Step-by-Step Video of a Matte Painting by James McWilliams / Digital Animosity

A matte painting commonly refers to a painted or drawn piece of scenery used in movies or animations. They belong more or less to the standard repertoire of special effects. James McWilliams created an interesting short video which shows the progress of such a painting. In several steps he first paints the scenery of an […]

Paintings of Raw Meat – Victoria Reynolds

Victoria Reynolds chooses rather uncommon subjects for her paintings: Raw shreds of meat. Pictured left is Flight of the Reindeer (2003, 81,25×111,12cm ). Most of Victoria’s painting in that size cost about 3000 Euros. Somehow, the paintings have a fascinating morbid flair. I only wonder what the buyers are going to do with them. I […]

Tutorial for Creative Painting

I recently stumbled upon an interesting article about painting. It shows a nice little method to create “freestyle” paintings. This is the short version: