Steampunk Sculptures by Stephane Halleux

Stephane Halleux has graduated in illustraton at Saint-Luc Liège.
His sculptures result from the assemblance of materials such as metal, leather and wood-paste.
Reminding the steampunk art movement, Halleux's sculptures are full of creativity recalling us of the stories of Jules Vernes.
The characters and vehicles bring us thoughts of a post nuclear holocaust era.
You may visit Stephane's website to know more about him and his art.

Lucien Freud's World Record at Christie's

The portrait painting entitled "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping" from 1995 has achieve an auction record for a work of a living artist.
More development about it here.

João Lemos works for Marvel

The portuguese illustrator João Lemos was hired by Marvel to acomplish the drawings of the new series "Avengers Fairy Tales" that will go into the stands on March the 12th.
This series makes the cross between the fairy tales and the Marvel's comic characters. In this case the cross is made between Peter Pan and the Avengers super-heroes.
In this volume by C. B. Cebulski based upon the tale of J. M. Barrie, Captain America will be Peter Pan, Wasp will be Tinkerbell and Scarlet Witch will play Wendy's role.
The super-heroes Iron Man, Thor, Hawkeye and Black Panther will be the Lost Boys of the Neverland.
This first volume, from a set of four, will feature the draughtmanship of João Lemos, colouring by Christina Strain, Lettering by Dave Lanphear and coverwork by the french artist Claire Wendling.

More about Peter Pan at :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Pan

Doll Face by Andrew Huang

Doll Face follows a machine's struggle to construct its own identity. The machine with a doll face mimics images presented on a television screen and ultimately self-destructs from its inability to adopt a satisfactory visage. Created in its entirety by Andy Huang, Doll Face presents a visual account of desires misplaced and identities fractured by our technological extension into the future.
Andrew (Andy) Huang is currently a senior Fine Arts major and Animation minor at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Andy's past animated work has been showcased at the Smithsonian National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., and his latest independent short film "Doll Face" has been selected as part of the Official Selection at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in France, as well as the Electronic Theater at SIGGRAPH 2006 in Boston . Since the completion of "Doll Face" in December 2005, Andy, now 22 years old, continues animation work for Root Films, a production company in Los Angeles. You can see Andy Huang's other work at: http://www.rootfilm.com
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Turn the Pages of Famous Books

Want to see how old and original books look like ?

Click and turn the pages !

Mona Lisa True Identity Disclosed

According to scientists of the german university of Heidelberg, the true identity of Mona Lisa was finally confirmed.

The woman who served as a model to Leonardo Da Vinci's painting "La Gioconda" also known as "Mona Lisa", was the fiorentine aristocrat Lisa Gherardini wife of a fabrics trader with the name of Francesco Del Giocondo.

A note that was found by Martin Schlechter in one of the first books printed with movable characters, confirms that Lisa Del Giocondo was the model for the most famous painting completed between 1503 and 1506.

Writen by Vespuci in 1503 and found on a work from 1477 by Cicerone, he states that Leonardo was working on the portrait of Lisa Del Giocondo.

José Carrilho

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Lines and Colours

I have found a blog that is worth exploring. The author is Charlie Parker and by the number and especially the quality of the articles, one can deduct that he sure has invested alot of his time on it.
The name of the blog is Lines and Colors - yes I know I've writen "colours" in the title...

About Anamorphic Perspective

According to a brief search, it seems that anamorphic perspective can be found as early as the 15th century.

When one observes the works of the old masters, it is not

rare to become astonished with their skills, not only in terms of drawing but also their knowledge of mathematics and other sciences. So it may not be a surprise to see fine examples of anamorphic perspective from centuries ago.

The image shown, Triumph of the name of Jesus, is from Giovanni Battista Gaulli and was executed from 1672 to 1685.

One of my favorite artists is Andrea Pozzo and his anamorphic perpective works are simply amazing.

Like in those times, its use is still seen on buildings and fortunately the less acquainted with the matter can enjoy it through art festivals and competitions, namely by seeing the works of great sidewalk artists such as Julian Beever.

And if you want to digg a bit more into it, here are two more links to explore :

http://www.generativeart.com/salgado/anamorphic.htm

http://users.physik.tu-muenchen.de/cucke/ftp/lectures/proceedguil.PDF

José

A recent italian site with relevant articles on Art, Culture and Science.

Private Collection

Susan Dods is a long time collector and dealer of antique jewelry.

Her site features unique pieces of chinese jewelry.

Work in progress on Pastelmat

This is a work that I am doing onPastelmat from Clairefontaine.Its dimensions are 18 cm x 24 cm and the medium issoft pastels, including some pencils.Pastelmat is a sanded smooth paper, permiting good detail,vivid colours and a reasonable number of layers; not many though.On this paper, one has to carefuly plan ahead since layers influencethe upper ones (unless using a pastel with good covering power).This can be good or bad, depending on ones intentions.Blending with fingers is practically inobtainable on first layers.I advise not to start with the really soft ones, unless that isthe colour to keep or that you won't add much more on top of it.Concluding I would say that this paper deserves a try.
















Second stage and practically finished.
Now it's time to give it a rest and we'll see what
I may add in the future.














And after reading some opinions, I've finished it.

In the world of Arts there are great talents.
Richard MacDonald is one of them.

A very interesting blog about Art

Hi again,

Today I found a blog with lots of useful information about Art, namely
in terms of business and marketing.
The blog is hosted by Clint Watson and he really seems to know what he's
writing about. Have a look :http://clintwatson.net/blog

It's been some time since I've posted.
But today I bring you a link for a blog hosted by a
fine artist. Her name is Jo Castillo.
Her blog is easy to follow and filled with interesting and useful themes.
Make sure that you visit it :http://www.jocastilloartblog.blogspot.com/

Take care,

José

Our Role as Artists

In a world where indifference reigns and apathy invades peoples' lifes, should we not alert to
what is going on ?
Scenes like children starving would have a highly and schocking impact in the early eighties, but now they are so common on the TV that they seem to have lost it.
Through creative expression, should not artists have a more proactive attitude ?
And should we not educate our public and ourselves to become more aware ?
Share your thoughts with us. Thank you.

Kindest regards,

José

How to add your article

Hi,

If you want to share an article with us, you may send it to my e-mail and I will copy and
paste it onto the blog.
Do not forget to add the source and author in the case of not being you. Then sign and you are welcomed to place a link to your site/blog.
Thank you.

Kind regards,

José

The Beginning of Things

This blog is about art and is a complement to my webpage.
It is meant for you to share your articles and thoughts.
You are welcome to post your source and/or webpage at the end of your articles.
Please respect copyright issues and be courteous to everyone.
In the case of a miss understanding with other users, be polite and try to express your ideas
in a friendly manner and try to understand others'.
Of course that I will moderate things.

José
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