Philippe Bouchet (Manchu)

Philippe Bouchet is a French Illustrator and concept artist signed his work "Manchu". He has a new book called Manchu of starships because Delcourt/SerieB be published soon. I'm not sure whether he is be accessible easily in the United States

Bouchet works in acrylic on heavy paper in a fairly large scale (20 x 25 cm or 50 x 65 cm).I know little about him otherwise; his blog is in French but has a number of other images, including sketches, storyboards and even walk-in sequences.

Concept Ships-blog has published a nice set of large images from the new book.

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News: Color of the medication affects efficiency

According to recent research the color, shape, taste and even name of a tablet or pill can have an effect on how patients feel about their medication. Choose an appropriate combination and the placebo effect gives the pill a boost, improves outcomes and might even reduce side effects. Now, researchers at the University of Bombay, New Mumbai, India, have surveyed users of over-the-counter (OTC) medication to find out just how much the color of a tablet influences patient choice.

Writing in the International Journal of Biotechnology, R.K. Srivastava and colleagues report that red and pink tablets are preferred over other colors. Their survey of 600 people showed that for three quarters of people the color and shape of their tablets act as a memory tag for compliance. Strangely, they found that 14 percent of people think of pink tablets as tasting sweeter than red tablets whereas a yellow tablet is perceived as salty irrespective of its actual ingredients. 11% thought of white or blue tablets as tasting bitter and 10% said orange-colored tablets were sour.

Twice as many middle-aged people preferred red tablets as younger adults and more women chose red tablets as were chosen by men. Color seems to be integral component of an OTC product, the team says.

Patients may trust their doctor or pharmacist, but this does not mean they will take the bitterest pill. "Patients undergo a sensory experience every time they self-administer a drug, whether it's swallowing a tablet or capsule, chewing a tablet, swallowing a liquid, or applying a cream or ointment," the team says. "The ritual involving perceptions can powerfully affect a patient's view of treatment effectiveness." The researchers suggest that it might be possible to ensure that all the sensory elements of given medication work together to create positive perceptions that complement the medical attributes. They point out, however, that surprisingly little attention has been paid to this aspect of pharmaceutical formulation.

The research has implications for marketing OTC medication to different age groups and to men and women. However, given that compliance in taking medication strongly depends on the patient's perception of that medication the study could also have important connotations for improving effects. If patients are disinclined to take a tablet they consider bitter or sour or because they simply do not like the color, then a change of aesthetics might be needed. The same research might apply equally to prescription medicines.

Even color lovers have a preference of "pill" colors... Browse the Color Library to see what colors are more prevalent than others.

http://www.colourlovers.com/David Sommers has been loving color as COLOURlovers' Blog Editor-in-Chief for the past two years. When he's not neck deep in a rainbow he's loving other things with The Post Family (http://thepostfamily.com/), a Chicago-based art blog, artist collective & gallery.

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Interior design trends: Gray and white

http://www.colourlovers.com/Olan is the founder and owner of Ofifteen, a design consultancy located in New Jersey. Married and proud mother of three, olan manages to keep both your family and your customers happy. Centenary College graduated in 2001 with a BFA in interior design and really loves what does.

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Code Hunters

Code Hunters is a 2006 CGI animated short film, Director: Ben Hibon, which directed the animated sequence in the current Harry Potter and the Deathly of death movie.

Working with stateless films and Flash link, Hibon worked to the CGI graphics graphic look and closer to 2-D drawing as the most CGI make, and the film has a nice mix of anime style and more rendered images.

The story of how it is contains a type of dystopian setting and not lick of sense make as far as I see that music.you is an explanation of the kind here but it is too boring for words.

The page on CGSociety is interesting, where there is a discussion of the film, which was originally made for a pro MTV Asia TV show called screen and meant a Prolog be for a longer work never developed.

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[Note: you might link to a site for the film at "codehunters.tv".Bewusst, that Google the website infected as potentially with malware listed.]

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How long does it take to look at a painting? (James Elkins)

James Elkins is E.C. Chadbourne Chair in the Department of art history, theory and criticism of the school of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the author of several books, including why art cannot be taught: A Handbook for art students and it stares back: on the nature of seeing.

Elkins has a special fascination as we things from paintings to everyday objects betrachtet.Seine new series to the topic for the Huffington Post opened with How to look at a Mondrian.

The second column in the series is How long does it take to look at a painting?, where he time keeps individuals dedicated to look at a painting from the superficial (the Louvre reports that people look at the Mona Lisa for an average of 15 seconds), the type of advanced interaction with a painting takes place in their lifetime.

It focuses in particular on a beautiful small 15th century devotional painting, Lacrime Madonna of Dieric bouts.

(His description of painting, especially dealing with the eyes caused me to think of another painting, very different in some ways similar to as in others, by Rogier van der Weyden.)

Elkins invites comments on the post (login required) from readers who have had experiences with long periods of time look at a painting, expenditure throughout the work lost or to it repeatedly.

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Edward Gorey book covers

I found if I little in the way of a dedicated AutoUpdate of his work there a post on Edward Gorey who wrote although sources for his illustrations on the Web, are scattered, last year.

This has to some extent treated were courtesy of a wonderful flicker fixed Marci and Deth of Edward Gorey Book Covers of books that you have collected.

There are 69 covers, cover (if you'll excuse the expression) plays a number of topics, from John Bellairs stories to Shakespeare HG Wells war of the worlds (I randomly with a copy of the latter, interior illustrations of Gorey and have).

It is a large collection, presented with large versions of the images in most cases, of Gorey's wonderfully idiosyncratic figure and in many cases typography selected (or hand-drawn) of Gorey and.

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Jan Gossart (Mabuse)

Jan Gossart was a Dutch artist active in the early 16th century. It is often known by several other name variations: Jennyn van Hennegouwe, Jan Gossaert, Jan Mabuse (a name which he by his birthplace in Maubeuge, now a part of France applied) or simply "Mabuse".

Although strongly influenced by his predecessor, Jan Van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden, Gossart was a key figure in the integration of Italian painting techniques and mythological subject in Flemish art.

He was one of the most experienced and innovative artists of the Northern Renaissance. He was found intimate portraits in particular his playful, illusionistic uses of outer space, obviously in his religious tableaux and in its striking.

The Metropolitan Museum of art in New York, together with the National Gallery, London, the first major exhibition of Gossart's work in nearly 50 years, has organized man myth and sensual pleasures: Jan Gossart's Renaissance.It is a gallery of images from the exhibition here.

You can see a video on the met's page of the exhibition in the in the restore of one of Gossart's portraits (image up, down go) to discuss his techniques for creating spatial depth and his use of restricted create color ranges in strikingly realistic textures.

Gossart is also known for his drawings, of which there are several in the exhibition, created its effective use of two colors of brown reddish-brown ink in the same image in chalk, pen, brush and various Brown Tinten.besonders interesting if the exhibition is get you to see.

Man myth and sensual pleasures: Jan Gossart's Renaissance to the Metropolitan Museum of art in New York until January 17, 2011 and will be on display at the National Gallery, London from 23 February to 30 may, 2011.

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The art of currency

United States his paper currency in new designs again, which remain free from Visual interest, most of the removed, what was good about the old engravings and make our dead even dead Presidents, other countries around the world enjoy beautiful, colourful designs on your currency.

In addition features paper money from many countries, poets, artists, scientists, explorers and writers instead of just political figures; not to mention turtles, Tikis and tropical forests.

Psdtuts +, a tips and tutorials site aimed at Photoshop user, has put together a few interesting examples of colorful and artistically interesting paper money from around the world in an article titled the type of currency: unique information around the world.

It's art can fold and in your pocket.

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Color masters: Gene Davis's rhythmic color

Check out the Color Barcode Multiblend Generator (see examples here), which creates Davis-like veticle stripe multiblends from up to 99 different palettes from the COLOURlovers library. The generator was created by COLOURlover sero*.

Gene Davis was a member of the group of abstract painters in Washington DC during the 1960s known as the Washington Color School. The Washington group artist were among the most prominent of the mid-century color field painters.

