Courage

November 28th, 2010 No Comments   Posted in Vincent van Gogh

Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it.

–Mark Twain

In The Wizard of Oz, the Cowardly Lion sang of courage:

Dorothy:

Your Majesty, If you were King, you wouldn’t be afraid of anything?

Lion:

Not nobody, not nohow!

Tin Man:

Not even a rhinocerous?

Lion:

Imposserous!

Dorothy:

How about a hippopotamus?

Lion:

Why, I’d trash him from top to bottomamus!

Dorothy:

Supposin’ you met an elephant?

Lion:

I’d wrap him up in cellophant!

Scarecrow:

What if it were a brontosaurus?

Lion:

I’d show him who was King of the Forest!

All Four:

How?

Lion:

How?

Courage! What makes a King out of a slave?

Courage! What makes the flag on the mast to wave?

Courage! What makes the elephant charge his tusk, in the misty mist or the dusky dusk?

What makes the muskrat guard his musk?

Courage! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder?

Courage! What makes the dawn come up like thunder?

Courage! What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the “ape” in apricot?

What have they got that I ain’t got?

All Four:

Courage!

Lion:

Then you can say that again!

Courage can mean so many things to so many people. Many people hear the word courage and it conjurs up visions of firefighters, soldiers, policemen…yet, courage is that and so much more.

How many times in our everyday lives, do we show courage without ever realizing it? How many everyday people must have such courage just to get out of bed in the morning? Some people need courage to do things that others do without even thinking. This is just as courageous as a firefighter going into a burning building.

The definitions of courage are endless, from someone battling cancer, to someone fleeing an abusive relationship, to having to ask for a raise to even just seeing your true self. It is all courage.

Courage carries us through our everyday lives, why many times it takes courage just to drive to work in traffic each day. You don’t think about it, but it is courage.

Many people upon first thinking on the word courage will think of the big things, the heroic things, the things that make the six o’clock news. But what about the courage we show as humans in our everyday lives? The things we do because we must, for ourselves and for our families? The simple things. The acts of courage given in love, and compassion? The acts of courage given in kindness and service to another? The sharing of our hearts, our souls in relationships, is courage at it’s deepest.

Taking inventory of your life, and making changes, takes courage. Coming to any crossroads in your life and deciding which to continue on, putting faith in yourself and a higher power, trusting, stepping into the unknown, is so courageous.

Trusting yourself, trusting another, being vulnerable, reaching out for help, asking a question, reaching out to help another, taking the road less traveled. These are all acts of courage, that people take every day.

How many times have you thought that you couldn’t go on? That you hadn’t the strength? That you had reached the end of your rope? Only to look back and see that you had gone on, that you had found the strength? That you were able to pull yourself back up that rope? Human courage is an amazing gift that we all have, it is a bottomless well. It is what enables us to continue onward, when we truly believe that we cannot.

And you don’t need a big amount of courage, you need only a tiny glimmer, just enough that somewhere in your heart and soul you know its there, whether consciously or subconsciously. That tiny pin prick of courage is enough to sustain you whether you realize it is there or not.

We are all amazing, courageous souls. Just look back in your life to those times that were so trying you thought they may never end, and see the courage that came from inside you and sustained you, and allowed you to help others through. It is always there, you always have courage, even if you don’t feel brave. I am in awe of the courage I have seen in others, it inspires me and never ceases to amaze me.

Like the cowardly lion, we will all discover that we have been courageous all along, that we are brave though we feel afraid, that we can trust ourselves, though we think we can’t and that our courage will sustain us and give us strength throughout the entire travels of our lives.

Now I would like to share some inspiring quotes with you regarding courage.

Personal mastery teaches us to choose. Choosing is a courageous act: picking the results and actions which you will make into your destiny.

–Peter Senge

Courage is rarely reckless or foolish . . . courage usually involves a highly realistic estimate of the odds that must be faced.

–Margaret Truman

Definition of courage: ‘Grace under pressure.’

–Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)

Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.

–Ralph Waldo Emerson

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else

–Erma Bombeck

I am old enough to know that victory is often a thing deferred, and rarely at the summit of courage. What is at the summit of courage, I think, is freedom. The freedom that comes with the knowledge that no earthly thing can break you

–Paula Giddings

The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.

–Mingnon McLaughlin

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Vincent Van Gogh

Within each of us is a hidden store of energy. Energy we can release to compete in the marathon of life Within each of us is a hidden store of courage. Courage to give us the strength to face any challenge Within each of us is a hidden store of determination. Determination to keep us in the race when all seems lost

–Roger Dawson The 13 Secrets of Power Performance by Roger Dawson

Courage is like love, it must have hope for nourishment.

