Visual Arts - June 2007

2007-06-19 05:56:52 · 5 answers · asked by Austin W 1 in Drawing & Illustration

I took some wonderful photos on a holiday. However, I wanted to take as many photos as possible and so decided to leave the digital camera in VGA ( low resolution mode ). I like a photo that I'd like to make into an 8*10. Should I resend the photo back to the camera and then save the image as 5 megapixel. Will that solve my problem? Or should I develop the photo into a 4*6 and then scan the photo into a higher resolution? Or should I do like the clerk at the photography store said to save the image in TIFF format and she might be able to get that same resolution that I see on my computer monitor?

2007-06-19 05:06:26 · 1 answers · asked by halvaa 1 in Photography

I have an old postcard and would love to know who the artist is.
The subjects are a lady seated in a long white dress with pearls at her neck playing a stringed bulbous musical instrument, and a man with a white wig dressed in a frock coat and white stockings leaning over her shoulder.
It is a delightful scene from a bygone age but there is no signature or date.
The picture is called "The Rehearsal"

2007-06-19 04:34:37 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Painting

2007-06-19 00:29:02 · 1 answers · asked by tufty.spain 2 in Painting

This picture was brought out in 1980 and each print was individually signed by the painter

2007-06-18 19:10:59 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Painting

I am wanting to get a tattoo that has to do w/being a humanitarian. I have searched the internet but haven't found anything. Any ideas or websites w/great humanitarian art??
Thanks so much!

2007-06-18 17:07:47 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Drawing & Illustration

It's just for extra credit on a project, and we're allowed to use the computer for help, so i'm not cheating for asking this.

2007-06-18 16:55:23 · 6 answers · asked by makgirl111 1 in Drawing & Illustration

Or a three year old pre-schooler playing with paint?

Or perhaps by an established artist who was playing around with some new (and old) paint blending and shape manipulating technics?

http://pics.livejournal.com/unmired/pic/0005604f/g16

(You can click on the image to enlarge it to see the details.)


Busting A Myth:

I've heard it said many times that abstract artists paint abstracts because they have no real talent or because they can't do realism. While it is that a few can't handle realism the truth is most serious artists (including the famous ones) start out doing life drawings, then move on to representational realism paintings. When they find this too restrictive they start abstracting realism. You say you can do what Jackson Pollock did? No you can't. Only Pollock could do what Pollock did. And it wasn't splatter painting.

2007-06-18 15:23:56 · 8 answers · asked by Doc Watson 7 in Painting

oil on canvus

2007-06-18 15:19:58 · 5 answers · asked by carrillo7lucky 1 in Painting

Where can I find canvases for oil painting.. that are not so expensive? Like walmart or hobby lobby, etc. ???

2007-06-18 14:55:59 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Painting

My x girlfriend took a huge framed painting of my family on canvas I have, and she tore the canvas into 4 big pieces- Can a torn canvas be repaired? How much does something like that usually cost? If it can't be fixed i might have to throw it away..

2007-06-18 14:43:35 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Painting

I am looking for some portriat posing guides or websites on line. I know you can purchase a few books but I am trying to save a couple bucks here. lol HELP!!

2007-06-18 14:13:22 · 4 answers · asked by kds_93 1 in Photography

2007-06-18 14:06:52 · 3 answers · asked by someone on earth 3 in Sculpture

2007-06-18 13:25:49 · 2 answers · asked by JetAlone 2 in Painting

It's for a no smoking image that I'm making (for a home cinema policy image that will be part of a slide show just like at Cineworld Cinemas before the trailers start), it needs to be of good resolution (the higher the better), of a clean, 20-something left hand holding a cigarette exactly like this: http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h91/garlicjnr2001/nosmoking.jpg
It also needs to be lit with smoke coming off it going up, & have a plain white, yellow or black background (use a piece of A3 paper or a bed sheet or something as a background).

The best photo gets the points for the best answer. You will need to upload it to rapidshare or something so I can download it.

2007-06-18 08:31:58 · 9 answers · asked by garlicjnr2001 3 in Photography

I need ideas for a SOTW on a GFX forum.

2007-06-18 06:52:42 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Visual Arts

but if someone take a picture of me without me knowing, it comes out perfect.does anybody else have this problem.