Though he worked in a variety of media and styles, including ink, oil, acrylic, video, and collage, Davis is best known by far for his acrylic paintings (mostly on canvas) of colorful vertical stripes, which he began to paint in 1958. The paintings typically repeat particular colors to create a sense of rhythm and repetition with variations. One of the best-known of his paintings, "Black Grey Beat" (1964), owned by the Smithsonian American Art Museum reinforces these musical comparisons in its title. The pairs of alternating black and grey stripes are repeated across the canvas, and recognizable even as other colors are substituted for black and grey, and returned to even as the repetition of dark and light pairs is here and there broken by sharply contrasting colors.

Davis worked during the heyday of the 1960s Color Field, Washington Color School and Minimalist movements, yet his work provides a different kind of visual experience. Davis uses stripes as events. The intervals between the variously colored stripes incorporate both space and time. Color plays a key role as it adds a sometimes jazzy or syncopated rhythm in some works and a more restrained and diffused tempo in others. The exhibition’s co-curators, Jean Lawlor Cohen and Andrea Pollan, examine the inherent and varied musicality in the works through a focused presentation of works from 1960 to 1985. (Kreeger Museum)

In 1972 Davis created Franklin's Footpath, which was at the time the world's largest artwork, by painting colorful stripes on the street in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He also created the world's largest painting, Niagara (43,680 square feet), in a parking lot in Lewiston, NY. His "micro-paintings", at the other extreme, were as small as 3/8 of an inch square. For a public work in a different medium altogether, he designed the color patterns of the "Solar Wall," a set of tubes filled with dyed water and backlit by fluorescent lights, at the Muscarelle Museum of Art at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Street in downtown Washington, D.C. painted in Davis' style
Davis began teaching in 1966 at the Corcoran School of Art, where he became a permanent member of the faculty. His works are in the collections of, among others, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC, Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

 Text adapted from Wikipedia.

http://www.colourlovers.com/David Sommers has been loving color as COLOURlovers' Blog Editor-in-Chief for the past two years. When he's not neck deep in a rainbow he's loving other things with The Post Family (http://thepostfamily.com/), a Chicago-based art blog, artist collective & gallery.

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Free workshop with Disney and Pixar artists

Saturday, November 27th, 2010 in San Bernardino, California the Art Institute of California and Inland Empire is a free Visual storytelling workshop with Disney and Pixar artist Floyd Norman, Carole Holliday and Ernesto Nemesio host.

The number of seats is limited and advance registration is erforderlich.Details here.

(Pictures above: Floyd Norman, Carole Holliday and Ernesto Nemesio)

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Color barcode generator & Gallery

I've been tinkering with the 99 palette generator for the last few months and it's ready for a v2 release. It supports now wide colour options, any number of pallets (1-99), and an offset parameter so that we can narrow in any set of pallets we want. Think of it as a timeline, the offset is again how many pallets of time you want to go.

  Here is a gallery of some of the most beautiful pieces that I have found so far.  If you find a nice set, please post a link here.I know there are tons of beautiful Multiblends and compositions from there warten.Cheers, sero-agglutination test *

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New baby, new rooms: handmade coastal blue vintage dreamland

I spied this wonderful baby room back in July from a spectacular photographer we have featured on our COLOURlovers Wedding channel before in Creative Engagement: "Pushing Daises". Thanks again to Jordan Weiland for letting us feature another and yet, more personal piece of photography. This is her daughter, Autumn's room.

So much creativity was put in to this and yet it remains simple. I like the mix of vintage and modern with a little splash of imagination pieced here and there. I even love the blue, even though it's for a little girl. I always consider blue sort of a depressing wall colour, but this room has completely changed my mind on that. With the additions of some sunny yellow, warm furniture-brown and a hint of raspberry-red specs here and there - it all pulls together nicely.

Rather than simply regurgitate this post from Jordan's blog (here: "Autumn's Room"), I've gathered a few more snippets of information on what was used and links to where you can get things similar to what was used in this room.

I can't say it enough, I love love love the blue in this room!

Jordan used the colour Coastal Surf by Behr paint obtained from Home Depot (you can order a sample online here). As for the Harlequin Diamonds, she looked up how to do that online. Here is one tutorial for creating that diamond pattern on your wall by wallstory.wordpress.com.

Jordan also said that she hand-painted the white tree, yellow flowers and birds herself. From a few inspiration pieces she sketched and painted it. If you're not so crafty, you can also use pre-made wall decals from a variety of vendors: DaliDecals.com, blik or even a 'wall decals' search on Etsy will return fabulous results with shops like singlestonestudios' & NouWall, all selling great  designs.

The yellow owl (left) was purchased at Urban Outfitters. You can get in two colours yellow and light blue - Owl "Lantern" from Urban Outfitters. I came across this vintage Owl "lamp" on Etsy.com that almost looks like the Urban Outfitters one was modeled after. On a side, owl-related shopping note, I spied this way cute wooden owl wall hanging there too. The Owl Bank (right) was a great find at a thrift store. I did a quick search for an "owl bank" in Etsy's vintage section and got quite a few good results. I like the idea of a first "piggy" bank in a new baby's room.

The "Z-Z-Z's" are another cute element to the room appropriately placed above the crib. Jordan's mom gave her the Z's some time ago and she added the ribbon. I recently did a Halloween post that covers how-to make a hanging sign on the COLOURlovers HOME channel that could easily be applied to make your own hanging Z's. With a little ribbon, cardboard, glue and glitter you'll have your own in no time OR there is (drum-roll please) always Etsy. The best resource on earth! I loved this bunting banner by SignsOfVintage. There are endless crafters on Etsy who offer an array of banners for baby rooms. I just searched "baby room banner" in "Handmade". As always, you can always ask an Etsy crafter if they would be willing to custom make you something if you have something you want specifically.

Jordan got the old birdcage from her mom and made a lamp out of it with a kit from Lowes for about $15. I found a good resource for some cool birdcages that are actually pretty inexpensive from Save-On-Crafts.com. You could always paint it with a crackle or rough it up after to give it a chipped look. Here are some extra ideas on making the lamp itself - robomargo.com has some really creative assemblages and said they got their kit from IKEA for $10.

The shelves for the books are called Frame Shelves and are from IKEA. The rocker was a find that she painted yellow. I'm completely in love with the crocheted monsters which were homemade by a friend of hers. Here are some adorable owls from Pottery Barn that would be a cute addition if you were going with that theme. And of course as always, I did some Etsy digging and found these monsters by user CreaturesAndCritters and some other cute animals by user MsPremiseConclusion. I'm sure you could also contact either with pictures of a monster you would like to have made for a custom handmade item.

One of Jordan's friends gave her this blanket with her daughter's name all over it. If you can't find a name already in print like this, you can easily order custom fabric from Spoonflower.com, a partner of COLOURlovers. Using COLOURlovers' pattern maker Seemless you can simply create your own pattern with letters like the one above with Autumn's name and send if straight from COLOURlovers to Spoonflower - and like magic, you have your own custom lettered material. I designed a "George" and a "MANDEE" patterns using Seemless. If you want even more control over the lettering and design, you can make your design using any graphics software and upload directly to Spoonflower. It's pretty addicting.

Jordan's Aunt had knitted the dog on the left and the baby shoes were her dad's, Autumn's Grandpa, when he was a baby. The Owl Hook ($20) was from Anthropologie.com .

Overall, I love the incorporation of all the handmade and previously owned items throughout this room. I can appreciate all the specially selected pieces and decor chosen for little Autumn's new room. Thank you to Jordan for sharing all your hard work, creativity and new little blessing with us. Congratulations!

All photos taken and provided by Jordan Weiland Photography copyright 2010

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mollybean.comMolly Bermea has been working as a freelance graphic and web design artist for the past eight years as MollyBean.com. She is also a traditional artist using many mediums, her favorite being oils and large scale paintings for which she does commercial and private contract pieces. Synchronizing color is something she has been quite addicted to all her life. Developing patterns has been a side affect to her artistic roots which she finds fun to incorporate with homemade cards, scrapbooking or her design pieces. She loves to eat healthy and leads an active lifestyle, training for triathlons and marathons. She has been married for five years and enjoys crazy hikes and adventures with her family, husband and their adorable two-year-old son who is of course going to be a genius when he grows up.

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Waterhouse Gallery figurative artists exhibition 2010

Waterhouse Gallery in Santa Brbara, California has the artist their great American figurative artists exhibition 2010 to present, which considered stable.

Online preview of the exhibition includes one or more pictures of each artist.To the thumbnails, some information about the artists and enlarge klicken.Sie then come find name back to the main page of the Gallery of the artist and click through for more pictures of work by this artist.