–Napoleon Bonaparte

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex… It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

–Albert Einstein

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow that talent to dark place where it leads.

–Erica Jong

Courage consists of the power of self-recovery.

–Ralph Waldo Emerson

Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That’s what little girls are made of; the hell with sugar and spice.

–Unknown

Courage is sometimes frail as hope is frail: a fragile shoot between two stones that grows brave toward the sun though warmth and brightness fail, striving and faith the only strength it knows

–Frances Rodman

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

–Lao Tso

The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage – and act accordingly

–Corra May White Harris

Pain nourishes courage. You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.

–Mary Tyler Moore

Many of our fears are tissuepaper-thin, and a single courageous step would carry us through them.

–Brendan Francis

Strength and courage aren’t always measured in medals and victories. They are measured in the struggles they overcome. The strongest people aren’t always the people who win, but the people who don’t give up when they lose.

–Ashley Hodgeson

Courage is not the towering oak That sees storms come and go, It is the fragile blossom That opens in the snow

–Alice MacKenzie Swaim

To have courage for whatever comes in life-everything lies in that

–Mother Teresa

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

–Eleanor Roosevelt

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

–Sir Winston Churchill

Courage is to feel the daily daggers of relentless steel and keep on living.

–Douglas Malloch

Related : Painting Instructional IPhone G3 ideal_Decor


Tags:

Cute Love Quotes to Create a Flutter in Your Heart

November 25th, 2010 No Comments   Posted in Vincent van Gogh


Image : http://www.flickr.com

Love is an incurable disease, but unlike other diseases it makes you healthy, happy and ecstatic. Those who are in love, love this disease and pray to god to not to cure them out of it ever. For those of you who haven’t had this disease as of yet, here’s a collection of some Cute Love Quotes to flutter your heart and make you fall in love.

We were given: Two hands to hold. To legs to walk. Two eyes to see. Two ears to listen. But why only one heart? Because the other was given to someone else. For us to find.” – Anonymous

That’s absolutely true. We are given everything in pairs – Eyes, Ears, hands and legs. But we’re given only one heart. Why? Cause the other part of our heart is given to someone else. Someone special with whom we are meant to spent our entire lives; Someone with whom we are destined to grow older with; Someone with whom we are destined to get married with. So go on, and find that special someone.

“It is impossible to love and be wise.” – Francis Bacon

You Can’t do both being in love and being wise. Either you can love or you can be wise. If you love someone you’ll do the things for your beloved which may seems weird and unwise to the world. On the other hand, if you want to be wise you probably wont do that weird things necessary in love.

Love is something eternal, the aspect may change but not the essence. - Vincent Van Gogh

If you truly love someone, your love will last forever no matter how many ordeals it will go through. May you parents won’t agree with your relationship or you may go through other difficulties in your relationship but if your love is true, eventually you’ll definitely win.

These famous cute love quotes are accounts for both who are in love and those who are yet to fall in love. Those who are in love can use them to express their love in a playful manner and those who are yet to be in love can use them to fill their heart with romantic thoughts and words.

Friends Link : IPhone G3 Painting Instructional Mailbox Posts

Flower Paintings in History

November 19th, 2010 No Comments   Posted in Vincent van Gogh


Image : http://www.flickr.com

Since the beginning of time man has appreciated the sheer beauty and remarkable symmetry of the clusters of brightly coloured petals surrounding the secretive inner heart of a bloom.

Used over the centuries as poignant symbols of love and grief, flowers have entranced and challenged artists to reproduce their perfection onto the confines of a canvas.

Early religious symbolism

Floral paintings, saturated with religious symbolism, were created by artists as early as the 13th century but by the time the early renaissance painters were reaching their artistic peak, symbolism made way for sheer appreciation of floral bouquets as worthy still life subjects.

Reportage art

The 16th century was characterised by the exploration of the new world and the associated fascination with a seemingly boundless collection of new and unique natural varieties. Flowers, together with all the other intriguing species, were carefully recorded as scientific specimens, with very little emotive collaboration.

It was a century later that flower paintings, created out of oils, became a major trend where sheer aesthetics outweighed the earlier religious or scientific prescriptions on creativity.

Emotive symbolism

Although religious symbolism had been banished earlier from the realm of the artist, flowers now began to represent a host of human emotions and were depicted as such:

The rose – love.
The lily – purity.
The tulip – nobility.
The sunflower – devotion.