2007-06-18 06:01:19 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Photography

2007-06-18 01:26:47 · 15 answers · asked by Samantha 6 in Painting

Peacock Cigar Humidor - $15,000.00
http://cgi.ebay.com/The-Shah-Yankel-Ginzburg-Russian-born-1945_W0QQitemZ320127355942QQihZ011QQcategoryZ553QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Paris Hilton on Cell Phone - Oil Painting - $10,000.00
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320127219359&indexURL=0&photoDisplayType=2#ebayphotohosting

George Bush - Proud to be American? (upside down flag) $24.00
Limited Edition! Act Now!
http://cgi.ebay.com/PRES-GEORGE-BUSH-LIMITED-NUMBERED-100-ARTIST-SIGNED_W0QQitemZ160128865453QQihZ006QQcategoryZ4103QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Shakira on Real Canvas! (handpainted with photoshop precision...) $59.28
http://cgi.ebay.com/ART-GARDEN-Shakira-No-2-NEW-POP-ART_W0QQitemZ130124944501QQihZ003QQcategoryZ75295QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD2VQQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

Sgt. Elvis - Proceeds to Charity (can I donate without taking the painting?) $50.00
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sgt-Elvis-A-Presley-painting-PROCEEDS-TO-CHARITY_W0QQitemZ180130027009QQihZ008QQcategoryZ20158QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Dogs attack Deer! (while one dog convulses below) Dutch Masters $299.00
http://cgi.ebay.com/HUNTING-CENE-DOGS-ATTACKING-DEAR-by-HJW-van-SCHUIJK_W0QQitemZ270131599114QQihZ017QQcategoryZ20129QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

2007-06-17 23:21:17 · 9 answers · asked by rabble rouser 6 in Other - Visual Arts

They're small sticky triangles that you tuck a corner of a photo/picture in, stick them to something and then they stay put, i cant remember and its bugging me!

2007-06-17 23:09:51 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Photography

do you know what type of paint for painting the racket's string?

2007-06-17 22:22:50 · 1 answers · asked by fashaleviana 1 in Painting

My grandfather died about a year back, and since then things have been falling apart in my life. grades have slipped, girlfriend's have come and gone; overall things havent been great. Next year i plan on going to college, you know, starting fresh. Although this is a new start for me, i want to get a tatoo in remberance of all the things i have learned from my grandpa and from life. He lived on a lake in northern Wisconsin, and was also a Marine in Vietnam. He was probably someone i look up to more than anyone. He told me to "rise and shine", meaning that i should take every day as a new beginning (rise) and should make the most of it (shine). i want to incorperate this line of "rise and shine" to be the theme/focus of the tatoo, and also want to have some sort of literal sun rise, maybe including the lake house that he lived at. This will be a back piece so there is plenty of room. Any ideas? By the way i dont need anti tatoo comments, it's a choice i already made.


Thanks!

2007-06-17 18:36:51 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Visual Arts

Not roses, daisies, daffodills. Really exotic and colorful pretty ones. I don't want the same thing everyone else has. My granny was a unique and beautiful woman.

2007-06-17 18:17:41 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Visual Arts

I will be painting the interior walls of my house. Thanks.

2007-06-17 18:15:02 · 6 answers · asked by John71 3 in Painting

good websites for sketching techniques? or sketching tutorials?

2007-06-17 18:13:19 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Drawing & Illustration

I would like to deal Chinese contemporary / avant guard paintings in the near future, is anyone interested?
any suggestion on becoming an art dealer?
Many thanks in advance

2007-06-17 17:28:20 · 2 answers · asked by chaohyde 1 in Painting

A friend of mine did this. It's an early experiment to see how well something like this will do on YouTube. There are still a few bugs to be worked out but I would love to know what you think.

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=barzman

Click on the ‘Watson Art’ video and please let me know what you think. It’s three and a half minutes long so if you’re not using DSL or Cable and you're using dial-up it might be a long download. DSL or Cable will be quick.

I am really curious about this because we need to see how these non-video videos will work out. So please let me know what you think.

Thank you.

2007-06-17 16:54:15 · 3 answers · asked by Doc Watson 7 in Painting

2007-06-17 16:39:34 · 5 answers · asked by Stony 4 in Sculpture

myspace background
of trees and outdoors, but like drawn (not picter like>)

2007-06-17 16:09:37 · 3 answers · asked by rawr 3 in Drawing & Illustration

Do visual artist share the life stories of musians? Is there a bridge between visual artists and musicians?

2007-06-17 16:04:52 · 10 answers · asked by Stony 4 in Painting