While focusing on figurative themes is figures in interiors include the selection, November was landscapes and other Umgebungen.Der artists receive 20, yesterday, 2010.Leider neglected the Gallery website, to mention the deadline for the exhibition.

The Waterhouse Gallery regularly represented artists include a number of great painters, have a few of which I have in the past appear here on lines and colors.

Pictures above: Jeremy Lipking, Richard Schmid, Scott Burdick, Steve Hanks, Craig Nelson, Jennifer McChristian (links are to my posts).

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Out of sight

Out of Sight is an absolutely beautiful short animation from Taiwan.

It comes, inter alia, imagination, sensation and the way extended input from our senses gradually our Welt.Es is a sublime evocation of a point of view, most of us have experienced yourself.

This was done by three students at the National Taiwan hope University of Arts.Ich continue to create, to animation together; be the next Studio Ghibli.

Wonderful.

Watch it twice.

{[On higher than the Sun, by Ebert and BoingBoing]}

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The fun in functional beta fire

2005 Chris Lindland began in the San Francisco-based firm Cordarounds with a simple few corduroy pants. But before you write that off as totally boring to look at, that these pants with a little innovation-a horizontal whales come. Sounds from the outside, the trousers also boast a number of Earth patterned Confederation and pocket panels that check out with bright whimsy.  It is all a little nod to the art and way cool again do the fusty to a hipster and marketed with a heavy dose of corresponding irony ("horizontal corduroy reduces drag," "dramatically lower your crotch heat index," etc..).

 A little crude? Yeah.But Cordarounds have jumped the train and Lindland's business has made, trousers, jackets, accessories and the black sheep sweater, under the name Beta fire, Cordarounds through a complete lineup of limited edition gemausert.Jetzt been linked from the undyed wool of black sheep.

Lindland recently told the New York Times is "not to create the coolest, most coherent line of clothing, but to create the most conversation worthy line of clothing try."Each week, beta fire creates a new element for its only online shop, often accompanied by silly photos and faux scientific studies and Interviews.E email newsletter go to make those a purchase, and are full of gleichen--"99 percent fiction and 1% mode," said Lindland.

The new Bruce Lee version of karate casual pants, embroidered with Lee-inspired icons and printed with Lee's own original sketches.

The bike to work pants, with internal reflective chinos business speaking of material.

And Disco pants, what kind of speak for themselves.

The reversible black Tuxedo Jacket and Brown counterpart are "Cord day, chaos in the night" with a basic cord and a loud printed Brocade page.

And partially with Chef Chris Cosentino food network fame, developed three buttons have gluttony pants as their bellies customize institution extend.

Lindland hopes where people wishes to unterscheiden-- a good reason for the clothing and the company's new campaign photos by yourself take issues to send fans exploring beta fire offers.

"Our customers will begin, this Visual communication, funny, more interesting fashion photos, decidedly DIY quality to you have one through have" Lindland said.

Funny, fun-is interesting, what it all over, at the end.

onlystyleremainsthesame.blogspot.comLindsey is based in Omaha, Neb a style columnist.Check out her personal style blog, only style remains the same at http://onlystyleremainsthesame.blogspot.com, or follow you on Twitter at http://twitter.com/shoptalkomaha.

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Color red - Hung Liu - rhubarb tart

We're fortunate to have guest authors Megan Fizell & Cassandra Edlefsen share their collaborative colour series here on COLOURlovers. Their monthly colour project considers select artworks featuring one predominant colour within the context of the pigment’s history and in relation to natural edible form. Read more about the project at the bottom of this post. You can find the original articles on Feasting on Art. The one below is located here.

Hung Liu’s artistic production is a process of recollection – a symbolic excavation.  Having weathered the re-education of artists vis-a-vis Mao’s Cultural Revolution and immigration to the U.S. in 1984, Hung Liu’s influences are richly transcultural.  She is known as one of the very first Chinese artists to study within the U.S. and has since received numerous accolades for her dynamic work.  Starting from anonymous photographs (often of unnamed Chinese prostitutes), Liu’s portrayals pair elements of tradition with contemporary critique.  Vividly, her use of colour challenges her audiences’ emotive links to colour.  In an interview she gave in 1995, Hung Liu refers to her vibrant use of colour, particularly red: “Red is an alarming color. We use red lights to warn people; to tell about danger and to use caution.  In China, red is the color of the national flag. It is also the color of revolution; it suggests blood. Red also is used for celebration; it is festive and is used for such things as weddings, the Chinese New Year, and red banners. I like to work with layers of meaning.” (1)

Hung Liu, Yang, 2008

Quite literally layered, Yang, 2008, features a print of a prior work embedded in cast resin and superimposed with Liu’s signature use of historical Chinese motifs (here cherry blossoms) and thinned pigment dripped across the surface.  Liu’s repetition of the dominant red background in the red of the woman’s crowning flowers and more intensely in her set lips, draws on the colour’s innumerable associations.  Pairing a recipe to this painting requires a taste both strong and lingering – a rhubarb tart tinged with the spice of ginger and cayenne.  Like the wavering paint drips, the straight lines of the recipe’s fresh rhubarb stalks melt into stringy red and pink ribbons.  The bittersweet nature of the rhubarb paired with the delicately burnt molasses and speckled sesame seed crust recalls her subject’s strength of character and altogether tragic displacement in time – an otherwise lost history uncovered and commemorated by Hung Liu.

In parallel to Liu’s use of skills steeped in traditional technique and her constant reintroduction of layered meaning to her work, the classic rhubarb tart is brought full circle to its own origins.  The rhubarb pie of Western origin meets the plant’s Chinese heritage in its combination with a sesame and buckwheat crust.  Stemming from the buckwheat family, rhubarb has been used for centuries as a medicinal plant to cure a wide variety of ailments.  It is this curative quality that perhaps best links the recipe with this work as it compliments Hung Liu’s desire to create memorial sites for lost memories – both celebrating and mourning their subject.

Burnt molasses and sesame seed shells:

2 tst butter
1 cup sesame seeds
2/3 cup brown sugar
2/3 cup buckwheat flakes
1/2 cup molasses
1 tsp cayenne

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  The colour of a food or dish plays an important role in its appeal. Before tasting a tomato, we know that if it is green, it is unripe. These inherent expectations of the natural colouration of the world around us present an interesting challenge to artists. To represent skin tones in a portrait or the light hitting the flesh of a lemon, the right combination of colours must be mixed to determine the appropriate colour recipe for each painting. Some artists disregarded the traditional mode of colour representation and beginning with the Impressionists, colour was used to communicate emotion and highlight ephemeral experience. Colour has since been utilized as both form and symbol, as means for subjective expression, as a conceptual model and even to evoke realms of contemplation.

The monthly colour project considers select artworks featuring one predominant colour within the context of the pigment’s history and in relation to natural edible form. By coupling the art with a colour-specific recipe, we continue to investigate the properties of the colour of food in both their raw and cooked states. Each colour will be broken into two parallel posts, the first featuring a still life painting of food with a literal recipe translation and the second a work that capitalises upon the emotive qualities of the pigment with a conceptual recipe inspired by the mark-making technique.

http://www.colourlovers.com/Cassandra Edlefsen Lasch is a Berlin-based art historian and artist advisor active within international contemporary art production and project realisation. Investigating collaboration is central to her work.

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Rob Carey

Rob is an American teacher living in Kandern, Germany. He sketches often the area around, where he lives and history of of traveling to other places around Germany and travel to the United States

A contribution is to the urban Atandt community blog (see my posts about urban Atandt, and here) it works in pencil, watercolour and fine point marker.

His sketches vary between a loose, informal sense and more Renderings.Sie controlled a fascination evidence architectural often with light and shadow in the midst of the rules of the architectural forms.

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Eclectic color Roundup: Books

We have much love for crowd sources T-shirt company, printing, Threadless, inspiring community based designs of the user and create a command line input to company for ten years was. In honor of their 10th anniversary you a book filled with some of their best designs have published interviews with Threadless members and the history of the company posted by founder Jake Nickell.  The Threadless book takes us through the colorful creations of an entire generation of design and T-shirt lovers, the company itself is the most colorful of you all.

