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Radiolab Presents Symmetry. WriteDesign - Historical and Cultural Context - Drawing Prompt Index. Art education often takes advantage of established masters as sources of inspiration and models of technical skill. To that end this page links to selected "masters" so students may use the examples to expand their knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of art. Each artist link provides an opening representative image suitable for drawing by students. The color circle indicates level of drawing complexity ( - simple shapes; - more complex; - complex).

Historical and Cultural Context | Site Map | Rules of Thumb | Quotes | WordList | Co-Teachers - Doug and Melissa | Gallery | E-Mail Doug at mrdoug@aznet.net or Melissa at mmckinstry@sdja.com Click on the artist name, principles/elements, and movements to see more information. 3D Goldfish Painted in Layers of Resin. First: watch the video. Japanese artist Riusuke Fukahori paints three-dimensional goldfish using a complex process of poured resin.

The fish are painted meticulously, layer by layer, the sandwiched slices revealing slightly more about each creature, similar to the function of a 3D printer. I really enjoy the rich depth of the pieces and the optical illusion aspect, it’s such an odd process that results in something that’s both a painting and sculptural. Wonderful. Insanely Detailed Artwork Created in 10 Months! Imagine taking your 0.5 mechanical pencil and drawing on a large piece of white paper for 10 hours a day, seven days a week, over a course of 10 full months.

Think you'd give up after a few hours or maybe even a few days? Well, it's safe to say that most people would. Then again, most people aren't like Joe Fenton... Aptly titled Solitude, the personal project stands an astounding 5 ft high and 8 ft across. Fenton worked out all of the elements on a small scale first, then pieced his images together "like a jigsaw puzzle" by tracking his line drawings onto the final white paper. "It took courage to start it as I had never done anything that size before," he tells us. Inspired by the large scale work of pop surreal artist Todd Schorr, Fenton knew he could tackle this project. Solitude was born out of an idea to put together a large scale drawing of different religious references like a "Ganesh-like character, a grinning Buddha, or a faint crucifix adorning a rooftop in the far distance.

" Art. M.dornob. Pencil Sketches + Photography. 70+ Epic Steampunk Art. So Steampunk has been around for a while now, and I started to like it long before I knew it was a “thing”. You know how you see something and you like it but you don’t know what its called, or how to explain it? Yeah, That. That is how my love for Steampunk started to grow. I saw bits and pieces in video games and movies and finally in photography and art, realizing slowly that it is a thing. What is Steampunk? A very difficult question to answer since the whole genre is so broad and encompasses so many different things, technology, stories, themes, etc. Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction that typically features steam-powered machinery, especially in a setting inspired by industrialized Western civilization during the 19th century.

You can easily get lost in the world of Steampunk, as you can see, So lets do it! ERMAHGERD GEEKGASM! This watch is incredibly awesome, and you can actually buy them! BEAUTIFUL Steampunk Darth Vader Mask! Oh my knees. Super Epic Steampunk Cosplay!