Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Love the Landscape
I have been reading the most wonderfully interesting book.
It's: 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People.
This book was mainly written for web designers but artists could find much of the information useful.
For instance, did you know that people will be drawn to, like, and feel happier looking at a pastoral scene? Yes, research shows that people like landscapes: those hills, trees, water & animals. No wonder artists paint so many of them.
Do you want to make customers happy? Give them a landscape!
It's: 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People.
This book was mainly written for web designers but artists could find much of the information useful.
For instance, did you know that people will be drawn to, like, and feel happier looking at a pastoral scene? Yes, research shows that people like landscapes: those hills, trees, water & animals. No wonder artists paint so many of them.
Do you want to make customers happy? Give them a landscape!
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| from Google images |
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Color of the Week
The color of the week = every color
Did you know that colors have different meanings in different cultures?
As an artist this interests me because people of another culture may interpret my work differently than I intended just by my use of color.
Check out the cultural color wheel at www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/coulors-in-cultures/
Did you know that colors have different meanings in different cultures?
As an artist this interests me because people of another culture may interpret my work differently than I intended just by my use of color.
Check out the cultural color wheel at www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/coulors-in-cultures/
Saturday, January 18, 2014
Clever design
The graphic on What Is It Wednesday is the clever design of the flipper bridge.
And the need for this design: On the Hong Kong side ( a former British colony) they drive on the left side of the road.
On the mainline China side they drive on the right side of the road.
So crossing this bridge is really a double cross.
And the need for this design: On the Hong Kong side ( a former British colony) they drive on the left side of the road.
On the mainline China side they drive on the right side of the road.
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| Flipper Bridge connecting Hong Kong to mainland China |
So crossing this bridge is really a double cross.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Quote of the Week
"It has been said that art is a tryst, for in the joy of it, the maker and beholder meet."
Josef Albers
Josef Albers
Saturday, January 4, 2014
The Mystery of the "Stolen" Painting
A stolen Renoir, what a great story!
This little Renoir, the size of a dinner napkin, was seized by the FBI from Martha Fuqua, who claims she purchased it at a flea market in 2009 for $7.
BUT the Baltimore Museum of Art claims that it was stolen from them in 1951.
What will be the fate of this lovely little gem?
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