. So, this contest is apt for scientific illustrators who have a passion in their work. Illustraciencia, International Award on Scientific...

Fantasy art works: Fantasy paintings have been in existence for many centuries. It was the method used by artists for introducing folk lore since 1820's. Fantasy art works are usually based on subject matter and the local culture , spirituality goes a lot into making these artworks successful. Ancient folk tales showcased some of...

One of the trickiest forms of art is the sand sculpture. Sand sculpture can be done with almost all kinds of sand, but if it's bad sand, then you are heading for a trouble spot. High quality sand always makes your sand sculpture very beautiful and unique. Rule of thumb for sand is, finest sands and angular grained sands are best for...

Drawing App: Procreate 2 is an amazing and powerful application for iPad. It's loaded with many features which artists will thoroughly enjoy. Procreate is a design award winner for apple and it is one of the most sought after drawing and painting tools in iPads. It's designed to stimulate the minds of creative artists. Procreate has...

It may well be an "interactive" art exhibition, but you have to give this visitor special praise for allowing herself to be pictured with a fountain cherub apparently urinating into her mouth. The cheeky snap is just one of hundreds at the Magic Art special exhibition in China's city of Hangzhou. Vistors are...

Digital Illustration : Matte painting, Vector art, Reflections, realistic digital effects can be created in digital illustrations. Many softwares like Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop can be used to create stunning effects which otherwise is not possible in manual paintings. The artists imagine a effect and the same can be...

Best Face Paintings : Artists use peoples' faces as canvas to turn into brilliant pieces of art. Special face paints are used which are safe even on a child's face. Most birthday parties, fairs have numerous face painters, who can turn little children's faces into roaring tigers, butterflies and creative abstract painting. Some of...

Art Competitions: We have the latest collection of Art contests, painting competitions from around the world. If you have a passion for art, you can showcase your talent by submitting the pictures of your artworks online. Most of the painting contests have a standard procedure, you need to register yourselves in the given website...

Illustration: JIA Illustration Award is one of the prestigious awards held annually in Japan to spot the creativity and convening them through awards and cash prizes. JIA illustration contest is sponsored by the Japan Illustrators Association. Participants can submit the illustration through the entry form or through email. The...

Charles Le Brun was one of the greatest french artist and philosopher. He was one of the prominent artists in the 17th century and he was greatly influenced by Nicolas Poussin. Charles Le Brun's favourite study was about the physiognomy, which means study of the facial features. During one of his researches about humans, he had an...

Indian paintings have a very long tradition and history in Indian art. There are more than 20 types of painting styles available in india. The earliest Indian paintings were the rock paintings of pre-historic times, the petroglyphs as found in places like Bhimbetka, some of them from before 5500 BC. Company paintings were made for...

Best Celebrity Caricature Drawings : If you can poke at yourselves, then you can become a caricature artist. Caricatures are fun cartoons with some exaggerated features, usually the most prominent feature on a person. If a person has large ears, then a caricature artist will portray it as elephant ears, which is really funny to the...