All posts in "Design"
04
Apr
My Art and Design Library
My Art and Design Library I have a lot of books! I wanted to give you a look into my art and design library. These are 10 books that I tend to come back to time and time again depending…
Tags: art books, art history books, Art Through the Ages, books on painting, books on symbols, Color Drawing, decorative painting books, Envisioning Information, interior design books, Man and His Symbols, Perspective for Interiors, Playing with Fire, Portrait Painting Atelier, Professional Painted Finishes, stage design books, The Artist Way, The Finishing School, The Museum of Modern Art
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22
Mar
Architectural Digest Home Design Show and Painting Live at Diva
Architectural Digest Home Design Show and Painting Live at Diva Over the weekend, I attended the Architectural Digest Home Design Show at Pier 94. One of my favorite parts of the show were the DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS)…
Tags: Alfredo Paredes, Architectural Digest Home Design Show, Cola Cola, DIFFA, Diva, event design, FIT, live art, live painting, NYSID, Philip Gorrivan, Pier 94, Pratt Institute, Preston Bailey
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18
Mar
NY Art Events for the Week
NY Art Events For the Week Ther are a lot of events to attend this week and wonderful Spring weather to encourage your creative outings. Here are my picks for your art and culture fix! …
Tags: 5Pointz, Architectural Digest Home Show, Pier 94, Project Reach, Session 73, Studio 125, The Alchemist Lounge, The Artist Project New York
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31
Jan
Feng Shui Your Home With the Placement of Art
Feng Shui Your Home With the Placement of Art Feng Shui is all about about balance and how to create a positive energy flow in your environment. The placement of objects in different areas of your space affect certain aspects of…
Tags: balance home energy, color energy, feng shu art colors, feng shui art, feng shui art placement, feng shui art themes, feng shui elements
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10
Jan
Scenery
Posted by: NiaAndino
Posted in: Art, Design
Twelfth Night- Shakespeare in the Park Scenery Over the weekend, I was cleaning and hung up one of my paintings on my wall. The idea of possibly painting on the wall crossed my mind and it reminded me of…
Tags: cCstillo Theatre, scenic art, scenic painting, Shakespeare in the Park
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29
Dec
New Year, New Projects
Posted by: NiaAndino
Posted in: Art, Design, Travel
New Year, New Projects As the year is coming to a close, I am looking towards what I have accomplished in this current year as well as what I wish to accomplish in 2011. I started painting again after several years …
Tags: 2011, Capicu Poetry, creative projects, new year, NYCLWG, Visiones del Alma
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10
Dec
NY Art Events for the Week
Posted by: NiaAndino
Posted in: Art, Design, Events
NY Art Events for the Week The Spanish Manner: Drawings from Ribera to Goya The Frick Collection 1 East 70th between Fifth and Madison 12/11/10- 1/9/11 Over 50 images of Spanish art covering 3 centuries representing the human form from various…
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25
Oct
So I Draw With A Wacom: Digital vs. Traditional Art
Posted by: NiaAndino
Posted in: Art, Design
So I Draw With aWacom: Digital vs. Traditional Art The Wacom, Stylus pen and I were first introduced about four years ago. I was taking some Adobe classes at FIT and was presented with them alongside a mouse. We have been…
Tags: Adobe, digital art, digital painting, digital sketching, FIT, stylus pen, Wacom
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07
Sep
Gaudi's Spain
Gaudi’s Spain I spent the last half of August traveling in Spain and Portugal. Seeing all the sights was a challenge to cover in the span of two weeks. The majority of my trip was spent in Spain…
Tags: Antoni Gaudi, architecture, Barcelona, church, gothic, religious architecture, Sagrada Familia, Spain, Spain landmarks, Spanish artists, tourist attractions
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