Still Life Painting Tutorials : A still life is an exercise in design, as the artist arranges the elements. Learn what it takes to make a great still life painting—what makes an interesting still life composition, how to draw fruit, the art of painting flowers, as well as get still life painting tutorials—with these...
Hyper realistic Oil Paintings : Mostly, the compositions I create are formed out of ideas, scenarios and imagery from my everyday life. I have a strong interest in health and well being, so these subjects come through in my work. Whether that be a larger than life chrome plated piece of steel, or the tempting arrangement of sweets...
What if today's celebrities went beyond TV and film and were actually the stars of classic paintings? Several photo manipulators over on Worth1000, a website where various users submit their Photoshopped images, explore just what that would look like. The images, often found in specific galleries titled Modern Renaissance, exhibit...
Kinkade called himself "The Painter of Light", and by some estimates, 1 in every 20 American homes has one of his paintingssssssss. The fine art world thought he was a money grubbing hack, a sellout for peddling his works through shit like QVC. I call it "business acumen". And I don't care whether you like him...
Tim O’Brien is an illustrator and portrait painter whose intricately detailed and imaginative illustrations have been published most notably in TIME Magazine as well as Der Spiegel, Rolling Stone, Newsweek, TV Guide, The Atlantic Monthly, Business Week and Entertainment Weekly. Tim has designed several US Postage Stamps. Tim...
Paint Spilling Art: Do you have a lot of half used paints or even sample paints. Art can be created from waste or even leftovers. We have included some spray painting videos for your inspiration. Artist Holtan Rower’s spray painting style was directed by Dave Kaufman. Before trying these spray painting techniques, keep the...
Watercolor Landscape Paintings: ZL Feng from Shanghai is brilliant with his watercolour landscape paintings and has won several international awards for his great work. He started painting with watercolours when he was seven years old and there is no stopping him from delivering brilliant work. He believes in precision as you...
Roberto Bernardi was born in Todi (Italy) on the 18th of May 1974. He started to paint at a very young age and his first works in oils date back to the first half of the eighties. He dedicated his studies to the learning of pictorial techniques which would have a significant influence on his artistic formation. In 1993 after his...
Surreal Paintings : Bill Mayers is an extra ordinarily talented artist from Georgia. His surreal paintings and illustration paintings can be found on many international magazine covers, US Postage Stamps, packaging designs, editorials and many more. Bill Mayer's fantasy creatures, characters are the most sought after in USA. Bill...
What is Pattachitra Painting?
In Sanskrit, Patta means 'cloth' and chithra means 'painting'. It's a painting on a cloth and this technique is quite popular in Odisha. The pattachitra painting mostly revolve around the hindu mythological characters of Lord Krishna and Lord Vishnu. It's believed to have originated in the 12th century...
Pop Out Paintings : Imagine if you are an artist using people as an art on your paintings. The art comes alive with vibrant colours and the painted becomes the painting. It’s more like an 3d effect of one’s self. These pop out art paintings normally have a plain background. The people are the focus point of attraction....
In this post we have included best tussar paintings and painted silk sarees pictures. Tussar Paintings are commonly known as Patta Chitra and is quite a popular art in West Bengal and Odisha. It's a traditional art done on a piece of cloth or silk sarees with Lord Krishna stories. Patta means a piece of cloth and Chitra means...
Yunior Hurtado is an famous artist from Cuba. His oil painting portraits are realistic and expressive, with strong feelings through the oil portraits. My canvases evoke an illusion of reality starting from an algorithm containing the movement of 24 frames per second. The intention is not photographic reference, where I conform to a...
Alice Lin is an artist from Beijing, China. She never stops to amaze us ith her surreal watercolor paintings. She has portrayed the human body so beautifully using the ancient chinese painting techniques in a surreal contemporary art. If you look deeper into her watercolor paintings, you can see the magic transform in front of your...
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...
Uday Bhan is an award winning portrait watercolor painting specialist from India. He is a self taught artist and his passion for art has helped him win international recognition for his artworks. Apart from portrait watercolor paintings, he enjoys creating still life and other paintings too. Most of his watercolor paintings focus on...
Mega sized hyper realistic oil paintings by Gioacchino Passini is not to be missed. The rose blooms feel so real, you just want to reach out and pluck them. The fresh dew drops on the rose petals is so impressive. The talented Italian artist is a creative painter and he enjoys playing on his violins. He currently lives and works...
He completed his Fine Art studies, which he had started in Milan, at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid in 2007. He also holds a 'Bachelor of Design (Hons) Degree' in Illustration from the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Arts in Dundee (UK) which he obtained in 2001. During his stay in Madrid he also won several art prizes,...