Larger than Life: 10 Giant Portraits, Murals & Sculptures
Portrait artists all have their own ideas about what makes for a great portrait: something that glorifies the subject, something that shows it in harsh realistic detail, or something that ...
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Sketch in the City: Drawing Every Person in New York
As of 2008, New York City was estimated to have a population of around 8.3 million people. It happens to be the most populous city in the entire United States. So just how long would it take to ...
Portrait Photography: 12 Creative Portraiture Photographers
Ephemeral, always changing, portraits are all about capturing a person or persons in a precise moment of time. Portraits were once only about facial expressions, but creative photographers look ...
Curious Caricatures: Vibrant Artwork Inspired by Cartoons
Are comic books art? Do the aesthetic qualities of the artwork in a comic book outweigh the fact that it was drawn for commercial purposes, or vice versa? Can anything, no matter how beautiful it ...
9 Famous Painters & the Revealing Art of Self-Portraits
Its a rare artist that hasn't at one time or another attempted a self-portrait. Sometimes its for the most obvious reason, that in painting himself he has a ready, willing and free model. At ...
Camera Hands: Beautifully Realistic Portraits & Sketches
Abstract art developed around the turn of the last century as cameras began to take painting and illustration's place as the primary means of portraiture. But just because technology and the art ...
Art of Messiness: Intentionally Sloppy Drawings & Collages
(work via ARTST.com) It takes a special kind of person to actively pursue a messy career, be they a port-o-potty cleaner or a technician on an oil rig. Messy artists, you know, ones who cherish a ...
Moving Monochrome: 7 Black-&-White Photographers
In the early days of photography, monochrome wasn't a choice - it was a fact. When color film was made possible, it became all the rage. For decades, black and white photography was all but ...
Presidential Portraits: Drawings & Paintings of George Bush
George W. Bush is arguably the most controversial person in the world. Whether you love him or hate him, he is clearly one of the most influential figures in modern history (we’ll leave the ...
