P 1 STRETCHING CANVAS ARTIST WINDMILL BLADES RECYCLING VAWT

Posted by admin on February 25th, 2010 and filed under artist canvas | 3 Comments »

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This is part one of the video. This process can be used to make large windmill blades out of stretched canvas or other materials.

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Serigraph Screen Printing Process by Kolibri Art Studio – JazzArtCollection.com

Posted by admin on February 22nd, 2010 and filed under artist prints | 1 Comment »

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Great prints require a great printer

Kolibri Art Studio is the internationally recognized printer for fine art serigraph reproductions and the winner of over 100 gold and silver medals in world-wide competitions. Kolibri Art Studio is the exclusive printer of JazzArtCollection (http://www.jazzartcollection.com).

WALDEMAR SWIERZY’S JAZZ ART COLLECTION

The publishers of JazzArtCollection proudly introduce the Limited Edition issue of a series of five Waldemar Swierzy fine arts prints originally designed as posters for the Jacksonville and All That Jazz Festival.

The series began in 1983 and brought the then little-known, but now famous artist to Jacksonville, Florida., at the height of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union; a time when travel between the US and nations behind the so-called Iron Curtain was difficult.

The original poster in the series, an impressionistic version of a trumpet player, brought both media attention and brisk sales, which continued until the series concluded in 1987. The series has been out of print for many years.

The new edition consists of serigraphs printed by Kolibri Art Studio, an international multi award-winning atelier noted for the extremely high quality of their product. The prints, measuring 32×41 are printed on neutral ph Coventry Rag fine art paper in as many as 14 colors. Five musical instruments are featured: trumpet, saxophone, trombone, guitar and drums. 350 prints is the press run limit for each of the five.

Mr. Swierzy has so far produced more than 1,500 posters and many have been tremendously popular. Throughout his career, he was particularly influenced by American jazz and jazz players and the Jacksonville series finds him at his very best.

Americas influence on Swierzy, whether it be motion pictures, Chicago gangsters, Las Vegas card sharks or, most notably jazz performers and their instruments, shine through in his art with sparkling energy and bubbling good humor.

For more information please visit http://www.JazzArtCollection.com

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Pastel & Oil Painting Techniques Shahastra Artist OjaiStyle

Posted by admin on February 16th, 2010 and filed under artist prints | 5 Comments »

Shahastra works in both pastels and oils to maximize her acute color sense and create wondrous, whimsical works of art in several mediums. Her subjects are intensified with heightened hues, light effects and energy. Shahastra’s landscape pieces achieve timeless beauty; her still-life works are infused with larger-than-life vitality; and her abstract pieces sing with color and spirit. Working with the many-faceted colors of gems, her exclusive sterling jewelry consists of glass-encased miniature art prints and collages alongside writings and etchings. Visit www.ojai-style.com to see her complete collection.

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P 2 STRETCHING CANVAS ARTIST WINDMILL BLADES RECYCLING KILZ

Posted by admin on February 10th, 2010 and filed under artist canvas | 18 Comments »

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This is part two of the video. This process can be used to make large windmill blades out of stretched canvas or other materials.

Duration : 0:9:0

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Biedermeier & Post-Impressionist Artists in Vienna : Vincent van Gogh’s Style

Posted by admin on December 22nd, 2009 and filed under impressionist artist | 1 Comment »

Vincent van Gogh painted in his own style that is now called post-impressionism. Learn about van Gogh’s work with tips from an art historian in this free fine art video.

Expert: Ilona Fekete
Bio: Ilona Fekete is an art historian who works at the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest.
Filmmaker: Paul Volniansky

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Atlanta Georgia Artist Corey Barksdale Mural Painting Folk Art & Jazz Art African American Art

Posted by admin on December 22nd, 2009 and filed under painting artist | 25 Comments »

Atlanta Georgia Artist Corey Barksdale large scale wall mural art.

Murals of sorts date to prehistoric times, such as the paintings on the Caves of Lascaux in southern France, and many ancient murals have survived in Egyptian tombs, and in Pompeii. The term became more famous with the Mexican “muralista” art movement (Diego Rivera, David Siqueiros, or José Orozco). There are many different styles and techniques. The best-known is probably fresco, which uses water soluble paints with a damp lime wash, a rapid use of the resulting mixture over a large surface, and often in parts (but with a sense of the whole). The colors lighten as they dry. The marouflage method has also been used for millennia.
Murals today are painted in a variety of ways, using oil or water based media. The styles can vary from abstract to trompe-l’œil (a French term for “fool” or “trick the eye”). Today, the beauty of a wall mural has become much more widely available with a technique whereby a painting or photographic image is transferred to poster paper which is then pasted to a wall surface to give the effect of either a hand-painted mural or realistic scene.

