Realism

Realism in the arts may be generally defined as the attempt to represent subject matter truthfully, without artificiality, and avoiding artistic conventions, implausible, exotic and supernatural elements.

Surrealism

Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for its visual artworks and writings.The aim was to "resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality." Artists painted unnerving, illogical scenes with photographic precision, created strange creatures from everyday objects and developed painting techniques that allowed the unconscious to express itself.

Landscape Design

Landscape design is an independent profession and a design and art tradition, practised by landscape designers, combining nature and culture. In contemporary practice landscape design bridges between landscape architecture and garden design.

Abstract Art

Abstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from vis
ual references in the world.

Charcoal

The use of charcoal for drawing is less limited than the use of graphite pencils, with it being more spontaneous in its creativity than many other types of art material. When using charcoal, its usage has a tendency to be "scribbling or sketchy" in its techniques, quickly expressing the emotions of the artist. I like the speed and response I get from using charcoal during life drawing sessions, ranging from very bold and heavy lines on down to soft and subtle shading, with any sort of shading tones I want to use.

3D Sidewalk Art

Street painting, also commonly known as pavement art, street art, and sidewalk art, is the performance art of rendering original and non-original artistic designs on pavement such as streets, sidewalks, and town squares with impermanent and semi-permanent materials such as chalk.

My Drawings

Make sure to pay attention to the small details while drawing.

Animal Fur

Drawing animals brings with it its own set of artistic difficulties. Some points to keep in mind when drawing fur or feathers include the following:
-Observe closely the direction in which the fur or feathers grow and draw your shading lines to follow these directions.
-Fur and feathers look much more realistic when the shading lines are different lengths and sizes.
-Use curved shading lines to define the form of a bird or animal.
-Pay special attention to light and shadows, as well as texture, when shading fur or feathers

Blending

Blending is a great when you want to add some colour to a drawing. Some different techniques for blending are crosshatching, parallel lines, directional lines, circulism, scumbling and burnishing.

Shading

Shading can give a drawing the illusion of depth, also known as three-dimensional reality. A broad range of various shades of gray is the primary ingredient of shading.

Eco-Graffiti Art

Ingredients:
-One or two clumps (about a small handful) of moss
-2 cups of buttermilk (you can also substitute with yogurt)
-2 cups of water
-1/2 tsp. sugar
-Corn syrup (optional)

Steps:
1. Gather up as much moss as you can find or buy.
2. Wash the moss to get as much soil out of the roots as possible.
3. Break the moss apart into manageable pieces and place in blender.
4. Add the buttermilk/yogurt, water/beer and sugar. Blend the mixture until completely smooth. You'll want it to have a paint-like texture. If the mixture is at a consistency where you feel it will drip, add corn syrup until the consistency you desire is reached.
5. Use a paintbrush to apply the moss-paint to the surface on which you wish your design to grow.
6. If possible, check back weekly to either spray the design with water (to encourage moss growth, especially if you live in a dry environment) or apply more moss-paint.

Pointillism

Pointillism is a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of colour are applied in patterns to form a picture. This type of art relies on the ability of the eye and mind of the viewer to blend the colour spots into a fuller range of tones.

My Drawings

This drawing is my own interpretation of a song bird. It brings together art and music in a single illustration.

Starry Night

Starry Night is regarded as Vincent van Gogh´s greatest work of art. In the painting Van Gogh's night sky is brimming with energy. Van Gogh also includes a cypress tree which is usually found in cemeteries and associated with mourning. The tree could reflect the artists own thoughts about death.

"Someday death will take us to another star" -Vincent Van Gogh