The impressionism of Manet

One of the artists, pivotal in the timely transition from realism to impressionism, was the great French artist, Edouard Manet, who, with his loose brushstrokes, simple forms and contrasting colours, created floral art which resonated with life. His brilliant rendition of a vase of flowers, titled ‘Carnations and Clematis in a Crystal Vase’, is a case in point. Accuracy was forced to make way for artistic interpretation for the first time in history of floral art.

The dramatic floral dabs of Claude Monet

The great impressionist, Claude Monet, was mesmerised by the brilliance and bounty of Mother Nature. Instead of concentrating on a single bloom however, he used his dramatic dabs of paint effectively to create walls of flowers, one indistinguishable from the other. Monet was so smitten with the impact of flowers in painting, that he dedicated most of his life to the creation of priceless works of art including ‘The Artist’s house at Argenteuil’, ‘Poppies Blooming’ and ‘Flowering Garden at Sainte-Adresse’.

Vincent van Gogh‘s Sunflowers

Arguably one of the most famous floral artists of all time was the Dutch post-impressionist Master, Vincent van Gogh, whose studies of sunflowers were rather more stylised portraits of the subject, created with his trademark broad, almost careless, brush strokes. A recent estimate valued Van Gogh‘s ‘Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers’ at $77m and ‘Irises’ at over $101m!

Botanical Art

Floral art has, in effect, come full circle with creative expressionism being replaced with botanical art, where the subject is faithfully reproduced in a realistic fashion. Artistic expression has made way for observational art, an art form which can quite easily be compared to the ‘reportage’ art of the 16th century.

Friends Link : Thai-English English-Thai Dictionary Painting Instructional history Book of Art Mailbox Mailbox Designs

The Life and Works of Henri Matisse

November 16th, 2010 No Comments   Posted in Vincent van Gogh


Image : http://www.flickr.com

The undisputed leader of the Fauve Group, and regarded as one of the great formative figures in 20th century art, Henri Matisse was a master of the use of color and form to convey emotional expression.

Born on December 31, 1869 in Cateau-Cambresis, in the north of France, Matisse grew up in a middle-class family. Eventually, he studied and began to practice law. However, while recovering from a medical ailment, Matisse began painting and became intrigued by it. Soon, he gave up his law practice and moved to Paris to study art formally.

In 1893, Matisse’s work was noticed by Gustav Moreau, an art teacher in Paris. Moreau eventually asked Matisse to join his atelier without requiring an entrance exam. Matisse officially joined Moreau’s atelier in 1895. In 1896 and 1897, Matisse first exhibited his work in the Salon de la Société Nationale.

Matisse’s early style was a conventional form of naturalism, using many of the elements found in the works of several of the old masters. He also heavily studied more contemporary art, especially that of the impressionists.

Matisse’s eventual artistic liberation, in terms of the use of color to render forms and organize spatial planes, came through the influence of French painters Paul Cézanne and Paul Gauguin and the tragic Dutchman, Vincent Van Gogh. Later, he developed his style further after the work of Henri Edmond Cross and Paul Signac, using small strokes of pure pigment to create the strongest visual vibration of intense color.

In 1905, Matisse’s liberation was easily shown in several of his commissioned works for Sergey Shchukin, a Moscow industrialist, who frequently bought out Matisse’s studios around this time. Shchukin requested that Matisse paint two murals for the grand staircase of his house in Moscow, the Trubetskoy Palace. The themes of the paintings were to be “Dance” and “Music.”

One of the paintings that came from Shchukin’s assignment was The Dance, or La Danse. Matisse is said to have gotten the idea for this painting in Collioure in 1905 while watching fishermen and peasants on the beach in a circular dance called a sardana. Although the traditional sardana is a rather stately routine, La Danse is a strikingly more intense version. The circle of stamping and twisting represents every motion to be as ancient as the dance itself.

In 1914, war broke out in France. Too old to fight, Matisse was too wise to imagine that his art could interpose itself between history and its victims, and he was too certain of his alms as an artist to change them. Through the war years, Matisse’s art grew more and more abstract, as well as more amplified. A good example of his style during this time period can be seen in The Moroccans from 1916.

In 1917, Matisse moved permanently to the South of France. “In order to paint my pictures, I need to remain for several days in the same state of mind, and I do not find this in any atmosphere but that of the Cote d’Azure,” he said. He spent most of the rest of his days living in the Hotel Regina in a vast apartment where he was able to have room to create. The elements of his time in his new residence frequently appeared in many of his later paintings. In fact, Matisse once said he wanted his art to have the effect of a good armchair on a tired businessman.

