Abstract and colorful acrylic

Today I want to show you Jeremy Aiyadurai's artworks, he is is an acrylic creationist from Canada that paints on canvas and wood boards. His art is modern, mathematical, universal and poetic, like music and invokes energy projected from the brush. 

This artist shows us wonderful colors in abstract creative paintings that allows us to navigate in our own imagination, as abstract has to be. He conveys the energy of his mind through his work.

You can see more if his work clicking the images or here: http://www.universalthroughput.com/site/

When photography highlights the concept

When photography highlights the concept.

Here we have an artist who has no doubts about how to stress the importance of the concept in a photograph. Allen Beatty, a versatile photographer, who perfectly knows which is the best image to show beauty, feelings or emotions. He creates interesting abstract works with digital tools, one of the most prominent manifestations of contemporary art since this tool didn't exist until a few decades ago. 

As Allen Beatty says in his biography: "Images are much more than a simple record. Photography speaks to the best and most generous part of our human nature--the desire to share what we find beautiful and interesting with others. Photography allows us to express ourselves through an art form. We notice a beautiful landscape or a sunset and we want to capture it. Each of us will have a different reason to do so but, essentially, we want to create something that speaks to our spirit. A well executed photograph grabs our attention and speaks directly to our emotions. Photography at it's best, is a powerful language which evokes emotion. It allows us to tell our story and show others our framing of the world around us. And for the photographer who trips the shutter, it feels good. "

Check out these photographs and you'll find his complete gallery.

Sensitivity in artistic photography

Sensitivity in artistic photography

Today, I want to show you Melissa Fague's pictures which stand out because of their tenderdenss, subtlety and symbolism. As Melissa says in her biography:  "My goal as a nature and landscape photographer is to create art out of the natural world that surrounds us and exhibit the fine details of the objects that are normally overlooked in the daily grind."

You can visit her gallery and see more about her.

What about oil?

What about oil?

Some think that the oil is out of fashion today, they relate it to the old Renaissance painters. Others complain about drying time, the difficulty of handling and cleaning materials. Personally, I believe that oil is for certain types of artists and works, but can provide great satisfaction.

You need to have some of these features to use it properly:

1. Do not be lazy
2. To be organized
3. Do not go crazy every time you tha you have to clean brushes, palettes, etc.
4. Be patient
5. Be aware that learning is long, and
6. love this technique

There  are no limits for oil painting, you can develope any style (not only portraits and landscapes). I believe that in a world that seems to move ever faster we want everything to be done right now, but oil gives us the opportunity to evade the rush and focus on our work and creativity. Why not try?

I let you one of my works as an example with oil:

Laura Greco

Helplessness

Oil on canvas

50 x 70

More about acrylic

More about acrylic
We can show lot of examples about what you can get with acrylic. This time, I choosed this beautiful abstract picture of Louise Adams.

This artist from Canada outstands with bright colours, shapes and lines and she's always exploring and experimenting. As I told you in some posts, we have to enjoy work.

Ok, here is the artwork, and of course the price is not for the original art.

What about acylic?

What about acylic?

Acrylic is one of the most used techniques in recent decades. It takes time to get adapted to this kind of material, but you can get very good artworks.

It works layer upon layer and it dries extremely fast. It is one of the most used materials today.

If oil makes you lose patience because of its drying time and  if you don't fading away but with layers, then acrylic is the right medium for you.

Despite of what many believe, you can get very good transitions in light or dark, it's just practice. 

Others use it for spot painting and abstract, for which it's (at least to me) the best one.

It can also be used combined with other materials in a mixed technique.

Everything is up to you!

You Chose

Laura Greco

40 x 60 cm

Acrylic on Canvas

I'll post other artists artworks soon!

Illustrations and commercial artworks

Illustrations and commercial artworks

Most of us work with illustrations and commercial works to earn our life. There are many ways to sell our work, some better than others. The matter is that during the last decades things changed a lot. 

There was a time when we had to go with our portfolio (on paper) to show the potential clients what we do. Now, things are different, and we have the opportunity to show what we do online. 

Like this:

And remember, when a door closes an other gets opened...

Starting point

Starting point

There are two ways to start a work: we know what we want to say from the very beginning and we try to find de way to express it or we simply know perfectly well what we want to compose. The other is when we want to please the others, so we try find a subject that could be interesting to other people.

Both are valid, one is for our own pleasure and the other is to earn our life with a commercial artwork. Whatever the reason is let's not stop to do what we love: "painting".

But going back to the tittle of this, the only way to start is just starting, forgetting about what other people might think about our work, that's what make us original.

Woman and social stablishment

Oil on canvas

50 x 40 cm

Why not sharing?

Why not sharing?

I have had several initiatives to build sites to share the work of other artists, however, I have found that many don't want to show their work in the midst of other authors.

It makes no sense to feel insecure to show what we do with others, since there is no comparison in art. The perception depends on the other, but we will not be better or worse for that. It is a matter of parameters, some judge the technique while others favor what is expressed. So, why some artists refuse to share a space with other artists? It's a way to make our way in its difficult world that is art.

Let's forget about ancient parameters and let's trust ouselves. if you want your work appear on this blog just send me a message and I'll be pleased to add your works.