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1000 journals - Journals. Watercolour - Page 1. Big Doodle. Big sharpie doodle!

Big Doodle

Still life: Bent objects. UPDATE: The Return of Bent Objects Wires transform these objects from inanimate to hilarious works of art.

Still life: Bent objects

Little polish girl McDonalds as Sculpture Materials. Soap Making Recipes and Tutorials. 106 of the most beloved Street Art Photos – Year 2010. More info.

106 of the most beloved Street Art Photos – Year 2010

More info. More Banksy on Street Art Utopia. Tugboat Printshop: Woodblock Cuts and Prints. Tugboat Printshop is the home woodblock print studio of artists Paul Roden and Valerie Lueth.

Tugboat Printshop: Woodblock Cuts and Prints

DEAR BLANK, PLEASE BLANK - Pìcame – Visual arts smugglers. Un progetto ironico e geniale di Jared Wunsch e Hans Johnson.

DEAR BLANK, PLEASE BLANK - Pìcame – Visual arts smugglers.

Le stampe si possono acquistare online ma la cosa più divertente è inviare le proprie submission e vedersele pubblicate sul sito. Altri esempi dentro al post. UPDATE: si può scaricare gratis l’app per iPhone da qui. 30 Funny Illustrations about Simple Truths of Life. While surfing Internet the I came across the blog of Alex Noriega an illustrator from Barcelona, he has some interesting life lessons that our parents and teachers may have forgotten to tell us and he presented them in the form of some really funny illustrations.

30 Funny Illustrations about Simple Truths of Life

DIY Doily Lamp. Drawing Hands. This short tutorial is a just a small taste of a larger and much more in-depth book I wrote called The Mad Art of Caricature!

Drawing Hands

The book is 175 full-color pages, lavishly illustrated and contains greatly expanded explanations of the concepts presented in this tutorials, as well and a great deal of additional material on caricaturing other facial features, posture, hands, expression and more, techniques on drawing from live models, doing caricature for freelance illustration and for MAD Magazine. This is a must have book for anyone interested in caricature, cartooning or humorous illustration. You can order it online here.

How to Draw Hands Easily the most asked question I get is “how do you draw caricatures?”. Next to faces, hands are probably the most expressive and intricate part of the human form. I’m a cartoonist at heart, so the hands I draw are not realistic hands by most definitions. Breaking Down Hand Structure. Crafty. Most favorited all-time. Figurative Paintings & Drawings by James Bertucci. James Bertucci (Artist)Modern Figurative Painting About the Artist James Bertucci, 21, is a fine artist and sculptor.

Figurative Paintings & Drawings by James Bertucci

Bertucci at an early age began studying under John Tylk, who taught him the foundation skills in both drawing and painting. James has won national awards from 2004-2008 in the National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards and his senior year (2008) was selected as 1 of top 5 senior art portfolios in the nation. Bertucci’s work has been exhibited in New York, Washington D.C., Chicago and Laguna Beach.

James is currently studying at the Laguna College of Art & Design where he will complete his BFA in the Spring 2012. Artist’s Website & BlogArtist’s WebsiteArtist’s Blog Article by James Day Art of Day is maintained by dedicated NetSys Interactive Inc. owners & employees who generously contribute their time to maintenance & editing, web design, custom programming, & website hosting for Art of Day.

Drawing Tutorial: Male. Hot or Cool? Color-Changing Chameleon Tiles. Andrea Joseph. (Weekly Story Theme: Romance) There is no other love like an illustrator’s hand and its pen.

Andrea Joseph

These two spend hours together everyday, inseparable, and when they are not together, the hand years for the cool grip of its beautiful slender pen. 15 creative and nerdy wedding invitations « blah blah blah… <——– To keep updated with my blog, take a minute and like me on Facebook!

15 creative and nerdy wedding invitations « blah blah blah…

Thanks for the support, Stumblers! :) Ah, I love these! They make me want to get married just so I can have a super creative invitation. I think my favorite is either the record or the movie tickets or the…. See all the awesome invitations after the jump! Digi-Color. 10 Ways to Take Stunning Portraits. How do you take Portraits that have the ‘Wow’ factor? Today and tomorrow I want to talk about taking Portraits that are a little out of the box. You see it’s all very well and good to have a portrait that follows all the rules – but it hit me as I was surfing on Flickr today that often the most striking portraits are those that break all the rules.

I want to look at some ways to break out of the mold and take striking portraits by breaking (or at least bending) the rules and adding a little randomness into your portrait photography. I’ll share ten of these tips today and a further ten tomorrow (update: you can see the 2nd part here). 1. Most portraits are taken with the camera at (or around) the eye level of the subject. Get up high and shoot down on your subject or get as close to the ground as you can and shoot up. 2. It is amazing how much the direction of your subject’s eyes can impact an image. A. B. 3. 4. Using techniques like slow synch flash can create an impressive wow factor. 5.

Art Department Photography 2010 - Thumbnail View. How-To: Carve astounding art-pumpkins. Wire & Paper.