Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials, typically stone such as marble, metal, glass, or wood, or plastic materials such as clay, textiles, polymers and softer metals
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Sculptures
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Picture Collage
Picture collage: An artistic composition of materials and objects pasted over a surface, often with unifying lines and color
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Water Colour painting techniques
- Watercolor painting, in its wider sense, refers to all pigments mixed with water rather than with oil and also to the paintings produced by this process. The advantages of watercolor lie in the ease and quickness of its application, in the transparent effects achievable, in the brilliance of its colors, and in its relative cheapness.
- Aquarelles have a delicacy difficult to achieve in oil and are equally flexible, lending themselves to immediate expression of a visual experience. Their handling demands considerable skill as overpainting of flaws is usually impossible.
- Watercolor was traditionally a comparatively perishable medium, vulnerable to sunlight, dust, and contact with glass surfaces, but the use of modern pigments has made it much more stable.
- Watercolor Flat Wash - A flat wash is one that is a solid color from the top to the bottom of the page or area in which you need a flat color. Watercolor Graded Wash - Each stroke should be slightly lighter than the one before.
- Glazing With Watercolor- So many beginning artists are afraid to put color on the paper. We all want to jump right in and paint a subject before we think about what is going on around it.
- Wet-in-Wet Watercolor Technique - Applying color to a wet surface. Usually I wet the paper or surface first, and while it is still wet, I apply the first color of the painting.
- Dry Brush Watercolor Techniques - This is a detail technique, when you do not use much water on the brush, but apply the color with a brush that is not dripping wet. You have quite a bit of control with this method, but it should be used for textures and detail.
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Acrylic painting tips
Seven simple Techniques for Acrylic Paintings
- Watercolor Techniques. Identical to Watercolors, Acrylic Paints work as a brilliant transparent medium. However, unlike Watercolors, the advantage with Acrylic Paints is that they do not disturb the existing film of paint.
- Blending of Opaque Colors. As is evident from the name, Opaque Colors make the paint layers non-transparent and therefore, blending these colors well is very tricky. Colors are blended by initially painting each shade side by side on your support. A clean, Soft Brush is used to blend them. For further blending, move the Brush around until the desired hue is mixed.
- Sgraffito. This Acrylic Painting Technique is a Scratching Technique, and the term, Sgraffito, was coined from an Italian word "Graffiare," which means to scratch. As the meaning of the name suggests, Sgraffito is done by scratching into the surface of Wet Paint to create interesting patterns. Sharp tools, (Knives, Screwdrivers, and Pointed Brush Tips) are used for the purpose.
- Preventing Paint from Drying. To implement this Acrylic Painting Technique, you spray a light mist of water over the layer of Acrylic Paints on the Canvas.
- Creating Fluid in Acrylic Paint. This Acrylic Painting Technique involves adding water to the Acrylic Paints, just as you do with Watercolors. The Water-Acrylic Paint ratio depends upon the thickness and the requirement of the Glaze. Opaque Painting requires more paint and less of water, whereas the transparent Glaze needs more water.
- Using Squeegee. This Acrylic Painting Technique also helps in creating interesting designs. Pour some paint on the support and smear it on to the Canvas with the help of a Squeegee.
- Pouring Paint. This is an innovative Acrylic Painting Technique. In this, the required quantity of paint is poured directly on to the surface of the Canvas. The Canvas is then tilted to mix the paint. Here, blending takes place naturally.
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Impressionism
Impressionist art is a style in which the artist captures the image of an object as someone would see it if they just caught a glimpse of it. They paint the pictures with a lot of color and most of their pictures are outdoor scenes. Their pictures are very bright and vibrant. The artists like to capture their images without detail but with bold colors. Some of the greatest impressionist artists were Edouard Manet, Camille Pissaro, Edgar Degas, Alfred Sisley, Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot and Pierre Auguste Renoir.
