I just posted my latest cubism. I take art classes at the Life Enrichment Center in Tampa and my teacher, mentor, has me hooked on cubism…
I just posted my latest cubism. I take art classes at the Life Enrichment Center in Tampa and my teacher, mentor, has me hooked on cubism. She is called “Blue hat lady” but she reminds me of a character from “Dick Tracy” . Here is the link: http://www.redbubble.com/mybubble/art/511438-1-blue-hat-lady/edit / Let me know what you think. I need some comments and criticism. Thanks everyone, Vickie
Thanks to the wonderful person who purchased two cards from me yesterday…... and these two images couldn’t be more different. “For…
Thanks to the wonderful person who purchased two cards from me yesterday…... and these two images couldn’t be more different. Forgotten Fields / / / / Cubism
I’ve just returned from a weekend up in Brisbane. It wasn’t just any weekend it was a huge turning point for me. I went to the Picasso…
I’ve just returned from a weekend up in Brisbane. It wasn’t just any weekend it was a huge turning point for me. I went to the Picasso exhibition. As I walked through the black curtain into the masters realm my pulse was racing. Standing in front of the first Picasso artwork I was so overcome with emotion tears were spilling down my cheeks. You might think that I’m exagerating, but to see the works of not only Picasso, but Braque, Ernst, Mattisse, Modigliani, Renoir, Rousseau (there were more) in the flesh was so absolutely a trip out of this world. In my early teen years I visited an exhibition of some of Picasso’s work at the Sydney Gallery and this made such an impression on me and has been a huge influence in my work. While studying design I was facinated by the artists from the turn of the century and I feel that Picasso was very instrumental in artists looking outside the square. I recommend this journey to Brisbane before the exhibition ends. Can you even try to imagine a trip into the beginnings of cubism, surrealism, fauvism, expressionism as an artist I don’t believe you can let this opportunity slip past you.
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In an effort to clarify what Graphic Arts is and to foster creativity in the process I landed on the idea of creating an ongoing challeng…
In an effort to clarify what Graphic Arts is and to foster creativity in the process I landed on the idea of creating an ongoing challenge series for the Graphic Arts group here on RedBubble. Graphic Arts is notoriously difficult to define – such is the broad scope of it’s uses. But there are some basic threads of commonality, primarily the intention to communicate. Which explains why tertiary studies in the field usually fall under the title of Communications (i.e a Bachelor of Communications). With that in mind, there are several techniques that are characteristic of graphic arts – mostly based around printing techniques (due to the long history of printmaking next to the more recent growth of digital/cyber formats). The graphic arts have also closely tied with current trends and design movements – which is hardly surprising considering that design is the act of creating to fulfill a demand (as opposed to art for arts sake). Designers are constantly looking to their environment, culture, history, current affairs and so on to inform their work. The linear documentation of art history and architecture are prominent in creative studies – whilst that of graphic arts is less well know (perhaps due to it’s mass-production nature, rather than ‘high-art’ identity). But you will find that art, architecture, industrial/product design, jewellery and graphic arts often cross boundaries with each other. So, getting to the point. Over the next several weeks I will be launching challenges with themes focused on prominent design styles. To keep it interesting I won’t be releasing them in linear order – but jumping around instead. I will have links to more information, and also be providing examples of original and contemporary works in the theme. Here are the themes so far: Cubism / Futurism / Bauhaus Cubism Picasso’s Cubist Man with a Hat of 1912 is an early example of collage, which was a logical outgrowth of Analytic Cubism and marked the beginning of the shift to Synthetic Cubism. Pieces of colored paper and newspaper are pasted onto paper to form geometric representations of a head and neck; the remainder of the image is drawn in charcoal. The use of newspaper, which seems textured because of the newsprint, was a common feature of early collages. Words and letters, which are themselves abstract signs, often formed part of the overall design. Collage, like Cubism, involved disassembling aspects of the environment – just as one might take apart a machine, break up a piece of writing, or even divide a single word into letters – and then rearranging (or reassembling) the parts to form a new image. [i] Futurism The [Futurist] Manifesto sought to inspire in the general public an enthusiasm for a new artistic language. In all the arts – the visual arts, music, literature, theatre, and film – and museum would be abolished, and creative energy would be focused on the present and future. Speed, travel, technology, and dynamism would be the subjects of Futurist art. Piet Mondrian painted Broadway Boogie Woogie [while living in New York in the 1940s as a refugee from World War II]. This was one of a series of pictures that he executed in small squares and rectangles of color, which replaced the large rectangles outlined in black. The grid pattern of the New York streets, the flashing lights of Broadway, and the vertical and horizontal motion of cars and pedestrians are conveyed as flat, colorful shapes. [i] Bauhaus The German version of the International Style