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10/15/16, 5:43 AM Alojz Pepich (1926-1962), drawings pic.twitter.com/mRBD5qaEDI

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10/15/16, 5:23 AM Jan Toorop (1858-1928) pic.twitter.com/4lz1WPcR2R

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10/13/16, 6:46 AM Not sure what this is .... Looks like it could be a TONY FITZPATRICK PAINTING... what ever it is I like it. pic.twitter.com/puwGI7YJJw

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10/13/16, 12:06 AM Carl Jung's Hand-Drawn, Rarely-Seen Manuscript The Red Book: A Whispered Introduction goo.gl/lwYVOd pic.twitter.com/YypR214UXc

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10/12/16, 9:22 PM Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (1888-1960) Australian illustrator of children's books. pic.twitter.com/cpL2a0XbGz

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10/12/16, 10:21 AM Couple of test pages for my first Aliens pitch to @DarkHorseComics before we decided to go in a different direction with Dead Orbit pic.twitter.com/hOjEKpqaFo

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"Don’t give up. Literally anyone can give up. Be the other person. But at the same time, step back..." [feedly]

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"Don't give up. Literally anyone can give up. Be the other person. But at the same time, step back..."
// Quotes About Comics

"Don't give up. Literally anyone can give up. Be the other person. But at the same time, step back and honestly assess who you are and what you're trying to accomplish and make sure you're doing that. And if not, change course, but don't stop."

- Brian Michael Bendis
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"Comic books, television shows … whenever I saw something or read something that I thought was good,..." [feedly]

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"Comic books, television shows … whenever I saw something or read something that I thought was good,..."
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"Comic books, television shows … whenever I saw something or read something that I thought was good, I tried to back up and figure out why I thought it was good. What was it that made this good? Everything was OK to me, because even the junk, I thought, was alright. But when something stood out, you went, 'Wait a minute, why is that good?'"

- Darwyn Cooke (2007)
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10/11/16, 7:10 AM SCIAGRAPHY is the art of representing shadows or silhouettes. pic.twitter.com/0SzYy3DiV1

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10/11/16, 4:45 AM The critically endangered saiga is an antelope from Central Asia. It uses its strange nose to filter out dust. pic.twitter.com/JFAn9kL0yI

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10/11/16, 1:58 AM On September 30, Ted Benoit and his elegant 'ligne claire' style left us. In Memoriam. newsarama.com/31282-ted-beno… #comics #architecture pic.twitter.com/y7eC48ePiT

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Eye Candy for Today: Samuel Palmer watercolor of cypress trees [feedly]

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Eye Candy for Today: Samuel Palmer watercolor of cypress trees
// lines and colors

The Cypresses at the Villa d'Este, Tivoli, Samuel Palmer

Original is in the collection of the Yale Center for British Art, which has both a zoomable and downloadable file on their site. You can also find a zoomable version on the Google Art Project and a downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons.

You can see — particularly in the lower trunks — how he started with a pencil sketch, added watercolor to that and then highlighted the brighter tips of the foliage with gouache.

To me, the drawing seems particularly direct and contemplative. I can identify with the artist focusing on his subject, the rest of the world and its cares far far away.

 

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Alexander Votsmush (Shumtov) [feedly]

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Alexander Votsmush (Shumtov)
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Alexander Votsmush is a Crimean painter who works in watercolor. The name "Votsmush" is actually a pseudonym — a rearrangement of his actual name, "Shumtov" — that he adopted in his college days.

Votsmush has a unique and very appealing approach to his watercolors — part graphic, part paintlike, with skewed verticals and horizontals, or curves in their place — that that give his pieces a feeling of casual, lively structure and informal rendering.

Some of his pieces have a narrative feeling and may have been intended as illustrations, but I don't actually know.

Votsmush does not have a dedicated web presence, so you need to rely on articles in which others have posted his work. One of the best is a series of three articles on Asif R Naqvi's blog Living Design: "The wonderful world of watercolor maestro Alexander Votsmush (Part 1)", along with Part 2 and Part 3.

There is another article on Scribd, and a 2014 interview with Votsmush on Art of Watercolor.

The work of Alexander Votsmush will be on display at Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra, CA, in a solo show that opens today, October 8, and runs until October 23, 2016. There is a gallery of his work on their site.

[A note of caution: if you go searching for Votsmush paintings on sites other than the ones listed here, be wary — some of the ones I encountered, particularly with .ru domains, set off my anti-virus alarms.]

