The Ultimate Guide on Different Art Mediums
“He who works with his hands, and his head, and his heart, is an artist” – St. Francis of Assisi Throughout art history, people have been using various materials to express themselves. Artists have always chosen concepts and techniques that fit their skills and artistic expression. This quest started with pigmented powder used for drawing on […]
Best Free Resources for Photographers
On every given day, Facebook reports over 300 million photos being uploaded by users worldwide. When it comes to Instagram, that number is somewhere around 95 million. While this doesn’t mean that all of these photographs are professional, it does stand to show that photography is, at least, a favorite hobby and pastime for many […]
The Female Gaze: Celebrating Female Photographers
1839 is the date generally accepted as the birth year of photography. And in the same year, Constance Fox Talbot was believed to be the first woman ever to take a photograph. A century forward since then, more and more women have been captivated by photography, proving that for many brilliant and creative minds, it […]
Art and Eroticism – Art and Nude Series: Part. 2
In Nudes, Prudes, and Attitudes, we ask: Why does art nudity occupy a special place in the cultural consciousness? Perhaps the fascination or rather, the tension we feel when faced with nudity in art is that many have a primal instinct to associate nakedness with eroticism. And that any nude body is always somehow a […]