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Symbolism in Art
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Symbolism: The representation of something in symbolic form or the attribution of symbolic meaning or character to something. Well, it is not so much a style of art, Symbolism was more an international ideological trend. Symbolists believed that art should apprehend more absolute truths which could only be accessed indirectly. Thus, they painted scenes from nature, human activities, and all other real world phenomena in a highly metaphorical and suggestive manner. They provided particular images or objects with esoteric attractions. There were several, rather dissimilar, groups of Symbolist painters and visual artists. Symbolism in painting had a large geographical reach, reaching several Russian artists, as well as American. The closest to Symbolism was Aestheticism. The Pre-Raphaelites, also, were contemporaris of the earlier Symbolists, and have much in common with them. Symbolism had a significant influence on Expressionism and Surrealism, two movements which descend directly from Symbolism proper. The work of some Symbolist visual artists directly impacted the curvilinear forms of the contemporary Art Nouveau movements in Europe and Les Nabis. by RussDonIvanClarDesJohn
Symbolism and Impressionism
Symbolism: the representation of something in symbolic form or the attribution of symbolic meaning or character to something
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Researches
Similes: A figure of speech in which two fundamentally unlike things are explicitly compared, usually in a phrase introduced by like or as.
Example: "Human speech is like a cracked cauldron on which we bang out tunes that make bears dance, when we want to move the stars to pity."(Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary)
Metaphors:A figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between two unlike things that actually have something in common.
Example: "The streets were a furnace, the sun an executioner."(Cynthia Ozick, "Rosa")
Personification: A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstraction is given human qualities or abilities.
Example : "The operation is over. On the table, the knife lies spent, on its side, the bloody meal smear-dried upon its flanks. The knife rests."(Richard Selzer, "The Knife")
Rhyme: Identity or close similarity of sound between accented syllables
Example : Yes, the zebra is fine.But I think it's a shame,Such a marvelous beastWith a cart that's so tame.The story would really be better to hearIf the driver I saw were a charioteer.A gold and blue chariot's something to meet, Rumbling like thunder down Mulberry Street!"(Dr. Seuss, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street)
Rhythm: In poetics, the recurring alternation of strong and weak elements in the flow of sound and silence in sentences or lines of verse.
Example: By the shore of Gitchie Gumee, By the shining Big-Sea-Water, At the doorway of his wigwam, In the pleasant Summer morning, Hiawatha stood and waited.
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Example: "Human speech is like a cracked cauldron on which we bang out tunes that make bears dance, when we want to move the stars to pity."(Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary)
Metaphors:A figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between two unlike things that actually have something in common.
Example: "The streets were a furnace, the sun an executioner."(Cynthia Ozick, "Rosa")
Personification: A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstraction is given human qualities or abilities.
Example : "The operation is over. On the table, the knife lies spent, on its side, the bloody meal smear-dried upon its flanks. The knife rests."(Richard Selzer, "The Knife")
Rhyme: Identity or close similarity of sound between accented syllables
Example : Yes, the zebra is fine.But I think it's a shame,Such a marvelous beastWith a cart that's so tame.The story would really be better to hearIf the driver I saw were a charioteer.A gold and blue chariot's something to meet, Rumbling like thunder down Mulberry Street!"(Dr. Seuss, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street)
Rhythm: In poetics, the recurring alternation of strong and weak elements in the flow of sound and silence in sentences or lines of verse.
Example: By the shore of Gitchie Gumee, By the shining Big-Sea-Water, At the doorway of his wigwam, In the pleasant Summer morning, Hiawatha stood and waited.
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Ivan's Poem
Mom, you've always been the best,
A better mom than all the rest.
I'm thankful for all the things you do,
I'm glad my mom is extra special like you.
You are a dependable source of comfort,
You're my cushion when I fall.
You help in times of trouble,
You support me whenever i call.
When I'm having trouble, you are there.
You are the one that knows it all.
