New Ethereal Watercolor and Black Ink Cats That Fade into the Canvas by Endre Penovác We continue to be awed by Serbian artist Endre Penovác's ability to somehow control the unforgiving nature of water on paper to produce ghostly paintings of felines. As the mixture of water and black ink bleeds in every direction it appears to perfectly mimic the cat’s fur. In his newest pieces Penovác introduces elements of color and negative space to add a slightly new dimension. You can see more of his recent work on Facebook and Saatchi Art.
271 Years Before Pantone, an Artist Mixed and Described Every Color Imaginable in an 800-Page Book In 1692 an artist known only as “A. Boogert” sat down to write a book in Dutch about mixing watercolors. Not only would he begin the book with a bit about the use of color in painting, but would go on to explain how to create certain hues and change the tone by adding one, two, or three parts of water. The premise sounds simple enough, but the final product is almost unfathomable in its detail and scope. Spanning nearly 800 completely handwritten (and painted) pages, Traité des couleurs servant à la peinture à l’eau, was probably the most comprehensive guide to paint and color of its time. It’s hard not to compare the hundreds of pages of color to its contemporary equivalent, the Pantone Color Guide, which wouldn’t be published for the first time until 1963. The entire book is viewable in high resolution here, and you can read a description of it here (it appears E-Corpus might have crashed for the moment).
9 of the Best Websites to Teach You Art Skills by Johnny Webber 1. pencilkings.com — Video courses to teach you drawing, painting, and digital art. 2. ctrlpaint.com — A free learning resource dedicated to the basics of digital painting. 3. exposureguide.com — Photography news, tips, and tutorials. 4. cambridgeincolour.com — A learning community for photographers. 5. khanacademy.org — Learn art history basics from cave paintings to contemporary art and everything in between. 6. googleartproject.com — Collections of famous artworks. 7. photography.bastardsbook.com — An open source guide to working with light. 8. artgraphica.net — Learn to sketch, draw, and paint with free lessons. 9. enliighten.com — Learn digital painting using Photoshop. 10. drawspace.com — Online drawing lessons and tutorials. Check out favoriteandforget.com for more of my favorite websites.
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