Joy Cowley Patiently Arranged Dandelion Works by Botanical Artist Duy Anh Nhan Duc All images via Duy Anh Nhan Duc Self-taught botanical artist Duy Anh Nhan Duc uses a steady hand to arrange dandelion blossoms in artful imitations of their flight through the air. His monochrome works are each reminiscent of a universal childhood urge to scatter a dandelion’s seedlings with a single blow, eager to watch the feathery pieces take flight in the wind. His solo exhibition, The Imaginary Herbarium, is currently on view at Galerie Bettina in Paris through February 15, 2017.
Robert Munsch | Author & Illustrator Andy Runton - Owly Owly Graphic Novels and Picture Books! Owly is a kind-hearted little owl who's always searching for new friends and adventure. Relying on a mixture of symbols and expressions,these animated and heartwarming tales are a perfect read for all ages! Owly's stories are told in illustrated books and graphic novels that are available from me, your local comic book store, book store, and even directly from Simon & Schuster! If you'd like signed copies of my books, you can see me at a comic convention or you can buy signed and personlized copies directly from me! Free Owly Comics! Below are all of the FREE Owly comics we've given away over the years. Bucket of Love! There's an accident in the forest but Owly, Wormy, Scampy, and Snaily figure out a way to make the best of it. Owly, Wormy, Scampy, and Snaily want to go outside and play… but things don't turn out quite the way they expected. Re-planting Friends (Free PDF) Heartstrings & Ribbons (Free PDF) Back in the Swing (Free PDF)
Understanding Camera Lenses Understanding camera lenses can help add more creative control to digital photography. Choosing the right lens for the task can become a complex trade-off between cost, size, weight, lens speed and image quality. This tutorial aims to improve understanding by providing an introductory overview of concepts relating to image quality, focal length, perspective, prime vs. zoom lenses and aperture or f-number. All but the simplest cameras contain lenses which are actually comprised of several "lens elements." Optical aberrations occur when points in the image do not translate back onto single points after passing through the lens — causing image blurring, reduced contrast or misalignment of colors (chromatic aberration). Original Image Any of the above problems is present to some degree with any lens. Note: For a more quantitative and technical discussion of the above topic, please see thetutorial on camera lens quality: MTF, resolution & contrast. ZOOM LENSES vs.
David Shannon | | Author & Illustrator Rick Riordan 5 DAY CREATIVE TEXTILE COURSE: FLAX PROCESSING, SPINNING, WEAVING AND NATURAL DYING « Selvedge Join textile artist Susie Gillespie and learn how to process, spin, weave and naturally dye linen. Susie will pick your flax from her orchard in August (2016) so it has time to dry. But don’t worry, she’ll talk you through the process of planting the seeds, rippling and retting the stems so they are ready to be spun. You’ll start by making preparations to the flax stems to prepare them for spinning, this will include revealing the flax fibres, removing the pith, combing them and finally winding them so you can tease off the fibre to produce the yarn. Once you have a hank of your own linen you can experiment with a range of natural dyes or keep the linen in its natural state. You can take the course at your own pace and we hope you’ll find time to enjoy the tradition of sitting together spinning and weaving linen. You’ll come away with your own linen cushion cover, or piece of artwork made from start to finish completely by you. 10-4, Sun-Thurs, 7-11 May 2017, 10-4, £775 per person
Bruce Coville | Author David Walliams Pioneering Painter Alma Thomas Is Making a Comeback 30 Years after Her Last Major Retrospective In 1972, at age 80, Alma Thomas was the first African-American woman to receive a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum. Interviewed that same year by The New York Times, the artist, who grew up in Columbus, Georgia, before settling in Washington, D.C., said: “One of the things we couldn’t do was go into museums, let alone think of hanging our pictures there. My, times have changed. Just look at me now.” Thomas, who achieved widespread recognition late in her lifetime for her colorful, exuberant abstract paintings, is once again in the spotlight after slipping from the mainstream art-historical canon following her death in 1978. The first graduate of Howard University’s fledgling art department in 1924, Thomas taught art for 35 years in a segregated junior high school in Washington, D.C., while always making her own work.
Jane Yolen | Author Kazu Kibutshi - Amulet Elin Thomas Makes Moldy Petri Dishes Look Cuddly Artist Elin Thomas makes moldy petri dishes look cute and cuddly. Using a combination of embroidery thread, crochet, and needle felting, she creates unique textile pieces. The fuzzy felt produces the effect of tiny hairs sprouting from the yarn spores. If something has mold on it, I’m usually grossed out.