The Origin of the Maneki Nekos
Does the Maneki Nekos fascinate you? Do you love Japanese culture? Do you enjoy paint-by-number projects? If so, you’ll adore Segmation’s Maneki Nekos digital paint-by number-pattern.
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Tips for Selling Art Online: How to Help Buyers Find your Artwork
A great way to start your Art Blog is to use WordPress. A WordPress blog is also has many free, customizable and ready to go designs and themes. Also is extremely easy to use. Blog about different artists, color, historical arts and fun.
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Segmation’s Exclusive Interview with Artist Renie Bartsch
Segmation (www.segmation.com) interviewed Renie because we like her and believe in her artwork. But, we also interviewed her for you, our readers. Take a look a look at Segmation’s exclusive interview with artist Renie Bartsch and let us know in the “comments” section below what YOU think of this one-of-a-kind person.
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Essential Art ingredients for making the most out of any Travel Holiday
When you’re traveling, one of the best ways to capture the energy of a place is to draw or paint it. While most tourists are glued to the viewfinders of their cameras, rushing from one attraction to the next, you’ll be calmly painting or sketching the scene before you, noticing all the wonderful details that normal tourists miss… from the delicate curvature of an architectural detail to the way the evening sunlight casts long shadows on the children playing in the town square. Why You Should Make Art when Traveling? What about trying online paint by numbers? Essential Art ingredients for making the most out of any Travel Holiday.
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Artistic and Inventive Mind: Creative Leonardo da Vinci
Like many artists, Leonardo da Vinci didn’t just consider himself to be a man of one concentration. One fascination of Leonardo’s was that of invention and design. Creative Leonardo da Vinci.
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What Is Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2016?
Color of the Year. Aren’t pale pink and light blue sort of…well…nursery colors? Is there an unusually high number of women expecting children to be born in 2016? What made Pantone choose these particular hues to comprise 2016’s color of the year? Pantone said that the choice is symbolic, “a color snapshot of what we see taking place in our culture that serves as an expression of a mood and an attitude.” The color choice was made after Pantone surveyed a healthy amount of pop culture and fashion, reports Leopold.
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Finding Music in Classic Works of Art
Here at Segmation, we LOVE color…but we also adore sound. We believe music is one of the truest forms of art. We are especially interested in the representation of music in visual art. Those classic paintings that depict musicians seated at their pianos, gently holding their harps, and fiddling away for a crowd of onlookers take our breath away. Let’s have a closer look at some classic works of visual art that center on the incredible subject of music.
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Segmation’s Interview with Artist Edgars Būmeisters
Latvian artist Edgars Būmeisters is, in our opinion and the opinions of many others, a highly talented young man who is forging his artistic path with zeal and determination. Although he possesses no formal education in art, he routinely creates artwork that is received well and eagerly anticipated by his audience. And, at just twenty years of age, he has an impressive 19,000-plus followers on Twitter. Obviously, his art is making its mark on (and off) social media. What is Edgars’ secret to the success he has experienced so far? The answer is, hard work. His old-fashioned work ethic and commitment to his craft will undoubtedly usher him into his artistic destiny.
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Evolution of Artists Colors
Up until the past few centuries, the colors that artists used were limited to those made from earth and mineral pigments. Pigments were made from bugs, plants, animals and animal waste, mollusks and the ink from squids, and many other natural sources. Some colors were made from materials that were so rare that they were extremely expensive and therefore used only sparingly. Examples include Ultramarine Blue, which was made from lapis lazuli, and Tyrian Purple, which was made from the mucus of a snail.
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Indian Truck Art Will Enchant and Delight You
Indian truck art is a trend that is becoming a tradition in India. Indian truck art is not art that is modeled after trucks. No, this art genre might as well be referred to as “Indian trucks that ARE art.” When it comes to Indian truck art, it is the trucks themselves that are moving…
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Can Art Bring Healing to Those with Eating Disorders?
Did you know that art therapy may help people heal from eating disorders and put a stop to the destructive habits that characterize such illnesses? It’s true. In fact, many claim that art therapy is quite effective.
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Segmation’s Exclusive Interview with Artist Yukari Vlasaty
There’s something special about getting to know who an artist is — not just what they make, but who they are. Each month the Segmation blog features an artist who has incredible talents and a stand-out personality.
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