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New Articles for July 13, 2007 Selling art is not an easy thing to do for most people. Finding buyers, collectors, the right gallery, choosing a group of artists or a museum to align with can be time consuming and a daunting endeavor. Artists as individuals may seek and receive advice on how to present themselves to the public. This may include, for better or worse, adopting some of the prevailing conventions for dress and public appearances. Your position on creating and selling art will develop over time, but you will need to be genuine with yourself about it. The more genuine you are the fewer problems you will have with yourself and others. 500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art - Music: Bach's Sarabande from Cello Suite No 1 in G Major performed by Yoyo Ma. For a list of paintings and artists visit http://www.maysstuff.com/womenid.htm Interview for exhibition: Espacio Central/Central Space, for channel 21, Santa Barbara. On Sundance Channel, an artist places a stone structure he has created in the sea. It's overrun by water, but he looks for the deeper connection between the environment and his art. Arts and Design Schools Develop Professional Abilities Arts and Design Schools, colleges, and universities have post-secondary, undergraduate, and graduate programs that broaden and develop professional abilities and perspectives in their students. Arts and Design Schools offer certificates and degrees in the many subjects included in the discipline of art. Game Art and Design Schools teach students how to create video games in a fast-paced, challenging environment. At Game Art and Design School, future designers and programmers learn to evaluate gaming products and how to program and plan character options and game environments. Art Needed To Fill Education Gaps When a child starts to explore her creative side, she opens herself up to other ways of learning. Ways that start to intertwine themselves across the education curriculum. It's like a new world becomes accessible to her, doors of reasoning are easily opened. It is discouraging that there aren't much up-to-date studies of the benefits of art. The creative process in the avenues of our imagination is where we find solutions to the world's problems. Awakening those recesses of the brain brings about new ideas, new places to explore for information. Learning how to learn is what we should be teaching ourselves and yet we get stuck on memorizing facts, repetitive processes and stale concepts that offer no value for the future. The study of art informs our meta cognition, the ability to think about what we are thinking, and it awakens our spirit, that which is in us struggling to stay alive. Steel Warren: Environmental Sculptor An interview with ReKnown Environmental Artist Steel Warren, interviewed by Takashi Bobhi. His greatest patroness is likewise given a good grilling. Low Brow artist Robert Williams Interview Robert Williams is one of the most popular artists in America today. His dynamic work—which often includes women, cars, food, and 1950's Americana—embodies the movement known as Kustom Kar Kulture. Robert masters the so-called lowbrow art forms: rock album cover art, comic art, hot-rod art, etc. Robert Williams created the cover art for Guns n' Roses: Appetite for destruction in 1987. In mid 1960s San Francisco, Robert became art director for hot-rod hero Ed Big Daddy Roth. Robert quickly became one of the most important West Coast underground artists—creating psychedelic posters and contributing to comics like Zap. Robert Williams is one of the most sought-after artists of the 90s and is considered the founding father of Cartoon Surrealism. Nicolas Cage, Leonardo diCaprio, Johnny Depp, Jesse James and many other celebrities have purchased Robert Williams' paintings. Video brought to you by www.sunsetstrip.com An interview with Chad Hopper, Austin artist and genius behind all the Pal Float comics and art. This was recorded at the Spider House. Native American Art: Origin and Different Traditions No written records of Native Americans exist before the 1500s, when the European seamen discovered the American continent. Scholars as prehistoric consider the period before 1500s. During that time and after, Native Americans had created their own states, history and art. Native American art is thought to be the link between natives and Europeans, the only way to communicate ideas between the two cultures. When the Europeans came, slight changes in Native American art resulted, due to the new way of life that native people had to take. How to Protect Your Money from Art Forgeries? Art forgeries are all mischievous imitations of works of art, used for gaining money from the naive art collectors. Art forgeries are different from art copies. Other artists usually make Art copies of certain paintings. For example, the students of da Vinci, the famous Caracci, Durer, and Rota, copied some of his sketches and paintings to exercise on his style. Art forgeries are worthless, while some art copies can be priceless, depending on the artist that did them. I often wondered what it would be like to have to patiently sit still for hours while being painted or drawn. In the early Seventies, I found out. Anime Central Jeffrey Moy Collectica Interview This is an interview taken from Collectica.com. The Collectica crew interviewed Jeffrey Moy at Anime Central 2006. Jeffrey Moy discussed his art, his work with DC comics, his work with Star Wars video games, and revealed concept art for the new Justice League Heroes video game. Definitely rocks. Apparently