Overall, Matisse’s work reflects a number of influences, including stylized forms of the masks and sculpture of African art, the decorative quality of Near Eastern art, the brightness of the French impressionists and the simplified forms of Cézanne and the cubists.

Although he was often bedridden during his last years, he was able to keep himself occupied by creating works of brilliantly colored paper cutouts on canvas called decoupage. Matisse died in 1954 in Nice, having enjoyed international fame and adoration from critics, collectors, and younger painters – something not many artists in history were able to do.

Several other notable works by Matisse include:

Interior with a Violin Case

Still Life with Oranges

Blue Nude II

Red Fish

EZ-003

My Links : Personal Transporter. At Segway history Book of Art Square Box American Mailbox


Tags:

Famous Artworks of the World

November 1st, 2010 No Comments   Posted in Vincent van Gogh


Image : http://www.flickr.com

Watching an extraordinary painting made by different colors and patterns could evoke a sense of excitement. Although there could be some artworks that are really hard to understand due to the different stokes and color that were used and its title does not even describe the way it looks like. Then again, the overall beauty, the colors and the theme of the painting can evoke a strong emotion. In this article, you will discover the famous paintings of the world.

Number one in the list of world-famous paintings is the Mona Lisa. It is one of the most-talked about works of Leonardo da Vinci. The Mona Lisa is a painting in oil and known to be a painting of a woman with a mysterious smile. At the present, it is hanged in the Louvre Museum in Paris and it has the most expensive insurance value for a painting.

Vincent Van Gogh also has a popular painting entitled Portrait of Dr. Gachet. It is a painting of Van Gogh‘s doctor, Dr. Gachet. Van Gogh describes the expressions in the painting as “Sad but gentle, yet clear and intelligent.”The Portrait of Dr. Gachet is also included in the list of the most expensive paintings up to this day.

The list of the world’s famous paintings also include The Dream of Pablo Picasso. The Dream is an oil on canvass and it a portrait of a woman Marie Therese with several motifs hidden in the artwork. According to Picasso, the painting was mysteriously done for on the next day after it was finished, he could not even believe that he made it himself.

The oil painting on canvass entitled Sunrise by Claude Monet is considered as one of the renowned paintings of all time. It is considered an impressionist painting and also known as Impression Sunrise. This painting is one of the best impressionist paintings in the world.

These are just some of the most famous artworks in the world. It could be a once in lifetime opportunity to be able to appreciate artworks in their original version. However, its pictures and other replicas can be found in the Internet and other parts of the world. By taking a look at these paintings, you might be enticed to make a painting of your own.

Recommend : Free Online Advertising Thai-English English-Thai Dictionary American Mailbox Brick Mailbox

Do Advancements in Technology Truly Serve the Arts?

October 22nd, 2010 No Comments   Posted in Vincent van Gogh


Image : http://www.flickr.com

In your lifetime you have already seen photography go from film to digital. Drawing and painting can now be done on a computer. Are these technological advancements truly serving the arts? As art is entirely representative and connected to the people of the culture that creates it; humanities’ digital conversion puts our civilization in a position of being wholly dependent on electricity.

This dependence on electricity to create, view and share artwork is a dangerous concept. Consider the artwork that we have discovered from our ancestors. Some of the earliest works are still in existence as paintings and chalk drawings on the walls of caves. This art has led us to great discoveries of our ancestors and a stronger connection to our past. Imagine our future generations and how they may one day seek out their connection to us. It is entirely conceivable that generations of our work will forever be lost because we didn’t print out a hard copy or their technology is incompatible with ours.

Digital technology has its merits. They have allowed us to advance our techniques, lessen the cost of creation and collaborate instantaneously. However, those merits will be for not if these works do not have a physical form. Consider the E-Books, and digital music and the technology that has been created for them. Music and books can now be obtained for a lower price; one can even own and access a library of thousands of books and songs, but this access is temporary and entirely dependent on a power source.

We must protect the old ways of our artistic expression. We must continue to study and to create in the ways that produce tangible works. If humanity continues to convert everything to an electronic format, then we will are making our existence a virtual existence. We are turning our entire culture into an 8-track and one day there will no longer be a player for us.