Mural at the American British Cowdray Hospital in México D.F. by Veronica Ruiz de Velasco in 1989.
Murals are important in that they bring art into the public sphere. Due to the size, cost, and work involved in creating a mural, muralists must often be commissioned by a sponsor. Often it is the local government or a business, but many murals have been paid for with grants of patronage. For artists, their work gets a wide audience that otherwise might not set foot in an art gallery. For the city, it gets beautified by a work of art. Murals exist where people live and work and affect their daily lives.
Murals can be a relatively effective tool of social emancipation or achieving a political goal. Murals have sometimes been created against the law or have been commissioned by local bars and coffeeshops. Often, the visual effects are an enticement to attract public attention to social issues.
World famous murals can be found in Mexico, New York, Philadelphia, Belfast, Derry, Los Angeles, Nicaragua, Cuba and in India. [1] and have functioned as an important means of communication for members of socially, ethnically and racially divided communities in times of conflict. They also proved to be an effective tool in establishing a dialogue and hence solving the cleavage in the long run. State-sponsored public art expressions, particularly murals, are often used by totalitarian regimes as a tool of mass-control and propaganda. However, despite the propagandist character of that works, some of them still have an artistic value.

Many people like to express their individuality by commissioning an artist to paint a mural in their home, this is not an activity exclusively for owners of large houses. A mural artist is only limited by the fee and therefore the time spent on the painting; dictating the level of detail; a simple mural can be added to the smallest of walls.
Private commissions can be for dining rooms, bathrooms, living rooms or, as is often the case- children’s bedrooms. A child’s room can be transformed into the ‘fantasy world’ of a forest or racing track, encouraging imaginative play and an awareness of art.

Southern art is a broad term that applies to art of, about, and from the American South. The Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans houses the largest single collection of Southern art. In 1992, the Morris Museum opened in Augusta, Georgia, with a focus on Mid-Twentieth Century American Southern art.

Southern art refers to the sum of the work of artists who have lived in the American South. The core of the American South consists of the eleven states that formed the Confederate States of America: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Beyond these eleven states, there is some dispute as to which of the following six states should also be included: Oklahoma, Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware. The city of Washington, D.C. is a special case. Though it was not part of the Confederate States of America, it is usually grouped as part of the American South.
Of these six “border” states, Delaware and Oklahoma probably have the weakest claim to be included in the American South. Though a slave-holding state until the end of the American Civil War, Delaware never seceded, and today is culturally closer to the urban Mid-Atlantic states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Oklahoma was a sparsely populated territory at the time of the Civil War, and though it contributed a regiment to the Confederate Army, it never was home to the kind of plantation life typical of the American South.
In 1975, Southern Arts Federation (SAF) was founded with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to support and promote arts and culture in the Southeast.

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How to Stretch Fine Art Canvas Painting Gallery Wrap

Posted by admin on December 13th, 2009 and filed under artist canvas | 25 Comments »

Learn how to stretch fine art canvas paintings with a gallery wrap. Instruction by master acryllic artist Ginger Cook with the IfTheyCanICan.com series of instructional videos.

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High Energy Time Lapse Oil Painting created

Posted by admin on December 6th, 2009 and filed under painting artist | 25 Comments »

Come inside the inner sanctum of a professional artist’s studio where a masterpiece seascape is created in rare Fine Art Techniques and shown in time lapse for you. Over 3 months work in 6 minutes.

Thrilling mad experience and some serious art on YouTube.

It is painted in 9 stages. Each of those stages has been carefully edited and made into an exciting DVD available at our website http://artbytv.com. By way of interest, artist Robert Bosler sometimes paints in over sixty stages, which is quite rare in today’s ‘fast food’ world. Thankfully, these techniques originating from the time of Titian will go on through time for many centuries to come.

Available also at the site are Premium Quality DVD products to help you obtain thrilling results for your own painting. Foremost of these is the Fine Art Techniques DVD, which gives you the tools you’ll need to create masterpiece paintings.

We hope you enjoy our time lapse film of this painting, and look forward to having you as satisfied painters through our products at artbytv.com.

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How to mount an artist canvas for painting without an easel.

Posted by admin on December 2nd, 2009 and filed under artist canvas | No Comments »

http://handygoddess.com Handy Goddess tips on how to mount an artist canvas upright to paint without using an artist easel and have the canvas stay secure so it wont move as you paint.

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