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fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 hours ago

This Artist Creates Dark Wood-Burned Illustrations Exploring Identity And The Human Psyche

Robb is an Italian artist known for his intricate pyrography, creating dark, psychological imagery that explores themes of identity and isolation.
Apple
fromZDNET
4 days ago

The Apple Pencil alternative I use daily is on sale for $28 - but not for long

The ESR Geo Pencil offers great value for iPad users at a significantly lower price than the Apple Pencil models.
Graphic design
fromThe Verge
1 day ago

Really, you made this without AI? Prove it

Labeling human-made content is essential as AI-generated works proliferate, creating confusion and skepticism among audiences.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
3 days ago

Summer Marathons in Painting and Drawing at the New York Studio School

The New York Studio School's Marathon program offers a transformative two-week intensive in drawing and painting, available online and in-person.
Digital life
fromDesign Milk
1 week ago

Apple Studio Display and the Future of Creative Workflows

The new Studio Display enhances creative exchange with advanced features, positioning screens as central to communication and user experience.
Remodel
fromApartment Therapy
2 weeks ago

I Tried the "8-Inch Rule" - and It's Going to Make Everything Look More Expensive

The '8-inch' paint rule significantly improves the accuracy of paint color selection by using larger swatches for better representation in different lighting.
Education
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Homework till midnight and one breakdown a week': the mysterious art school keeping a forgotten style alive

The Ecole Van der Kelen-Logelain in Brussels teaches specialized painting techniques including trompe l'oeil, an illusionistic art form creating three-dimensional illusions on flat surfaces through textures, shading, and perspective tricks.
fromwww.architecturaldigest.com
2 weeks ago

Non-Toxic Paint 101: A Designer-Approved Guide

Even long after the tell-tale odor of new paint has vanished, traditional paint can off-gas for months, releasing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that have been linked to organ and nervous system damage, cancer, and infertility.
Remodel
#artistic-process
fromColossal
1 week ago

David Morrison's Alluring Drawings Spring from the Blank Page

David Morrison continues his hyperrealistic explorations of flowers, seeds, and plants, capturing the intricacies and alluring textures found throughout nature in lush colored pencil.
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Arts
fromArtnet News
1 week ago

Still Life Painter Poppy Jones's Career Is on the Move | Artnet News

Poppy Jones creates surreal still lifes that capture the ambiguity of modern image-making, resonating with collectors and achieving significant auction success.
Remodel
fromApartment Therapy
3 weeks ago

Pro Painters Say Homeowners Regret This Paint Trend the Most

Dark accent walls are the most common paint color regret among homeowners because they clash with evolving personal style and make spaces feel cramped.
Writing
fromAnOther
1 month ago

Artist Rose Wylie: "You Have to Have Self-Belief if You Paint Big"

Rose Wylie, at 91, celebrates her largest retrospective at the Royal Academy, featuring 90 paintings spanning her extraordinary career as a late-blooming artist who resumed painting in her fifties after raising children.
Graphic design
fromItsnicethat
3 weeks ago

The illustrations of Sebastian Curi are all about learning analogue tools (flaws and freckles included)

Sebastian integrates multiple artistic mediums—acrylic painting, colored pencils, and relief printing—while using digital tools primarily for documentation and learning the foundational principles behind each technique.
Remodel
fromRemodelista
3 weeks ago

10 Easy Pieces: Best Everyday Paints - Remodelista

Eco-friendly paints now perform like premium conventional paints while eliminating harmful odors, chemicals, and solvents through low- or no-VOC formulations.
#artist-studio-practice
fromAnOther
1 month ago

Gus Van Sant's Adventures in Painting

When I was a kid, I was painting, as a few of my classmates were, because my teacher was a painter. We were making paintings and different things as well - silkscreens for dances or basketball games, mobiles ... It was around 1963, so a lot of different types of artistic endeavours were happening, which played into what he was teaching us. That was kind of where I started.
Film
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

My rookie era: I wasn't immediately good at oil painting, but it taught me to find pleasure in struggle

