Showing posts with label Painting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Painting. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

His Most famed Painting (Midnight Black Wolf) - Robert Bateman

His Most famed Painting (Midnight Black Wolf) - Robert Bateman


Canadian naturalist and painter Robert Bateman was born in Toronto, Canada, on May 24, 1930. Since childhood, he has been interested in wildlife and art. He was initially inspired by the noted "Group of Seven," a club of Canadian 'Realistic' painters. Bateman perfected the art of beautifully portraying nature & wildlife on canvas. While he started his artistic stint with creating 'Abstract' paintings of nature, he transitioned to 'Realism' in the 1960s. His focus was mostly on depicting beauty in its traditional form, for which he travelled extensively and used his keen notice power to accurately depict the various facets of nature. One of the methods Bateman has applied while painting his works is clicking photographs and using them as models for his creations. Robert Bateman achieved iconic feat with his work "Midnight Black Wolf."

His Most famed Painting (Midnight Black Wolf) - Robert Bateman

His Most famed Painting (Midnight Black Wolf) - Robert Bateman

His Most famed Painting (Midnight Black Wolf) - Robert Bateman


His Most famed Painting (Midnight Black Wolf) - Robert Bateman



His Most famed Painting (Midnight Black Wolf) - Robert Bateman

While Bateman has also sketched and painted citizen & activities, in one of his interviews, he has indicated that sketching citizen was as easy as sitting and eating popcorn for him. He has also said that sketching wildlife offered more challenges on the inventory of it being an extremely diverse area of exploration. One of Robert's most noted paintings, as Mentioned above, is "Midnight Black Wolf" that depicts a black wolf on a black backdrop. Some of Bateman's other most noted works consist of "Lawrence of Arabia," "Lost-Wildebeest," "White Encounter-Polar Bear," "Cardinal in Sumac," "Beech Grass & Tree Frog," "Clan of the Raven," "Tadpole Time," "Awesome Land-American Elk," "Cries of Courtship," and "VanTAGe Point - Bald Eagle."

Talking about "Midnight Black Wolf," Bateman himself says that he wanted to "show the ominous nearnessy of a mature, lone wolf," creating an uncut climate of respect and seriousness around the animal, though not the one of threat. From the viewpoint of an artist, Bateman said that he found it extremely involving to portray a "black animal on an almost black background." looking back, although Bateman became a high school art/geography teacher, he never stopped painting throughout his career. However, it was only in 1970s and 1980s that his paintings and talent began getting recognition. His work started gaining popularity with time. Bateman has around ten books, based solely on his paintings. He has been criticized over his decision to allow the reproductions of his work, by citizen who believe that this act devalues the genuine art market. However, these reproductions have been extremely favorite and are sold across print galleries in Canada and internationally. Even today, Robert Bateman continues to paint beautiful scenes from the forests. He has carved a niche for himself in the art world straight through his fantastic paintings, depicting nature and wildlife such as in "Midnight Black Wolf."

His Most famed Painting (Midnight Black Wolf) - Robert Bateman

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Saturday, December 17, 2011

Halloween Face Painting Ideas

Halloween Face Painting Ideas


Halloween is such fun for kids of all ages, and adults too. Here are some face painting ideas to get you in the Halloween spirit.

Halloween face painting idea 1: pumpkin

A arresting orange pumpkin painted on each cheek. Black paint used to paint eyes, nose and mouth. A light grey would be used to show the ridges of the pumpkin as well as its outline.
An alternative would be to do a full face pumpkin with an orange face base (blending a darker orange shade over cheekbones), black triangle shape over the eyes (extending above and below the eye area), a black nose and a large black mouth (need to cover more than just the lips).

Halloween face painting idea 2: skull

A full face design. Has a white face as the base, large black 'panda' eyes, black and white vertical stripes on the lips (with the white stripes wider than the black ones) and a trickle of red from one side of the mouth (to indicate blood).

Halloween face painting idea 3: vampire

A full face design. A white face base, arresting red lips, fangs arrival out of each corner of the lower lip (outline is light grey, fill is white, and tip is red to denote some blood), eye lids are smoky grey (right up to and over eye brows), eye brow then exaggerated with black sweeping strokes.

Halloween face painting idea 4: bat

A full face design. A white face base, bat's face painted on forehead above the nose (it's in black with light grey for eyeballs, and for some definition in ears); the bat's body is painted in black on the nose and ends at the base of the nostrils (use distinct shadings of black; the bat's wings extends out from head and body and covers the eyes curving up towards the temple and down the exterior of the eye to mid cheek (again use distinct black shadings and some fine dark grey strokes to paint some definition into the wings); the lips are painted in dark grey with an exaggerated upward curl at the corners.




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