Julia Rothman, Jenny Volvovski and Matt Lamothe

The exquisite book is a project based on the surrealist game called the exquisite corpse. The book is a modified version of the game played by hundred post contemporary fine artists, illustrators, designers and comic artist.

This miniature book provides a complete overview of Irma Boom's oeuvre with commentary and more than 450 full-color pictures in 704 pages with printed edges.Boom is one which was heute.Das book by Irma Boom for your retrospective exhibition on the most famous book designers in the world designed library the special collections of the University of Amsterdam.

Boom is known for the production of tiny models all your books, the inspiration for this little book bewiesen.Mit text by Mathieu Lommen and notes by Irma Boom.

The ability believed legendary artists Vera Neumann (1907-1993) and in art to inspire life to bereichern.Ein innovator and one of the most successful entrepreneurs, Vera built their business on a radical philosophy: art should be for everyone, accessible believed sein.Bekannt for your iconic images of happy flowers, trendy geometry and lively ladybirds, not just a select few, people should be surrounded with beauty.

For the first time, Vera: the art and life of an icon, told her inspirational story through the art and the designs that erstellt.In rich this volume illustrated with Vera's original sketches, paintings and photographs of their global travel readers at the amazing woman behind the dynamic themes introduced, continue to inspire and influence fashion, art and design.

Images from print and pattern

http://www.colourlovers.com/David Sommers has colour COLOURlovers' blog editor in Chief for the last two years loving hotfix.If isn't it neck deep in a rainbow is he other things with the post family (http://thepostfamily.com/), a Chicago-based arts blog, artist collective & Gallery to love.

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The colors of fragrance

By Lindsey Baker / / 20 July, 20102 comments

Fragrance is one of the most complex components in the world of fashion and from obvious Gründen.Jede of BREW's boldness and subtlety can make or break it-a scent has a pretty even chance, always an immediate success or land in the bargain bin.

What makes a fragrance a hit most on the creativity and the unique fragrance itself, but a number of other items come in hinges play - how body chemistry affects a vehicle, the scent as the scent itself in the course of time softens which images and moods, that the notes of the fragrance of the beam concerns to conjure up.

And depending on Leffingwell & Associates, an information and service providers to taste and fragrance industries can color much about the institution say one perfume settings before it makes you even on spritzes.Es sense, really, given that families all on your own colors conjure some scent with the actual color of the perfume or the colors, the important notes assigned.

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Pattern Trend: Geometrics

Durch Margot Harrington / / 21 Juli, 20103 Kommentare

Wenn etwas kunstbezogene virale gegangen ist, dann wäre es dieser geometrische Muster. Solch eine einfache colorful Idee kann in ein Kaleidoskop der Weise übersetzt werden, ist es kein Wunder, es ist ansteckend. Malerei, Illustration, Collage, branding und auch traditionelle Nesting Dolls erhalten einen modernen Spin.Und ja, es gibt ein Kopfgeld von geometrischen COLOURlovers-Mustern für sabbern über zu.

Richard Colman

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Extreme makeover: business card Edition

By COLOURlover / / 21 July, 20102 comments

Of course, we love color... but we also love using color in great design wird.Und our friends over at MOO have a project old boring business cards to make beautiful you... and may sell some of these cards.

From the MOO blog:

Introducing our new initiative called

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Engaged in color: lemon-lime-love

By Molly Bermea / / 22 July, 20100 comments

I have for you today a cool little treat — I randomly found this gold nugget fantastic color usage, recorded in this session commitment by MICAH Williams photography.

Thanks to MICAH (MICAH Williams photography on Facebook) and PhotoBiz (www.photobiz.com).I found MICAH on PhotoBiz's Facebook fan page (facebook.com/photobiz) randomly last week after I had erscheinen.Dies this photo (see below) on the wall my largest Inspiration.LIEBEN your yellow shoes with its green shirt and of course the awesome wall of coloured glass behind you.

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Rebranding

Von Evad / / 23 Juli, 20102 Kommentare

Von ikonischen Marken wie Minute Maid und der Pfadfinderinnen der USA, kleine Designgeschäfte und subversive Künstler kollektive ist die Aufrechterhaltung ein Gespräch mit Ihren Kunden ein wichtiger Aspekt der ein erfolgreiches Geschäft. Eine Möglichkeit, die Sie tun können ist indem Sie Ihre Marke mit dem Wandel der Zeit aktualisieren.Während des Prozesses nicht leicht genommen werden sollte, noch es öfter als nötig getan werden sollte, es Sie alle lasse wissen Sie, Ihr Hörverständnis.

Hier ist ein Blick auf einige letzten Aktualisierungen der ikonischen Marken, wie auch einige neue Konzepte als Inspiration für diejenigen, die ein paar Änderungen vornehmen...

Girl Scouts der USA

Für die Pfadfinderinnen-Redesign von der Original Champions of Design erstellt eine leichte Anpassung der Farbe eine völlig neue Gefühl der Erweiterungen.

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Green Treats

Von Olan / / 24 Juli, 20102 Kommentare

Heutige Pick weiterhin auf colorful behandelt, und konzentriert sich auf grün. Es gibt so viele große grüne Süßigkeiten um. Obwohl es nicht die Desserts, die in dieser Roundup enthalten ist, ist Mint chocolate Chip schütteln ein absoluter Favorit von mir. Auch, den grünen Makrone-Look so lecker und traurig, ich nie hatte das Vergnügen der Verkostung eines tatsächlichen Makronen, aber von was ich höre, Sie ziemlich schmackhaft sind.So, ich hoffe, dass Sie genießen Sie diese leckere Sammlung von Süßigkeiten und bitte zögern Sie nicht, einige Ihrer Lieblings-Aktien.

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Local color - Sarah petty photography

By John Jantsch / / 12 July, 20102 comments

In this video (part of a series) we take a look at some creative marketing ideas from Sarah petty Sarah petty photography and the joy of marketing.

Written by John Jantschwww.ducttapemarketing.com/blogJohn Jantsch is a marketing coach, award winning social media editor and author of duct tape marketing and the referral Engine.Related article

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Ultra-Chromatic Photography

Mehr als nur Technicolor, dieses Zeug ist atomar. Es ist so üppig und frisch, ich kann mich kaum enthalten!

Während ich noch nicht geschafft, dieses Foto-Styling an einem Client so weit zu verkaufen, glaube ich, es hat eine Vielzahl von Einsatzmöglichkeiten. So brillant Farbfotos können Energie, Drama, Raffinesse, eine Wissenschaft/Tech-y-fühlen, oder sogar, wenn verwendet mit viel weiß, ein corporate Gefühl.Ganz zu schweigen von den Techniken und Manipulation hinter solch intensive Farbe zu erreichen erfordert eine versierte Hand in Photoshop.

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Color Spotlight: Black Attack

Von Dean Fisher / / 14 Juli, 20100 Kommentare

Wenn Sie jemals ein Tierheim Magazin abgeholt haben, dann wissen Sie, dass die Malerei ein Zimmer der erste Schritt in jedem interior Makeover ist.Die Color-Spotlight-Serie wird bieten inspirierende Bilder malen Farbfelder und Gaumen, jedermann in einer Farbe-Rätsel zu helfen Wählen Sie den perfekten neuen Farbton für Ihren Raum.

Black ist die dritte Farbe in der Reihe, und während Sie, dass schwarz argumentieren könnte ist nicht wirklich eine Farbe, vielmehr der Mangel an der Farbe, warum nicht Sie gerade humor mich und mit ihm gehen, m'kay? Thaaaanks.Diese Go Runde, lassen wir einen wahren Meister, die uns durch das Spektrum der schwarze Farbtöne zu Fuß...Ralph Lauren hat den Markt auf reiche, klassischen Tönen in die Enge getrieben, und seine Farbe-Linien bieten mehr Schattierungen von schwarz als Sie jemals wusste existierte.

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Global business color identities

By Evad / / 16 July, 20103 comments

Color is a major component of any brand Identität.Hier we take a look at some of the most popular colour identities in the world, as well as some groups and forums at COLOURlovers that might be for anyone useful working to give your brand a little more color.

