Abstract art has always been an essential part in the creation of art, however, the term “Abstract Art” was born almost a century ago. During the last century, the French artist Cézanne reached a conclusion that every person sees the world in a different way and this is why, seeing is itself a creative process. With the introduction of this simple theory, Cézanne opened up a whole new approach and looked for the artists who were dependent on presenting such art works that would reveal the artist’s personal vision, the interpretation of the nature or ideas, that can actually be very different from the pre-established conventions. Having this vision in mind, most artists including Matisse, Gauguin, and Picasso looked at the art of various cultures to find new ways of expressing their ideas and displayed it later through their art work. Around same time, Picasso also surprised the world with his painting titled “Les Demoiselles d’ Avginon” that broke all the accepted rules and which was clearly inspired by the African masks. Rise of ethnicity in the Abstract Art: The time of Postmodernism in history had a great influence on the concepts of race as well as ethnicity in the […] Read More
Developing a Portrait Painting is a special genre in painting that aims to depict a human subject. Portraits are often considered important for state, family records and also for personality remembrances. The Portrait Artists enjoy a special liberty while making a portrait and this liberty allows the creation of a master piece. The Portrait artists can either depict their subject in ‘full length’, in ‘half length’, with ‘head and shoulders’ or simply with ‘head’ only, in a ‘three-quarter view’ or can even give a ‘full face’ highlighting varying directions through the use of light and shadow. However, in some portraits, the front of the subject is not visible at all such as in the portrait by Andrew Wyeth titled Christina’s World (made in 1948) where the portrait shows the pose of a crippled girl with her back turned to the viewer. The portrait artists enjoy the freedom regarding the background setting of a portrait. For example, the subject of the portrait can either be clothed or nude, can be indoors or outdoor, can be standing, reclining, or even seated and may also be horse mounted etc. The portrait paintings can even comprise of individuals, parents and children, couples, families, business groups or […] Read More
Koral Dasgupta writes about her meeting with Suzi F Nassif. Let’s see what she has to convey to us after her meeting: The meeting explores Suzi Nassif’s personal life and her inspirations and challenges that she has to face in that part of the world. “Painting is a blind man’s profession. He paints not what he sees, but what he feels, what he tells himself about what he has seen.” – Picasso I was instantly reminded of this quote when I got a chance to meet this highly talented Lebanese painter through Instagram. Her work is full of life and triggers curiosity. Her paintings communicate with you at personal level. Her favorite painting areas are emotions, women and faith. Suzi boldly experiments with style and colours. Her paintings tell a unique story. Suzi says that oil gives her time to work through different stages and layers of paintings. It also gives her ability to strike right fusion of colour, shadow and depth. She prefers acrylic as they dry up fast. Dasgupta explores Nassif’s vision of women and interprets that the artist has nurtured chain of thoughts on varying roles of women. As per Suzi, her environment and her gender has […] Read More
“There is never a lack of subject matter; just absence of creativity.” Lee Hammond Modern art creativity is to make or craft something innovative, unusual and useful. Creating art might be reflected as relaxing endeavor but it is quite challenging as well. This is an intellectual challenge in which the doors to learn something different or explore the new medium to paint can never be shut. Creative art requires the painting artists and enthusiasts to augment their in-box, out-box, and the new-box thinking skills. This will lead them to transform an avant-garde idea into a startling oeuvre. Engaging the audience will be possible only if visual artists actually can comprehend important conditions so as to produce efficacious creativity in form of paintings including abstract impressionism and digital surrealism etc. If you want to be among the great portrait artists then avoid being a creative slump and keep on to cultivate your creativity and for this you need to work on below listed conditions. Creative Climate: This is meant to achieve the right atmosphere as you start to put your idea on canvas. A creative climate is one that gives sound support to your ideas and allow you to be […] Read More
From digital surrealism artists to abstract art, we can find mesmerizing artwork from famous artists but a very few of us know facts about the famous artists behind those paintings. Let us explore the artists and find out interesting facts about them: John James Audobon: This famous artist is known for painting 435 watercolors of birds throughout his life span. He was born on Caribbean island of Santo Domingo and he moved to US later in his life. In US, he fell in love with birds so much that he dedicated his life to make sure he paints every specie of bird found in America. Leonardo Da Vinci: Many know the artist for painting Mona Lisa painting but a few know that he was a vegetarian and animal rights activist. His empathy towards them can be seen by the fact that he used to buy caged birds and then set them free. He left lesser than 30 unfinished paintings. He also left numerous sketches and drawings. Salvador Dali: This artist believed that he was his dead brother’s reincarnation. In every one of his paintings, a portrait or silhouette of Dali can be seen. From 1500 or above paintings that he produced, […] Read More