there is more at events.collectica.com and news.collectica.com. Mister Cartoon Interview with Chris Loos, December 2005 World famous tattoo artist Mister Cartoon came through the KDAY studios for a sitdown interview with Chris Loos. Watch as he explains his humble beginnings, his love for hip hop, and the work ethic that he puts into his art. Interview with French comic artist MOEBIUS and the equally talented Sylvain Despretz - the storyboard artist for Alien, Gladiator and many other films. I filmed it in 2001. Vincent van Gogh's Bedroom at Arles, Painted in 1889 Read an analysis of the Bedroom at Arles by Vincent van Gogh. Van Gogh's Earliest Masterpiece: The Potato Eaters, 1885 The Potato Eaters - Some see beauty in it, precisely because the characters are so genuine. Theo van Gogh I have made portraits of a whole family, he wrote, the postman, his wife, the baby, the little boy, and the son of sixteen, all characters. We look at the Postman Roulin painting. Interview: Zoe Young Artist Port Townsend Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival 2005. Zoe is the 2005 Wooden Boat Festival Poster award winner. She is working on a children's book portfolio with the intention in the near future to illustrate her first children's book. http://www.zoeyoungart.com/ Artists Sound Off At The ArtMine Opening This trio walked into the resident artist studio that we were using to interview artists at the grand opening of the Inn at Port Hadlock, WA gallery opening, Artmine. Crystal Kay talks a little a bit about being an artist in Japan. If you were an artist, you would realize that it is very important to find the right artist supplies for the project you intend to work on. If you do not have the proper tools, the artwork that you envision is in danger. So, when it comes to finding the right materials, how should you handle it? Art is Free: but not in the Museums The main Museums of the world have increased its admission fees in a notorious way. This has caused a great controversy between curators and Art critics and lovers. Attention Artists: You Can Make Money with Your Art with Six Sure-Fire Ways The purpose of this article is to provide a professional artist with some tools for marketing his art. It is extremely important for a professional artist to put his best foot forward when submitting art for review. The six components outlined in the article are the foundation for making money through artistic talents. Barbee Cain: Official Piper's Pics Camera Artist Interview with Barbee Cain at PIPER's Pics TV Jaime Lim artist and TV host presents one of his fine illustrations. See more of Jaime's art at www.myspace.com/jlmart. From Alex Quinn Presents with host Scott Harden. Privilege on Sunset. Interview: Sandra E. Smith-Poling Port Townsend Wooden Festival 2005. Sandra has paintings in galleries and private collections worldwide, and now has a studio in Port Townsend, a Victorian Seaport known for its artists, musicians and wooden boat builders. She has had many paintings in juried shows and is the 2004 Wooden Boat Festival Poster award winner for her 1933 painting of the ARTHUR FOSS towing the WAWONA. She is heavily influenced by her father, the renowned Southern California artist, Craig Smith, as well as Arthur Beaumont, the navy artist, Sir William Russell Flint and John Singer Sargeant. Upon graduating from medical school, her father asked her if she was ready to take up some serious art studying after having fun all those years in school. He told her the only permanent things in the universe were the arts. While balancing a medical practice, she took his advice and pursued her interest in painting. Historic wooden ships along with the Tall Ships, are favorite subjects. http://www.classicpaintings.net A Night of Light: Van Gogh's The Starry Night, 1889 Analysis of A Night of Light: Van Gogh's The Starry Night, 1889 Analysis of The Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh Van Gogh's Sunflowers are among his most famous paintings, but few people realize he did many sunflower pictures, not just the most famous Vase with Twelve Sunflowers and Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers. These were canvases he made to decorate the Yellow House in Arles in anticipation of his friend Paul Gauguin's visit, and in the hope that other artists would follow and form a Utopian art community. Some of Vincent's sunflower paintings are all but indistinguishable, with only tiny differences to prove one reproduction is different from the next. During his stay in Paris, he painted cut sunflowers in different stages of being, from fresh to wilted to dry. Read an analysis of The Chair by Vincent Van Gogh. The Artists on art video series explore art from the perspectives of the people directly involved: the artists. The spectrum of artists involved will cover any possible methods of creation. The first video in this series interviews Johnna, the owner of Liquid Courage Tattoo in Omaha, NE. Special thanks to Dawn Segger for sharing her time in the chair with me. An interview with artist Paul Mpagi Sepuya, brought to you by pHytonics.net Heron Preston sits down with legendary Parisian artist Andre to discuss about his newest venture, Hotel Amour and his other various hustles. This is a must see! The Art of Glamour and Nude Photography Understanding the art of glamour photography. Have you seen a photo recently that was amazing? If you are curious to how it was taken then you need to learn the basics of photography. Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Photographers In a world fueled by the media, the role of photographers continues to grow. Photography as a career option is finding many takers, and it requires much more than an eye for a good picture to make a successful photographer these days. While a creative bent is essential to capture a striking picture, what is equally necessary is some technical knowledge, especially as digital photography becomes more and more prevalent. The Artist Lounge: Uri Averbuch The second web episode of the series that features unknown but talented artists, their work, creative process, and lifetstyle. Russian-born Israeli Uri Averbuch moved to Mexico for a self-sustaining lifestyle to create his meditative paintings. These videos were created by the TechReach club: an after school technology club for girls. They were filmed with a SONY Cybershot 3.2 digital camera using movie feature. Then they were edited in Windows Movie Maker. The students wrote their questions and worked in teams to film and edit the videos. Copyright free music was added to the credits and titles. Dan is a printmaker and an environmentalist. He has a ton of energy and loves working with kids. He has led several public art projects with kids involved. CCTV interviews Artist Ram Ram Abdellah When RamRam Abdellah isn't at CCTV working in computerCENTRAL, you can usually find him in local cafe's creating art with pen and ink. He's currently exhibiting his art work in CCTV's Drive By Gallery. CCTV's Community Technology Programs Manager, David Zermeno and intern Angel Alguier took time out to interview him for computerCentral's videoblog. In general terms, abstract art paintings break the monotony of realism and reject the fact that paintings should depict pragmatism. In the pre-World War II era, abstract art painters mostly depicted spiritualism or intellectualism, rejecting the 20th century motto of art for art's sake and replacing realism with spirituality and rationality. Furthermore, with the advent of the technology age, abstract art has gained greater significance. An abstract art gallery or museum usually hosts art exhibitions and is also used as a location for the sale of art. Some of the abstract art form represented in such museums includes fauvism, cubism, surrealism and abstract expressionism. When attempts have been made to describe a work of abstract art many people have used words like feelings, emotions, and soul. I think these words are clues to what is actually happening within both the viewer and the artist. Lolla Lives: Shepard Fairey-Webisode 1, Andre's Posse Part 1 in Perry Farrell's interview with legendary artist Shepard Fairey, in which the origins for his Obey Andre the Giant viral street art campaign are discussed. Lolla Lives: Shepard Fairey-Webisode 2, Banksy Part 2 in Perry Farrell's convo with street art king Shepard Fairey. Among the topics covered in this segment is Shepard's respect for graphic artist, Banksy, the importance of keeping a political and graphical integrity, and choosing potential canvases. Lolla Lives: Shepard Fairey-Webisode 3, Toys Part 3 of Shepard Fairey's Lolla Lives interview with Perry Farrell. This webisode discusses Shepard's customized PVC Obey toys and what is considered art in today's world. Lolla Lives: Shepard Fairey-Webisode 4, Politics of Aesthetics Part 4 of Perry Farrell's interview with street artist Shepard Fairey. Lolla Lives: Shepard Fairey-Webisode 5, Street Galleries The final installment of Perry Farrell's interview with street artist Shepard Fairey. Arts and Crafts: How To Write an Arts and Crafts Newsletter Brandi Clark, Owner of Visit Floral Creations, discusses how to write an effective arts and crafts newsletter. The New Art Magazine: Artists and Their Websites Just because you work in the timeless medium of paint and canvas, doesn't mean you let the technological age pass you by. Discover how to harness the power of the Internet to make your art stand out, while discovering new artistic mediums. Learn the core elements of any great artist's website with this article. Five-Year Plans for Creative Types I don't feel like it, you say, reaching for another cup of carefully brewed cappuccino. Planning is for other people, and besides, it might ruin my street cred. Nothing ruins street cred among creative types like having to work a menial job into your sixties. Palestinian Artist: Samia Halaby A bit of an interview with Palestinian artist Samia Halaby about the late artist Mustafa al Hallaj with views of an amazing 100 meter piece that he created. Artist Interview: Reba Bigelow Seattle artist Reba Bigelow talks about two of her bright, bold colorful painting on display at ArtNotTerminal (http://www.antgallery.org) during August. rebatad2@msn.com Interview with Hot Springs Artist Alex Oberste An interview with artist, Alex Oberste, in which he talks about his work, his inspirations, and what his future holds. I was reading a piece the other day, written by a photographer who offers both film and digital capture to his customers. I am always interested to hear other professional photographer's opinions on the subject. I was a film devotee for over 30 years, and only made the switch to digital a little over three years ago. In the piece I mentioned, the photographer/author sited the fact that film is more forgiving than digital when it comes to proper exposure. This is certainly true. Which Is Best: Film or Digital SLR Cameras? The trend is definitely underway for many serious photographers to make the switch from film to digital SLR cameras instead. There are lots of reasons for this, but there are also some things that you should be aware of before making the switch that could be an unpleasant surprise too. How to Get Your