Returning to painting through oil classes helped overcome fear of judgment, teaching fundamentals, practice, and acceptance of possible failure to enjoy the creative process.
Graphic design
fromFast Company
1 month ago

The architectural sketch is back

The architectural sketch is experiencing a revival in contemporary practice despite decades of digital dominance, as architects recognize the unique value of hand-drawn work in an AI-driven world.
fromHyperallergic
3 weeks ago

Embracing Friction in the Art World

On Franklin Street in Brooklyn's Greenpoint neighborhood, one non-commercial gallery fosters 'a small, stubbornly human space for friction.' Friction—the ubiquitous buzzword that captures the simultaneous delight and discomfort of doing things the slow way—is at the heart of artists Pap Souleye Fall and Char Jeré's current show at Subtitled NYC. It also reflects the overall spirit of this little exhibition space and of a burgeoning movement to reject our culture of optimization in favor of a bumpier, more intimate, less alienating experience.
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#photography
fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 month ago
Photography

Incredible Behindthescenes Reels Where A Loose Doodle Evolves Into A Polished Illustration Packed With Personality And Story

fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 month ago
Photography

Incredible Behindthescenes Reels Where A Loose Doodle Evolves Into A Polished Illustration Packed With Personality And Story

Arts
fromHyperallergic
3 weeks ago

Haroutiun Galentz: The Form of Colour

A new monograph repositions Armenian-Lebanese painter Haroutiun Galentz as a cosmopolitan modernist whose work transcends national boundaries and demands cross-border interpretation.
Arts
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
3 weeks ago

'It has nothing to do with Michelangelo': expert wades in on painting newly attributed to Renaissance master

Belgian art historian Michel Draguet claims to have discovered a Michelangelo painting from the 1540s, but leading Renaissance experts dispute the attribution based on artistic style analysis.
fromSubstack
1 month ago

20 Design Reference Platforms Beyond Dribbble

Static images don't show motion. You can't inspect real product structure. You don't see how interfaces evolve over time. You rarely understand what actually works in production. So I decided to go deep. I reviewed every major design reference platform I could find - not just the popular ones - and analyzed how they actually help in real-world work. The conclusion?
Mobile UX
fromBoard Game Quest
1 month ago

Sand Art Review

Sand Art is a game by Kory Jordan and published by 25th Century Games for two to four players ages 10 and up. It takes about an hour to play, and has you collecting resources and then coloring in a bottle, making art in a bottle out of sand, in case the name didn't give away the plot. Gameplay Overview: Sand Art has you gathering and mixing sand, which is used to fill your bottle.
Board games
Design
fromArchDaily
2 months ago

Integrating Creative Spaces: Designing Art Studio Additions at Home

Homes now function as adaptable frameworks for living, producing, and creating, requiring flexible configurations to support artists' creative practice.
fromThe Verge
2 months ago

Microsoft Paint can now make AI coloring books

The latter feature is aptly called "Coloring book," and lets you make blank coloring templates in version 11.2512.191.0 of Paint based on a text prompt. Users can access this feature by selecting the Coloring book option from the Copilot menu in Paint, and then describing what the design should be, such as "a cute fluffy cat on a donut." Paint will then generate four results that Paint users can click to add to their canvas. From there, you can presumably use Paint itself to color the image, or print it out to use traditional art materials.
Gadgets
Artificial intelligence
fromEngadget
2 months ago

You can now create AI-generated coloring books in Microsoft Paint

Microsoft Paint can now generate AI-powered coloring-book pages from text prompts and includes Copilot+ exclusivity plus improved GPT-integrated writing and summary tools.
fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 month ago

Amazing Pointillism Masterpieces Addressing Modern Issues Through Hyperdetailed Blackandwhite And Colorful Largescale Canvases by Dima Kashtalyan

