So a new website I found is pretty nifty. its called Artpromote. Its pretty much a database with information on artists, art, and art culture. It includes information on movements, huge ranges of art including fractal art, crafts, pretty much anything artistic. It also has galleries and a list of resources.
Also there is deviantart if you have never been there, which is kinda odd if you haven't. It is pretty much a community site where people can post their art and socialize wit one another. w00t!
Happy Trees!
http://www.bobross.com/Supplies.cfm
I also wanted to post a link to the Bob Ross website. In the store section you can buy 1 hour dvd's of him doing one of his kick-arse landscapes for about 17$ For those of you who have never heard of him (gasp!) Bob Ross is a white, afro-toting oil painter who does 60 and 30 minute shows on OPB where he takes a blank canvas and makes it look like a photograph of a landscape just by touching his paintbrush to it. This guy is crazy good. Even if the pieces tend to be cliche it's surprisingly calming to watch him make them. Bob Ross is a happy guy with a pillow-soft voice who often describes what he's painting by saying "let's pretend a happy little" (rock, bush, tree, cloud, cabin, mr. sun, etc.) "lives right here..." Sadly he passed away a few years ago, but OPB still airs reruns of his shows at 1 o clock on most weekdays
Here's an image from a T-shirt available from the site:
I also wanted to post a link to the Bob Ross website. In the store section you can buy 1 hour dvd's of him doing one of his kick-arse landscapes for about 17$ For those of you who have never heard of him (gasp!) Bob Ross is a white, afro-toting oil painter who does 60 and 30 minute shows on OPB where he takes a blank canvas and makes it look like a photograph of a landscape just by touching his paintbrush to it. This guy is crazy good. Even if the pieces tend to be cliche it's surprisingly calming to watch him make them. Bob Ross is a happy guy with a pillow-soft voice who often describes what he's painting by saying "let's pretend a happy little" (rock, bush, tree, cloud, cabin, mr. sun, etc.) "lives right here..." Sadly he passed away a few years ago, but OPB still airs reruns of his shows at 1 o clock on most weekdays
Here's an image from a T-shirt available from the site:
Art link
http://artgallery.yale.edu/pages/collection/permanent/pc.html
I found a pretty extensive online gallery at the Yale University website. You can view photos and descriptions of paintings, prints, photos, and mostly sculptures in several categories like Modern/Contemporary, Early European, African, Ancient, American Decorative, Ancient America, Coins/Medals, etc.
It's like getting all the benifits of a museum visit without the hassles of cost, transportation, sore feet, boredom, or crazy Portlanders like the drunk Italian man my friend and I met during the summer on our way to a museum, "heayy heayyy ask mea why Imma goin te the park..... DUHH! becuz thers BELLYDANCERS!" ::man staggers away in opposite direction of park::
There's also an interesting section with statements on subjects about art like "What is art and why does it matter?" or "Can Art be criticized on ethical grounds?"
http://artgallery.yale.edu/pages/whatisart/whatisart.html
Look what I found!
Well I happened find a couple cool things that I thought the rest of you might find interesting. First one's an artist, second one is a artistic tournament of sorts, and the third one is an a website.Jason Chan, creator of the awesome image shown above, is a very skilled and creative artist who's work is spectacular and clever.
His blog can be found at: http://jasonchanart.blogspot.com/
Now the the tournament I was talking about is something that's amazingly cool. It's a kind of Gladatorial arena for artists. It's called Last Man Standing Thunderdome. No joke, it's really called that. If you don't believe me check it out here: http://www.lastmanart.com/
It's an amazing concept really, construct a contest that has artist's from around the world create pieces that a sort of theme (such as outbreak, survival, serenity, ect.) and have them submit their creations, and let judges determine the winner. Brilliant.
While surfing the internet I found a website dedicated to art. Now there are a lot of websites out there that are about art and are "dedicated" to it. But this one makes it clear that at the end of the day it's their love of the craft, and not the profit it turns that drives them. I mean, when it says on their "About" page that:
"Everything we feature is there because we like it, not because some ridiculously rich sponsor has thrown a stack of greenbacks our way. Not that we don’t like ‘da duckets’. In fact, we welcome any economic ’subsidies’ we can get. But at the end of the day, our iPhones are tax write-offs, and we do this out of love, not for money."
wow. So with intelligent writing, inspiring images, and thoughful content all in one place I thought that it was worth mentioning on the blog. So check out http://www.lostateminor.com/ now!
Art link
http://www.arthub.org/
This is an interesting art directory. It has many categories, including muralist and boday art. The site features links to many contemporary artists and their websites. I like this directory because it's a great way to gain inspiration from non-famous artists.
This is an interesting art directory. It has many categories, including muralist and boday art. The site features links to many contemporary artists and their websites. I like this directory because it's a great way to gain inspiration from non-famous artists.
From Megan B:
http://dart.fine-art.com/
This is a link to a great online database full of contemporary artwork. The site sells the artwork, but I like it because it shows work from a huge amount of artists, and it's sorted into tons of categories - type, genre, subject, media, etc.
Check it out to look at art or gain inspiration :)
This is a link to a great online database full of contemporary artwork. The site sells the artwork, but I like it because it shows work from a huge amount of artists, and it's sorted into tons of categories - type, genre, subject, media, etc.
Check it out to look at art or gain inspiration :)