Gradient technique

Maybe you already know and use this gradient technique, but I didn't.

Yes, I know this is a nail art tutorial - but this method can be used in painting on canvas and paper too, not just on nails.

Here's the link.

Feel free to post what you come up with, if you try it, in the comments.

Top arts prizes for 2013!

Top arts prizes for 2013 - in Australia, click here!

First portrait of the Duchess of Cambridge - video!

First portrait of the Duchess of Cambridge - video of the artist with portrait!

Useful painting tools?

These painting tools look useful, I'd like to try them:

Lisa Schmitz, the owner of Whispers From the Moon, shows us how to use Catalyst Blades and Wedges with heavy body acrylic paints and mediums. As an artist and clinical therapist, Lisa draws upon a variety of body-centered modalities, indigenous ceremony and creative expression. Lisa loves using heavy body paints and mediums to cover large areas of canvas, then working back in with color & texture detail. Located in the Historic Oak Park Art District, Whispers From the Moon is a haven for creative expression and personal awareness.

Another kind of visual art

It's visual art...just not the usual variety you see here!

It's July Nail Art Ideas - by Orlando makeup artist, Amber Norell. 

Carved books, by Brian Dettmer

"Using knives, tweezers and surgical tools, Brian Dettmer carves one page at a time. Nothing inside the out-of-date encyclopedias, medical journals, illustration books, or dictionaries is relocated or implanted, only removed.

Dettmer manipulates the pages and spines to form the shape of his sculptures. He also folds, bends, rolls, and stacks multiple books to create completely original sculptural forms."

 See Brian Dettmer's work here.

"Mind blowing painting skills"

Time lapse, dramatic painting, for your viewing pleasure! (click here)

(Check out this stop-motion video featuring Thijme Termaat, a Dutch artist.)

Illustrators: Creative Nonfiction?

This is from my inbox, I hope it's legit:

The quarterly magazine Creative Nonfiction is seeking an Australia-based
artist to illustrate our upcoming fall 2012 issue, Creative Nonfiction
#46, and we hope you’ll encourage your blog readers, or anyone else who
might be interested, to apply.

We’ll consider various types of media — line drawings, collage,
watercolors, etc. — and welcome all styles of interpretation well suited
to a print format. The chosen artist will work closely with our editorial
and design staff to create 8 to 10 original designs that will be featured
on the cover and interior of the magazine.

Creative Nonfiction has an international circulation of 7,000, so this is
a great opportunity for an Australian artist (student or professional) to
have their work seen by a large audience. The chosen artist will also be
profiled for at least three months on CNF’s website, which attracts nearly
13,000 visitors per month, and this issue will be launched at the 2012
Melbourne Writers Festival.

Interested artists should upload a resume and three low-resolution jpeg
samples of their best work no later than 11:59 PM (GMT) on March 16, 2012.
A link to an electronic portfolio is also preferred.

To apply or see more details, go here:
http://www.creativenonfiction.org/thejournal/submittocnf.htm#australianillustrator

Thanks for your time.

Best,
Jasmine


Jasmine Turner
Editorial Assistant
Creative Nonfiction
5501 Walnut Street, Suite 202
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
412.688.0304
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creativenonfiction.org


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Viewing a beautiful work of art

"...viewing a beautiful work of art creates the same chemical response as love. Both experiences trigger the feel-good chemical dopamine..."

Queensland artist: Ryan Byrne

Now that I'm living in Hervey Bay, I thought I'd give a mention to a local artist.

Ryan Byrne paints local scenes, locally:

I've been on that pier/jetty!

Ryan also has several YouTube videos of his paintings in progress, which are popular.

He has exhibited several times locally, in Hervey Bay.

Queensland artist: Chris Postle

Coolum artist Chris Postle has exhibited from Cairns to Brisbane, & taught workshops from Chinchilla to Noosa.



I dreamt I was watching Chris painting a few nights ago, must have been a reminder to finish this post?

You can visit Chris Postle's official website here.

You can buy Fine Art Giclee Reproduction - Archival Quality Print, Limited Editions of Chris' work here.

Chris exhibits at Gallery Beneath, Sirocco Plaza, Mooloolaba (First Ave Steps); & also at Landsborough Galleries.

Queensland artist: Donald James Waters

Donald James Waters lives at Jacobs Well, on the northern end of the Gold Coast.


I love the layers of pretty colours which Don Waters uses:


- & the way he blends/segues:

Nigerian artist: Ifeyinwa Umeike (aka Ify Ojo)

Ifeyinwa Umeike is an Igbo economics graduate, with no formal art training, who paints in gouache and Nigerian fabric cutouts:

Ifeyinwa currently resides in Canada, & her work can be seen at Galeria Quetzal in Cleveland, Ohio, and Nicole Gallery in McCormickville, Chicago. Click here for an article about Nicole Gallery.

"A Red Canoe" is my favourite: - I love the stark clarity of it, due to the white lines/outlines, & the colour combination.

You can see more of Ifeyinwa's art here.

Queensland artist: Kendall

Born in Toowoomba, Kendall travels internationally, exhibiting & painting on location, live!



You can find some of Kendall's vividly coloured, lively art at Bella Art Gallery in Springfield Lakes, and you can see Kendall's own website here.

I'm a fan of her "Drinks Anyone?", in Gallery 1. Check it out!

Queensland artist: Susanna Bertolacci

I think Susanna Bertolacci lives on the Gold Coast of Queensland?

I love her butterfly wings!

Here is her website.