Art Scan of the day by Mike Lavallee
Art Scan of the day by Mike Lavallee This guy has some seriously killer airbrush. And not just airbrush paintings, he paints on all kinds of things – boats, cars, you name it. Check out his website and Instagram. There’s some great stuff there. Instagram: @killerpainthttps://www.killerpaint.com/
The Bluest of Blues – YInMn blue
The accidental hue Throughout history, making a blue pigment has taken hard work—or a stroke of luck CORVALLIS, OREGON—Mas Subramanian’s most celebrated discovery came out of the blue. As a solid state chemist at the chemical giant Dupont, Subramanian had put his name on hundreds of publications and dozens of patents. He identified a new […]
Google Cultural Institute’s Gigapixel Camera
The Google Cultural Institute, an online virtual museum with high-quality digitizations of artifacts from across the globe, recently added more than 1,000 ultra-high-resolution images of classic paintings and other artwork by Monet, Van Gogh and many others. A new robotic camera system Google has developed called ‘Art Camera’ has made it possible for the organization […]
Dunning–Kruger effect and Artists
Recently in the office we’ve been discussing the Dunning-Kruger effect. It’s a fascinating read. Ever wonder why amateurs think they’re suddenly great, or great artists under estimate themselves (The Bush-sim for this is misunderestimate)? Well, there’s actually a psychological phenomenon that describes this situation. The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which relatively unskilled […]
Art Scan of the day: Artist Valerie Collymore
Today’s art scan of the day is by Valerie Collymore. We’ve been seeing a lot of Valerie as she prepares for her upcoming show on April 2nd. Valerie has a solo exhibit at the Fountainhead Gallery on April 2nd, and all are welcome to attend the opening from 5-7PM. To see more of Valerie’s artwork, […]