Detail of one of the reliquary plaques It is well-known that the majority of the medieval monuments of the Hungarian Great Plains had been destroyed, primarily during the Ottoman Period. However, the territory had already suffered a major trauma before that: the Mongol invasion of 1241. Already at that time, […]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Ayla Mullen | Episode 817 Ayla Mullen has a BA in Environmental Political Theory and Ceramics from Marlboro College, and completed a 2 year apprenticeship with Ellen Shankin in Floyd, VA. Now a full time studio artist, Ayla makes wheel-thrown functional pottery with […]
Share: Diversify textures to create details, convey mood and build atmosphere in a painting. by Andy Evansen When people think of the word “texture” in the context of painting, typically they envision something rough. Texture doesn’t have to imply bumps and ridges, however. Texture can also feel smooth, damp, soft, […]
Michael Harding has been producing oil paint since 1982, and now his long-held dream of making a high quality watercolour range has finally been realised. With a vision to develop colours of the highest intensity and integrity, and with as many pure single pigment colours as possible, Michael Harding has introduced […]
While air is often invisible and elusive, Anthony McCall’s light installation Crossing 2016 draws viewers’ attention to the volume of air held within a space. This dramatic ‘solid light’ sculpture makes air visible through shafts of light intersecting with smoke haze. Those entering McCall’s expansive light installation at the Gallery […]
Share: Unleash the power of your creativity by exploring new tools! If you’re a realist painter, you can use them to craft natural textures, and for you abstract painters or expressionists, you can experiment with unique shapes and forms. We’ve pulled together a list of our personal top 5 tools […]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Stephen Procter | Episode 804 For Stephen Procter a chance encounter with clay grew into a passion and a mid-life career change. Formerly a classical guitarist, Stephen found that making gestures through sound and time offered many analogies to making gestures in clay […]
Tchotchke: (Yiddish, of Slavic origin) a small object that is decorative rather than strictly functional; a trinket The kind of artworld story that the public loves popped up in the general press three weeks ago: a 22-year-old college student, browsing through his local Goodwill Store, spotted a tchotchke that took […]
Art Design #Brut Deluxe #eyes #installation #light #public art #video December 12, 2022 Grace Ebert All photos by ImagenSubliminal / Miguel de Guzman + Rocio Romero,, courtesy of Brut Deluxe, shared with permission Now on view in Madrid’s Plaza de Canalejas is a gleaming eye that peers both downward at those […]
Sharpie is definitely very well know for their markers, and the brand is synonymous with markers. If you use a Sharpie, you will know. I don’t find Sharpie markers to be at a quality good enough for professional artists. And that unfortunately applies to these Sharpie oil-based pigmented paint markers. […]