Fun art stuff. Totally Random.
Year: 2005
Place: The Northern Italian Alps.
The Art: Pink bunny. 200 feet long. 20 feet high.
Title: "Hase" (Say "Hah-Za". German for "Hare")
Materials: Fabric and straw.
The Artists: "Gelitin", a group of artists from Vienna.
Is it still there?: Yes
Do the cows eat it?: Yes
PS: You can sit in it. Do you see the people in the bottom left hand corner?
Place: The Northern Italian Alps.
The Art: Pink bunny. 200 feet long. 20 feet high.
Title: "Hase" (Say "Hah-Za". German for "Hare")
Materials: Fabric and straw.
The Artists: "Gelitin", a group of artists from Vienna.
Is it still there?: Yes
Do the cows eat it?: Yes
PS: You can sit in it. Do you see the people in the bottom left hand corner?
Artist John Kenn makes marvelously creepy monster drawings on post-it notes!
Whoever made this fake deliciousness did an amazing job!
Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Self Portrait. 19 years old. England. Mid 19th century. He founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He led an artistic revolt against the artistic establishment. Seriously. It was a very big deal, and he was basically a kid. I adore his art, poetry and letters. It takes guts to turn the whole art world upside down. See his paintings in person at the Delaware Art Museum, or go to London and visit The Tate.
A beached whale in Paris along the river Seine?!?!
Nope. IT'S ART! A group of Belgian artists created this whale sculpture, including dead whale smell, to raise awareness of humans' impact on the environment.
This chicken posed for a picture. So I took it.
Today, I'm noticing parallel lines.
aaaggghhh!!! CLOWNS!! Oh wait. Those are paper mâché clown head rattles. AAAGGGHHH!!!! CLOWN HEADS ON STICKS!!!!!!!!
If I have to ride on a long road trip, there is a game I like to play. I keep my sketchbook open and draw the next thing I see. When I am done, I glance up. Whatever my eyes happens to land on is the subject of my next drawing.
Next to the bathrooms in the basement of the Visionary Arts Museum in Baltimore is a fart machine. Step right up and press the button!
Beautiful shadows from an 18th century chandelier.
AAAAAARRRGGHHHH!!!
That's a HUMAN EYE! Suren Manvelyan uses a macro lens to take as yet unseen images of YOUR CRAZY EYEBALL!! You HAVE to check out his website HERE. He also does animal eyes! Hope it doesn't freak you out too much!
That's a HUMAN EYE! Suren Manvelyan uses a macro lens to take as yet unseen images of YOUR CRAZY EYEBALL!! You HAVE to check out his website HERE. He also does animal eyes! Hope it doesn't freak you out too much!
I went to the library. I found these. I only liked about four ideas in each, but How-to drawing books are portable and very helpful.
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sculpted ivy....
Real ivy!! Art can capture the world around us.
This is my dog Taz. He is a German Boxer, 12 years old, pretty fat and slow, snores like an ocean liner, slobbers a lot and snuggles a lot. I have decorated him with silly stickers from my computer, because I love him.
Sad news :( my tazzy passed away in early 2014. he is sorely missed.
Sad news :( my tazzy passed away in early 2014. he is sorely missed.
A wonderful thing that art can do is help us deal with sad things. I felt very lonely and lost after my good friend Taz passed away. After a week of feeling helpless, I found the silliest photo of him that I have and made a painting of it. He really wore that pirate hat (for about 5 seconds!) Painting his portrait gave me something to DO with my feelings. This painting hangs in my hallway. It reminds me of what a character he was and how much I (still) love him.
GORGEOUS. At the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore (free admission). Part of the 19th century collection on the 4th floor. Carved from marble and glass smooth, she glitters like sugar.
AAAAAGGHHH!!!! Oh wait. Someone put Keira Knightley through the Picasso-inator! Picasso made major waves in the painting world when he started depicting people and objects in this fractured way (cubism). His paintings showed the multiple planes of a face or object all at once on the flat surface of the canvas. Let's be glad for Keira that in this case, life doesn't REALLY imitate art!
100,000 Toohpicks
& 35 years?
No Problem.
Want to try a fun and easy way to make unexpected, creative images?
You will need:
- Tin Foil
- Acrylic Paint (Michael's or Wal Mart: Small bottles for 50 cents in the craft aisle)
- A small and medium paintbrush
- A cup of water and paper
What to do:
- Put a random blob of paint, in a thin layer, on flat tin foil. Use one or more colors.
- Press painted foil onto paper and smooth out.
- Remove foil. Let the paper dry completely.
- Stare at the blob until you "see" a monster.
- Use paint and a thin brush to create the outlines and details of your monster. When acrylic dries, you can paint over it if you don't like it. Paint markers are great for detail too!
Little kid + grown up = awesome art
Click to see more inventive paintings by this dynamic duo!
SCIENTIFIC DRAWINGS ARE AWESOME!
Talk about variety! Great for visual research or just to admire. Check out all that detail!
Talk about variety! Great for visual research or just to admire. Check out all that detail!
Little surprises are everywhere
Need ideas? Type your subject matter (in this case, "bird") and the word "illustration" into a google image search.
Wow! So many pictures. It's like having a billion brains!
Wow! So many pictures. It's like having a billion brains!
guess what.
You don't need a lot of money to make art. I use postcards, computer paper and paper plates for palettes when I use acrylic paint. It actually works. Spend your money on brushes instead.
You don't need a lot of money to make art. I use postcards, computer paper and paper plates for palettes when I use acrylic paint. It actually works. Spend your money on brushes instead.
Hipstimatic Tin Type App.
I find it curious that the more technologically advanced we become, the more we crave the look and feel of decades and centuries, past. Ok, I love it. Took this on a trip to upstate New York. I want to paint it now.
I find it curious that the more technologically advanced we become, the more we crave the look and feel of decades and centuries, past. Ok, I love it. Took this on a trip to upstate New York. I want to paint it now.
BABY GROOT! what you are looking at is an open, hollow, vertical ceramic form with additive detail and surface texture. Sounds academic, right! They're some of the art vocabulary words you'll get to know during your big clay unit in 7th grade. As long as your piece meets that technical criteria, you can design what you like!
RED, YELLOW and BLUE. Primary colors. BAM!
DERP
One of the fastest ways to think and create like an artist while improving your skills is to use a sketchbook.
I carry a small one. You can get them almost anywhere. They're vital.
Get one. Use it.
I carry a small one. You can get them almost anywhere. They're vital.
Get one. Use it.
Crazy magical swan bus just outside the front door of The American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore.
💕 I love this bus. 💕
💕 I love this bus. 💕
AAAAAGGGHHHH!!!! This is one of a few shark props used in the movie JAWS! It's just sitting in a gravel parking lot on a side road in Ocean City.
Yes, I tried to climb in its mouth.
Yes, it was a bad idea.
Yes, I tried to climb in its mouth.
Yes, it was a bad idea.
flashing changing overlapping neon words at the smithsonian American art museum
I visited the B&O railroad museum today and noticed lots of RADIAL DESIGNS. These are patterns that radiate (think "rays") from a center point. There are so many things to SEE out there. I love being an artist.
Color, texture, light, shadow, surface detail. I find this beautiful. It's a section of rusted, decaying metal on the side of an old train. Like a Martian landscape! Open your eyes to the world around you.
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