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for art, we are now working with clay, and we are allowed to make anything we want.
Although, i want to make something different to everyones normal peices, i want to make something from an inspirational quote of some sort. But i’m not sure what quote to use.
Also, do you know any good sites that i could look at other artists work in clay?
Thanks x :]

"Surely not in vain
My substance of the common Earth was ta’en
And to this Figure moulded, to be broke,
Or trampled back to shapeless Earth again."
- Omar Khayyam ("The Tent-Maker"),
The Rubaiyat (st. 84),
(Fitzgerald’s translation)
To illustrate this why don’t you make copies of a few (or maybe just one) of the very earliest Clay Goddess; e.g. "Snake Goddess’ http://images.google.co.il/images?hl=en&q=snake+goddess+from+knossos&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=UJO8S6SbJM-VOMXq2foH&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBsQsAQwAA
Or figurines from Mehrgarh, India 7,000BC
http://web.me.com/kbolman/India_5,000_BCE/Mehrgarh_7,000BC.html
Venus of Willendorf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_of_Willendorf

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i want to know the names of some inspirational artists, anyone in art,
any media (installation, oil pant etc..)

i’m doing an A-level art project on ‘finding out who you are’ and i want to know the names of artists who are particuarly cutural or have done work based around the self image

thanks x x

Bob Ross was (before his death) a really famous and inspirational artist in my opinion. I’m sure you’ve seen some of his ‘How To’ painting shows on television before.

My art topic is;
Rhythms and Cycles.
Im soooooo stuck,
I really want something INSPIRATIONAL and not plain and boring like an actual bicycle :/
the ideas i have already thought of are;
cycle of life and death,
abuse,
depression,
addiction,
Eating disorders and
reincarnation.
I have more but those are the ones i like most.
Any ideas!!! I really like metaphorical things and things that twist your mind
Cheersssss

How about life. like a lover picks a flower for the other they get old together one dies is burried and a flower grows over him/her. then it starts again with a lover picking a flower. somthing that.

hey, calling the art people out there
im doing an art project atm, and my chosen studio area is painting.
we are doing self portrait, and im using the influence of Frida Kahlo.

id like to do a self portrait with hands/hand in the image too, as that allows you to have more detail within the final image

any inspirational ideas for my piece? using Frida Kahlo as an influence, and painting as my studio area?

Are you looking for names of some of her works for your inspirational ideas?

If you do a search to look at some of her paintings, you might find some in which she is holding animals. One such work is ‘Me and My Parrots’, 1941.

Another self-portrait that shows her hands is ‘Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair’, 1948. In it she is wearing pant and a suit jacket, looking like a pant suit, which was just a bit ahead of its day and had almost an ‘avante-garde’ look that was once captured by Vogue magazine. the hair could be tied back. It would not have to be cut, for sure. Both her hands are showing in this one.

The picture she has painted of herself holding someone in her arms, titled in Spanish ‘El Abrazo de Amor del Universo, la Tierra (México), Diego,Yo y el Sr. Xoloti’, 1949, shows a few pairs of hands of different sizes.

If you look among her self-portraits with monkeys you hopefully will find some inspirational ideas with hands in the picture, depending on how prominent you wish the hands to be.

so im wondering what art work of Van Gogh do you think is the most inspiring, and why do you think this?
i am doing some research about him, and peoples opinions of him, and finding out about the inspiration his paintings give seemed a good place to start,
Personally, i believe Sunflowers gives me the most inspiration, as the flower is bright, even though it always looks dead. it shows you can make light of sad events, and that sad events can always bring light. (:

For me, it has to be Vincent’s painting of the Church at Auvers.
Vincent wanted to be a priest above all other things. He was deeply religious, but was prone to bouts of depression and this is why the Catholic Church refused him entry to the priesthood.
Take a look at the painting, it reflects Vincent’s dissapointment at being turned away by the Catholic Church.
He paints a church without a door, a church with no way in. He stands outside in the cold and rain, rejected by the world and the world he wanted to belong to. The emotions that this picture generates are incredible, truly incredible.

I like stars, the sky, flowers, traveling, road trips, photography, music, seasons, philosophy, islands, the sea/ocean, fresh air, languages, toast with raspberry/apricot jam, Austria, Vienna, Asia, chocolate, inspirational quotes, art and fashion. My initials are TP and I was born on September 19. Any ideas?

skylightofday
upontimesend
oceanofstars
2b4everbeautiful
autumnrequiem
fillintheblank

hope that helps some

I am doing a research paper on Edward Hopper. - Edward Hopper was a very influential artist who expressed strong emotions through inspirational art. If not, could you tell me what I did wrong?

I think it’s a very good thesis statement so long as you intend to explain why he was influential, what made him influential, and how he expressed strong emotions through his art. What made him different from other painters.

But yeah- really great thesis statement.

Ohh- I really like James’ answer as well…

I am looking for something inspirational and not copyrighted. Something that shows that going green is important.

Please help, im having an artist block.

You can make something artistic out of garbage, especially non-recyclables. There are some books on the topic. Here:

http://www.amazon.com/1000-Ideas-Creative-Reuse-Restyle/dp/1592535402/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266987671&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.com/Green-Guide-Artists-Resources-Eco-Conscious/dp/1592535186/ref=pd_sim_b_3

Just click on the pictures to "look inside" for ideas. I have the first book "1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse: Remake, Restyle, Recycle, Renew". There are so many cool projects in that book. Perhaps your local library will have it.

My best friend is an artists and her muse, the subject for all her art, has been the man she loves. He left her and now she has stopped making art. she believes that if her muse is gone she cant make art. I would like to help her find a new muse, she is an amazing artists. her mediums are oil paint, charcoal, pastels and regular sketching

I always find inspiration in nature. You should try to get her to sketch a landscape.

I want to use those wall art sticker letter things to put them on the wall behind my bed. Im mainly looking for just a verse or the chorus or something.

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