paintings

A painting is a work of art made by applying paint to a surface. While traditionally this surface is paper or canvas, in reality it can be anything from wood, to brick, to a large grass field.

Paintings are a painter's mode of expression and the styles of their work are as numerous as the people who create them. They can be realistic or they can be abstract, or they can be almost anything in between.

While there have been paintings that date back to the days of the cave dwellers, through Egyptian times, Greece, and the Roman Empire, it was Giotto who is credited with bringing in the modern era of painting. Since his death in the 14th century, there have been a lot of great paintings created by the likes of Botticelli, da Vinci, Rembrandt, Vermeer, van Gogh, Picasso, and Dali.

While the traditional materials are still very much in use, painters of the 21st century have, like their photographic brethren, taken to the digital realm. With the use of products like Corel Painter, and the availability of online training, there is no telling what new art trends lie ahead.

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  Submitted by A Painting for You!There is something so mezmerizing to sit, watch and listen to the ocean… The endless tide coming in and then going back out. The sound of the crashing of the waves. The thousands of glints of light reflecting off of the ocean’s waves. The light of a beautiful sunset filtering [...]
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• I Love You Full

  
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• Bollywood join hands for a cause for the elderly

  
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• Famous Paintings Reproduced In Coffee [Art]

  
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      Sure this reproduction of Michelangelo’s The Creation of Adam is a lil’ bit perverted by the inclusion of a coffee cup, but look closer. The entire masterpiece was painted using only coffee I’m amazed that I haven’t seen these coffee art clones before Read more from the original source: Famous ...
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• Famous Paintings Reproduced In Coffee [Art]

  
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• Famous Paintings Reproduced In Coffee [Art]

  
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• Famous Paintings Reproduced In Coffee [Art]

  
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  Sure this reproduction of Michelangelos The Creation of Adam is a lil bit perverted by the inclusion of a coffee cup, but look closer. The entire masterpiece was painted using only coffee Im amazed that I havent seen these coffee art clones before. Theyre the creation of Karen Eland , a former barista, who ...
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• Famous Paintings Reproduced In Coffee [Art]

  
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• Girl in a Dress #33 ("Bacon Girl")

  
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• New Print Available: Bird Of Paradise

  
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• Show Opening at Bannerman Island Gallery November 14, 4-8pm

  
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  Daily Paintings in Mostly Pastel — Authority: 118
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• Contemporary Palette Knife Horse Painting, "Colors Of The Arabian" By Jennifer Morrison

  
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  Colors Of The Arabian 16x20 Inches Oil On Canvas Palette Knife Painting Beautiful Colors Highlight The Colors Of The Energetic Arabian Contact Me For PayPal Purchase Enjoy! Visit My Blog
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• Seeing Double at the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida

  
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• Masterpieces in Coffee

  
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