designer loves art...Eugène Delacroix...180

speed is not everything but it helps if you want to leave a large collection behind you

this is Eugène Delacroix

http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/b/bellini/giovanni/index.html

born in France he is said to be taught by the masters himself as he spend allot of time in the louver and trying to recreate those masterpieces.  at age 34 he had the opportunity to visit Morocco which bought a change in his style, especially in the use of color, considered one of the principle faces of the romantic movement , with his exotic and emotional portrayals he also claimed to be a classist (this was also because of his feud with Ingres). after his death  more than 9000 pieces or art were found in his studio. his use of light it astounding, and the way he uses it to capture your eye and make your eye travel in a certain direction is amazing. something particular about his was his speed when working, he used to say " if you are not skillful enough to sketch a man falling out of a window during the time it takes him to get from the fifth floor to the ground, then you will never be able to produce monumental work."

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designer loves art...Gabriel Dawe...179

Can you touch a rainbow?

this is Gabriel Dawe
http://www.gabrieldawe.com/contact.html

born in Mexico, means being raised in a colorful culture, but something are not as tangible  unfortunately here in Mexico its still very male orientated (machismo). so in an attempt to overthrow this, he works with fabric and string, something that is usually left to the woman in our cultures for embroidery and sewing.  his artwork combines this and architectural spaces to create the human being need for a shelter. as his pieces get bigger , more complex and even more ethereal,  we find out how much our culture really is a part of us. personally i love this, this tangible feeling of light, the structure you can see, the play of "is this real?". i really hope to see one of his installations up close. 

ps i always get excited when i talk about a fellow Mexican


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designer loves art...Albrecht Durer...178

few think of themselves as an  "artist-prince"

This is Albrecht Dürer
http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/d/durer/biograph.html
http://www.albrecht-durer.org/

of German nationality  he is known as the greatest German renaissance painter. his talent started from the age of 13 years old with a self-portrait, from this his father got him an apprenticeship with Wohlgemut which lasted 3 years. after that he started travelling, while on his travels he got to Italy where he was exposed to the images of Bellini and may others, that's when Italian renaissance started to influence his style. it should be noted that he also did a great deal of woodcarvings,drawing and illustrations. i have to say that personally i found his painting nothing so special, but one look at this drawings and  landscapes  where i truly see his talent come trough.

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designer creates...04

ok so starting to figure out what out brand final project is for the end of semester show, thus we had to make some studies of pictures, this are quire simple study as you just basically  trace the images with a permanent marker,  it helps you to locate and start to get a feeling of the drawing. because some are going to be doing exteriors we did a little cloud exercise. (ignore the tree time was up and i had to do something...)

*all work are my own*comments and critiques are always welcome

Earth day!!!!

Happy earth day everyone,

if you have a chance take a look at 
http://www.earthday.org/
 as well as 
http://wwf.worldwildlife.org/site/TR?pg=fund&fr_id=1040&pxfid=43612

and a little flash back from when the blog started, 

designer loves art ...1... Jim Denevan

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