Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. Quilling is one of the variations on the theme of handicrafts. Quilling is also known as Filigrana or filigree work, paper-rolling, paper-scrolling, Mosaic, etc. Quilling is the result of manipulating and arranging small strips of paper into detailed designs. Depending on the desired shape and appearance, it can be rolled, looped, twisted, and curled. Glue is used to secure the paper strips into place.
Read MoreIndia Museum in Kolkata
The Indian Museum in Kolkata is the largest and the oldest museum in India. The vast list of multipurpose displays like fossils, remains, artifacts, paintings, etc. is divided into various categories like Art, Botany, Archeology, and much more.
Read More1. Is priming the canvas must? and what material can be used for priming?
Answer: Yes, if you want better results or if you don't want the grains of the canvas showing visibly. However, it is not required for practice.
Oil gesso or Acrylic gesso can be used to prime canvases. Most canvases are already primed, but you can prime them again, if you want. You may also use MDF boards, if you want. Though these boards have smooth surfaces, they still need to be primed again.
Read MoreCubism is an artistic movement, created by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, which employs geometric shapes in depictions of human and other forms. The Cubist style emphasized the flat, two-dimensional surface of the picture plane, rejecting the traditional techniques of perspective, foreshortening and modeling. Cubist painters presented a new reality in paintings that depicted radically fragmented objects.
Read MoreThe Louvre was originally built as a fortress in 1190, but was reconstructed in the 16th century to serve as a royal palace. In the 17th century, major additions were made to the building complex by Louis XIII and Louis XIV. Cardinal de Richelieu, the chief minister of Louis XIII, acquired great works of art for the king.
Read MoreExpressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas. Expressionist artists have sought to express the meaning of emotional experience rather than physical reality.
Read MoreWe are back with The Inktober x Art Lounge Limited Edition Kit! Curated in collaboration with Jake Parker specifically for Inktober.
Read MoreImpressionism is a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities, ordinary subject matter, inclusion of movement as a crucial element of human perception and experience. Impressionism originated with a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s.
Read MoreThomas William Roberts was an English-born Australian artist and a key member of the Heidelberg School art movement, also known as Australian impressionism. Roberts migrated with his family to Australia in 1869 to live with relatives. Settling in Collingwood, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.
Read MoreWarli painting is a form of tribal art mostly created by the tribal people from the North Hokaido in North Japan and Maharashtra in India. This tribal art was originated in Japan and Maharashtra, where it is still practiced today.
Read MoreFauvism, style of painting that flourished in France around the turn of the 20th century. Fauve artists used pure, brilliant colour aggressively applied straight from the paint tubes to create a sense of an explosion on the canvas. The fauvists were interested in the scientific colour theories developed in the 19th century, particularly those relating to complementary colours.
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