Surrealism. - StumbleUpon. Freekhand. Urban Sketchers. Massive Art Nouveau-Inspired Mural in Montreal. For 16 days straight, from dawn to dusk, five highly determined Montreal-based artists (who make up the artist run collective A'shop) worked on a graffiti mural of a Mother Nature-esque Madonna or a modern-day version of "Our Lady of Grace.
" Inspired by Czech Art Nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha, the crew created this breathtakingly beautiful five story mural using 500 cans of spray paint in over 50 different colors. “We been doing graffiti for a long time but this is our first large project involving the whole team,” Fluke of A'shop told The Montreal Gazette. “We’re always busy with other projects so we’ve never really had time to let [the reactions to] them sink in. But this mural was just so big and also our last of the season. It was challenge, took us out of our comfort zone.
The city gave the group complete control of the project and, luckily, the public ended up loving it. Fluke said that he hopes this project will encourage other city boroughs to consider murals of their own. Maybe drawings, maybe bad art. Guerrilla Art: The Provocative World of Banksy. Banksy is the nom de guerre of a prolific English graffiti artist, political activist, director and painter whose true identity has remained unknown, despite his very public career.
His stencil technique street art can be seen the world-over, making social and political commentary in satirical and sardonic ways. He also created the groundbreaking 2010 documentary, Exit Through the Gift Shop. From the absurd to the provocative to the acerbic, Banksy’s art has been witnessed across the globe: Banksy began his career in the Bristol graffiti scene in the early 90s,as a hybrid stencil/freehand graffiti artist. By the turn of the century, he had moved completely to stencils as a way to create more intricate pieces in the quickest way possible to avoid detection. FUCK YEAH MOLESKINES. Female portrait in markers and ink.
For more sketches and illustrations visit my blog belowTumblr Coloured pencil on walercolour moleskine Air Jordan 3 Cement “True Blue” Horse in the Blue Afternoon - On the Cutting Edge Exhibition. Title Horse in the Blue Afternoon Artist Tadashi Nakayama Year 1991 Process Multi-colored woodblock Size 59x92cm.
500 Years Of Female Portraits In Western Art. Sistine Chapel. Art History Poster. How awesome is this poster!
It’s a pretty thorough art history cheat sheet. My favorite line is “Duchamp owns everything.” 424121842_202362_alphonse-mucha.jpg (640×345) Authorised Graffiti Area. Picasso Drawing With Light. June 22nd, 2009 In 1949, LIFE photographer Gjon Mili visited Picasso in Vallauris, France.
He showed Pablo some photographs of ice skaters with tiny lights affixed to their skates jumping in the dark. Picasso was immediately inspired, these photos were the result. You can see more of these in this LIFE gallery. 70 Photos That Will Take Your Breath Away. We here at DPShots believe that the easiest way to learn photography is to learn it by example.
Every now and then we come up with some amazing photography examples that take your breath away. This post is no different. We have collected some of the most amazing, most awesome and THE most beautiful photography we could ever get our hands on. This post will help a lot of budding photographers to see where they are headed. It shows what is possible with Photography and a bit of creative thinking.
From wildlife to magic to a guy sleeping on the back of a buffalo, this post has photographs for all kinds of photographers to take inspiration from. We have collected over 70 majestic photographs that are simply to good to miss. We hope you like this post and endless others that you will get to checkout in future if you are subscribed to our RSS. The Fearless Cat Dael. Banksy - Guerilla art wrapped in mystery and controversy [35 pics.
Banksy Truck Photo credit: Banksy Banksy, an anonymous England based graffiti artist, political activist, film director and painter, is probably the most popular, yet most mysterious, urban street artist in the world.
He has become an internationally known as a subversive graffiti artist – yet manages to maintain a secret identity. However, many newspapers assert that his real name is Robert or Robin Banks. He is a counter-cultural prankster, but has art in major cosmopolitan galleries around the globe. He has dozens of celebrity collectors including Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Christina Aguilera. Hint: Use “J” and “K” keys (after the page finish loading) to navigate from picture to picture. 20 awesome examples of street art. If you still need a proof that art can be found anywhere, those awesome examples of great street art should convince you.
Jackson Pollock by Miltos Manetas, original design by Stamen, press any key to s.