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Yellow Treats

Von Olan / / 17 Juli, 20104 Kommentare

Anstelle von heute zu Wohnkultur berühren, werden köstliche Süßigkeiten den Fokus. Um genau zu sein. Wer liebt nicht, in einem leckeren Dessert jeder einmal in eine Weile verwöhnen? Überhaupt sich wundern, wie viele gelbe Snacks vorhanden? Um ehrlich zu sein, gibt es tatsächlich ein angemessenen Betrag, etwas, das niemals meiner Meinung bis vor kurzem überschritten hat. Hier sehen Sie eine Zusammenfassung von einigen gelben Süßigkeiten. Haben Sie eine Lieblings-Desserts, die Gelbe sind?Sie sollten mit uns zu teilen.

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Miniature: Cherry

2 x 3-Öl auf Hartfaserplatte panel
Ich bin eine Idee von Duane Keiser Kreditaufnahme diese Woche, und je nachdem, wie erfolgreich es ist, weiterhin kann es in der Zukunft zu nutzen. Duane wurden eine Reihe von Malereien, die er bezieht sich auf als "oddment's" für irgendwann jetzt tut, und ich dachte, es war eine großartige Idee. Ich machen eine Menge meiner eigenen Panels aus größeren Blatt Lager, und haben immer ein paar Stücke, die übrig. Diese waren zu klein, um alles mit, ich glaubte, zu tun, dann entdeckte ich, dass Duane seine "odd" Stücke für sehr kleine Gemälde verwendet wurde. Also, ich werde sehen, ob ich meinen Überresten als auch verwenden. Ich habe fünf kleine Gemälde bereit für diese Woche, und wir werden sehen, wie es geht. Es war eine nette Abwechslung von das größere Stück, dem ich derzeit arbeite, aber jetzt ist es Zeit, wieder zu ihm. Ich werde diese kleine Stücke ein wenig anders als meine üblichen 6 x 6-Zoll-Gemälde Inserat, werden. Diese kleine Werke folgen einer Auktion-Stil-Format, aber mit einer kleineren Reserve und die Option, Sie geradezu zu kaufen für $ 150.Um die Auktion für dieses Gemälde zuzugreifen, Sie können Gebot/kaufen durch Klicken auf here.Posted ByJames Neil Hollingsworthat2:52 PM

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Miniature: Pool Balls

2 x 3-Öl auf Hartfaserplatte panel
Meine zweite Eintrag in Miniatur-Gemälde ist diese Woche vier Pool-Kugeln. Ich hoffe, dieses Experiment funktioniert, weil meiner Meinung wirklich klicken ist entfernt zu zaubern, bis neue Gegenstand für diese kleine Gemälde.Wenn Sie, Bid/dieses Gemälde kaufen möchten, können Sie die Auktion zugreifen, indem Sie auf here.Posted ByJames Neil Hollingsworthat3:12 PM

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Miniature: Percolator

2 x 3-Öl auf Hartfaserplatte panel
Thursday 's Angebot ist eines der meine Vintage Dampffiltriermaschinen. Zwei weitere zu gehen, dann denke ich, ich kann einen in Fortschritt post, Bild der das größere Stück, das ich arbeite derzeit an. Ich habe nicht beschlossen.Wenn Sie, Bid/dieses Gemälde kaufen möchten, können Sie die Auktion zugreifen, indem Sie auf here.Posted ByJames Neil Hollingsworthat2:52 PM

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Miniature: Glass Sphere

2 x 3-Öl auf Hartfaserplatte panel
Heute Abend ist es ein wenig Kristallkugel. Diese kleinen Bilder sind ein bisschen eine Herausforderung, aber ich muss sagen, ein wenig zu befreien. Ich bin genießen Sie diese erstellen.Wenn Sie, Bid/dieses Gemälde kaufen möchten, finden die Auktion Sie durch Klicken auf here.Posted ByJames Neil Hollingsworthat9:30 PM

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Miniature: Tomato

2 x 3-Öl auf Hartfaserplatte panel
... und last but nicht zuletzt zum Schluss meine Woche der Miniaturen, eine wunderschöne Rebe gereifte Tomaten. Dies wurde aus einen Beutel mit Tomaten 's ausgewählt, die uns von einem guten Freund von seinem Garten gegeben. Ich habe auch nur den ersten Durchgang auf ein größeres Gemälde durchgeführt, die ich gearbeitet habe. Es ist ein 24 x 24-Zoll-Version der eine sechs Mal sechs ich vor etwa einem Jahr habe. Jedes Ding ist in, alle in Mitte-Töne blockiert. Im erste Durchgang ist immer schwer für mich. Die zweiten und dritten Ebenen, ich muss sagen, sind viel befriedigender. Ich bin auch immer überzeugt, dass ich zu ein Stück wie dies irgendwie vermasseln bevor es fertig ist, so dass ich nur selten "in Progress" Bilder zu meinem Blog veröffentlichen. Ich dachte, dass dies Zeit würde ich eine Chance, und die erste Stufe in Aufmachungen. Ich habe aus dieser bestimmten Komposition eine Zeitlang jetzt, Umsetzung, weil ich war nicht sicher, es ist massenattraktive. Endlich konnte ich die Entscheidung, gehen Sie voran, und tun Sie es einfach. Aus keinem anderen Grund als ich es wollte. Diese Art der Haltung ist zurück gekommen, um mich in der Vergangenheit im Hintern beißen, aber ich dachte, was zum Teufel.Ich werde die Bild-tomorrow.If, die Sie / die Tomato kaufen Gebot möchten, können Sie es aufgelistet ist, indem Sie auf here.Posted ByJames Neil Hollingsworthat4:09 PM

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Fresh ideas

My recent online seminar entitled
Keep your way fresh: ideas and inspiration with Nancy Reyner
Was presented on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 1 pm EST

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Pour resin-like surfaces

How do get so popular on painting you this surfboard finish? You know that super clear, glossy, smooth top coat. The best results can be retrieved using the commercial resins. They come in two parts

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Decoration with: vintage maps

By Dean Fisher / / 5 July, 20102 comments

Not many of us have the luxury of jetting on the world, but hey... can dream a girl, right?And what better way to the imagination of international travel as fuel by displaying the vintage map in your home! old cards come in a variety of varieties (maps, State maps, maps of countries, topographic maps, climate maps, economic resource maps, political maps, treasure cards!) and they can be found in a variety of styles and conditions.

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Recommendations to strengthen materials of marketing

By John Jantsch / / 6 July, 20101 comments

Every company loves references.In fact, the majority of the companies I work with is that a large percentage of their most profitable business referral comes. happy, customers and motivated strategic partners can a substantial portion of your lead generation efforts represent, but only, if you take care on the market, and with you the same way you would all objective perspective.

To get the most references possible must invest time and energy education your referral sources and tools in your hands, the Act of referring your business even easier to make.

Below is a resource that you should consider adding to your suite of marketing materials.

Perfect introduction

It is a great idea to create you - for the rabid customers reference that want to tell the world about your business to erleichtern.Eine which frequently challenges referral is always the tools the right Verweise.Es doesn't that your marketing efforts much good if you doesn't serve proverbial wild goose hunting dead ends, especially those who through a referral source hunt sent too someone.

One of the easiest ways is to get your referral sources on the line to create called a trademark document

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Kenneth Cole colors your cause

By Lindsey Baker / / 7 July, 20100 comments

This month is Designer Kenneth Cole the Gulf Coast oil spill cleanup of a little colorful efforts.

While July unsubscribe in Coles custom T-Shirt store on Facebook, own Gulf Coast cleanup to design; all proceeds T-Shirt for $ 34.95 go AWEARNESS to the Kenneth Cole Foundation Fund, a non-profit unit that supports, promotes and strengthens acts service, volunteering and social change.

Cole offers a range of AWEARNESS products and promoting the specific causes social and political awareness, sales of which the Fund or certain programs beiträgt.Der initiative website also redirects visitors to a voluntary match system, highlights activists and contains information about AWEARNESS philanthropic events.

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Realities of a low budget wedding: Chapter # 1: locations

By Molly Bermea / / 9 July, 20109 comments

This is the beginning of a series of make to low-budget/reception advice with my own wedding in 2005 and weddings I with since, helped including my most involved wedding recently for my brother Sam zentriert.Ich also, a little outside research for other tips and tricks from people on the Web will.

Everyone's idea of a budget level is different. Sometimes I read low budget wedding blog-posts that seem unrealistic to me, low-budget for the average person. Maybe it was for this particular pair because you had connections, resources and/or were able to contribute their own abilities. But what if you don't.What if you have a friend who really is a professional photographer or designer, cut a large break or can do it for free?What happens if you love creativity but lack the ability or even time to engage, to do, some DIY projects, and no one is willing to helfen.Ich think there is much more than a few, that in this situation then a sind.Wie low budget wedding and still deduct - happy with him?