centered on the Bauhaus. Its aim was to improve the aesthetic quality of manufactured goods and industrial architecture, to produce them more cheaply, and to make them more widely available. [i] The design innovations commonly associated with…Bauhaus [are] the radically simplified forms, the rationality and functionality, and the idea that mass-production was reconcilable with the individual artistic spirit. [ii] [The] foundations for the future development of functional typography at the Bauhaus were laid with poster and typography designs for various events and publications at the school. This included the Bauhaus postcards, which found wide distribution as original graphic miniatures and which, in their combination of typeface and image, were to become an important advertising medium for the Bauhaus. [iii] Art Nouveau – more info + photos Dynamic, undulating, and flowing lines in a syncopated rhythm, are found throughout the architecture, painting, sculpture and other forms of Art Nouveau design. Two-dimensional Art Nouveau pieces were painted, drawn, and printed in popular forms such as advertisements, posters, labels, magazines, and the like. Japanese wood-block prints, with their curved lines, patterned surfaces, contrasting voids, and flatness of visual plane, also inspired Art Nouveau. [iv] Art Deco Art Deco was a popular international design movement from 1925 until 1939, affecting the decorative arts such as architecture, interior design, and industrial design, as well as the visual arts such as fashion, painting, the graphic arts and film. This movement was, in a sense, an amalgam of many different styles and movements of the early 20th century, including Neoclassical, Constructivism, Cubism, Modernism, Bauhaus, Art Nouveau, and Futurism. The bold use of stepped forms and sweeping curves (unlike the sinuous, natural curves of the Art Nouveau), chevron patterns, and the sunburst motif are typical of Art Deco. A resurgence of interest in Art Deco came with graphic design in the 1980s, where its association with film noir and 1930s glamour led to its use in ads for jewelry and fashion [v] Pop Art The imagery of Pop Art was was derived from commercial sources, the mass media, and everyday life…The Pop artists strove for “objectivity” embodied by an imagery of objects. [T]he widespread incorporation of letters and numbers into the new iconography of Pop Art reflects the influence of the newspaper collages produced by Picasso and Braque. [i] Characterized by themes and techniques drawn from popular mass culture, such as advertising,comic books and mundane cultural objects…Characterized by themes and techniques drawn from popular mass culture, such as advertising,comic books and mundane cultural objects. [vi] Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup I (Tomato) of 1968, illustrates his taste for commercial images. The clear precision of his forms and absence of any visible reference to paint texture intensify the confrontation with the object represented – with the object as object. [i] Punk Punk visual art is artwork which often graces punk rock album covers, flyers for punk shows, and punk zines. It is characterised by deliberate violation, such as the use of letters cut out from newspapers and magazines, a device previously associated with kidnap and ransom notes, so the sender’s handwriting was not revealed. Much of the earlier artwork was in black and white, because it was distributed in punk zines reproduced at copy shops, but when colour was used in more expensive productions it was often characterised by being high key, such as the use of fluorescent pink and yellow contrasted with black on the cover of the Sex Pistols’ Never Mind the Bollocks album designed by Jamie Reid. Punk visual art can include anything from* crudely scribbled letters* to shockingly jarring figures drawn with sharp points everywhere. Often images and figures are cut and pasted from magazines to create a scene and the colors are often two tone and deeply contrasting. [vii] [i] A History of Western Art (Third Edition) Laurie Schneider Adams McGraw Hill 2001. / [ii] Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_design / [iii] Bauhaus Archiv Museum of Design, http://www.bauhaus.de/english/bauhaus1919/kunst/kunst_graphik.htm / [iv] Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Nouveau / [v] Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Deco / [vi] Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_art
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For those of you that follow my work take this opportunity to see works behind glass that I have around my home. Some of these pieces are…
For those of you that follow my work take this opportunity to see works behind glass that I have around my home. Some of these pieces are originals and some are ideas taken from others’ works. It is just a collection of works that I have put together to ‘show’ to a gallery owner in Marmaris as he is interested in displaying my work ….nothing ventured, nothing gained. Sorry about the angles, but it’s 7pm here, dark and I needed the flash. Typical Turkey, contacted me today and wants to meet tomorrow ….nothing like spur of the moment to jolt activity! / Anyhow – the Not Published stuff is here if you are interested:
‘Inner Vixen’ - FEATURED TODAY! ...
‘Inner Vixen’ - FEATURED TODAY! I was happy to discover my work Featured yet again in this group… / This means so much - Thankyou ARtrageous RB ARtists!!!
Thankyou ‘Works on Paper’ for Featuring my watercolour self-portrait THIRD BORN !http://images-1.redbubble.net/img/art/size:ula…
Thankyou ‘Works on Paper’ for Featuring my watercolour self-portrait THIRD BORN It’s so nice to have artwork appreciated and recognised by other artists, thankyou again!!!
