Category: Painting

Oops, Agnes Cecile Spilled the Water

Post author By The Tattoo Journalist
Post date March 6, 2014
Categories In Art, Painting, Portraits
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Agnes Cecile has launched new artwork, some of it is done with just watercolor paint, and other examples combine additional materials like charcoal, acrylic paint and pen. Her portraits actually highlight painting techniques, for instance shown above is a watery-pigment spill that becomes part of the girl’s hair. Like its all connected—the art lives within […]

Vibrant Portrait Art

Post author By Christopher Smail
Post date March 1, 2014
Categories In Abstract, Art, Painting, Portraits
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LA based painter Joseph Lee has taken a variety of celebrity and ordinary faces as the subject for a series of abstract explorations in paint and portraiture. Using a a broad range of colours and brushstrokes, he is able to create interesting takes on the classic portrait. Images © Joseph Lee Via Behance

A Whirlwind of Color

Post author By The Tattoo Journalist
Post date February 27, 2014
Categories In Abstract, Art, Color, Painting
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Warning: Contains nudity. New York based artist Erik Jones combines two art styles in his paintings: photo-realism and abstractionism. He paints colorful shapes around and over the model’s face and body as if it were a helmet, or shield. Jones is able to achieve this layered look with the use of various materials such as […]

The Watercolor Dance

Vietnamese artist Minh Dam has been living in Poland since 1991, and currently works as an architect and drawing teacher at Studio Lineare. His watercolor paintings are highly praised and awarded in events in Italy and beyond, and what I like about his work is how he adds blobs of water over paint for rain […]

From the Past Looking at the Future

Post author By The Tattoo Journalist
Post date January 20, 2014
Categories In 3D, Art, Graffiti, Murals, Painting, Street Art
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3-D objects and humans in motion are characteristic elements of VESOD’s graffiti and paintings on canvas. Although nowadays much of his work is done legally, like the mural shown at top, he did start off as a graffitist in the late 90s marking walls. Over time, VESOD has transitioned into a professional artist with work […]

Large-scale Oil Paintings

Post author By The Tattoo Journalist
Post date January 5, 2014
Categories In Art, Best of 2014, Hyperreal, Painting, Portraits
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Other than a few noticeable brushstroke marks, each of Eloy Morales’s paintings look exactly like photographs. This Spanish artist is clearly a perfectionist who wants to depict reality as it is. One of the challenges with hyperrealist portraiture is getting the skin tones right, because Caucasian skin is more than just a “peach” color, it […]