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Tape, Pencil and Resin: The Art of Brooks Salzwedel

Tape, Pencil and Resin: The Art of Brooks Salzwedel
I’m very intrigued by Californian artist Brooks Salzwedel’s unique style and approach to these delicate works, that combine nature and rigid human-made structures. It’s nice to see work that brings in different non-digital materials to what we’re used to. Using a combination of Staedler Graphite pencils ranging from 6H to 9B, tape and ‘Awful toxic resin‘, Brooks creates images that look like relics of nature and other objects frozen in time. I also love the gloomy and almost real effect that’s created by having elements between semi-transparent layers. They are also reminiscent of some of the pictures of flattened leaves you’d get in school science books. ‘When working on a piece I ask myself what images I want as the focus or in the foreground then literally draw the images on the layer that coincides with the layer in depth. ⓒ Brooks Salzweder, 2010 ‘Right now I’m working on new pieces with the use of gel mediums.

50 Ultra Realistic Female Portrait Drawings Technology brings more and more talented artists to the surface, who create astonishing digitally manipulated images on every possible theme, illustrating everything that you could possibly imagine. But, we still have the “classics”, for whom the pencil and paper are the genuine and compulsory materials in creating works of art. And this is what we are going to present to you today. 50 outstanding portraits of women created by the technique of traditional drawing, without any digital manipulation. Some of them can easily trick the eye into believing that they are real photos of real people, that’s how beautiful and expressive they are. Keira Rihanna Keira as Guinevere Adriana Lima Avril Lavigne The Soulcatcher Alice Cullen Ingrid Bergman Bride Sensual Woman with a Hat Jolie From This Day Forward Miley Cyrus Halle Close-up Marilyn Monroe Phoenix My Dearest Big Sister Emmy Christine Hong Kong Singer Shiny Obsession Flower Girl – Purple Rose Britney Spears Just Smile Dreams Through Glass Keira Knightley Passion

Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba Satirical Art Drawings by Pawel Kuczynski Fun Pic, Pop Culture — By Dave on 2011/02/28 1:48 PM These beautiful works of art are from Polish artist Pawel Kuczynski. Pawel was born in 1976 in Szczecin. He graduated the Fine Arts Academy in Poznan with specialization in graphics. He is famous for his satirical illustrations that make you wonder about society, politics and all the biggies in life. Join Daily Picks and Flicks on Facebook You can order and buy his posters in high quality here. Via. NEW: Check out these wonderful map paintings. Tags: artist Pawel Kuczynski, artworks, Pawel Kuczynski art, Pawel Kuczynski satirical drawings, Paweł Kuczyński, picture gallery, pictures, Polish artist, politics, satirical art Pawel Kuczynski, society

Illustrations by Daniela Uhlig | Designerscouch #thecritiquenetwork work - ...::: BELLINNI :::... artwork by lawrence yang *UPDATE* - I've been working on a new site so haven't been keeping this up to date -- in the meantime if you'd like to see my latest work, please find me on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. And as always, you can email me with any questions! Thanks, Lawrence Prices for original work ranges from $200 to $1000. "Encounter" - ink and watercolor on paper - 20" x 16" - SOLD "Hydra" - sharpie on bristol- 24" x 17" - not for sale "Aqua Teen Triptych" - ink, watercolor and pastel on paper - each panel is 3" x 12" - SOLD "Tiny Space Ghost" - ink, watercolor and gouache on paper - 2" x 3" - SOLD "Tiny Space Ghost" - ink, watercolor and gouache on paper - 2" x 3" - $100 "Tiny Zorak" - ink, watercolor and gouache on paper - 2" x 3" - SOLD "Tiny Brak" - ink, watercolor and gouache on paper - 2" x 3" - SOLD "Rooster Tree" - ink, watercolor and gouache on paper - 9" x 12" - $450 "Walking" - ink and watercolor on paper - 11" x 9" - $450 "Purple Love" - ink, watercolor and gouache on paper - 5" x 6" - $250

