I was sent a link to a YouTube video yesterday and I wanted to share it with all of you. This amazing video was created by the band, Hold Your Horses – a Franco American band. Highly original, it will appeal to all artists and art enthusiasts alike. If you love art and art history, you won’t be disappointed. Basically the band recreated 25 famous works of art, and it’s great just trying to figure out what the paintings are and by whom. The song itself reminds me of Sufjan Stevens but differs in the lead vocalist’s style, but it has that folksie feel to it.
I contacted the band and Catherine has kindly allowed me to put the video up on my site. You can check them out on their MySpace page: www.myspace.com/holdyourhorses or on their website: www.logre.tv. See if you can figure out the names of the artists and/or the names of the paintings. I will post the answers in a few days!
I also wanted to share another link to some artwork that I was completely blown away by. This is the work of Dave Devries, who has worked at Marvel and DC Comics. Essentially, he was watching his niece draw one day, and he wondered how it would look if a child’s work was painted realistically and turned into a work of art. He projected the child’s image and then traced over it exactly, then rendered it. Here are a few snippets of his work. You will see the child’s drawing and his beside it.
You can see all of them at PulpFactor.com. You can also visit Dave Devries’ website.
Oh, I decided to challenge myself and bought myself a bunch of flowers to paint a still life. Never done flowers before! It’s a work in progress, so here’s what I have so far:
Obviously that is the photo, because there’s no way I could paint like that!
I’ve managed to block in some of the colour and there’s a long way to go on this painting, but I managed to knock this up in about an hour. That was the easy part. The devil, however, is in the detail!
Thanks, Heather. Great post. Loved the video and the artist take on a child's drawing. Aren't you stretching doing a still life! Love it. Keep going. There is no devil in the detail. You are the artist! You can choose to not include detail, you know! Finish it your way from here on out. The sky is the limit.
Thank you Leslie! Yes, I thought I’d push myself a little. Try and go for a bit of realism, and paint flowers. I hope I can come up with the goods!
Woooooow.This is really great.
I like the vase with the flowers a lot.
Every time i visit your blog i think that you do a great job .
Have a magnificent day,my dear friend!!!
Thank you Alina. I haven’t been able to get back to my flowers yet. I need to before they die!!! I’ll get a chance either tomorrow or the day after. It’s going to be a present for my mum. Thank you for your very encouraging words. Have a lovely evening too friend.
I'm sure that your mum will love it too
Take care,my dear friend!!!