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JOHN LOVETT

Those are examples of John Lovett artwork.

He is passionate in painting 

WATERCOLOR PAINTING LESSONS The painting instructions, lesson plans, watercolor techniques and notes on design and color listed below are based on the notes used in my art classes and workshops.

Atmospheric Gouache  How to use a soft glaze of white gouache to enhance the mysterious atmosphere of this old building. Paris with Gesso Glazes A technique of watercolor underpainting subdued with glazes of translucent gesso. The effect is soft and ethereal - ideal for the atmosphere of early morning Paris  Mixing Watercolor A Beginners guide to mixing and applying watercolor. Includes information on wet in wet, dropping in, dry brush, splashing etc. why watercolor?what is it that makes watercolor such an addictive medium?   glazing and finishinghow to protect your painting and keep it looking good for generations to come watercolor techniquesdescription and examples of different watercolor techniques   materials information on all the watercolor painting tools - paint, brushes, palettes, pastels etc painting on location tips to help you cope with painting outdoors under the gaze of others and at the mercy of the elements tonal contrast add impact to your work by focusing attention on the centre of interest using compound colours a technique to aid colour harmony   painting clouds exercises and advice on making the sky a major part of the subject watercolor - getting started A beginners guide to the basic watercolor materials. planning watercolor washes a few minutes planning can make all the difference to a watercolor painting hats a simple watercolor exercise using just three colors industrial stuff exercises aimed at forcing you to take a different approach to your subject paint a birdTwo colour limited palette exercise. Great for beginners foliage a step by step exercise taking the mystery out of painting trees and foliage with watercolor shadows advice on painting convincing looking shadows   small figures an easy way to paint small figures in watercolor elements and principles of design a run down on the building blocks that go to make up a work of art photography if you are painting from photographs here are a few tips to make them easier to work from colour theoryunderstanding how colors work   treestrees need not be difficult to paint if you keep a few simple facts in mind watercolor tips for beginners tips and techniques to help you avoid the most common problems encountered with watercolor.    what to include when faced with a complex subject what do you put in and what do you leave out? These examples show how to decide. landscape features breaking landscape subjects down into simple elements to aid composition   direction The element of direction can have a powerful influence on the mood of a painting. Find out how to control it. texture Use physical and visual texture to give your paintings a more interesting surface

JIM LAMBIE

Jim Lambie (Scottish, b.1964), was born in Glasgow and graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 1994. Lambie’s work focuses on intense visual stimulation, whether through the use of neon colors or the reusing of common cultural detritus. His sculptures use music paraphernalia such as posters and album covers. These works often populate spaces which have had their floors covered with his ongoing piece, Zobop. This work consists of vinyl strips of tape that follow the contours of the space, creating a dizzying environment highlighting the architecture and enhancing the aesthetic impression of the space. Lambie has had a long connection with music, having played in the band The Boy Hairdressers when he graduated from university. This connection extends into his work in the form of the materials he uses and in the names of his pieces, such as The Jesus and Mary Chain, a platform with chair pieces. In 2005, he was shortlisted for the Turner Prize for his work Mental Oyster. Lambie lives and works in Glasgow, Scotland.

Timeline

1990–1994

BA (Hons) Environmental Art, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow

1998

British Council award toward residency at Triangle, Marseille, France

2000

Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Artists

2003

BBC Underground Award

Lives and works in Glasgow

yayoi kusuma

yayoi kusama

Started to paint using polka dots and nets as motifs at around age ten ,and created fantastic paintings in watercolors, pastels and oils. Went to the United States in 1957. Showed large paintings, soft sculptures, and environmental sculptures using mirrors and electric lights. In the latter 1960s, staged many happenings such as body painting festivals, fashion shows and anti-war demonstrations. Launched media-related activities such as film production and newspaper publication. In 1968, the film “Kusama's Self-Obliteration"which Kusama produced and starred in won a prize at the Fourth International Experimental Film Competition in Belgium and the Second Maryland Film Festival and the second prize at the Ann Arbor Film Festival. Held exhibitions and staged happenings also in various countries in Europe. Returned to Japan in 1973. While continuing to produce and show art works, Kusama issued a number of novels and anthologies. In 1983, the novel “The Hustlers Grotto of Christopher Street" won the Tenth Literary Award for New Writers from the monthly magazine Yasei Jidai. In 1986, held solo exhibitions at the Musee Municipal, Dole and the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Calais, France, in 1989, solo exhibitions at the Center for International Contemporary Arts, New York and the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England. In 1993, participated in the 45th Venice Biennale. Began to create open-air sculptures in 1994. Produced open-air pieces for the Fukuoka Kenko Center, the Fukuoka Municipal Museum of Art, the Bunka-mura on Benesse Island of Naoshima, Kirishima Open-Air Museum and Matsumoto City Museum of Art, , in front of Matsudai Station, Niigata,TGV's Lille-Europe Station in France, Beverly Gardens Park, Beverly hills, Pyeonghwa Park, Anyang and a mural for the hallway at subway station in Lisbon. Began to show works mainly at galleries in New York in 1996. A solo show held in New York in the same year won the Best Gallery Show in 1995/96 and the Best Gallery Show in 1996/97 from the International Association of Art Critics in 1996. From1998 to 1999, a major retrospective of Kusama's works which opened at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art traveled to the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Walker Art Center and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. In 2000, Kusama won The Education Minister's Art Encouragement Prize and Foreign-Minister's Commendations. Her solo exhibition that started at Le Consortium in France in the same year traveled to Maison de la culture du Japon, Paris, KUNSTHALLEN BRANDTS ÆDEFABRIK, Denmark, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, KUNSTHALLE Wien, Art Sonje Center, Seoul. Received the Asahi Prize in 2001, the Medal with Dark Navy Blue Ribbon in 2002, the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Officier), and the Nagano Governor Prize (for the contribution in encouragement of art and culture) in 2003 In 2004, Her solo exhibition “KUSAMATRIX" started at Mori Museum in Tokyo. This exhibition drew visitors totaling 520,000 people. In the same year, another solo exhibition started at The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo  In 2005, it traveled to The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto, Matsumoto City Museum of Art. Received the 2006 National Lifetime Achievement Awards, the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Losette and The Praemium Imperiale -Painting- in 2006. In 2008, Documentary film : “Yayoi Kusama, I adore myself" released in Japan and also screened at international film festival and museum. Exhibition tour started at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, traveled to Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney in Australia in 2009, City Gallery Wellington in New Zealand. Conferred the honorary citizen of Matsumoto city. Solo exhibition at Gagosian Gallery NY and LA, Victora Miro Gallery in London and Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea in Milan. Honored as Person of Cultural Merits in Japan 2009. In 2010, solo exhibition and permanent outdoor sculpture at Towada Art Center in Japan.?Participation to Sydney Biennale and Aichi Triennale. Solo exhibition at Victoria Miro Gallery in London, fiac in Paris. 2011, solo exhibition at Gagosian gallery (Roma), Victoria Miro gallery (London). Europe and North America retrospective tour started at Museo Nacional Centro De Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid traveling to Centre Pompidou (Paris), TATE MODERN (London) and Whitney Museum (New York). Solo exhibition at Watari Art Museum (Tokyo). In September, participate in the 2011 Chengdu Biennale (China). Programmed solo exhibition at Queensland Art Gallery (Brisbane) in November. 2012, “Eternity of Eternal Eternity", recent works solo national traveling show started at National Museum of Art, Osaka traveled to The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Matsumoto City Museum of Art, Nagano, Niigata City Art Museum. In the next year, it travel to Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Oita Art Museum and Museum of Art, Koch. Solo exhibition at Victoria Miro gallery (London). Shinjuku Honorary Citizen Award. The American Academy Of Arts and Letters Foreign Honorary Membership. Collaborated with Louis Vuitton creative director Marc Jacobs on collaborative collection “LOUIS VUITTON × YAYOI KUSAMA Collection". 2013, “Yayoi Kusama. Obsesión infinita [Infinite Obsession]", South America retrospective tour started at Malba - Fundacacion Constantini. It will travel to Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Centro Cultutal Banco do Brasil, Brasília, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo and Mexico City. “KUSAMA YAYOI, A Dream I Dreamed", recent works exhibition tour started at Daegu Art Museum, Korea. It will travel to Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, Seoul Arts Centre, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.

element of art

Elements of Art

The elements of art are sort of like atoms in that both serve as "building blocks." You know that atoms combine and form other things, right? Sometimes they'll casually make a simple molecule, as when hydrogen and oxygen form water (H2O). If hydrogen and oxygen take a more aggressive career path and bring carbon along as a co-worker, together they might form something more complex, like a molecule of sucrose (C12H22O11).

A similar activity happens when the elements of art are combined. Instead of hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, etc., in art you've got:

• line
• shape
• form
• space
• texture
• value
• color
  

Art would be sunk without line, sometimes known as "a moving point." While line isn't something found in nature, it is absolutely essential as a concept to depicting objects and symbols, and defining shapes.

Texture is another element, like form or space, that can be real (run your fingers over an Oriental rug, or hold an unglazed pot), created (think of van Gogh's lumpy, impasto-ed canvases) or implied (through clever use of shading).

Now, I will try not to leap up and down and pinwheel my arms in large, excited arcs overcolor, but, really -- it's often the whole point for us visual types. Show me a red spectrum, regardless of value (lightness or darkness), and my brain yells "Hallelujah!" Then, of course, there are all of those lovely, soothing blues... oh! And green -- he color of nature and the renewal of life. There have got to be at least 84,000 tints and tones of green. And, yellow! My goodness, I do love a sunny yellow. Not a sickly-looking "Whoa! Hey, you should get your liver function tested, buddy" shade of yellow, mind you