Surreal art aims to express, through verbal or written expression, the real function of thought and imagination. It is dictated by the absence of a control which is put forward through a reason, but is outside the traditional aesthetic or even moral preoccupations. It portrays the power of mind to make things possible in dreams and then displaying that success of achievement through an art display. One must not forget that surreal art follows no rules or conventions that are implemented in any society. It has no limitations or boundaries as such in expression. Thus it is an art that exists beyond imagination and presents things that are ‘unheard off’ before. Some known expressions in the world of Surreal arts: We believe that the main focus of surreal arts is on females and it depicts how women are viewed in surrealism as a focus. Surreal arts display women as an object of desire, fulfillment and ultimate achievement. We observe that Surrealism often produces a visual feast for its audience. It uses bright colors and strong visualization of the objects, concepts and images which provides the paintings with an eye catching effect. However, the strange , oppressed and disturbing malformations of […] Read More
Ingenious spirits like portrait artists simply cannot hold their horses back. They never surrender to give their audience the pleasure of enchanting artwork. However, artists are humans and can be distracted from their creative paths. For so many reasons anyone can get down and might not be able to spin out more ideas, generate more schemes or to come up with more prospects. Do not fall into the trap and bring into play the below listed four techniques to keep your creativity alive and rich. 1. Music is a fun way to awake your senses: When things turn to feel familiar, that’s the time to show strength and not to give up on your creativity. Have you tried to paint what you hear? Music has all the power to ignite your creative spark. It is a great way to awake your senses and get your inspiration back to express your inner feelings persuasively. Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) has revolutionized the creative art world with his abstract art that he truly crafted through music. Listening to music will also help you to practice the mindfulness giving you a new way to approach painting. 2. Keep developing your creativity sensors: According to Marshall McLuhan “Artists […] Read More
“For me, surrealism is in my blood; it’s not an effort”-Alejandro Jodorowsky The term surrealism was coined by a French writer and art critic, Guilaume Apollinaire. He used Surrealism for the first time in his art play “The Breasts of Tiresias” for describing his new style of drama. The history of Surrealism dates back to early 1920’s and is popularly known for visual artworks and writings of group members. Surreal art has been transformed into digital surrealism artist with the advent of technology taking over our lives for good. Surrealist art often makes use of dream imagery so that it better exhibits inner working of the mind. Have you ever dreamt of flying in the sky with your wings spread wide or you were a fish swimming in the sea? Surrealists make use of these images so that the viewer does not have to come up with a rational thought in order to understand surrealism. Positive influence of Surrealism: Let’s take a look at How Surrealism impacts one positively: Surrealism is a pure form of entertainment and makes use of symbols as a way of telling a story. By symbols, a surrealist means objects that stand for emotions, ideas and […] Read More
Just recently, Dubai showed the world how seriously it takes art with its first 3D art festival in the Middle East. It featured incredulous surreal art works that appeared to rise from the ground and were all created with chalk or paint with most of it depicting striking images from Emirati City. The creator of 3D pavement painting technique, Kurt Wenner stated that Dubai’s setting provided a wonderful chance to incorporate art into ever expanding landscape of the city. He said that as far as he could tell what happened was that the concentration of vision had been architectural and as per his thinking, he said that they were still working on finding a way of incorporating visual arts. Noora al- Abbar who is director of communications and innovation at the government of Dubai said that this festival was a part of initiative that aimed to transform the city into open air art museum. One of the brilliant work of art was a chalk drawing by Wenner which showed a boy on a typical Emirati fishing boat with children around. In the background, high rise sky scrapers could be seen. Omar Adi, a Syrian visitor said that the festival was […] Read More
If there is no art, in my opinion, this world would be the ugliest place in the whole universe. You know why? Artists take inspiration from the nature and ‘no arts creation’ means there is nothing worthy and notable in the nature. And, this is simply not conceivable. So, the world is beautiful because it owns fine pieces of artworks from solicitous and ingenious souls. Creative arts make our lives ever beautiful and entertaining. Portrait artists comprehends this thing and therefore, always search to craft a vision, a thought, a dream, social issue and lot more things to attract viewers attention. Truth is every art form is based on this fact. Do you think it is an easy recipe to cook? Not by any means. Artists need to regularly notch up their creative milestones and after years of hard work, they become capable to build a sound career. If you want to make your creative journey progressive and confidently successful then implement some specific ideas to keep your creative millstones on track. What Is A Right Creative Milestone? Everyone has his own choices for milestones depending on his work or passion for something. For the portrait to abstract and digital […] Read More
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