19 Friday Nov 2010
Posted in Paintings
3 paintings 5/11 inches each, on acid free quality paper.
ORIGINAL watercolor hand painted series, of a process research.
each one is different not only in the state of the flower but in the technique also. I did some experiments with color there:)
Available here at my Etsy shop:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/59658359/3-watercolor-originals-of-bird-of
30 Friday Jul 2010
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argov, arnolfini, art, canvas, color, couple, dina, dinamakesart, homaje, image, painting, wedding
This wedding portrait was painted as a gift to a friend and his bride, acrylic on canvas, 30/30 cm. For custom orders in same method, for a wedding invitation for example, go to my ETSY shop: http://www.etsy.com/listing/59371844/custom-illustration-jpegpng-for-a I enjoyed the work of “copying” from a big master of art, as this is a tribute to the famous wedding portrait: The Arnolfini Portrait, by Jan van Eyck (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnolfini_Portrait). The fun part was of course combining the original with the portrait of the couple, and the adding of the Ukrainian pattern around (I like patterns and ornament, and I hope to use it more and more in my work).
08 Tuesday Jun 2010
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acrylic, argov, art, bezalel, book, color, dina, dinamakesart, double spread, editorial, illustration, image, imagination, kadya molodowsky, painting, paper, pencil, poem
This acrylic illustration is for my final project in Bezalel academy of art and design, Jrusalem. The theme is a poem by Kadya Molodowsky, and this part of it is somwhere in the middle of the poem-story. The girl drifts in to her imagination, escaping the reality of the grey and tough life in a suburb not far from Warsaw, in the beginning of the last century. I hope it comes threw the illustration, I work on this project a lot, so It’s hard for me to see things clear. Painting with acrylic was something I didn’t like when I only started with it aroun 10 years ago, I prefered oil painting, but now I am friends with it. Besides acrylic I used colored pencils in this illustration, in the buble of the imagination. I hope the project will come out the best way it can.
Here are the previous illustrations for my final project: https://artbydina.wordpress.com/2010/05/31/a-girl-hanging-laundry/ and: https://artbydina.wordpress.com/2010/05/19/already-six-years-old-with-firy-curls/ and: https://artbydina.wordpress.com/2010/05/28/the-first-double-spread-of-my-final-project/
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06 Sunday Jun 2010
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art, bezalel, black and white, blog, dina, dinamakesart, drawing, editorial, illustration, image, ink, paper
This series of black and white ink illustrations was made for an illustration class in Bezalel. The topic was a blog of a man who describes all his life with short sentences of what he was doing this day, with a “grade” attached to each sentence. I chose black and white drawing, because the atmosphere of the blog reminded me something of “film noir”. Black and white image allows you to stay focused on shape and composition, where sometimes one might get lost.
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02 Wednesday Jun 2010
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argov, art, bezalel, cgi, color, dina, dinamakesart, drawing, editorial, illustration, image, magazine, motherhood, newspaper, pencil
Pencil drawing, colored by computer. This illustration was made for editorial newspaper illustration course in Bezalel academy. The magazine is about art and science for children. Each magazine comes out with different theme, I took “motherhood” and two others. Usually I don’t use this illustration technique, but I liked it, so maybe I’ll do it again sometime.
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01 Tuesday Jun 2010
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argov, art, bezalel, color, dina, dinamakesart, garden, home, image, light, nature, oil, oil on canvas, painting, realism, yard
Oil on canvas, 20/30 cm. The winter time in Israel inspires me with its soft light. Especialy when it comes to nature. The oil paint helps me to go deeper with the colors, and get into the green leaves and the rainy atmosphere. This oil painting was made about a year ago, and I hope next winter will bring even more inspiration to my art.
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31 Monday May 2010
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acrylic, argov, art, bezalel, book, color, dina, dinamakesart, editorial, illustration, image, imagination, kadya molodowsky, painting, paper, poem
Acrylic on paper, a detail from a double spread. This painting is for my final project, an illustration for a poem by Kadya Molodowsky. I already uploaded 2 posts with other double spreads from the same project: “already six years old, with firy curls”: https://artbydina.wordpress.com/2010/05/19/already-six-years-old-with-firy-curls/. And: https://artbydina.wordpress.com/2010/05/28/the-first-double-spread-of-my-final-project/. This one is one of the transitions I tried to illustrate, where the girl goes from reality to imagination. This specific character of the girl won’t be in the final project, but the scene with the big gown will get in some other way. The girl supposed to look a bit more poor… I am working on it.
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30 Sunday May 2010
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argov, art, bezalel, book, book cover, cgi, color, dina, dinamakesart, drawing, editorial, Everything Is Illuminated, illustration, image, jewish, light, Oil pastels, paper, pencil, shtetl
Colored pencils and oil pastels on paper + computer generated. An illustration for the cover of the book: “Everything Is Illuminated” by Jonathan Safran Foer. This illustration is part of a series I made for this book, here is another one: https://artbydina.wordpress.com/2010/05/21/the-bead-of-condemnation/. The jewish villagers in this forgotten shtetl which name is a story by itself (Trochenbrod or Zofiówka), are the theme of the background with their grotesque expressions. I enjoyed doing this cover because of the portrait freedom I could use here, while usually I stick to the realistic look. There is something strong in cover illustration, it must be specific and communicative – to make it this way, and still be interesting is a unique art by itself.
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29 Saturday May 2010
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argov, art, bezalel, canvas, color, dina, dinamakesart, flower, image, imagination, light, nature, oil, oil on canvas, oil paint, painting, realism, rose
Oil on canvas, 50/70 cm (I think…) This work was made few years ago and sold to a nice woman. I like working with oil paint, it’s a very smooth and flowing medium. There is also something nice in painting flowers. Maybe it is not such a surprising image, but it is pleasant to the eye. The combination between the two, oil on canvas, and flowers (especially a rose), makes the painting work pure pleasure. I miss working with oil paint, so I guess I’ll come back to it after I finish my final project.
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28 Friday May 2010
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argov, art, bezalel, book, color, dina, dinamakesart, double spread, editorial, illustration, image, jewish, kadya molodowsky, painting, paper, poem, yard
Acrylic on paper 26/42 cm. This painting is for my final project, an illustration for a poem by Kadya Molodowsky. I already uploaded a post with another double spread from the same project: “already six years old, with firy curls”: https://artbydina.wordpress.com/2010/05/19/already-six-years-old-with-firy-curls/. I need to make some changes in the project, and the illustration and characteristic of the girl might be different from what I did. Today I am going to take some pictures of a six-year-old girl, for a character study. I hope the project will come out good, and I will upload the results when they will be ready.
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