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Painting Exhibition “Yksi kaksi kolmio” at Alppigalleria Helsinki

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.
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Watercolor Art Showcase at Terra Te Amo, Helsinki

My series of watercolor paintings is now on display at the eco-beauty salon Terra Te Amo, Albertinkatu 17, Helsinki. Bio Review 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…
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Impressionism Checklist: Features & Painting Tips

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…
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Classroom Exercise for Teaching Spatial Perception

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…
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My YouTube Playlists: Landscape and Art

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,…
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On Color issues

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…
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Complementary Color App : Small Javascript Demo

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.
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New pictures and video clips from the Miiknyland 3d project

Miiknyland 3d project The Miiknyland 3D project is a long-term, gradually changing and developing virtual world. It is a combination of different artistic interests. Landscape, sculpture and the construction of environments are all present in this virtual installation. The presentation of the elements of the Miiknyland landscape varies, some parts are reductions, some are more…
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Blue Pulses in Orange

Blue Pulses in Orange: autumn installation outdoors Blue Pulses in Orange is a temporary environmental artwork that was exhibited in two different places in the Helsinki area on Thursday 17 October 2024. The work was built for a short time in an autumn environment in the Vermo and Lassila area. Combining the parts of the…
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