Artist Creates Mind-Blowing 3D Visuals on The Border of Cyber Culture and Mythology How To Drive Him Crazy In Bed, In 6 Easy And Ironic Steps "The New Past": Artist Makes Vintage Surreal Collages Crafted From Soviet Books Chris Woodhead Has Found A Way To Cope With The Coronavirus Pandemic: A New Tattoo On His Own Body For Every Day Of The Lockdown Tired Of Seeing Prejudice Against Plus-Sized Women This Artist Turned Them Into Art Artist Draws Food
Graphic design
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

A Landscape Artist in Winter

The British artist Andy Goldsworthy moved to Penpont, a village in southwest Scotland, in 1986, when he was thirty. The area's initial appeal was twofold. Property was cheap, which meant that Goldsworthy and his wife at the time, Judith Gregson, could acquire an unrenovated stone building that had likely once stored grain. This structure could serve as a workspace and, for a while, as a rough-and-ready home.
Environment
Fashion & style
fromEsquire
1 month ago

The 8 Best Beard Brushes to Keep Your Facial Hair in Check

Choose a beard brush with high-quality bristles (preferably 100% boar), a durable handle, and a size suited to beard length and styling needs.
#creativity
#home-decor
fromApartment Therapy
1 month ago

The Clever Way to Turn Your Home into a Curated Art Gallery

LG Gallery+ is a new visual curation service for LG TVs - and a brilliant way to make your home more unique and personalized. It lets you express your ever-changing creativity with a massive library of classic art, digital and 3D artwork, scenery, games, and more. With more than 4,500 options to choose from, you can turn your LG TV into a world-class art gallery, a peaceful forest, or an homage to your favorite video game - all in the same day.
Gadgets
fromFast Company
2 months ago

Pantone just made a color matching starter kit for only $99

Its newest, though, is a single-fan book with more than 600 spot colors, and it's priced at just $99. Pantone for beginners. Pantone on Thursday announced its Pantone Capsule: Signature Edition. Housed in a collectible, cylindrical case that wouldn't look out of place in a Sephora, the guide is a sort of Pantone 101 that come on coated and uncoated paper stock with colors selected from across more than 60 years of Pantone history.
Design
fromLondon On The Inside
1 month ago

Learn How to Make Journal Covers With Moleskine

You'll get a pre-made faux leather cover to decorate and personalise with a range of buttons, charms, stamps and fabric pieces. You'll learn to experiment with collage and layering techniques and combine different types of embellishments to add texture, colour and personality to your journal.
Arts
Design
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Rethinking Interior Surfaces, From Finishes to Frameworks

Surface materials function systemically, integrating color, texture, and technical performance to shape spatial quality, durability, and coherent design across applications.
Remodel
fromApartment Therapy
2 months ago

The "Color Echo" Method Is How Designers Make Bold Paint Look Amazing

Repeat a chosen color in at least two visible locations to make bold hues feel cohesive, curated, and prevent them from appearing random or tacky.
Remodel
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Painter N's House / a.co.lab

Remodel preserves a 1969 single-family house's accumulated lifestyle while adding new spatial possibilities suited to contemporary life and neighborhood context.
#contemporary-art
Remodel
fromApartment Therapy
2 months ago

People Are Obsessed With This Whimsical Art Hack, and This $36 Anthropologie Find Makes It Even Easier

Anthropologie's Pattern Drench Frame offers ready-made, affordable patterned frames that replicate the viral DIY "drenched" look across multiple sizes and designs.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

A View From the Easel

An artist in a Bronx studio paints multiple figurative works simultaneously, drawing inspiration from local institutions, music, and the neighborhood's vibrancy.
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

Color drenching is all the rage, but interior designers say it's easy to make these 5 mistakes

"color drenching" is when people paint an entire room one hue, including the ceiling, wainscotting, and any trim.
Remodel
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Squeak Carnwath Paints Her Own Path

Squeak Carnwath rejects the idea that painting is exhausted and continues to produce expansive, vital work within the oil painting tradition.
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Urban sketchers find the sublime in the city block

"We had just moved to Seattle, and I started drawing. Like every day I drew the commuters on the bus, I would draw the mountains, the buildings," remembered Campanario.
Arts
Remodel
fromDefector
2 months ago

Make It Nice: Gallery Wall Tutorial | Defector

Use a daybed in front of the window as a pet perch and entry seat; choose leather or velvet and anchor it with a rug.
#studio-routine
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

A View From the Easel

A small, adaptable studio provides calm, supports varied artistic practices—drawing, performance preparation, archival work—and becomes a communal space for collaboration and care.
Arts
fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

There's a Surefire Way to Steal the Joy From Making Art. People Always Seem to Do It.

