If you’re like me, sometimes you just can’t wait to get your hands on the latest book, dvd or game. With this in mind, I wanted to highlight Artist Network TV, a great resource for the artist with demonstrations, tips and general know-how from some great artists.
ArtistsNetwork.tv was launched in 2008 to provide online instructional videos from leading contemporary artists. The videos are streamed to ArtistsNetwork.tv members so that they can be viewed 24/7 from any computer with a high-speed Internet connection without requiring software downloads.
The site allows you to preview a lot of demonstration clips before you buy and there are a lot of categories covering subjects from Dragons to landscapes. The previews make for some brief but great viewing and you can pick up some great inspiration from just watching the previews.
This weeks trawl of the net has thrown up this demonstration by artist Maxim Grunin which I wanted to highlight to you. Using Acrylic paints myself, I found this clip really interesting as I like the end result and especially the sheer scale of the piece, along with the apparent ease in which Maxim produces the piece.
If you have any interesting video clips or have come across any clips on the internet, let us know, as we would be interested to take a look.
The pioneering British photographer Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) is the subject of a major retrospective at Tate Britain opening on 8th September. Bringing together around 150 works, this exhibition will demonstrate how Muybridge broke new ground in the emerging art form of photography.
From his iconic images of animals and humans in motion to depictions of the sublime landscapes and life of the dynamic America of the later nineteenth century, the exhibition will explore the ways in which Muybridge created and honed his remarkable images that continue to resonate powerfully with artists and photographers.
Eadweard Muybridge proves a horse can fly
Muybridge was the first person to demonstrate that a horse lifts all its hooves in the air at the same time when it is galloping along, something that it was impossible to see with the naked eye and was proved through his method of using multiple cameras to take motion shots. His ‘time-lapsed’ photographic work is fascinating and extremely useful to artists, showing as it does the exact position of a body and its limbs – whether animal or human - at various points when it is moving.
Here at the RUBooks blog we know how passionate you can be about your hobbies. We are too, and we’re going to trawl the net for great art & photography video clips from fellow artists and this is the place we will share them. Watch this space for weekly updates and some of the great clips we find.
To start the ball rolling here’s a great clip regarding a book by master fantasy artist, John Howe named Forging Dragons.
We have some great titles from John Howe here at RUBooks, with a few examples below. Enjoy the video clip and take a look at some of the saving on these great titles available right now at RUBooks.co.uk
Being an artist myself, I take a my hat off to those of you who paint using watercolour. I find the medium really hard to control and after many attempts find myself using acrylic paint for traditional work and the graphics tablet with Photo-shop for my digital painting. After this weekends trawl of the net, I wanted to highlight this video clip. With summer upon us and the urge to get out and about painting, using those long summer days, I thought this clip really highlighted the confidence and skill needed to get out there and paint using watercolour.
Here at rubooks we have some great watercolour how-to books to help you get started in watercolour. We even have the tools to get you started.
Here at the RUBooks Blog we are passionate about art and photography and as someone particularly interested in art, I often trawl the net looking for material, snippets of information, video clips, galleries, other artists, articles to help me improve my skills and the latest news, the list can be endless. It’s amazing what you can come up with and I have here a great little jem from the artist Charles Evans I wanted to share with you. A vidoe clip of Charles in action painting with oils.
I love these clips, as you see the artist in action, face to face, so enjoy…
We are also some great books at RUBooks and below is a small sample of the books we have available from Charles Evans at great prices.
Delve into the dark and grungy world of the Goblinoids – fantastic characters for fantasy artists.
Did you know that there are six different race of goblinoid, and that Orcs are twice the height of a tall man and smell like a combination of vomit and…well, lets just say they smell really, really bad..No? Well then you need Goblinoids by Scott Purdy. There is little doubt that goblinoids are some of the most diverse and exciting creatures in the fantasy world, enter the dark, mysterious world of Carnee Groglecrump the Hobgoblin, Meggles Crusherson the Orc and many more of these colourful characters.
Learn how to draw and paint goblinoids and their worlds with a combination of traditional and digital media, the book covers everything from basic anatomy to lighting your work. If you are a fan of The Labyrinth or The Dark Crystal, or even if you are just looking for new direction for your art, this is the book for you.