Painting on canvas with acrylic, oils or water colors is a time-honored tradition of artists. There is a very strong possibility that our children will one day never be taught to draw on a piece of paper, but rather, be taught to draw with a light pen and have their work uploaded to their parents. One of our very earliest art galleries, the refrigerator in the kitchen, will no longer have our children’s artwork displayed proudly upon it.

As a people, we must continue to create real, physical works of art. The things that we can touch and feel spark memories more reliably and connect us to our past in a more concrete way than a digital image ever will. We must continue the traditions of the masters of painting because our paintings define us as we define them. Digital media reflects back our dependence on the superficial and non-tangible and it greatly devalues humanity.

We assign high value to paintings that endure time. That value is indicative of the connection that is made to the past lives of the artist and to the time in which the work was created. A painting by Picasso or Vincent Van Gogh can sell for millions, but is that monetary value applicable to a digital version? We shall continue to develop our technologies and become more dependent on them, but we should never replace the ways in which we create real, tangible fine works of art.

My Links : Free Online Advertising Mailbox Sale soda.iim.bz

Vincent Van Gogh – Great Painter & Self Multilator

October 18th, 2010 No Comments   Posted in Vincent van Gogh


Image : http://www.flickr.com

Famous for cutting off his ear, or were his paintings really that good?

Early Years

Vincent Willem van Gogh was born March 30, 1853, in Zundert, a small village in the Netherlands, to Anna Cornelia Carbentus and Theodorus van Gogh. He had two younger brothers, Theodorus, who became particularly important in his life, and Cor, as well as three sisters, named Elizabeth, Anna and Wil. His father was a minister of the Dutch Reform Church.

After an unsuccessful run as an art dealer in Great Britain, Vincent found himself turned towards religion, and pursued a life as a missionary for several years. Eventually, giving into pressure from his family, he joined his parents in Etten in the Netherlands. He was quickly overcome by wanderlust, however, and soon left again to pursue his art, scrapping by a meager existence as he traveled from place to place. During this time he began to develop the ill health that would plague him for the rest of his life.

Paris and After

In 1886 Vincent joined his brother Theo in Paris, with whom he had maintained a steady correspondence throughout his earlier life. It was here that he seriously committed himself to art, and studied at the studio of Fernand Cormon, and encountered Impressionistic artists such as Gaugin, Monet, and Pissarro. Vincent‘s personally style underwent a drastic change at this time, turning away from the darker palette of his earlier work such as The Potato Eaters. Instead, he began to employ the short, thick brushstrokes, and bright, vivid colors for which he is most well known today. It was only then, in the last four years of his life, that he created the majority of his body of work, over 200 paintings.

Eventually, he left Paris for Arles, where he hoped to found an art school. He was eventually joined by Gaugin, but the two increasingly quarreled. During an especially tense moment, Vincent cut off a portion of his left ear with a razor blade. Suffering increasingly ill mental and physical health, he was confined to an asylum in Saint-Remy for treatment, where he was visited by his brother Theo. There, some of his work became characterized by bold whorls and waves, including one of his most famous paintings, The Starry Night.

Death

In May of 1890, Vincent left Saint-Remy and moved to Auvers-sur-Oise. There he was cared for by one Dr. Gachet, who became the subject of another of van Gogh‘s most revered pieces, Portrait of Dr. Gachet. His depression worsened, and on July 27, 1890, he shot himself in the chest. He died two days later, at the age of 37. His last words, as reported by his brother Theo, who stayed by his deathbed, were “La tristesse durera toujours” (French for “The sadness will last forever”). During his brief career, Vincent had only sold one painting, The Red Vineyard, and traded one other as a substitute for rent payment.

Legacy

Vincent van Gogh, despite his lack of success during his own lifetime, had gone on to be one of the most influential painters of all time. While partially fuelled by the publishing of his correspondence with Theo, which created his image of a tormented artists dedicated to his passion, the vibrancy and texture of his work influenced the aesthetic of many painters after him. His paintings are incredibly popular among collectors; one of the two versions of Portrait of Dr. Gachet was sold in 1990 $82.5 million, at the time the highest price ever for a single painting. Today, van Gogh and his work represents one of the most recognized and influential icons of art.

Born: March 30, 1853

Died: July 29, 1890

Famous For: Painting, drawing, ushering in Post-Impressionistic art, cutting off part of his left ear.

Key Accomplishments: Furthered aesthetic development of Impressionism into Post-Impressionism, posthumously recognized as one of the world’s greatest artists.

