THE ELEMENTS OF ART

The elements of art are the building blocks of all art. Every piece of art ever created includes one or more of these elements- line, color, shape, form, value, space, and texture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nosego

Yis "Nosego" Goodwin


"Nosego is a Philadelphia-based artist with a passion for illustration and media arts. He mixes fine art with a contemporary style to deliver highly energetic work."  

---https://www.nosego.com/

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What I love most about Nosego is the way he plays with his foreground, things in the front, and his background, things in the back. He mixes them up and puts them in unexpected places! The two below are perfect examples. 

 He is SO talented and creative!

This is What Happens When You Give Thousands of Stickers to Thousands of Kids

 http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/01/yayoi-kusama-obiliteration-room/?src=footer

This December, in a surprisingly simple yet ridiculously amazing installation for the Queensland Gallery of Modern Ar, artist Yayoi Kusama constructed a large domestic environment, painting every wall, chair, table, piano, and household decoration a brilliant white, effectively serving as a giant white canvas. Over the course of two weeks, the museum’s smallest visitors were given thousands upon thousands of colored dot stickers and were invited to collaborate in the transformation of the space, turning the house into a vibrantly mottled explosion of color. 

"Yayoi Kusama is one of the most exciting and prolific artists working today. With a practice encompassing performance, film-making, painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, fashion, poetry, fiction and public spectacles (or 'happenings') over some 60 years, this leading Japanese practitioner has been widely acknowledged as a major influence on several generations of contemporary artists."--- Yayoi Kusama's website- Look Now, See Forever

http://interactive.qag.qld.gov.au/looknowseeforever/introduction/

Jon Burgerman- We Want To Be His Friend

Jon Burgerman is so FUN!!! 

Check out some of his art on his blog>>>>http://jonburgerman.com/ 

• Look how fun this art show looks. I wish I could have seen it in real life. (The song is kinda cool too.)

Melissa Cooke- OUTRAGEOUS Graphite "Paintings"

Melissa Cooke is amazing. The End. 

Check out her website!
http://melissacookeart.com/

ABOUT
Melissa Cooke (b. Oconomowoc, WI, 1982) received her MFA (2011) and BFA (2006) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Specializing in graphite on paper, her work investigates the relationship between photography, performance and drawing in portraiture.  Cooke is represented by Koplin Del Rio. Her drawings have been exhibited at venues nationwide, including the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, the Museum of Wisconsin Art, the Oceanside Museum of Contemporary Art, and numerous colleges. Cooke's drawings are in collections such as the Arkansas Art Center and the Howard Tullman Collection, and have been featured in New American Painting, and Drawing magazine.

THE PROCESS
Cooke's drawings are made by dusting thin layers of graphite onto paper with a dry brush.  The softness of the graphite provides a smooth surface that can be augmented by erasing in details and textures.  No pencils are used in the work, allowing the surface to glow without the shine of heavy pencil marks.  Illusion dissolves into brush work and the honesty of the material.

AMAZING Art by Klaus Kemp---- He Uses Algae Cells!!!!

Klaus Kemp


This is an excerpt from the article found on http://www.thisiscolossal.com/ 

Ever since exploring slides of arranged diatoms earlier this year from the California Academy of Sciences, I was left with one small question: how? Diatoms are tiny single-cell algae encased in jewel-like shells that are among the smallest organisms on Earth of which there are an estimated 100,000 extant species. How does one go about finding, capturing, cleaning, organizing, and arranging these artistic displays that are so small they are measured in microns?

One such person who asked these questions was Klaus Kemp who became fascinated by some of the earliest diatom arrangements dating back to the Victorian era. Kemp has since dedicated his life to the study and perfection of modern day diatom arrangements, and his works are among the most complex being made today. Filmmaker Matthew Killip recently sat down with Kemp and learned more about his process in this short film called the Diatomist.

  

Here's his website if you want to see more!!!

http://www.diatoms.co.uk/

Nathan Spoor- Amazing, Detailed Acrylic Paintings

NATHAN SPOOR

http://www.nathanspoor.com/