THANKYOU ARTRAGEOUS RB ARTISTS for featuring my Artwork & T-shirt!!! Emerging Perspective !http://images-2.redbubble.net/img/art/si…
THANKYOU ARTRAGEOUS RB ARTISTS for featuring my Artwork & T-shirt!!! Emerging Perspective Forked – Consumabe T-shirt
‘Inner Vixen’ - FEATURED by ‘QUORN’ Thankyou!!! Inner Vixen !http://images-2.redbubble.net/img/art/size:ularge/view:mai…
‘Inner Vixen’ - FEATURED by ‘QUORN’ Thankyou!!! Inner Vixen
Thankyou Visual Texture for featuring my artwork FRUIT ON!!!! I !http://images-3.redbubble.net/img/art/size:ularge/view:main/170681…
Thankyou Visual Texture for featuring my artwork FRUIT ON!!!! I
Thankyou Unconventional Artistry for featuring my painting! Make me a STAR !http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/size:ularge/v…
Thankyou Unconventional Artistry for featuring my painting! Make me a STAR
MASK feature—- Thankyou STRICTLY FACES! MASK /
MASK feature—- Thankyou STRICTLY FACES! MASK /
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/ / There! Go see Deborah Glasgow’s art / It’s fantastic! / Note: Lots of excellent, brightly colored cubism, too!
/ As a lot of you know, there is a forum he…
/ As a lot of you know, there is a forum here at RB to make Front Page suggestions – Choose the Red Bubble Home Page is basically a personal reference journal for me which i’ll continually add to along the way. / Some Useful Links Rules, Guidelines & Tips on Submitting Sanne’s Red Bubble Homepage Blog – for an updated daily record of Red Bubble Home Page features Aglaia’s Calendar Code – the code for squaring off calendars for HP submission on this page of the forum Link to the HP Suggestion Forum Link to the HP Comment & Chat Forum / and totally unrelated – but i keep getting asked for the link How to Add a Slideshow with your Images Dave Pearson’s Better Formatting Hack Edit a Work from Public View Hack Add a Share Button ...just so i can keep track of what and who I’ve suggested (in order not to double up!) i’ll throw my suggestions in here… they should be all hopefully be clickable links / Comments @Chat Forum Here Way Too Cute! / 23/9/09 – Pg 310 Extra / Ooops! / 23/9/09 – Pg 310 Shoes and Socks / 22/9/09 – Pg 309 / / Extras Stars and Stripes / 21/9/09 – Page 308 Extras / The Smiling Assassin / 21/9/09 – Pg. 307 Bounce – my assignment! / 21/9/09 – Pg.306 Of Clowns and Jellies / 20/9/09 – Pg.305 Loss / 20/9/09 – Page 301 / Minimalism / 19/9/09 Pg 299 / Front Page Selection 20/9/09 Beautiful Behinds! / 18/9/09 – Page 290 Extras / ...and wasn’t that little search educational!!! T...and Toast / 18/9/09 – Page 288 Extras / Hugs! / Revised 16/9/09 – Page 279 Extras / These are All Calendars / 16/9/09 – Page 276 Extras / Geeks & Nerds / 15/9/09 – Pg 271 and 17/10/09 – Pg 328 / Extras / Elves / 15/9/09 – Pg 269 Extras / Mirror Mirror / 15/9/09 – Pg 266 Cubism / 15/9/09 – Pg 265 Balance / 14/9/09 Extras Global Warming / 14/9/09 – Pg 263 Extras Chalk and Cheese / ...and viva la difference!!!! 14/9/09 – Pg 263 Niagara Falls and Vikings ♥ / random monday madness / 14/9/09 – Pg 263 Spheres / 14/9/09 – Pg 262 Extra / Surrealism / 13/9/09 – Pg 260 Extras / Impressionism / 13/9/09 – Pg 259 Extras / Sightless – as requested Ma’am / 13/9/09 and Revised 16/9/09 – Pgs 259 and 274 Extras / / (i keep seeing michael jackson’s face in the side of that bandage which is creeping me out a little!!!) From Grapes to Wine / 13/9/09 – Pg 259 and again 11/10/09 Pg 325 Extras Music Notes / 13/9/09 – Pg 259 Extras / Barcodes / 13/9/09 – Pg 259 Extra / Summer! / 13/9/09 – Pg 258 Extras / Upside Down / 13/9/09 – Pg 258 Extras / ...and finally (for today at least) shameless pimping of the amazing talent in my three groups / Frogs-Giraffes-Elephants / 13/9/09 – Pg 258 Take a Bow! / 12/9/09 – Pg 258 Extras / Say Ahhhh / 11/9/09 – Pg 258 Extras / Hula Hoops / A Couple of Groovy Spares! / Hopscotch! / Pg 257 / Extra / Pinstripes! / pg257 A couple of eye-popping spares! / RB HomePage 13th September, 2009 FRONT PAGE SUGGESTIONS – PAGE TWO
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