That's why you are my mother,
A mother that I adore.
John's Poem
As warm as a fire
To fill my desire
To understand my tears
And calm all my fears
It is forever strong
And able to last long
Your labour of love towards me
Is as deep as the sea
This is a mother’s love
Which holds me high and above
To fill my desire
To understand my tears
And calm all my fears
It is forever strong
And able to last long
Your labour of love towards me
Is as deep as the sea
This is a mother’s love
Which holds me high and above
Desmond's poem
My mother is the place my love,
emerge from the Earth.
And happiness rings out like bells
In honour of my birth
My mother is the sun that lights
For life in my inner sky
So I may know that I am loved
And need not question why
Mother is the moon that shines
upon my black desires
So even when I weet, I know
that someone's always there
Whatever fail, or stress, or pain
Might them to anger more
I know that underneath the storm
I have, always, love
emerge from the Earth.
And happiness rings out like bells
In honour of my birth
My mother is the sun that lights
For life in my inner sky
So I may know that I am loved
And need not question why
Mother is the moon that shines
upon my black desires
So even when I weet, I know
that someone's always there
Whatever fail, or stress, or pain
Might them to anger more
I know that underneath the storm
I have, always, love
Clarence's Poem
My mother is wonderful in many ways
My admiration and respectfulness
Goes out to her always
She is supportive and has kindness
Her undying love is true and pure
But it will be cherished and have values
It is priceless and probably the cure
To the pain of my sorrows
She sacrificed and tolerated
But never once complained
She kept the troubles and waited
That one day it will go away
When I felt my world was as dark as night
She is the light that shines
When I’m lost
She leads the way
She’s a walking miracle
My pillar of strength
And that’s my mother
Sweet mother of mine
My admiration and respectfulness
Goes out to her always
She is supportive and has kindness
Her undying love is true and pure
But it will be cherished and have values
It is priceless and probably the cure
To the pain of my sorrows
She sacrificed and tolerated
But never once complained
She kept the troubles and waited
That one day it will go away
When I felt my world was as dark as night
She is the light that shines
When I’m lost
She leads the way
She’s a walking miracle
My pillar of strength
And that’s my mother
Sweet mother of mine
Don's Poem
You may have thought I did not see,
Or that I had not heard,
Things that you taught to me,
But I remember every single word.
Perhaps you thought I missed it all,
And that we would grow apart,
But Mum, I picked up everything,
It is written on my heart.
Without you, Mum, I would not be
The Don I am today
You built a strong foundation
That will stay there always.
Life is so tough
that without you, I would be stumbling
I've never thought about it
that you would be so loving
I've grown up with your values,
And I'm very glad I did
So here's to you, dear Mum
From your forever grateful kid.
Or that I had not heard,
Things that you taught to me,
But I remember every single word.
Perhaps you thought I missed it all,
And that we would grow apart,
But Mum, I picked up everything,
It is written on my heart.
Without you, Mum, I would not be
The Don I am today
You built a strong foundation
That will stay there always.
Life is so tough
that without you, I would be stumbling
I've never thought about it
that you would be so loving
I've grown up with your values,
And I'm very glad I did
So here's to you, dear Mum
From your forever grateful kid.
Russell's Poem
My mother
Like none other
She nourishes me
As you can see
Without her
I would falter
As she is the light
Which shines so bright
And without this light
I would be in such a plight
My heart would be darker than ebony
I would lose my sanity
As a knife would take the place
The empty space
Extinguishing my fire
Pulling me into a mire
My mother, the one I cannot live without
The one guiding me in my route
Like none other
She nourishes me
As you can see
Without her
I would falter
As she is the light
Which shines so bright
And without this light
I would be in such a plight
My heart would be darker than ebony
I would lose my sanity
As a knife would take the place
The empty space
Extinguishing my fire
Pulling me into a mire
My mother, the one I cannot live without
The one guiding me in my route
