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Video: Four Artists Digitaly Paint One Canvas Simultaneously!

by John P.

This is an amazing video of a piece of collaborative art being created by four artists painting on one digital canvas simultaneously.

The painting process was unplanned and free form. The artists took cues from each others actions and interpretation of various shapes/colors. Communication was made possible by text chat. The total elapsed time was 4 hours.

The very beginning of the video is random, but you can see how they begin to come together after a bit.
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Juan Francisco Casas Amazing Bic Pen Art

March 5, 2008
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When I first encountered Juan Francisco Casas’ art I was stunned. Sure, there are a lot of artists out there that can draw lifelike figures. But how many of them work with nothing but a blue Bic pen? And draw photographs up to 10 feet tall? As far as I know – exactly one. Here [...]

The Commanding Personality of Salvador Dali

August 25, 2007

A flamboyant painter and sometime writer, sculptor and experimental film-maker, Salvador Dali was probably the greatest Surrealist artist, using bizarre dream imagery to create unforgettable and unmistakable landscapes of his inner world. Dalí was born on May 11, 1904, in Figueres, Spain close to the French border. In 1916, Dali discovered modern painting on a [...]

Jorge Castillo, The Typewriter Artist

July 15, 2007

Now I’ve seen a lot of artists using wild methods of manufacture like Denny Dent, Banksy, Chainsaw Jack and more. But I’ve never seen this before! Jorge Castillo (hope I spelled that right) uses an old fashioned typewriter to “draw” incredible pictures. Basically there is no better way to describe it, so you just have [...]

Denny Dent’s Incredible Performance Painting

May 9, 2007

Denny Dent was an amazing and unique artist. Word’s don’t do him justice, but here is a little excerpt from his Web site followed by a video which will instantly let you know why his work was so unique. Denny Dent has been described as the world’s only “rock and roll painter”. The painting was [...]

Political Art of Banksy the Graffiti Guerrilla

March 14, 2007

Hi kids. Today’s art lesson comes in the form of England’s most popular and well known graffiti artist. How popular is he? Well, two men were actually convicted in a UK court for defacing one of his works. That’s right. He tagged a building, they covered it up, and they went to jail! Banksy is [...]

Aspirations

September 18, 2006

At the age of 6 I wanted to be a cook. At 7 I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since. – Salvador Dali