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12 MONTH PRINT SUBSCRIPTION. Description Beautiful Bizarre Magazine is the freshest contemporary art magazine for artists, enthusiasts, collectors and galleries.

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15 Creative Ads Inspired by Famous Paintings. Use your Imagination with Els Dirickx. Resin Art Lesson with Judy Waters. Bruce Riley’s albums. Open Culture. Adding Monsters to Thrift Store Paintings. Have you ever been to a thrift store (think Goodwill or Salvation Army) and noticed that they usually carry a small selection of landscape paintings?

Adding Monsters to Thrift Store Paintings

Artists Chris McMahon and Thryza Segal decided to inject a little fun into these discarded works and give them a second life by adding monsters to the scenic landscapes. The trick is to match the paint originally used (e.g., acrylic or oil) and try to blend the monsters into the original scene as if they were always there. Living Lines Library. Altered art questions? Find all the answers at altered-art.net. Women In Wonderland Photography By Kirsty Mitchell. Photos. These Photos Are Actually Pencil Perfect Drawings. At just 22 years old, Italian artist Diego Fazo has developed the skill to create photo-realistic drawings using a simple charcoal pencil.

These Photos Are Actually Pencil Perfect Drawings

His latest creation, pictured below, has drawn hundreds of positive comments on his Deviant Art profile. Don’t tell me you can tell the image below is a drawing and not a high-definition photograph, because I don’t buy it. In fact people were so skeptical this incredible piece of art was drawn by hand that young Diego Fazo had to put up some photos of the work in progress just to lay doubts to rest.

Shadow Art Sculptures by Diet Wiegman. Mar 24, 2013 Diet Wiegman is a Dutch artist that uses a combination of sculpture and light to create fascinating shadow art projected onto walls.

Shadow Art Sculptures by Diet Wiegman

Mona Lisa nail gun art. Amazing Paper Sculptures. Barcode Art by Scott Blake. Bio. Craig Tracy Body Painting Gallery - Behind the Scenes 2. Craig Tracy Body Painting Gallery - Behind the Scenes 1. Dalton Ghetti. The drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. Master Artist and Architect, and Inventor of 3D Sidewalk Art. El Anatsui: Shimmering display of the African sensibility. If you are already exposed to the astonishing wall hanging sculptures of El Anatsui, then you will need no further introduction of him.

El Anatsui: Shimmering display of the African sensibility

But if not, here is a brief introduction about this legendary Ghanaian sculptor who lives and works in Nigeria. Brahim El Anatsui was born in 1944 in Anayko, Ghana. After graduating from Nkrumah University of technology in Ghana, he moved to Nigeria in 1975 to take up a teaching job at Nsukka where he is lecturing at the University’s art institute on sculpture till today. Trained as a sculptor, earlier Anatsui worked with wood, found objects, iron, clay and paint. FineArtEbooks's channel. Photos. The encyclopedia of painting. Origami Masks and Tessellations by Joel Cooper. Paper artist Joel Cooper folds these astounding masks and tessellations from single pieces of paper.

Origami Masks and Tessellations by Joel Cooper

Remixed Masterpieces Highlight Devastation in Syria. After witnessing all of the violence happening in his homeland of Syria, artist Tammam Azzam decided he would use his artistic ability to make a statement.

Remixed Masterpieces Highlight Devastation in Syria

After living through the first seven months of the revolution, with his family, the artist escaped Damascus. Big Active - art direction, graphic design, creative consultancy and representation +44 (0)20 7739 5601. Homage to Titian, Michelangelo, Clovio, and Raphael. On a recent museum visit, Artsology saw this painting by the 16th Century painter Domenicos Theotocopoulos, who is better known as "El Greco" ("The Greek").

Homage to Titian, Michelangelo, Clovio, and Raphael

While he was born in Crete, El Greco later lived in Italy, followed by Spain. Albert (Tapper) Torney HOAX. This email was sent to me a few months ago.

Albert (Tapper) Torney HOAX

Recently I have been contacted (twice) by people suggesting this is a HOAX (see comments below). From my (limited) investigations, Albert Torney did exist, and did collect bottles and cans. Salt Painting by Motoi Yamamoto. If you keep on doing one thing, should have some reasons, maybe because one thing, one person or enthusiasm.

Salt Painting by Motoi Yamamoto

Japanese artist Yamamoto Motoi was born in Hiroshima, six years later in 1994, his younger sister died from complications due to brain cancer, Yamamoto use his way to memorialize - salt painting. I can't imagine the painful he undergo, but these sprawling salt painting looks like a best way to heal his sadness. They’re Alive: Carnival of the Animals. Presenting our 2011 Holiday Windows The BG Holiday Windows are a most welcome institution — they give a lot of pleasure to us while others do the hard work.

We have the easy part—we show up marvel and take pictures. David Hoey and the visual team have the hard part: planning, building, perfecting, and collecting antiques for more than two years. Well the work is over and the windows are here: The Carnival of the Animals have arrived. Each window features a specific material that depicts animals you’ll find from icebergs to the tropics—but rarely on Fifth Avenue. Art-e-zine Artist's Trading Cards. Skinny Fat Book. Insane 3D paintings by Shaka & Nosbe « Blog of Francesco Mugnai. Insane 3D paintings by Shaka & Nosbe on July 15, 2011 Share this:

WOW! Incredible ART!!! Yourstudio. 10am-6pm, 7 days a week, last entry 5:30pm Admission is free to all exhibitions. Duke of York's HQ King's Road London SW3 4RY More information... One of the world's top 5 museums on Facebook, on Twitter and on Google+ (Museum Analytics) Gallery Mess Restaurant, Bar & Cafe A to Z list of artists in Saatchi Gallery exhibitions: 25 Years of Exhibitions: Click to View shop online. Nobby Wheelbarrows and Shovels by Cal Lane. Beauty Is Embarrassing - Official Trailer 9/7. Arts & culture. Art&Photos. ART CONTEMPORAIN. Salvador Dali. Shows & Performance.

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