Camouflage Body Paint

When looking at Body Painting, I found some images of camouflage style painting. I really like this effect as it is almost an illusion that the person is part of the main foreground, but also linked to the background.

Body Painting

Body painting is something which has been taken up by many artists to produce amazing affects that almost trick the eye. So much hard work and time goes into each piece which is noticeable when observing the minor details.

Painting A Diary

I first came across this idea last week, but having lost my notes I have only just been able to find this particular artist again.
Kayleen West, a dedicated children's writer and illustrator, has decided to start a project which entitles her draw onto a calendar what happens in her days, much like a diary. I'm interested this idea as I have never seen this before, and I love the concept of drawing your plans onto a calendar instead of just writing them down.
West has taken this concept from literal to lateral, by keeping traditional methods of noting and using them to draw pictures i.e using pen. By still using a ballpoint pen for outlines and details, the images still have an essence of note taking by having the appearance of sketching- which may be to  show that the drawings only take a short amount of time to complete. Or it may be to exaggerate the fact that people need to slow down once a day and take time out to participate in an activity that they enjoy.


http://kayleenwest.blogspot.com/

Fire

Whilst researching 'Fire art' I came across a technique I hadn't thought about, Glass Blowing.

The stages of Glass Blowing requires fire to heat up the glass, which then enables a blower to exhale down a tube creating a ball. This ball can then be worked using different utensils to create a range of products.

The images above are pieces from the collection Spirale by Peter Layon, a London artist.

Car art

http://www.allpics4u.com/artwork/amazing-dirty-car-art.html

I suppose it makes a nice change to 'clean me'

21st Century diary

Social networking has become a kind of excuse to share with friends, and often complete strangers, your day-to-day activities.

Some people often post pointless things. A recent 'tweet' I came across was "Beards."

I mean, what was the point in that? I'm sure everyone is better off for knowing that you are aware of the word Beard. Well done.

What would happen if everyone posted exactly what they were thinking and doing?.....