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My latest skull painting! Algow, 10x10 inches oil on panel. From the class I taught last winter.

oh man this is so good

Corey Alston, an American fifth generation sweetgrass weaver who owns Corey Alston Gullah Sweetgrass Baskets in Ladson, South Carolina, and a basket from his store.

“This art form, characterized by the use of sweetgrass, pine needles, bulrush, and palmetto, has been passed down through generations, with its roots tracing back to West Africa.”

#weaving #baskets

Miniature acrylic painting for a local library art show. My wife my spouse brought the canvas home and told me to make something so she could promote the show on social media 😅 and this is apparently the motivation I need to paint a piece and actually finish it

#acrylic #painting #kyoto japan

A PomPom boi

#pompompurin

jeza-red

This is a painting of Jacek Malczewski called simply ‘Death’ and it’s my favourite personification of death in any medium.

She’s not creepy or scary, or sexy, or abstract. She is this thick woman with worn hands, dressed as normal, with a non-stylised scythe and pins in her hair: like a farmer’s wife that just came form the field and rests against the wall, catching some sun. She is not creeping about the dying one holding her scythe over their head, she is just there, calmly waiting her turn.

This painting always fills me with peace and optimism when I think about death. She is just there, outside the window, in no hurry at all, sensible and down to earth. I can live with that.

the-paintrist

Jacek Malczewski (15 July 1854 – 8 October 1929) is one of the most revered painters of Poland, associated with the patriotic Young Poland movement following the century of Partitions. He is regarded as the father of Polish Symbolism. In his creative output, Malczewski combined the predominant style of his times, with historical motifs of Polish martyrdom, the Romantic ideals of independence, Christian and Greek traditions, folk mythology, as well as his love of the natural environment.

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Be gay, trans, and alive

littlestpersimmon

southeast asia

rajieeeee

some explorations of traditional garments/costume designs of different cultures and looking forward to exploring more.

emptyjunior

not to be art snob guy but everyone knows that the Mona Lisa isn't the most valuable painting in the world cause he painted the woman so "beautiful" right. Like I just saw someone compare another painting (that was good!) but go this one should be celebrated as much as the Mona Lisa, look how beautiful it is- okay you know that's not why tho right.

Da Vinci stepped into a realm of anatomy and technique that no-one had ever done before. He Mastered light in a time where they were just painting the background and the subject the exact same focus.

What we understand about aperture, perspective, the human eye- Da Vinci was utilising before the scientific community even knew what a retina did. Do you understand how Crazy that is.

He invented a 3D stereoscopic picture in the 1500s. It would take two more centuries before physicists even arrived at the concept of stereography.

Do you understand how much math that is. A lot of fucking math man.

And I'm not even talking about colour or texture rn!!! He did it so we can't see the brushstrokes! It would require x-rays to view the work he did.

I just know sometimes people go oh why's this painting so special- it's very important to me that you know that the Mona Lisa was like an Atomic Bomb on the Renaissance art community. Almost EVERY piece of art you view today you could track it's influence back to what da Vinci did.

Like other art deserves its time in the spotlight, of course, but you know we didn't all gather around one day and go this lady is the prettiest this painting shall now be the Best. It's the most valuable painting in the world because..,. Well because it's the most valuable painting in the world.

littlestpersimmon

This is how I do the crayon textures on my drawings- important to spot if its too fast- lay down flat, textureless colors slightly less saturated than what you'd normally choose. Then, on another layer, start coloring over the flat colors with textured brushes (with darker, more saturated colors ofc. Or lighter. Whatever effect you like better;). I use a flat graphite brush from true grit texture supply!

krowfaced

People seem to like my hands, so, here’s my first "tutorial", tackling my approach on how to draw and construct hands! I hope to do more of these, and that next one will dive into hand gestures and applying it with this structure.

Hope you find this helpful! :D

#tutorial #hands

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sartorialadventure

Laetitia Ky is an Ivorian feminist artist who creates elaborate sculptures using her own hair, wire, and thread to convey powerful messages about feminism, body positivity, Black beauty, and African heritage. Her intricate hair art, which can take the form of animals, objects, or abstract shapes, is influenced by traditional African hairstyles and serves as a platform for her activism and advocacy for women's rights.

#art history

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alexaloraetheris

And all of that freehanded wow!

#painting #acrylic marker

Send me drawing requests

I'm trying to get over my perfectionist tendencies and draw/paint/etc more frequently. It feels nice to make art for other people, so if you send me requests in an ask I will make it.

#art block #drawing