Photography Noticed, Gain Recognition and Start Making Money When a reader wrote, Recently I have taken an interest in photography and am taking a photography class at a local community college. She then asked how do I get my artwork noticed by someone who can do something about it? She added that her art is something that I am very passionate about and I want people to see and hear my message through my art. Questions like, who do I show my art to? And how do I get my work out there? Are common to myriads of amateur and professional photographers and artists alike. Since a picture can often be more powerful than someone giving a speech, an important question for many is how do I get my work noticed? A trailer about the Diego Tuesdays gallery opening at the San Francisco Art Institute. This trailer is a part of a series of Podcasts soon to be released. Burkhard Rosskothen from einfallsreich.tv met Davide Cantoni at OSRAM Art Gallery, Munich. The exhibition shows his burn drawings and soft, paste-like paintings. The young Italian artist describes his way of painting and what means the aspect of consciousness-changing effect of his artwork. Born in 1965 in Milan, lives and works in New York. Cantoni studied at HDK Berlin (1988), at Slade School, U.C.L., London (1985-89) and at the Royal College of Art, London (1991-93). He lives in New York and Italy. The Artist Lounge: Ben Goldman The artist lounge is a new web-based series that features emerging, yet unknown visual artists and their work.
Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the most well known artists today. He was not only an artist though; he was also a scientist and an inventor. His Mona Lisa is probably the most recognized painting ever! Leonardo had a very interesting, busy life.
Oil painting is probably one of the more challenging mediums to master. There are many aspects of oil painting that often confuse and intimidate beginners. Many questions arise and this article will cover some frequently asked questions that beginners have.
When you are producing flower landscape oil paintings, keep in mind the short canvas blend life of oil paints. If you are producing an oil painting of a flower landscape and you need to make a change that isn't immediately effective, the best thing to do is wipe it off with your paint rag and start over. This will work for the first 24 hours after your painting, as oil paintings take this long to dry. In fact, it's important not to make too thick a first coat or you'll never get your oil paints to dry.
Caravaggio is an extremely well known Italian painter who painted in the Realistic Baroque style of art. His dramatic use of light and dark is revolutionary. Many other painters have tried to paint like him and failed.
Edgar Degas is a French artist that specialized in painting things in motion. He is known for being a master at drawing the human figure in motion. He had an extremely long career and is one of the most famous artists today.
Edouard Manet was a revolutionary painter. His work changed art forever and inspired the impressionistic style of painting. His art is so inspirational that it even influences today's art!
Rembrandt is an extraordinary Dutch painter, etcher and draftsman of the 1600s. He is most well known for his chiaroscuro, his brushwork and the way in which he connected with the human soul. His life, however, was not a happy one.
In this article, I write about some of the different art galleries which people can visit when they are in London. I would very much recommend that you make time during your trip to have a look around some of the places mentioned, as they are sure to add to your experience of visiting the capital city of England.
The world of black and white photography is considered a Fine Art form and it is done to induce an emotion of timelessness and freeze a moment at any given time.
I often wish I had some of the wildlife photography experience I have now, all those years ago, when I was still a struggling amateur wildlife photographer. I now know exactly what it takes to get a good wildlife photo, and I have also learned what to do to achieve what it takes.
Da Vinci left many mysterious messages in his art. Learn about two more paintings that include baffling images.
I have made portraits of a whole family, he wrote, the postman, his wife, the baby, the little boy, and the son of sixteen, all characters. We look at the Postman Roulin painting.
Learn the Essential components to creating archival, beautiful giclee art prints.
Learn how to take great photos with these tips; some of them may sound simple, but they are often overlooked!
Make them big! Create a book! Have a showing! Flower photography is easy and rewarding.
Entering photo competitions is a great way to practise and improve your photography and have some fun in the process. One of the greatest morale boosters a photographer can get is to win or even placed in a highly regarded competition. It means that others have seen your work and judged it worthy. There are a few pointers that you need to know about competitions that will increase your chances of winning.
A Guide to Successful Art Collecting, for Pleasure and Profit. Part 3 covers techniques for assessing the value of an artwork.
A six-part series on successful art collecting tips. Part 4 is about knowing the art market and how to find the best deals.
A Six-Part Guide to Successful Art Collecting, for Pleasure and Profit. Part 5 looks at art conservation techniques.
A Six-Part Series on successful art collecting for profit and pleasure. Part 6 provides guidelines on how to prepare an art collection for posterity.
