Fine Art

"This example gives a good insight to what Repin finds essential in achieving a portrait likeness. He probably had only an hour or two to work on this study. He quickly stated the big flat tones of the coat, table, and paper. He defined the structural planes of the head like a master woodcarver. The effect almost looks like a blurry photograph. He didn’t paint the small details of eyes, nostrils, and lips, but instead concentrated on the overall structure." - Kimber Scott from Bookmarklet

et amor principes :) - Uche Ogbuji

aaa ben unutmuşum ki onu :) - loylum

"It may be a tall tale, but the legend that the artist overindulged with his mistress has served to keep his art alive" - M F from Bookmarklet

"I did these pastel paintings about six years ago in college. They were my final assignment in Drawing III class. The rules, create a series of two using items picked out of a grab bag for inspiration. I’d never done a series before and I’d never used pastels. Needless to say, I was a little anxious about how things were going to turn out. As you can see, I picked a candle and a roll of ribbon. The pastels I used were Rembrandt Soft Half Pastels that we were required to buy for the class. I really don’t know how the work came together in my mind. The candle made me think of time and wind. I did a few thumbnails and everything seemed to just fall together. I decided to draw a picture of life." - Kimber Scott from Bookmarklet

"We're looking forward to a lecture this coming Tuesday by Peter Trippi discussing the Victorian academician J.W. Waterhouse (1849-1917) and what he has learned while organizing Waterhouse's international touring retrospective, now on view at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts through February 7." - Kimber Scott from Bookmarklet

His master piece is absolutely Penelope! - anessa

"12 yaşlarındaki Marco; resme çok yeteneklidir... Babası bir gün onu alır ve 3 ihtiyar sokak ressamının yanına götürür. Ressamların birlikte büyüttüğü 18 yaşındaki Lorella, küçük Marco’ya resim dersi vermeye başlar. Marco bu güzel resim öğretmenine aşık olup sanatla birlikte aşkı ve cinselliği de keşfeder. Ama Marco’nun aşkı karşılıksızdır; Lorella suluboyayı küçümseyen bir sanat koleksiyoncusuna aşıktır. Marco ise geleceğin en büyük suluboya koleksiyoncusu olmak için bulduklarını biriktirir. Aç kalan sokak ressamlarına yardım eder ve yaşlı ressamlar tüm çalışmalarını Marco'ya verirler. Marco 30 yaşlarında kutuları açar. Yaşlıların geçmişini araştırır; buldukları hayatını değiştirecektir." - Emine Okumuş

They have got it all..Well done ! - Michael Parsons

the delight of a hummingbird - - sally stokhamer

"The title of this painting stems from Psalm 139 as this painting became a meditation for me on my pregnancy. The miracle and wonder at the life growing in me. Hidden in the darkness of my body. I am around 24 weeks now and my belly is already so big, I wonder how I'll make it til the end! It's amazing how much faster we pop out the second time around." - Kimber Scott from Bookmarklet

Beautiful, sensitive painting. - Susan Cox Davis

"In John Singleton Copley's painting Watson and the Shark, a tiger shark – to judge from its teeth – is attacking a pale and terrified youth while his friends try desperately to hold it back with a boat hook while they rescue him. The rescue, in the harbour of Havana in 1749, was a success: although he lost a leg, Watson survived to become a prosperous London merchant, and probably commissioned the painting himself." - M F from Bookmarklet

http://www.artbymaite.com/ - Emine Okumuş

From: United States - Emine Okumuş

http://www.artbymaite.com/ - Emine Okumuş

"About maite01: My favorite topic is figurative paintings that blend influences of the Caribbean Coast life and the African culture as well as the Latin American people." http://www.artbreak.com/maite01 - Emine Okumuş

"The creation of Bolgherese includes painting, sculpture and literature. As a painter Bolgherese has developed its own technology, he works only on smooth wood and paints mainly with the fingers - the academic painting changed into a watercour style transparency as oil painting. Very often di Bolgherese used real gold in his works. Nature, man, light, colour and shape and the details are the basis for his work. Bolgherese's portrait painter, his paintings themes and series are symbolistic - philosophically with the people and nature apart." - Kimber Scott from Bookmarklet

"Sergi, Pazar ve Pazartesi günleri hariç her gün 10.00 - 19.00 saatleri arasında izlenebilir. İş Sanat Kibele Galerisi, özgün kimliğiyle çağdaş sanatımızda yerini almış olan Teoman Südor’un retrospektif sergisini sanatseverlerle buluşturuyor. Sergide sanatçının özgün baskı ve yağlıboya yapıtları yer alıyor." - Emine Okumuş

