Ave Maria's shadow

Art, sport, Frank Schubert, Carolina Kostner, figure skater.

OperaPop on Ice Verona 2014 Carolina Kostner - Ave Maria

How to Recognize Olympic Figure Skating Jumps {here}

What's the difference between a triple axel, triple lutz and and triple toe? {here}

A GIF Guide to Figure Skaters' Jumps {here}



Physics of Jumps in Figure Skating (physicsfigureskating)

Ave Maria (Schubert) {wikipedia}

Schubert - Ave Maria

My favorite Ave Maria remix found on youtube, enjoy.

Ave Maria - Corbinator Techno Remix


Oops, sorry for the wrong framing but blogger doesn’t listen to me this morning!!

Mash-up with a pearl

 Jun'ichiro Seyama composes composite images after Vermeer's masterpiece.

 

"Girl with a Pearl Earring" Finger Painting on iPad mini by Seikou Yamaoka

Turn is left home

Tim Reynolds (turnislefthome) is a 3D illustrator based in Milwaukee, USA.

Scratchy silk

What is machine embroidery? I planned to present a blog post about it. And I went on youtube for checking out the technique. Instead, ribbon embroidery caught my eye, and this Russian video looked very artistic.

Вышивка лентами ЦВЕТОЧНАЯ РАПСОДИЯ

Rubans de broderie / RHAPSODY FLORAL

So I paused the video when the composition seemed particularly eye-catching to me and made screen captures.

The screen dumps spent a few minutes in Photoshop for their make over: more contrast, almost desaturated colors, dry brush filter.

Drybrush is a painting technique in which a paint brush that is relatively dry, but still holds paint, is used. The resulting brush strokes have a characteristic scratchy look that lacks the smooth appearance that washes or blended paint commonly have. (Source: wikipedia)

Stone ground, flour sacks and domestic dove 

by Michael Dumas with dry brush, watercolor and gouache

The conditions in the interior of the mill influenced my choice of mediums when I set out to do this painting. I chose dry brush for its thin, textural, woven qualities, and gouache (which contains chalk) as being sympathetic to the dry dusty interior atmosphere. The gouache also seemed just right to achieve the bright reflective quality of the areas touched by sunlight. (Michael Dumas, realistic interpretator of nature)

From the north

The Greek north wind God, strong and violent, is sometimes depicted by a woman, buffeted by the wind.

In ancient Greek religion and myth, the Anemoi were wind gods who were each ascribed a cardinal direction from which their respective winds came.

Notus was the south wind; Zephyrus, the west wind; Eurus, the east wind; Boreas, the north wind.

Boreas, 450 BC

Boreas is depicted as being very strong, with a violent temper to match. He was frequently shown as a winged old man with shaggy hair and beard, holding a conch shell and wearing a billowing cloak.

Boreas and his brother winds were often imagined as horse-shaped gods.

Boreas - oil painting by John William Waterhouse

The north wind god, in this remarkable painting (1902) by John William Waterhouse, is a woman, buffeted by the wind.

Study of Boreas - chalk on paper by John William Waterhouse

Boreas, the North Wind - recreated by Inglis

 I've found this digital reproduction by Inglis here: Robzentaur1′s blog, art, ego, acceptance and society

Here is the full painting with the background slightly altered, but retaining Waterhouse’s impressionist brushwork. The face is re-createded to make it stronger and more sensuous. Waterhouse’s original face is washed out and fragile looking. The oil paint is badly cracked. I reworked the upper areas of the shawl to create more of a feeling of flow and movement.

- Inglis

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Mt Boreas, in the western Olympus Range, Antartica, was named after the north wind god.

Vertically yours

Twenty-two photos synthesize Marcus Bunyan's series called Vertical 2011.

[B-17 Flying Fortress]

[P 51 Mustang]

[P 51 Mustang]

[Helldiver]

[Liberator]

[Spitfire]

[A-20 Havoc]

[B-17 Flying Fortress]

[B-17 Flying Fortress]

[F4U Corsair]

[JU-87 Stuka]

[Beaufighter]

[Havoc]

[Liberator]

 [B-17 Flying Fortress]

 [Aircobra]

 [P 51 Mustang]

 [Beaufighter]

 [Liberator]

 [Mitchell]

 [Spitfire]

 [Stirling]

Marcus Bunyan is an Australian artist who works with all forms of image making. His artistic practice investigates the boundaries between identity, space and environment. He writes an art blog that reviews exhibitions in Melbourne and posts interesting analysis of art work being displayed around the world.

Specialties Photoshop, Fireworks, Flash, Word, Powerpoint, scanning, photographer, colour correction, printing, restoration of images, photo retouching

Interests art, web, reading, writing, reviewing, lawn bowls, music, yoga, sport, motor racing, new technology, cars

marcusbunyan.com

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These drawings and paintings were made by Hans Liska, a pilot artist during World War II.

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