Bare with me if it is tedious but im sure it will get better as I get used to doing it!.
Anyway, since the last day of uni, I have had limited time for much art based activity so im going to talk about the bits that I have done or come across in the past few weeks.
Firstly, while browsing Google, I tripped over images like these...
I was completely mind blown by the talent and detail in the art, to the point even after reading it was a painting, i was sceptical, I have since accepted that the images are paintings and the artist must just be 'hyper talented'.
there is an emerging abundance of 'Hyper-real' painters and artists out there that can easily be found via google, more of Pedro Campos' work can be found here on his website. http://www.pedrocampos.net/.
Onto my second 'discovery', I stumbled across this by chance via Facebook.
This is a man I will take inspiration from and one I feel is a little more realistic to aspire towards is an artist named Ben Heine, he is an artist that uses pencil and photography to create unique and sometimes witty images and optical illusions using pencil drawings incorperated into a real world enviroment. Ben Heine also does paintwork and digital media to create celebrity portraits and other peices. He is an artist that seems to enjoy experimenting and it was this that struck a chord with me as that is something i have embraced during the first year of my course at uni.
these images are just a few examples of his work, i actually struggled in choosing which images use here in my blog, but there are hundreds of examples on line via google, and the artists Facebook page and here within his own website http://www.benheine.com/.
Finally this is just me, showing what I have done art wise since the last day of the first year, its a painting that I was commisioned to do by a friend of mine of his father who passed away when my friend was a baby, its a style i have been using and evolving for some years now, and each painting seems better than the last.