 

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Notre Dame du Haut- Le Corbusier

I'm sorry I couldn't remember the name of this building, Notre Dame du Haut by Le Corbusier, but here are links.

http://figure-ground.com/ronchamp/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre_Dame_du_Haut

Cinderella Mix [feedly]

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// Deja View

A few pieces of art from the sixty-six year old Cinderella, a film whose success saved the Disney Studio.
The artwork above was done for a record album.You'd think that salmon pink as a base color might not look good, but it sure does here. The more obvious choice would have been a night blue.

A beautiful clean up drawing from an Eric Larson scene. Even if you had life action reference as a guide for the animation, this type of realism is VERY HARD to draw!!

A great Mary Blair piece. Two basic colors, blue and white with pink and yellow accents.

Even as black & white prints, still stunning.

I am not sure if this is her work as well, it might be by John Hench.

A cel from the Sweet Nightingale song sequence. A great example of reducing the complex human body to very simple, animatable forms.

Again, a very simple background, yet so effective. 

Actress Helene Stanley acts out a scene in which she is entering an imaginary coach that will take her to the ball. I don't know the name of the actress who plays the Fairy Godmother.
The following film still is from the same scene.

Some images Heritage Auctions.

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Glaser's Ghosts
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When you Google "Dylan + Glaser" you will get pages of postage stamp-sized reproductions of his famous 1966 Bob Dylan poster that was folded into Dylan's "Greatest Hits" LP released by CBS Records. It was inspired by Marcel Duchamp's 1957 self portrait and the color palette found in Persian miniatures. Of the poster, Milton Glaser said: "The history of visual things in the world is my playpen."

Well, perhaps the Dylan poster is not as copied or mimicked as much as Glaser's I HEART logo, but it has been more than a playground for other artists and designers. It'd been an entire amusement park for designers and illustrators throughout the world—for decades and counting.

Why one image captures so much attention and retention is something of a mystery, particularly decades after its stylistic heyday, but there are images, like Robert Indiana's "LOVE," Grant Wood's "American Gothic" and most of René Magritte's images that have also triggered parodies, homages and dumb attempts a humor galore. Here are a few of the Glaser interpretations, including some featuring Glaser himself:

 

With thanks to Mirko Ilic for his fine eyes and sensitive nose in matters of tracking.

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Put Your Type to the Test!

All too often, typography gets overlooked in larger design competitions—which is why we developed one that gives the artforms their full due and recognizes the best designers in each category. Whether you design your own typefaces, design type-centric pieces or create gorgeous handlettered projects, we want to see your work—and share it with our readers.

Enter today for a chance to be featured in Print magazine, receive a prize pack from MyDesignShop.com, and more. Early bird rates for the competition—which features both pro and student categories—end Oct. 14!

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'Fundamentals of Drawing' Now in English [feedly]

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'Fundamentals of Drawing' Now in English
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The 2007 Russian drawing textbook Fundamentals of Drawing is now available in an English-language print edition.

I first reported on the book when I encountered it as a Russian-language text.

The book is by the Russian master Vladimir Mogilevtsev. He is the head of the Drawing Department of the Russian Academy of Arts (aka Repin Art Institute) in St. Petersburg. The book has been a bestseller in Russia and beyond.

It's one of the best ways for those of us outside Russia to understand how drawing is taught in the Academy there.


Mr. Mogilevtsev combines accurate observational drawing with a sensitive appreciation of old master sculptures, paintings, and drawings. The book provides plenty of relevant examples by masters of the past.

He documents the production of two drawings: a female portrait and a male standing nude. Along with each step is an explanation of the thought process that helps lead to success, along with warnings about common mistakes. For example: "Common mistake: A knee of the supporting leg is accentuated instead of the protruding knee. As a result, the supporting leg appears bent at the knee."


I am impressed with the way Mr. Mogilevtsev emphasizes the importance of identifying a personal response before commencing with a drawing. He says: "A work of art creates its own emotional environment, and little by little, unobtrusively, it exerts its influence on a viewer."

The book is large format, hard-cover, and beautifully printed. It is a welcome addition to the methods taught in the Charles Bargue Drawing Course, which is used as a text in many American and European ateliers.

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Fundamentals of Drawing (English Edition)
Previously: Russian Academic Books on Drawing and Painting
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Grey Tone Paper Tutorial by Sidonie [feedly]

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Grey Tone Paper Tutorial by Sidonie
// How to Art

Grey Tone Paper Tutorial by Sidonie

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