Art

January 11, 2023

Artist Fills Sketchbooks With Dreamy Pastel Portraits

Opening an artist's sketchbook reveals a lot about their aesthetics and personal vision. For France-based artist Sim Sim, her small hard-cover sketchbooks contain romantic portraits of figures in urban settings. Using pastel and sometimes charcoal, she softly blends colors and different shades to achieve a tender depiction of people living in a moment in time. Each of these velvety illustrations encompasses an entire page of the sketchbook.

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January 9, 2023

Poignant Illustrations Imagine Princess Diana and the Royal Family if She Was Alive Today

Princess Diana was a beloved figure whose untimely death in 1997 shocked the world. Twenty-five years later, the woman dubbed “the people’s princess” remains in the hearts of those who continue to mourn her death. One tragedy of her fatal car crash is that she never had the chance to see her children grow up, get married, and have their own kids.

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January 5, 2023

Monumental Ceramic Coral Reef Installation Is a Swirling Combination of Beauty and Awareness

We often associate ceramic art with fragility, and artist Courtney Mattison pairs the connection with imagery of colorful coral reefs. In a monumental swirling format, the ocean advocate crafts intricate sculptures of coral featuring representations of their forms and variety of species. At the same time, she also calls attention to the crisis these organisms are in.

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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.