A successful and prosperous artist throughout his lengthy career, retaining his popularity up to this very day, this article examines the many Parisian influences that created the hallmarks of one of the most popular French artists renowned for his painting of dancers - Edgar Degas.
Are you new to watercolor paintings? This article will provide you with a general understanding of some of the more basic watercolor painting techniques.
An art web resource for artists, galleries, and the art community for the surrounding areas of Bucks County, Pennsylvania and parts of New Jersey.
Being able to capture the likeness of a human being on canvas, using paint, is certainly a sought after accomplishment for many new painters. It can also be somewhat challenging. This article will cover some of the more basic portrait painting tips & techniques and help lessen some of the confusion many beginners face. With practice, you will soon be painting portraits like the masters.
Always wanted to make something extraordinary out of nothing? Let me teach you how to make one.
A short summery of what colors to use when creating trees and shrubs. Create base colors and highlight colors to bring interest in your painting.
It is easier and more productive having a private room to work. Some painters need more space than others. Having your own workspace is a great privilege. Not everyone has the good fortune to have even the desire to paint let alone their own workspace where they can experiment and learn to develop a God given talent.
Art forgeries are all mischievous imitations of works of art, used for gaining money from the naive art collectors. Art forgeries are different from art copies. Other artists usually make Art copies of certain paintings. For example, the students of DaVinci, the famous Caracci, Durer, and Rota, copied some of his sketches and paintings to exercise on his style. Art forgeries are worthless, while some art copies can be priceless, depending on the artist that did them.
Basically nudes are the concrete form of creator's thoughts and emotions under a certain instinct of wearing nothing but skin.
All art that was art was of divine origin it was the witness of the glory of God. Art is nothing else than mere expression of perception.
You don't need to be an experienced birder to enjoy photographing birds.
If you've always wanted to make an abstract painting but didn't know where to begin, here are several ideas to get you started. How to move from realism to abstraction, express your emotions, and utilize music to facilitate the process of making abstract art.
In this book review, Chris York of ArtInstructionBooks.com checks out Paint Red Hot Landscapes That Sell: A Sure-Fire Way to Stop Boring and Start Selling Everything You Paint in Oils, by Mike Svob. The title promises a lot, but does the book really deliver? Read the review to find out.
If you're anything like me, you'll feel the need to express yourself...But don't read this article unless you're truly inspired by the beauty of creativity.
I read an amazing article by Grayson Perry entitled How art appreciates: it's a class act. In a nutshell he reckoned that art finds its true monetary value from what the experts say. But I can see something more from what he says.
Why photograph old barns? What is the best way to capture them? Are people really interested in them? Let's face it; old barns have so much character. Here in the United States and especially in California, old architecture is not that prevalent. New buildings seem to be everywhere! Old architecture is constantly being torn down while new cities arise. Not only this, but storms and the passage of time take them down too.
Business is an exchange of energy, the more you put in the more that comes out. By serving our community we help promote what is important to us while making great business contacts.
Have you heard the old adage, A picture speaks a thousand words? Well, time-honored theories of art, by the imitation of nature unfold the mystery of this saying, and Cayman art works by prominent Cayman artists and painters are no exception to that. This article is for all you connoisseurs of Caribbean art to discover online Cayman art galleries, with simple, exquisite Cayman paintings!
There is some confusion or disagreement to whether Mona Lisa is smiling in the ever so famous painting by Leonardo de Vinci, and even though the majority of people think that she is smiling there continues to be random studies and questioning.
There are hundreds of techniques appraisers use but for this article I will stick to some general and very affective ones to determine the value of your artwork.
It's important for artists to honor the time and effort it takes perfecting their work. It's the equivalent of a pharmaceutical company charging for its research and development. Be conscious of your pricing practices and make sure you understand what you need to have a sustainable business.
When I first began painting some 10 years ago, I remember my first trip to my local art supply store. I recall my feeling of utter confusion as I perused the aisles. This particular art store had every tube of paint, brush, medium and canvas known to man, far too many choices for a confused beginner. After several moments, a sales person came by and began to assist me in finding the supplies I needed. To make a long story short, I left the store 30 minutes later with a box full supplies, half of which I had absolutely no idea what to do with. I wish I knew then what I know now. I could have saved myself a lot of money.
Andy Warhol: Father of Pop Art Legend, he was the most famous Pop Artist ever. Second and not half as famous was Roy Lichtenstein. Warhol is also attributed for bringing Pop Art to the US. Most famous for his Campbell Soup print.
Selling Artwork online is completely different from selling a Product. Further there is very little documentation available online for artwork selling. This article is an initiative for a free assistance to budding artists.
A guide to successful art collecting for pleasure and profit.
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