25 Stunning Black and White Illustrations by Nanami Cowdroy 25 Stunning Black and White Illustrations by Nanami Cowdroy posted under Photography on Apr 20th, 2010 with 5 Comments 20 Apr 1 Share Her signature detailed style reflects a refined monochrome pallette with her name 'Nanami' (meaning 'Seven Seas' in Japanese ) stamped in red. Related You will love this Loading... 5 CommentsThoughts from the Community mirko said May 2nd, 2010hiii i like so much your pictures!! Dzinepress said Apr 28th, 2010amazing illustration work there in all listed art. SiteSyrup S. said Apr 23rd, 2010Brilliant, especially like the tube and the oriental lady. Shafraz Faiz said Apr 20th, 2010hi damian, very inspirational artist. i hope DC does an interview with the artist to know more about her and her style/process/techniques Ben Collison said Apr 20th, 2010FANTASTIC work Nanami, its just the kind of thing I've been looking for. Add your Comment Please Be Constructive & Insightful Advertisers Their support keeps us going Random Creatives From the Couch Thanks to our Sponsors

work - Featured Geek Artist: Coran "Kizer" Stone - This Art is Awesome! There are so many artists in the world that do such great work, we want to try and give exposure to as many of them as we can so we've starting a Featured Artist column that will focus on one artist, and a collection of their work. This week we featured two pieces of Geek Art from Deviant Art user Kizer180 also known as Coran "Kizer" Stone, and . These are just a couple of pieces from the artist awesome collection of work. I love this guys stuff, and I dig his style. I'm sure you will as well. I just wanted to share some more of my favorite pieces of his work with you, and get it all out there. I'm an artist that's been naturally extracting for some time now. Check out the artwork below and tell us what you think!

Carne Griffiths A different deck of cards A different deck of cards Nice cards by Felix Blommestijn, more on his blog. 1st of September 2010 Probably Related Soviet Mayan Playing Cards YouTube – Top 100 Videos of All Time Tribute Poster Shorpy – The 100-Year-Old Photo Blog Outside the Box Travel Status Back home since 54 days Currently in: Switzerland Oh dear, do you realise how old your browser is? The Amazing Illustrations Of Yuko Shimizu Looking at different artists is a great way to get inspired, but learning the process and the conceptualization behind the work gives you a better perspective of what went into the composition. As a designer I enjoy viewing and studying all types of artworks, from comic art and fine art, to digital art and graffiti, I’m influenced by all sorts of channels of art and design. This week I wanted to talk about an amazing Illustrator, her fantastic artworks and her unique style. Her name is Yuko Shimizu. Who is Yuko Shimizu? YUKO SHIMIZU is a freelance illustrator based in New York City and an illustration instructor at School of Visual Arts. It still took Yuko more than 10 years of office job before she figured out what she really wanted to do and to save just enough so she could go back to school full time for 4 more years. Most of her work is done by hand, she uses Japanese calligraphy brushes and India ink on watercolour paper. Q. Part 1 Part 2 About the author Blog

Salvador Dalí Illustrates Alice in Wonderland, 1969 By Maria Popova UPDATE: At long last, a restored modern edition of this lost treasure. Also: the best illustrations from 150 years of Alice in Wonderland Last week, we marveled at Leonard Weisgard’s stunning illustrations for the first color edition of Alice in Wonderland, circa 1949. Published by New York’s Maecenas Press-Random House in 1969 and distributed as their book of the month, the volume went on to become one of the most sought-after Dalí suites of all time. As you might expect, the book isn’t exactly easy to acquire — Amazon currently spots just a single copy, handsomely priced at $12,900, and there’s even a video tutorial on what to look for when you hunt for this treasure: But the collaboration brought together two of the most exceptional creators of Western culture, both ticklers or curiosity and architects of the imagination, and who can really put a price tag on that?

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