Significant Quote: “I tell you, if one wants to be active, one must not be afraid of going wrong, one must not be afraid of making mistakes now and then. Many people think that they will become good just by doing no harm- but that’s a lie, and you yourself used to call it that. That way lies stagnation, mediocrity.” (Letter to Theo van Gogh, from Nuenen)

Fun Quote: “Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it.”

Recommend : Free Online Advertising history Book of Art Personal Transporter. At Segway Mailbox

11×17 Poster Printing – Eliminating Slip-Ups in Poster Designs

October 11th, 2010 No Comments   Posted in Vincent van Gogh


Image : http://www.flickr.com

There is only so much an article on 11×17 poster printing can cover. Nevertheless, here are ways on how you can eliminate horrendous slip-ups in your designs, beyond they are beyond repair.

Let us then ask this question. What makes an 11×17 poster look busy?

1. The amount of details such as a multi-pattern background against a colorful image placed up front can be problematic too. Observe contrast against well defined, solid images and patterns to counter each other off. Proper use of colors is necessary too, as with the next tip.

2. When a poster has too many bright, competing colors, the composition of your poster may become sacrificed. The balance too of your posters may be thrown off in the process because it leaves little room for the audience to focus on the right object.

Unless you can or you are trying to successfully achieve the same effect as that of the work of Vincent Van Gogh or Pollock, then feel free to do so. Just use caution in the number of colors, their intensity and how you use them or else, everything may become too scattered.

3. Too much details, such as text that are quite everywhere. There seems to be nowhere where the text are delegated. These texts seem to pop-up whenever the graphic of the posters has some empty space.

Space is always an important element. It completes the look of the poster. Disruption of it can make your poster look chaotic. It divides the posters where it shouldn’t be. Hence, the text cannot quite grasp the attention of the viewer or reader.

What are some solutions to these problems in your poster design? Before you encounter problems like this, you always have the option to hire a professional graphic designer or you can do the following:

1. Imitate

Imitation may be the best flattery, but it is also one way of learning. You can experience first hand on how to shape your poster in the esteem of your inspiration. Observe how the object surfaces from the background. Observe too the contrast layout, the use of proper details and patterns, and of course colors, contribute to the whole poster design.

Imitation can unlock the secrets to many of the posters you’ve been studying or gawking at. To this, you may be able to imbibe a sense of style or even grasp their own philosophy in design.

2. Color Schemes

Experimenting with colors can be fun. One way, however, to lead you back on the right track is to go back to the fundamentals. Observe the color wheel and complementary, monochromatic colors and of course, color schemes.

Experimenting with colors and color schemes can show you which combination of colors work great together and which ones create medium to high contrasts.

3. Templates

There are templates you can follow when it comes to your poster design and layout. This gives you a versatile number of options on how and where to put the details on your poster.

Templates will show you where to put the headlines, the little details, and how much space you should reserve just for your image or illustrations.

Use some of these ideas on your 11×17 poster printing and design to avoid some mistakes which are just plain hard to re-do again.

Recommend : Kindle Store eBook welcomeholidayservice.com

Art Reproduction Oil Painting – Van Gogh Paintings: Starry

October 8th, 2010 No Comments   Posted in Vincent van Gogh

30″ X 40″ Oil Painting On Canvas Need Help Decorating your Home? Click Here to get Inspired! Hand painted oil reproduction of one of the most famous Van Gogh paintings, Starry Night. The original masterpiece was created in 1889. Today it has been carefully recreated detail-by-detail to near perfection with our canvas art reproduction. Why settle for a print when you can add sophistication to your rooms with a beautiful fine gallery reproduction oil painting? One of the today’s most recognized paintings, Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh is a classic painting that invokes emotions from the serenity of the church steeple to the wild abandon of color used for his late night sky. Imagine the movement of the painter as he twists and turns his brush to create the dance between the stars and the clouds under the calm, peaceful village. Vincent Van Gogh’s restless spirit and depressive mental state fired his artistic work with great joy and, sadly, equally great despair. Known as a prolific Post-Impressionist, he produced many paintings that were heavily biographical. This work of art has the same emotions and beauty as the original by Van Gogh. Why not grace your home with this reproduced masterpiece? It is sure to bring many admirers!

Art Reproduction Oil Painting – Van Gogh Paintings: Starry Night – Extra Large 30″ X 40″ – Hand Painted Canvas Art

Starry Night Throw – 70 x 54 Blanket/Throw

October 7th, 2010 No Comments   Posted in Vincent van Gogh

Van Gogh’s famous Starry Night woven in this throw


Tags: