Inspiring Artist of the week: William Turner

John Constable believed the sky was the heart of a painting, and in the work of William turner, it is entirely true. Turner expressed raw emotion and power in his skies, his work "Slavers throwing overboard the bodies of the dead and dying" shows a common practice of slave ships throwing overboard the deceased bodies of slaves so that they may claim insurance for their cargo drowning. The practice was just as appalling as Turner described it in his painting.

Animation from Khoda

Saw this on Kanye's blog a while ago, it resurfaced for me in my animation class. The drawings in this short are amazing, looks to be done with pastels, I especially love the black and white part of the man running, check it out for yourself.

Sand Artist-Kseniya Simonova

Sand art is done as a performance, with a live audience viewing every movement. There are a couple artists out there, but heres a show i thought was pretty interesting.

Behold...Brimstone!

Heres a project final for my digital imaging class. Ive always loved comics, so i tried to create my own cover and splash page. check it out.

Artist of the week: Matisse

So I've fallen behind on the updates for artists, here is a painting in which this blog derives it's name, Luxe, Calme et Volupte. Luxury, calm and voluptuous. The painting is one of the first that uses color in such a vibrant way, Matisse was on the forefront of the 20th century art revolution. The painting was tradition in its use of nudes at a luncheon, but experimental in its colored pointillism. Luxe is a very important painting to me, and the history of art.

Spose- I'm Awesome

Here's a song i heard the other day that i thought was funny, its got a catchy beat check it out.

Diptych

Diptychs are two images that are separate but create a singular emotion or feeling. This is my final for my last drawing class, the left is of Cap'n America, the right is a still life of some boots a weapon and a helmet. The meaning i was going for was that of youth versus age. The Cap'n figure is a toy of the character, something a kid would play with, representing youth. The still life is military themed, something that is a reality for me. As a kid i played with action figures, believing in their heroism, as an adult i joined the military, still hoping to imitate my childhood heroes. I may not be cap'n America, but at least i can still pretend.

New Twist on Tik Tok

Seeing as I'm a star wars fan, and naturally a Kesha fan, the merging of the two would be too good to be true. Well my friends, your all in luck, i have searched the world wide web countless times hoping to find this holiest of unions, and today my hard work has come to fruition. check it out!

Tasty disasters: Cake Wrecks!

Cake wrecks is a blog that follows disasters in the baking industry, examples include miss spelling and just outright disgusting cake shapes. Enjoy!

Not to be cutting, but finding scissors in your birthday cake is shear madness!

Inspiring Artist of the week: Alphonse Mucha

Ive enjoyed Mucha's artwork for sometime now, so ill share with you some of my favorite pieces. Mucha was a poster maker who did a lot of advertisements using women as his main subjects. I love his linework, and his use of patterns. check em out.

First post! Dulce Pinzon's Superheroes

I stumbled across these pictures today. The article was on a computer that i was next in line to use, so i guess I have the person on that computer before me to thank for these. Ive always been intrigued by the hard work migrants are placed into while living in America, and much of their rewards are sent back to their families outside the country. I thought these were an interesting take on heroes, hope you enjoy.

Pinzon writes, "The Mexican immigrant worker in New York is a perfect example of the hero who has gone unnoticed. It is common for a Mexican worker in New York to work extraordinary hours in extreme conditions for very low wages which are saved at great cost and sacrifice and sent to families and communities in Mexico who rely on them to survive."

http://www.dulcepinzon.com/