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Marion Bolognesi Watercolor Faces | TrendLand: Fashion Blog & Trend Magazine
Brooklyn based designer and painter Marion Bolognesi Watercolor Faces painting are beautiful. She’s hoping to capture the emotion and beauty of her subjects without hindering the natural fluidity of her medium.
Watercolors by Grzegorz Wróbel | LivingDesign
This is awe-inspiring watercolor artwork by Grzegorz Wróbel. An architect by profession, Grzegorz Wróbel was born in 1983 and started painting with watercolors at the age of 12. During my studies at the Warsaw University of Technology, Poland, I learnt a lot about watercolors. Although the faculty of Architecture at this university has a strong tradition in drawings and watercolors, but most of my skills are gained from my own study and personal interest in this medium, and from friends who also work with watercolors. In summer time I usually draw from life. I think this is the best way to learn something new and to achieve better skills.
As an outgrowth of photorealism, hyperrealism is a relatively new school of painting that creates the illusion that you're actually looking at a photo. With new technology in cameras and digital equipment, artists have been able to be far more precision-oriented. While photorealist painters tend to imitate photographic images and will consciously omit details, the hyperreal painter is more literal, incorporating photographic limitations such as depth of field, perspective and focus. Because hyperreal art creates a false reality, it requires a high level of skill. I've put together some of the most amazing hyperreal paintings that will make you question whether you're actually looking at a painting or a photograph. If the artist has done his or her job well, you'll stand back in awe at their work.
21 Mind-Blowing Hyperreal Paintings - My Modern Metropolis
Anamorphic Art by István Orosz (19 images)
István Orosz was born in 1951 and after training as a graphic designer, he first gained recognition as a stage designer and for his work in animated film as animator and director. His posters and graphic art have featured in countless international design exhibitions, and he is well-known as a printmaker and illustrator too. He is perhaps best known for his renewal of the technique of anamorphosis. Anamorphosis is an art of distorted projection or perspective requiring the viewer to use special devices or occupy a specific vantage point to reconstitute the image. The art of Anamorphosis was invented in China and brought to Italy in the 16th century, about the time Renaissance artists like Leonardo da Vinci were mastering 3-D and discovering slant anamorphosis.
Pedro Campos | Photorealist Painter | bumbumbum
Excellent workmanship, technically stunning….but as art, it is unfathomable that someone would go to the trouble of painting something in such a realistic manner when you could snap a pic’ in less than a second. Mind boggling. I would say he is trying to escape reality, but… I dont understand why people became so lazy about art… sure you could take a picutre, but some of the most amazing, talented, inspiring people in history painted what is “essentialy” a photograph.. it is a skill that has escaped us and left is with cheap 21st century post mod art that makes me want to vomit. Theirs essentialy no difference between art and design now, the talent and years of practice needed to achieve perfection have been replaced with blobs of paint on a canvas.. its depressing. Just because we find a quick and easy way to do something doesnt mean its the best or only way.. infact technology constantly causes people to unlearn valuable skills because the technology can do it for them… sad.
So I am many things in this world, but an artist is not one of them. However, David Jablow is just that, and an impressive one no less. His Flickr stream is hands down one of the most impressive I’ve ever seen. He’s taken a 1950′s style Peggy Sue magazine model and put different worlds around her using a single template. The creativity and artistic detail are spectacular. You should definitely go check out his Flickr stream, but here are some you’ll find there.
Do It Yourself Doodler | David Jablow | Digital Bus Stop
Posted on 25 April 2010 Istvan Orosz is graphic designer and his work is recognized in some on animated films as animator and also a director in a few. This kind of art is called anamorphosis, it was invented in China.
