[frostedmagnolias]

House of Worth Gown

c. 1880

silk, metal, glass

New Canaan Museum & Historical Society

[atlanticflyway]

A European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) perching cutely on a branch.

[moosiala-deactivated20250927]

[briggers-95]

I thought this bird looked nice, so I tried drawing it.

[mckitterick]

this photo is available as a print on the photographer's website: X

[mammalianmammals]

Bengal Tiger (Panthera t. tigris), family Felidae, walking amongst Black Storks and an Egret at the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, India

photograph by Punit Dhameja

[dragoncuspid]

American Crow on the fence by my house

Photo by me, taken on FujiFilm X-T30 II

[requiem-on-water]

Robert Wun (spring 2024) couture

[seabeck]

Sea waves and caves

[expressions-of-nature]

by Evgeny Smolsky

[pagewoman]

Oxfordshire

by Peter Barker

[modelsof-color]

Yar Aguer and Awar Akway by Paolo Roverse for D La Repubblica Magazine February 2024

[ketzalcoatl]

ketzal_coatl

[totalrecallvintage]

[stars-bean]

In a 2012 interview in New York Magazine, Mandy Patinkin said that his most famous line from The Princess Bride (1987) (“Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”) gets quoted back to him by at least two or three strangers every day of his life. Patinkin told the interviewer that he loves hearing the line and he also loves the general fact that he got to be in the movie, stating, “I’m frankly thrilled about it. I can’t believe that I got to be in The Wizard of Oz, you know what I mean?”  

The Princess Bride (1987) dir. Rob Reiner

[thecollectibles]

Mermay 2023 by Lavera Grace

[mermaidenmystic]

so great

[lionfloss]

Ray Palmer

[mun-sal-vache]

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories, illustrated by Alejandra Acosta

[gayvampyr]

i hate that every time i look for color studies and tips to improve my art and make it more dynamic and interesting all that comes up are rudimentary explanations of the color wheel that explain it to me like im in 1st grade and just now discovering my primary colors

[gayvampyr]

“red and green are opposites 🥰” cool now how do i paint a tree with pinks and blues without it looking like a child’s finger painting or incongruous blobs of rainbow vomit

[gayvampyr]

ok i can’t explain it very well but im looking for tips and techniques for rendering art like

with specifically the highlights and colors being hues that compliment each other, don’t distract from the scene, and make it more interesting/visually appealing

is it too much to ask

[moreclaypigeons]

gonna drop some sources I have saved on Pinterest! I don't know if these all link back to the original sources so apologies for that

cohesive but still contrasting

This kind of talks about color and composition

This is a bit about landscape specifically

Values & composition

Contrast in composition

Balance in colors & values

This one's more for palette building but I think it's useful and can be applied to the other ones

Cohesion within compositions/lighting

"Chromatic fringe" - I also see people using this with shading, they bring in a transition color that is a different hue than the base color or shadow, it makes it so that less vibrancy is lost and it doesn't get muddy!

This one specifically has a lot of process behind the style of painting you're looking for!

Also one of my favorite artists who makes bright and colorful art like this is Not Sorry Art on TikTok & YouTube, her website is here and it's<3 my fav. She has some videos where you can see her process

With the oranges painting you put as an example, I noticed they painted the lighter values more toward yellow - they also exaggerated the hues of the undertones of the photo, so I'm guessing they either did it in their head or bumped the saturation up to get a closer look! I really love these paintings you shared and I definitely share your desire to paint/draw like that :)