"Südor, 1978 yılında İTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi ve Güzel Sanatlar Bölümü’nde resim, temel sanat eğitimi, plastik sanatlar, özgün baskı, biçim ve çizgi derslerini vermek üzere eğitime katıldı ve öğretim görevini 2006’da emekli oluncaya değin sürdürdü. Birçok ödül sahibi olan sanatçının resimleri yurtiçi ve yurtdışında özel koleksiyonlarda ve müzelerde bulunmaktadır. Halen çalışmalarını kendi... more... - Emine Okumuş

hastasıyımmmmm. - errorist

"Still developing his workshop, in which it is the color that plays the main role, he obtained an unusual atmosphere, which is instantly recognizable. Wishing to classify somehow his style of painting, the most apt expression would be – metaphysical realism." - Kimber Scott from Bookmarklet

Yes, a magical realism. It reminds me a little of works of Remedios Varo. You'll like her if you're not familiar with her yet. - Ojos Criollos

Oh, yes. I do like her work. Maybe, I'll do a post on her soon... - Kimber Scott

"The small picture of a young woman in profile was previously believed to be a German work from the early 19th century and has changed hands in recent years for around £12,000. But a growing number of leading Leonardo scholars agree the work is almost certainly by the Renaissance figurehead because it appears to have his fingerprint on it. Carbon dating and infrared analysis of Leonardo's techniques back up the theory." - M F from Bookmarklet

"We come into contact with dozens of people on a daily basis, catch their eyes for a brief moment and move on, never knowing the intricate accumulation of experience that forms their reality. My work is about that moment - hinting at a narrative, yet remaining intentionally elusive. My paintings are created by applying numerous semi-transparent layers of egg tempera on a true gesso ground. I rarely have a fully formed concept in mind when I begin a painting. Instead, I start out with a face or pose that intrigues me; then once I am caught up in the physical execution of the piece, other elements of the composition suggest themselves." - Kimber Scott from Bookmarklet

Yeah, Holden. I don't know what's with the saw. The background says. "Lost Love" over and over. Either she is going to cut herself off from the pain of the loss, or maybe she is going to dispose of the body in a small container. I don't know! - Kimber Scott

"Valeriy Skrypka was born in 1964 in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine into a family of artist. He graduated from the renowned Kyiv Academy of the Arts with a Master’s Degree in art in 1992. Skrypka synthesizes images from his Ukrainian past with his own perceptions in imaginative and fully realized works of art that are true to contemporary experience. The artist exhibits nationally and in Europe." - Kimber Scott from Bookmarklet

he's succeeding - T. Brent, technopeasant

"''I'm Lisa Falzon - known mostly online as 'meluseena'. I'm 26, an artist and illustrator. I currently live in Ireland - used to live in France, raised in Malta. I think of myself as a citizen of the world. Aside from painting... I love writing, reading, internetting, sewing, decadant furniture and styling, the Victorian era, myths, cute things, stormy weather, ostentation, children's literature, winter, reading, following blogs, being by myself (or with just Drew who doesn't count as other people), ruins, Sherlock Holmes, sushi, vintage erotica, poetry, King Arthur... I love creative people, and creating. I am very rarely bored.''" - Kimber Scott from Bookmarklet

"PORTLAND, OR.- This October, the Portland Art Museum opens China Design Now, a multi-sensory experience reflecting the new Chinese urban environment and encapsulating the scale, speed, and energy of change in China today. Visitors will embark on a journey of discovery through China, focusing on the graphic design, fashion, interior design, and architecture emerging from three vibrant and rapidly evolving cities. On exhibition 10 October through 17 January, 2010." - Kimber Scott from Bookmarklet

"This groundbreaking exhibition offers a new perspective on the sacred art of the Spanish world during the baroque period. In a departure from usual museum practice, in which religious images are treated solely as historical or aesthetic artifacts, Sacred Spain: Art and Belief in the Spanish World recognizes the possibility of transcendent images and seeks to reassert the art museum as a primary venue for cultural interpretation based on a deeper understanding of the creation, reception and uses of art." - Kimber Scott from Bookmarklet

"COPENHAGEN.- After becoming free from Spanish control, Haarlem grew in the 1580s into one of the leading artistic centers in the young Republic of the Netherlands. Central to this blossoming prosperity were artists such as Karel van Mander, Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem, and, not least of all, Hendrick Goltzius. Together they formed a study circle devoted to Haarlem Mannerism, as it became known. Their particular pictorial language was characterized by a strong awareness of style and cultivated elegance, not to mention a pursuit of an expression that prioritized artful ingenuity over naturalism. Their work depicted exaggeratedly brawny musclemen, violent drama, wild fantasy, and a rare richness of detail." - Kimber Scott from Bookmarklet