Art

October 27, 2019

Interview: Former Architect Captures the Emotion of Architecture in Watercolor Paintings

Artist Thomas W. Schaller combines a passion for architecture and storytelling into emotional landscape watercolor paintings. Originally trained as an architect, he found himself drawn to images of the built environment and eventually left designing behind to pursue fine art on a full-time basis. His education places him in an ideal position for architecture painting. Schaller understands how to design structures and knows what attributes to include and what he should leave out.

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October 24, 2019

Step-by-Step Doodle Tutorials Make Complex Subjects Easy to Draw

When you’re unfamiliar with drawing, sketching a simple doodle can seem impossible. But with the helpful tutorials of Doodle Me This, you'll be putting pen to paper in no time. Created by a woman named Jenny, her charming drawings feature an array of subjects that are simplified into three or four easy-to-follow steps. By the end of her doodle tutorials, you'll understand how to sketch cartoonish versions of guitars, foxes, rocketships, cacti, and much more.

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October 23, 2019

These Larger-Than-Life Sculptures Are Like Mystical Goddesses of Music Festivals

South African multidisciplinary artist Daniel Popper is known for his colossal figurative sculptures and spectacular public art installations at art and music events around the world. From a gigantic female goddess at Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas to a 12-meter-tall (39-foot-tall) forest god at Boom Festival in Portugal, his larger-than-life works bring magic and fantasy to each place they inhabit. One of Popper’s most recent sculptures, Modem Swamp, is an epic, 8-meter-tall (26-foot-tall)

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.