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Eclectic color Roundup: Monochromatic music philosophy, color change and Tetris Analógico

Eclectic color Roundup: Monochromatic love, music philosophy, color Changing-& Tetris-AnalógicoBy Evad / / 11 July, 20101 CommentsPhotographic CompositionsLinda Lundgren

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New COLOURlovers channel for entrepreneurs

By COLOURlover / / 29 June, 20104 comments

Since a few months ago in content to add channels, we had some great new writers, who join fashion, wedding, planning, print interior / web / design and craftsmen our community to sharing ideas & insights in the field.Hopefully, more COLOURlovers from around the world as we grow the amount of content we produce, are passionate about color and use it in their own world to gewinnen....Wir want to get inspiration help to perform color.

As a lifetime entrepreneur and a business owner I am stoked to announce the new business channel for our creative & business friends.How technology more and more for an independent creative professional to a mass market reach is relieved an amazing opportunity for hobby creative micro business owners... and maybe some day creative Moguls! maybe have a local retail store or you share your work with our friends at Etsy... Our new channel to the ideas, information & inspiration for how on the ROI of color to convert.

We are to still a growing small business always tell us and what keeps us, such as color attention as we would want is the limited resources we haben...Also, I'm excited that the new channel through a top & quality helps brand like HP...Who is a big believer in the power of Farbe.Ihre support will allow to add even more blog posts as we now publish and to expand our community to more people.

Together with the support of HP we get some great help with the channel by John Jantsch duct tape marketing, who is signing you share insights and interviews with small business owners how to use color in their work.As always we our own inspiration galleries and color share posts also fun.

Have to tell a good story about the colors of your company?

A little colorful business inspiration

We look forward to the content, we will begin because in this channel next week, but to get this things started, we have compiled a little inspiration Gallery of some colorful logos, we recently seen haben.Business is not just about always in black...

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Artist Profile: Joey Potts

Durch Margot Harrington / / 30 Juni, 20107 Kommentare

Die meisten der Informationen im Internet über Chicagoer Joey Potts ist ein wenig altmodisch, aber seine Farbschemas sind definitiv nicht. Die Mischung aus bizarr detaillierte Charaktere und Farbpaletten Netzhaut-Versengen ist, was macht seine Arbeit ein Standout für mich. Es läuft wirklich die ganze Skala zu: Malerei und Installation arbeiten, benutzerdefinierte gemalten Spielzeug und Sneakers, und Kleidung Design.Er ist einer von jenen seltenen Rassen, die deren Arbeit über traditionellem Design und bildende Kunst ebenso kreuzt.

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A dose of color: what this week on Etsy is crafty

By Colette Bennett / / 2 July, 20106 comments

If you love craft, probably have a bookmark to Etsy somewhere on your laptop, but if not, we must promote that you make, because the site a source of creativity and makes we inspired feel!, That being said, if the whole Etsy experience is just too overwhelming or time-consuming for you (too much stuff! takes too long to sort by! aah!), then maybe can we with our weekly roundup of Etsy unterstützen.Sehen out some our favorite crafty picks below!

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Interior Design Trends: Bright Yellow

Von Olan / / 3 Juli, 20101 Kommentare

Es scheint, als ob die Stimmung vieler Einzelpersonen, wird positiv und optimistisch, wie die Jahreszeiten in wärmer und sonniger Wetter zu brechen.Und eine Farbe, die passt perfekt mit einer positiven Stimmung ist hellgelb.

Hell gelb ist solch eine schöne Farbe.Aber jede Farbe kann haben eine Art von negative Assoziationen mit ihr, ich mag das Positive Denken: glücklich, sonnig, weiser und voller Energie sind was meiner Meinung nach zu kommen.

Wie ist leuchtend gelbe machen Sie fühlen?

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Milk and cookies

6 x 6 oil on hardboard panel
A bottle of milk with a few chocolate chip cookies continues this week. This OLE timey milk jugs had such a large, iconic shape.I had this for quite a while Krug and painted numerous times but I get never tired davon.Wenn you want to bid on this piece you can access the auction by clicking here.Posted ByJames Neil Hollingsworthat6: 55 PM

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Goblet

6 x 6-Öl auf Hartfaserplatte panel
Heute Abend habe ich eines meiner kleinen Silber s, sitzen auf der Geschenkpapier, es in verpackt kam. Sie haben die perfekte Form für das erhalten der Reflexion von den gesamten Raum. Ich habe drei von diesen s, die anderen beiden sind auf der rechten Seite gegenüber dem Fenster sichtbar.Wenn Sie auf dieses Gemälde bieten möchten, können Sie an der Auktion teilnehmen indem here.Posted ByJames Neil Hollingsworthat6:08 PM

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Converse Hi-tops

6 x 6 oil on hardboard panel
I wear converse "Chuck Taylor All Star 's" for more than thirty years. Once a few wears out it out to find another. One day, I worked up some new still life compositions that had just bought the Karen with a new Chair.I decided to put my shoes on the seat and she found a worthy •devices topic you want to bid on this painting, you can access the auction by clicking here.Posted ByJames Neil Hollingsworthat5: 42 PM

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Crystal Sphere

6 x 6-Öl auf Hartfaserplatte panel
Off der Woche, ein Selbstporträt von möglichen Cap. Dies ist meine Hand, die mit einer der meiner kleinen ' s. Ich bin ziemlich zufrieden mit wie diesein herausstellte. Es ist ein Bild, die ich für eine lange Zeit und fühlte, war es im richtigen Moment schließlich es malen, auf hanging wurde haben. Ich werde beginnen wird eine größere Galerie Malerei Morgen. Es ist ziemlich groß (für mich), so werde ich aus der Schleife heraus für eine Weile. Je nachdem, wie die Dinge gehen kann ich einige Bilder der Fortschritte auf dem Weg post.Wenn Sie, auf diesem Gemälde Angebot möchten können Sie an der Auktion teilnehmen indem here.Posted ByJames Neil Hollingsworthat4:41 PM

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Interior Design Trends: Electric Blue

Von Olan / / 26 Juni, 20101 Kommentare

 Hier ist die Fortsetzung einer Reihe von hellen Neon-Farben. Electric Blue ist die Farbe, und welche Farbe eine kühn es ist. Es ist definitiv keine Farbe für diejenigen, die schüchtern, um Farbe zu verwenden, und wenn Sie nicht sind, dann werden Sie Lasten des Spaßes accessorizing mit ihm haben. Es ist eine ziemlich anständige Menge an Zubehör, bestehend aus diesem spritzigen Farbe, also wenn Sie einer sind, diesen Ton genießt, sind Sie im Glück.Ist electric Blue zu viel für Sie, oder können Sie nicht genug davon bekommen?

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Minx makes easy nail art

By Lindsey Baker / / 28 June, 20100 comments

 Although the exact origins are debatable, manicure a newer development is not by any means-it actually comes from ancient Babylon and Egypt.Natural products like sheep fat, petals, jewels, protein, beeswax and vegetable dyes all went into this ancient nail inch of Ostens.Es is true, but the Western world was slow to pick up the practice-clean until the middle of the 20th century, naked, well-trimmed nails were the preferred look.

Today, on the other hand, is probably boring completely natural nail.Colorful glazes, adhesive decorations, acrylic nails and tips, extensions, stenciling, airbrush, sculpture and even piercing transformation fingertips in small works of art eye-catcher, celebrates both Manicurists ' creativity and clients '-personalities.

Treatments on the market are Minx nail decals under other more complex nail, a kind of all-in one solution for finding sometimes elaborate nail art in a manageable amount of Zeit.Zuvor salon, brand test decals, Sephora and OPI now for anyone wanting Minx, the trend only for salon professionals or via a.

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Travel to color

By Evad / / 18 June 20104 comments

A young company "driven by passion for travel and software", is Explorra a travel site the a travel inspiration tools, social functions, a full service API for developers and a tool set.

Choose your preferred color or take your chances with a random selection and if you 1000 (color) places more color inspiration to restrict the hue for your next holiday check box before you find COLOURlovers groups inspired or this travel and location: location location location, & travel around the world.

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Interior design trends: hot pink

By Evad / / 19 June 20104 comments

With all the neon colored products now quietly is difficult to ignore these colors. Nail Polish, clothes and home decor, these elements that can be found just about everywhere. What is clear, is that one loves or hates it.I love neon colors and damned erhebende.Der find neon are full of exuberance and intensity, which is what most neon pink lovers find attractive.

I am so yes, of course a neon kick and proud Sie.Und there are definitely have some very interesting pieces I was eyeing for a while, but this is definitely a whole other Geschichte.Auf I found some nice fun and powerful hot pink elements, which I enjoy so much hope, as I do.

Neon is Rosa too loud for your tastes, or simply adore it and can even be found with this accessorizing color?

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Color inspiration: women of easy virtue in art

By Speakin_colors / / 21 June 20105 comments

This is a guest contribution Speakin_colors.Sie can read the original post here.

It would be wrong to believe that only respectable women artists in history inspiriert.Die decadent and oppressive reality of prostitute and brothels has its colors given, writers, painters and musicians used as a source of inspiration for their work.

England

The arcane world of Harlotry inspired the great German artist William Hogarth.In of series of paintings known as A harlot progress (later tricks published) it shows the misery fate of a country girl, which up to tragic end began a career of prostitution in the city from its starting point: whore vein real disease death and following merciless funeral Zeremonie.Die continued the series shows in eight images A rake's progress, the reckless life of Tom Rakewell, the son of a merchant who all his money on luxurious living whoring and gambling enough waste and ultimately ends his life in Bedlam.

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Colors of Hildur Asgeirsdóttir Jónsson

By Evad / / 22 June 20100 comments

The soft transitions, textures and Cascades Hildur Asgeirsdóttir Jónsson uses add color a certain life to otherwise static landscapes. A selection of pictures can be viewed below.Includes your works, drawings and Stickereien.Hildur introduced us Abigail Doan blog.

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Yarn ring a garter

By Molly Bermea / / 23 June 20105 comments

Are you for some eye candy? Make your own garter or buy weather, this is a fun theme!Perhaps want you are something more unique than white lacy thing you almost everywhere (wedding or craft store) durchführen.Ich have concluded, that every large company may somewhat cool made can create garter as a hand.

If I have married, I only see you on the shelf see is what you not say bekommen.Ich something white and lacy is bad, actually, you find a number of white and lacy picks, the many still - unique about you have simply in quality or type of tip and/or Ribbon and me to detail not start you! Peacock feathers, ancient broaches and little charms are only a few in these designs used.

If you search for something wild or super sexy or absolutely adorable - I found that Etsy.com which has biggest and coolest ever non-standard variety of wedding day as an average offline or online business lead garters könnte.Sie can have a custom garter from places order, as MOM and daughter ask team, seamless unique wedding Garters or a Etsy.com crafter, custom design specifically for you. Ready for some beauties? Here we go...

SUPER SEXY.ROMANTIC.VINTAGE.SPUNKY.FUNKY.THEMATISCHE.Chill doch.MINIMALE. outside.

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Color Spotlight: think pink

By Dean Fisher / / 24 June 20104 comments

If you ever magazine selected accommodation, you know, that painting a room is the first step in all internal makeover ist.Die color spotlight series provide inspiring images, paint swatches and palate, each in a color problem help select the perfect new hue for your room.

Next rosa to the series...!Love most of you, or hate it, but you cannot deny that Rosa can be interior very prominent.Pink is light last color spotlight was's light it fun and surprising works well in every room of Hauses.Im mythic paint swatches accompanied, but I knew exactly where shades this bubblegum hue search: Disney paints! well, without more ADAS out let us some Ernst Fab think spaces, the pink...

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Espresso

6 x, my current paintings between passes were 6 oil on HardboardAs drying I decided to work in an eBay painting for this week. One of my is more common themes and the recent Cup cups with spoon and book piece made hungry me to another. This small cup had in awhile used been so I thought it would make a good topic for this week. These compositions are tend to monochromatic, but I am drawn to its simplicity. If you want to bid on this painting here can take part in the auction.
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Karen and Karen: two performances on Friday

My wife Karen and our friend Karin Jurick is both shows this Friday night will have at their respective galleries. My better half will be displayed ten beautiful paintings on Mason Murer fine art here in Atlanta. Our friend Jeanie Tománek will show your amazing work in this night and, together with five other artists. Will it be a fun evening, I am excited.

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A gallery shift

I moved to a new Atlanta gallery yesterday. It was sad to say Anne, Tiffany and Sybil adopt when Anne Irwin fine art. I felt my style of painting with a network not the Gallery other artists. My new room here will be Mason Murer fine art in the city. Your gallery has a much more varied collection of artists and styles, and believe that it will be a better adaptation for me. Mark Kelly and Andrea are wonderful people who my paintings show me at appeared. The gallery space is large, impressive and includes my favorite Atlanta artist (other than Karen), James McLaughlin way. Am I really looking forward to working with you all. Hopefully for a long, long time. Gross ByJames Neil Hollingsworthat9: 11 AM

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Sugar Bowl

6 x 6 oil on HardboardThis was elements that parents be given us by the Karen a while part of a collection of silver back. The gift was from some flatware, coffee creamer and a water pitcher. I the symmetry of this love little silver bowl with pineapple Finial on top. A wonderfully distorted view of the surrounding area offers a really big form and the mirrored finish. If you want to bid on this painting, you can access the auction by you here.Posted ByJames Neil Hollingsworthat8: 29 PM

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Commission no. 2

6 x 6 each oil on HardboardAfter I think part of an ongoing project I concluded with a group of other artists (about more later) I have these two paintings commissioned work. The collector had purchased bottles I have back a painting of PB & J a little time and these two compositions along with it as a sort of triptych are requested. Probably it will be delivered in the next few days and I have started a third Commission for a larger pool Bowl piece in the meantime. I will post that as soon as the complete.In other news, my relationship with Mason Murer fine art has already begun, pays off. I received word from Kelly one which sold the painting was hung on the day after my collection. This is pretty cool.Posted ByJames Neil Hollingsworthat10: 57 AM

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Paul Coventry Brown

I had very cool pass information about an online colleague of mine along some Paul Brown. Paul and I have been corresponding years. He is a great guy and a realistic amazing painter living in France. His work has been recently two adopted by large art suppliers to improve and their products. In the figure above a display in the April issue of the artist is magazine. Dick view has his work for the promotion of your cradled Hardboard panels selected. I am so the same. He gets together his own image on the display with three of his paintings from. If not enough cool...

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Coinage

12 x 12 oil on Hardboard PanelI spent the better part of last week in this painting work order for my good friend Phil. He and I have known each other high school since our first year (such as since 1968 I speak). He charged paint this me as a gift for his brother, owns a coin shop. I must say this was a hard. Why can I say not really, but which was a bear embossed images on these coins to paint. I believe, all in all was pretty good there. Karen and is up to Phil this weekend for a Cookout and I are heading over the painting, then enable it. Hope he likes it. Gross ByJames Neil Hollingsworthat2: 17 PM

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Broadway and Canal by Jeff Cohen

Broadway and CanalI have five new eBay paintings in the works along with a 6 x 6 Commission so it a while will be before I some new images to get. That not only so, I thought I use this time to a little bit about my friend Jeff Cohen would brag and publicize his latest painting entitled Broadway and Canal. I hesitate, writing, that it the best, that he ever done, because he has so many paintings, created, I think's would masterpiece. But it is a friggin... masterpiece! The sick part is, it makes it easy to look. Several times I have described his technique in previous blog entries, in the past, therefore not it will I now but Jeff just created a smart new website that beautifully illustrates its process. The URL is urbofrag.com. If you be a member of FaceBook can progress which this painting from the start, follow until its fan page. Jeff, you even exceeded.
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Glass week: olive JAR

6 x 6 oil on HardboardI have a sort of issue with this weeks eBay paintings. Each of the five pieces listed will contain glass and all but consist one of edible product. First up a jar of olives. If you want to bid on this painting, you can access the auction by you here.Posted ByJames Neil Hollingsworthat3: 20 PM

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Glass week: Coca-Cola Carmine sound

