Art Maven

Have you seen this craze about how people pour different colours of paint into a cup and just dump it all over a canvas but the result that comes out is so beautiful? Crazy enough how none of the colours mix and make these funny little cells! Well I recently found a place offering a workshop and thought WHY NOT?! We all need some inspiration and my recent blog on 10 Tips for Finding Inspiration says that you need to try something new which is exactly what I did! It was the very first workshop I’ve attended and it was so exciting to be part of something that I think is such a cool idea. Learning a lot about paint which I don’t really like doing but might start with in the near future. For this painting technique, whether it be for a professional or intermediate artist (or not even an artist) is such an easy style to learn, just going crazy with it. Like I said you don’t even need to be an artist, just combining eccentric colours could leave a beautiful result. My aunt who ...

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ART VS GRAPHIC DESIGN Being an artist and graphic designer I’ve always thought of myself as an artist in both of these careers even though Art and Graphic design are seen as two different categories. Can Graphic design really be seen as art? While both artists and graphic designers create their own visual interpretation and composition using their skill set and talent they have accumulated over the years, it can be quite an argument to have when saying that they are the same thing, but when you have a look at why both create these illusions and illustrations you will find that they are in fact quite the opposite. Many designers just like me consider themselves to be an artist but many artist don’t see themselves as designers. Why is that? Does that contribute to the reason why they could be so very different? Let’s take a look at why they could be distinctively different. ART IS INTERPRETED, DESIGN IS UNDERSTOOD One of the main differ...