Elvira Johanna Duives‘ portraits are beautifully deceptive. Not only are they very small in scale (4 x 5.5 cm each), but they’re also not paintings. Rather a combination of Copic markers for the larger areas and colored pencil for the minute details. Art knows no scale!
(via The Jealous Curator)
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Horyon Lee creates fetishized images revealed through lifted dresses and skirts. The women in the paintings, the objects of desire, are presented as exhibitionists who are confident in themselves and their femininity. The overlapping imagery creates a dynamic impression, as if Lee has caught them mid-act.
The study of shadow and light is one that is never-ending. Japan born, NYC dwelling Kumi Yamashita has made a career out of it through his sculptures. Each object or series of objects relies on a single light source, the result being comprised of the material (the solid objects) and the immaterial (the light or shadow).
(via My Modern Met)
Posted In create, sculptureA new notebook is my equivalent of a bouquet of freshly sharpened pencils, in other words a sure sign of August and the promise of fall. A well-designed place to take notes, dream big, and layout plans only serves to spur my creativity further – how about you?
ROW 1: Soft Cover White Embossed 3-Pack // Oil Pastel Notepad // Color Pop Medium Notebook
ROW 2: Refillable Brown Leather Notebook // Font Family Notebook
ROW 3: A5 Luxe Notebook // Mini City Notebook Set // Canvas White Monogram Notebook
Alex Garant, aka The Queen of Double Eyes, manages to combine traditional portrait techniques with a very graphic style. She relies on patterns, duplication of elements, and symmetry as a way to pull the viewer into her vibrating world.
This week on Design Crush:
D Iris Sigmundsottir‘s collages explore the endless battle between a woman’s mind and body.
I shared all about how I planned a monthly dance party to benefit charity!
Check out the fun characters in Laura Berger‘s paintings.
Loving these denim sunglasses from Mosevic!
Deconstructed sarape blanket installations by Adrian Esparza.
Fanastic colorful patterned home goods from Lumiere Art and Co.
Jone Bengoa knows that the eyes have it.
Try your creative hand at these 10 July DIYs.
Ana Beltrá‘s Conjugar Jungla paper sculptures are magic.
Ana Beltrá‘s Conjugar Jungla is stunning. This series of paper collages are heavily influenced by her travels to Borneo and explorations of the country’s lush jungles, while the deeply saturated colors add to the mysterious layers and energy.
(via The Jealous Curator)
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That saying about the eyes being the windows to the soul? Yup. Jone Bengoa, at the ripe old age of 19, captures this and more through her stark watercolor paintings. Everything she’s trying to say comes across beautifully and unmistakably.
Adrian Esparza draws on his bordertown El Paso, Texas roots to create his colorful installations. Each is formed from a sarape blanket that’s pulled apart thread by thread, then wrapped around nails hammered into the walls of the gallery it occupies to create a multi-dimensional linear structure. Esparza’s deconstruction and transformation of this cultural symbol reflects the displacement of identity that many Mexican-Americans experience as a result of migration.
Laura Berger‘s recurring characters are spritely, adventurous, and fun in every single painting she creates. The Chicago-based artist mainly works in gouache and acrylics and experiments in sculpting and animation on the side.
