Art
May 13, 2020

Create Your Own Paper Prawn With This Free Template

Although the coronavirus has drastically changed our day-to-day lives, artists around the globe are finding ways to spread positivity through creative projects. Among them is paper artist Lisa Lloyd—creator of incredible bird sculptures—who is offering a free tutorial on how to make her adorable paper prawns. “Before we went into lockdown here in the UK, I was making a life-size bald eagle with a two-meter wingspan,” Lloyd explains to My Modern Met.

Read Article

Photo Contest
May 12, 2020

Winners of Food Photographer Contest Highlight How Our Lives Are Tied to Food

The Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year has just announced the winners of its 2020 competition celebrating the best in food photography and film. Open to professional and enthusiast photographers alike, the contest highlights how intimately tied our lives are to food. It's a way to express our culture, pass on traditions, and celebrate the amazing things that the Earth has to offer.

Read Article

Nature
May 11, 2020

NASA Publishes Extraordinary Satellite View of California Wildflowers in Bloom

Each spring, California's Antelope Valley explodes with color as vast quantities of flowers bloom. While there are several types of wildflowers in the mix, it's the state flower—the California poppy—that is the star of the show. Typically visitors flock to the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve to take in the breathtaking scene, but this year is proving a bit different. With the reserve temporarily closed due to COVID-19 measures, in-person poppy watching isn't possible.

Read Article

Painting
May 10, 2020

Artist Fills Her Sketchbook With Vibrant Floral Gardens That Bloom From Her Brush

Painter Sonal Nathwani creates immersive gardens inside her sketchbooks. Each double-page spread contains a fresh arrangement of flowers, leaves, and stems, which transform the papers into bucolic portals. These romantic illustrations have an incredible energy about them, and they appear to bloom naturally from the artist's brush. Although she currently resides in Vienna, Austria, Nathwani was born to Indian parents in Africa and grew up in England.

Read Article

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.