Artists can experience long creative lulls; encouragement, community classes, and protecting personal boundaries help rebuild confidence without turning a hobby into pressure.
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

A View From the Easel

Mornings are best for concentrated work. In the winter, I turn on the heat at 8am and get started around 10am. Summer, I start around 9am. I have two areas in the studio for projects. The large, heavy wood sculptures are carved in the front section of the studio, closest to the roll-up wide door. Smaller sculptures are placed on a hydraulic workbench. Before I start, I focus, connect with the Source, and ask for guidance.
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Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

A View From the Easel

Home studio constraints shape artistic labor and conceptions of women's spaces, intertwining domestic routines, community interactions, and concentrated multi-project practice.
Arts
fromPortland Monthly
2 months ago

8 Low-Stakes Craft Classes and Workshops in Portland

Local craft workshops provide low-stakes, single-session experiences where beginners learn a skill, make a take-home item, and reconnect through hands-on creativity.
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

A View From the Easel

I work outside, carving and shaping the stone. Outside my house, I have a table, an extension cord, and tools. It's very cold and I have to wear all my winter clothes. When it's too cold, I do the filing and finishing work inside after I shape it outside. I listen to all kinds of music. I listen to Eminem all the time; his albums are all my favorites. For drawings, I work at Kinngait Studios or at home on my kitchen table.
Arts
fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 months ago

Matt Midgley Paints Razorsharp Geometric Acrylics So Precise They Barely Look Handmad

Death Anxiety Comics Inspired By Our Fears "Sunkissed": Beautiful Feminine Illustrations by Emilija Savic Artist Creates Honest Illustrations About Relationships And Everyday Life Artist Yana Tarakanova Creates Superb Explicit and Bizarre Comics About The Society The Dark, Incredibly F*cked Up Comics Of Joan Cornella Chris Keegan by Cosmic Creatures 6 Feet Covers: Duo Artists Re-Designed Iconic Album Covers To Promote Social Distancing Artist Spent Three Years Painting Her Readings Mom Prepares Healthy Meals As Cartoon Characters For Her Son How To Teach Yoga Like Slav: Top 10 Drunk Yoga Positions
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fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Does It Have to Mean Something to Be Great?

Joanne Greenbaum combines diverse media and mark-making to create cohesive paintings where individual elements retain distinctiveness, blending stillness with accelerating movement.
Arts
fromLondon On The Inside
2 months ago

Learn How to Draw Portraits With Francesca Pavone and Moleskine

Guided portrait drawing masterclass with Francesca Pavone and Moleskine at Battersea Power Station on 26 February; £10 includes materials and a Moleskine sketchpad.
fromwww.nytimes.com
2 months ago

10-Minute Challenge: A Painting of Time

Today, we bring you another focus challenge, inviting you to spend uninterrupted time looking at a piece of art. This one, a painting by Elisheva Biernoff of a found photograph, is called Advent. It's small, just five inches wide, matching the dimensions of the original photo. She painted it last year. (These challenges are published on the first Monday of each month. Sign up here if you'd like to be notified.)
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fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Teaching Children Taught Me How to Be an Artist

At the end of November of 2011, I saw my dad take his last breath. I came back to the United States after participating in all the death-related rituals that helped organize my pain in México. New York City was not a place to live my mourning, and right around December of the same year, I felt an intense longing to become small again. I needed to work with children.
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fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Art Books That Serve Up Beauty and Depth

A diverse selection of art books highlights contemporary women artists, historical art studies, racial justice memorials, disability advocacy in art, and provocative art-history reinterpretations.
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