It happens a lot that I see a fashion photograph and instantly think of some artist that I consider as inspiration. However, because my art history knowledge is a bit rusted, I don’t always figure out which artist it is, I rather think of a decade or a movement in painting/art. But this time, after [...]

Painting influences fashion yet again. This time the inspiration is represented by Vermeer paintings. Carl Bengtsson’s photographs do look like modern-day Dutch art works, don’t they? You have the heavy dresses, the bonnets, the dark muted color palette and atmosphere. You probably saw “Girl With The Peral Earring”, starring Scarlett Johansson. I kinda liked “Frida” [...]

?As an art student you have classes such as anatomy, to learn about the human body, so you can draw it better. It’s one thing when you look at it and see the skin and try to draw it’s outline, but a completely different thing when you actually know what’s underneath. It all starts from [...]

We all know by now that art and painting strongly influence fashion. Well, it not only influences designer collections (latest Dior couture) and clothing, but also photography. The Spanish painter Goya painted these art works of his mistress, “Maya desnuda” and “Maja vestida”. They caused quite a stir back then, so they were kept secret [...]

It’s the easiest way to make your daily coffee cup more unique: paint it! Just get some oil colors (oil stays on porcelain) and do whatever you feel. Try not to mix warm colors (yellow, red) with the cold ones (blue, green), if you want bright colors. However, if you want to get nuances of [...]

Three days of painting landscapes (literally, day to night) and I finally finished my summer work for school. The result: 40 landscapes painted in different ways/styles, according to a specific era in art history. From Quatrocento to Abstract Art, I covered the most important movements in the history of art. [See the first ones here]. [...]