Seen on the internet #3

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Here is another collection of what I found on the web the last couple of days: About successful artists, unusual art, 2 videos and several incredible artworks by fellow artists!
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Color Schemes #3

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With my third color scheme I want to celebrate the beauty of an almost monochrome color range:). The photo was taken by my sister Iris.

Color Scheme #3: Wheat

Color Scheme #3: Wheat

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Seen on the internet #2

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Here is another collection of what I found on the web the last couple of days: Sherlock Holmes, portrait painting, Pinterest and several incredible artworks by fellow artists!
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Game of Chance

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Another aspect of “Circus” – well, in the broadest sense – the Game of Chance. Always think good what you risk and keep in mind that you for sure can win a lot – but also loose everything. Painted in Photoshop CS 2 with a Wacom Intuos 3 pen tablet.

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Color Schemes #2

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The second of my color schemes features the beauty of the rich colors we see in nature. The photo of the echinacea was taken by my sister Iris.

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Seen on the internet #1

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Here is the first gallery of beautiful artworks I have seen on the web recently. You can see more of my finds on my Pinterest pinboards.
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Fractal Art

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Classic Mathematical FractalAs you think of fractals you probably have something like this in mind, a classic mathematical fractal, in which the pattern contains itself and can be found again and again if it’s enlarged. But since Continue reading

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Color Schemes #1

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Inspired by Lori McNee’s “Color Palettes” pinboard on Pinterest I want to establish a new series of posts (maybe one per week) with color combinations I like. Colors are such an important part of all our lives and can have such a strong influence on our mood, that it can be really interesting to see which colors we have around us.

So here is my frist color scheme (photograph by my sister Iris):

Color Scheme #1

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Wheel of Fortune – Steps

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I made some screenshots while painting this. Unfortunately I usually forget to take them, that’s why I did not make as much as I wanted. But nevertheless you can see that I changed the idea for the background . I did not want the background to distract from the figure.

Wheel of Fortune - Steps

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Wheel of Fortune

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I had the idea of something around the topic of circus for a while. It finally came to this as I saw a photo of an old wheel of fortune and read an article about how people can become victims of their own believes.
Painted in Photoshop CS2 with a Wacom Intuos 3 pen tablet.

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