New article posting rule - check here before posting.
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Ash and pen [OC]
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Feeling disconnected from the world lately. Friend is encouraging me to post my art again so here goes.
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Inktober52, Prompt 2026_31, "Simple"
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Brush Pen, Following the example of Picasso's work
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Promotional poster by Mirko Ilić for the 1978 Yugoslavian conference "DRUG-ca žena – novi pristup ženskom pitanju" ("Comrade-ess woman - a new approach to the female question").
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Ink and Inkwash
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First time I tried a chinese brush for the ink wash. They are really soft and can hold a lot amount of water.
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“Vaca abduciendo a un OVNI” - oil on canvas by Fer Martinez
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“Cow Abducting a UFO”
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In 1677, the area of California that the Chumash historically live in experienced a total eclipse. This eclipse also happened to have Mars and Antares (a red supergiant) align in a visually distinctive way near it, and these pictographs are believed to be their record of the event. The painted crosses are believed to depict stars, with a black circle representing the eclipse itself. The star at the bottom right is interpreted as Mars, having been depicted with legs: a ‘wandering’ star due to its irregular path across the night sky through the year.
You can explore the fully 3D scanned cave here: https://www.cyark.org/projects/chumash-painted-cave/3D-Explorer
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/49326381
From the display:
Depictions like this one of a boy blowing on a burning ember were popular among European painters studying illumination. Artists such as Michelangelo and El Greco used this subject to showcase their skills at imitating nature, particularly the fleeting reflections of firelight. After spending several successful years working in Rome, Gerrit van Honthorst brought this theme back to the Netherlands, where it was appreciated by sophisticated collectors who recognized its origins in an ancient Roman text.
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The Birth of Venus (1485)
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Depicts the goddess Venus, having emerged from the sea as a fully grown woman, arriving at the sea-shore. The seashell she stands on was a symbol in classical antiquity for a woman's vulva. Thought to be based in part on the Venus de' Medici, an ancient Greek marble sculpture of Aphrodite.
Artist: Sandro Botticelli
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