6 x 6 oil HardboardTonight glass week there is a box of Coke empties. I not yet urged the potential of this issue and work plans in a few more paintings. The right half of the box which have left is been perpetuated in fact already this composition in a previous eBay painting. A more complete version of this composition is currently used for the "me" on my homepage FaceBook photo. If you want to bid for this painting, you can take the auction by clicking here.Posted ByJames Neil Hollingsworthat6: 32 PM

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Glass week: salt ' n pepper

6 x 6 oil on the HardboardWednesday entry for glass week is a couple of tiny salt and pepper shakers. Karen and I drove up to Asheville, NC a while back at the reception opening a show was participate in 16 Patton Gallery Karin Jurick. We all wandering spent the afternoon together in the city. During our travels, we stopped in a small cafe for a snack. Sat alone on a table in the sunlight grabbed the Karen camera and took a shot. If you can provide to participate in the auction for this painting, by you here.Posted ByJames Neil Hollingsworthat9: 12 PM

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Glass week: Wild Turkey

6 x 6 oil on the HardboardThursday, is a bottle Wild Turkey. This particular bottle commissioned years for my birthday I by a good friend and I am still feeding from the. I love a little goes a long way with me. I wanted the "glass" this piece to get as well as the artwork for the bird. If you want to bid, you can take the auction by clicking here.Posted ByJames Neil Hollingsworthat1: 14 PM

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Glass week: crystal ball

6 x 6 oil on HardboardTo end glass week, I have a little crystal ball. I a number of times in the past, but it was painted this area for a long time and I thought it would be closer to this subject a good. If you want to join the auction for this painting can offer by clicking on here.Posted ByJames Neil Hollingsworthat6: 58 PM

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Frank Frazetta 1928 2010

Frank Frazetta, died a few weeks and I wanted time a moment to confirm its disclosure. I need not to wortreiche, because anyone who is familiar with his work and welcomes all already know it, you need to know. Has effect on a personal note, I want to say, that when I first his work in the mid-sixties discovered, literally it me like a ton of bricks hit and is never accepted. His imagination sense of composition and control painting technique was an inspiration for me for forty years. Frazetta of work in the field of fantasy illustration was imitated ad nauseum, but I believe after never Krasnići.
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Nosey

9 x 7 oil on hardboard
I was recently Worthington approached by Steve to participate in a project he was put together, for animal shelters fundraising. Steve is an awesome sculptor, animals created wonderful bronze. You should check out his website, and locate your his Sumo toads are. His idea was to approach family of artists (I think, he sought 20 as for), some which painting in a book would be assembled his mice, then this painting from the proceeds, which would be donated to support animal shelters. I have seen so far that the contributions of Michael Naples (scrolls, to post April 3), Carol Navy (scrolls, to post April 28), Jelaine Faunce and Jeff Hayes, and you are all unbeatable. The above painting is my contribution. I have a title, but is the name of the mouse. When the book is finished, I will another post with all the information, which concern you leave. I can not wait, all of the other paintings found under.Hope that it is a lot money for the critters löst.Gebuchte ByJames Neil Hollingsworthat12: 43 PM

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Edible week: Granny Smith

6 x 6 oil on hardboard
Tonight I am way back to my eBay roots travel. Back to a time before I was so much concerned with the specific nature of things and a more produced type "compositional" painting. Use more surrounding elements and not so much on what sharp. I am not Dissen what I do now, but I must say from time to time, can I get a serious Jones to view more of the setting. So I painted this shell apples. I must say that I really work on this painting enjoyed.It provided an opportunity to a little looser, as I usually work, and just using it provide fun to assistance.If on this painting, take part in the auction by clicking here.
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Edible week: jelly cracker

6 x 6 oil on Hardboard Panel
White flour and is grape jelly twice in one week something much I know, but I love of grape jelly on Saltine cracker as a snack food to the. This thing salty/sweet was really satisfying food I thought week a painting of joy from the past would do.Plus I love the gem quality to offer which the Jelly.Klicken on here.Posted ByJames Neil Hollingsworthat1 the painting: 36 PM

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Edible week: Red Snapper

6 x 6 oil on Hardboard Panel
I apologise to all Ichthyologists out there, if I have this being wrong, but I am quite sure that this red snapper is. If I'm wrong I know. For the most my life object of my artwork was always animals and always in watercolor, as I decided, you "edible week" it saw as an opportunity once again to something with eyes to paint. I found this template in the local farmers market and was really beautiful.If you want to bid on this painting, you can access the auction by here klicken.Gebuchte ByJames Neil Hollingsworthat4: 38 PM

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Edible week: black grapes

6 x 6 oil on Hardboard Panel
... and, finally, for edible week, a glass bowl filled with black grapes. I know I tend to use this set too much, but "I love", these grapes paint. There is so much character, color and texture in each of these berries, which is anyone as a new topic.This will be design oriented at the end of paintings for a while but it was fun, and I can back the way versuchen.Wenn you want to bid on this painting, click here.Posted ByJames Neil Hollingsworthat12: 25 PM

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Bad photos add inspiration

Good painter and friend of mine, Ines Kramer, told me she likes, bad photograph. Planning to do a few long distance travel in fact every year only. I thought only will, was itself effacing, until I realized the full impact, what has said. Ines uses the photos in your work, by photo shopping you cut you and collaging on a surface as a Underpainting and paint then adds in the foreground which sometimes receives the images often change their shape, color, etc. Add. She said that if the photos are too well, modify not feel free. A good photo keeps you from adding their own ideas, while a bad photo only asks amended, rearrange, and given the personality. One other artist friend of me, Martha Kennedy, paints beautiful landscapes with (how it enables)

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(A) positive search negative space

from art to represent school days, form and background in a painting. When I taught a basic I draw class many years ago a renewed interest in this approach. I have noticed that our eyes on positive space or negative space but at the same time can focus not both. When you place your hands palm down on the table and its finger a little fingers to spread the positive space are hand and the space between the fingers are, for example, negative space. Try it out. I can, my make eyes focus on one or the other both in focus is back and forth between the fingers and the space but not really at the same time.




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An easy way to think about acrylic

I often get asked the same sort of question regarding acrylic paint, whether you use media or water, and how much of each. Think a good way acrylic is to organize all techniques into two categories. Almost all techniques deal with acrylic TOP of area fall sitting on, or INTO the area. Acrylic top or level to use, keep using water to a minimum and use only media and gels. In this way your acrylic color not be diluted, so the

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Do something else

I have an article about Robert Rauschenberg last month type in the United States (Sept issue page 38) read and leave a lasting impression. Charles Stuckey, wrote the article mentioned

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Outdoor painting with new slow drying acrylics

On a recent outdoor painting trip, I decided I try out the new slow drying acrylic from Golden called open acrylics. Typically I use oil pastels, if in free for portability and easy work. However, I was surprised to find this new acrylic paint even easier and more fun! I spent time preparation and planning, and because it worked out so well, I thought I think list of supplies and a few things that worked for me, if someone try it would publish.

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Make money as an artist

Because I support happiness for me as an artist, I am often asked for advice. Here is a list of the things that I do in a particular order, but all help me stay profitable and create a life I enjoy.

(1) Have a variety of revenue of streams: its more stressful have all my money come from one source.If I could leave sale exclusively to painting pressure on me to my art to compromise ausüben.stattdessen did I talk money from teaching, book fees, commissions, and commitment.

(2) Stay open opportunities: my portfolio is small and tragbaren.Ich it with me everywhere I use online publishing sites gehen.Ich, create affordable and dispensible to a book.

(3) Continuously find new locations: I am always on the lookout for good galleries interested distributors and agents that sell my work.

(4) Do the best I can: I strive, to the best work, kann.Nicht with my painting, but all aspects of my business as such as site following fonts, my portfolio showing up on time for appointments with commitments by make, etc.

(5) Get expert guidance from: I would like to work with specialists, with areas that I need support.On occasion I would like to hire coach, to keep me clear, focused and expand my current business ideen.Vor recently with art fallen coach of Renee Phillips has a session, here a link for more info on your coaching: http://www.manhattanarts.com/ReneePhillips/consult.htm

(6) Keeps its own dealer: I stay "Team" in contact with which to my, who help sell my Arbeit.Besuchen or at least call or email would be periodically.

(7) Have a vision: I recently won the readers a vision to erstellen.Hier read "The answer" from John Asssaraf who promotes, a link for his book is much: http://www.amazon.com/Answer-Business-Achieve-Financial-Extraordinary/dp/1416561994/ref

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