Essays on Painting

Jackson Pollock (Jackson Pollock, and Jackson Pollack, January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956) is an influential American painter and abstract expressionist movement of the main forces. He is famous for his unique creation drip painting. In his life, he also enjoyed considerable fame and...

The night sky described by van Gogh in the Starry Night painting is overflowing with spinning mists, sparkling stars, and a brilliant bow moon. The setting is one that watchers can identify with and van Gogh’s twirling sky coordinates the watcher’s eye around the work...

INGREDIENT OF PAINT Before manufacture anything we must know about the ingredient use in it. Some of the ingredient use in paints are: Pigments Binder or Vehicle Carrier PIGMENTS Pigments are finely grounded powder that are dispersed in paints, providing color and hiding. There are...

“The Arnolfini Portrait” by Jan van Eyck is a 1434 oil painting on oak panel. It a full length dual portrait, of the Italian merchant Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife, in their home in the Flemish city of Bruges. It is one of...

The essential condition of the contract is Shahida specifically wanted to purchase a painting by the local nineteenth century artist Helda de Ste Croix. Shahida would probably not have bought the painting had it not been for the assurance of the sales assistant, Reegan’s statement...

Inspired by the book title ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ by Jules Verner, Around the World in 80 Washing Lines’ is an art project by a conceptual abstract artist Mahlia Amatina, as she explains “the project is an extension of the thought process behind...

Rosa Bonheur, whose original name was Marie-Rosalie Bonheur, was born on March 16, 1822 in Bordeaux, France and died on May 25, 1899, in Chateau de By, near Fontainebleau. Rosa was a French painter and a sculptor. She was well known for her painting accuracy...

Kara Walker was born in 1969 in Stockton, California. She was raised by her father who was also an artist so by the age of three she knew she wanted to be just like him. In her early life, she moved to Atlanta, Georgia with...

In the European history The Italian Renaissance began in 14th century and lasted until the 17th century. Renaissance means “rebirth”, because it was known as the cultural revival and was a huge change in the European history from medieval period to modernity. Before the Renaissance,...

To draw a person of a full growth we can use different ways. Now let’s find out the basic steps to drawing a human figure. The most common mistake in drawing a human being is to distort the proportions, as in make the hands short...

Located at Brock Hall in the University of British Columbia, the replica of totem pole Victory Through Honour is one of the most symbolic outdoor artworks at UBC. It has been given multiple layers of meaning by various groups of people that have been or...

Piraq Causa, meaning “who’s to blame”, is a feature in the “Arts of Resistance” exhibit at UBC’s Museum of Anthropology. This series of 5 paintings depicts the Shining Path conflicts of Peru, events which resulted in 69 000 people, largely made up of innocent indigenous...

Vincent Van Gogh was the son of a Dutch pastor, Theodorus Van Gogh. Vincent was born on 30 March 1853 at Zundert, a village in the south Netherlands. Art was a part of Vincent when he was growing up because several uncles in the family...

The youngest original member of the group of Seven, Frank Carmichael was born in Orillia, Ontario, where he first worked in his father’s carriage shop. His interest in art took him to Toronto in 1911, where he studied at Central Technical School and at the...

Perhaps you construct furniture or cabinetry as a profession. Maybe you’re searching for a reasonable method to rebuild your home. With the best paint sprayer for furniture and cupboards, you’ll have the capacity to make another look rapidly, reasonably, and with little exertion. Numerous models...

For the visual description, I decided to write about the oil painting on panel attributed to Master of the Kress Epiphany and related to Dutch art, which is a 1988 gift of Joey and Toby Tanenbaum, in the collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario....

The Egyptians were such a fascinating people that were intelligent musically, economically, and spiritually. This type of art covered the walls to show a ceremonial going on for eternity for the dead. Involving the afterlife after passing away and also about immorality that the spirits...

Art materials such as paints are being used by numerous people of all ages, whether a person is a child, middle-aged or old. It is known that certain metallic compounds or chemical that contains metals can be found in these can cause problems particulary in...

When you think of graffiti what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Vandalism or street art? Most would say vandalism, but what makes the distinction between the two? The intention of the piece. There’s a difference between defiling the back of a building and...