What am I actually painting when I paint an image of a Platonic solid?
Not the dodecahedron itself — that doesn’t exist anywhere. It’s a pure form, defined by geometry, never by matter. What I’m painting is a representation of something that can only be perfect in the abstract.
I’m mentoring a small group of artists with Mastrius.com! Mastrius is an online community dedicated to fostering community and mentorship amongst artists of all skill levels.
My oil painting exhibition “One Two Triangle” has now opened at the Alppigalleria in Helsinki. This post is about the exhibition and will be supplemented with pictures and video material during the exhibition.
My series of watercolor paintings is now on display at the eco-beauty salon Terra Te Amo, Albertinkatu 17, Helsinki.
The idea for the Bio Review – watercolor series came about when I got acquainted with the Terra Te Amo concept. Based on that, the idea for a series of organic-themed paintings and a color scheme consisting of natural tones developed. My artistic expression often moves between sprawling organicity and a more angular, simplified form language, this time it was the turn of a more organic expression.
I recently taught an art course on impressionist painting. After the course one of the students asked me if I could make an impressionism checklist for the students to use later and review what they had learned. I said I could make a two-part list to be published as a blog post, with one part listing the stylistic features of impressionism and the other part providing instructions for creating an impressionist painting.
One of my favorite activities in the drawing classes I teach involves turning the classroom desks into a single long table. Along this table, I place identical objects—like books—at one-meter intervals. Half of the students work from one end of the table, while the other half work from the opposite end, drawing with charcoal on paper placed on their easels.
This post is a compilation of my Youtube playlists of short videos on landscape and visual arts. The most videos are on the landscape playlist, a total of 52 short videos of places that I have found visually interesting and worth filming. In my short videos of artworks, which are on two different Youtube playlists, … Read more
On Color issues is an article in which Giuseppe Di Giorgio reflects on the use of color models. A color model is a system or framework used to represent and organize colors in a way that they can be understood and reproduced consistently. Di Giorgio is the first guest blogger on Miikny blog. When Miika … Read more
This small complementary color app demo draws on the right side of the canvas at the same time a mirror image of the image drawn by the user on the left side – using the RGB complementay of the color chosen by the user as the color.