During 1955-1956, RCA Victor manufactured a series of special sleeves for their promotional records. The design for each theme was the same: • The front cover featured a nutshell “biography” of the artist (and not necessarily a factually accurate biography) in a few comic strip-like panels. Because of this design, they are referred to as cartoon sleeves, although comic strip sleeves would be more appropriate. • Along with the panels, there was a scroll with a portrait of the artist. For male artists, the top of the scroll reads “This Is His Life”; for female artists, it reads “This Is Her Life”; and for groups, it reads “This Is Their Life.” RCA’S CARTOON PICTURE SLEEVES of the ’50s featured a “biography” that summed up each artist’s life in a few comic strip-like panels. While rather rare, these sleeves are not very collectible and therefore are not valuable, except for one: the Elvis “This Is His Life” sleeve is among the rarer Presley items of that time. The Elvis cartoon sleeve has been a sought-after collectible for decades, fetching four figures whenever one in nearly near-mint condition pops up for sale. Collectors generally refer to the sleeves for other artists as “cartoon sleeves” but Elvis collectors refer to the Presley sleeve as the “This Is His Life” sleeve. The original sleeve is very rare and highly sought after and achieves 4 figures in sales. This is unfortunately a replica from the Graceland archives but still is a lovely collectable,especially if you can't afford the £1000 + for an original. In great condition for its age.
This is a visualization of what we as Agile Coaches do and what competences we have. The purpose of this poster is to create a common understanding of this new role(s) and function for the rest of the…
Get to know the creator of the famous 'Blue Dog' with these Gorgeous George Rodrigue Art Projects for Kids, just in time for the artist's birthday!
JP was first introduced to the artist Piet Mondrian by his fourth grade teacher - this was shortly before we began homeschooling. JP loved Mondrian's straight lines and bold colors instantly! He did Mondrianesque drawing after drawing for weeks! A few years have gone by, and after seeing a few Mondrian posts in the homeschooler bloggersphere, I decide we would revisit our old artist friend. After exploring some of the videos and links below, we did two projects based on Mondrian's art. I just a few pieces of square drawing paper leftover from a previous project, so we used some of them for our Mondrian art. For our first project, we discussed Mondrian's use of line, and the fact that often his lines don't stretch across the entire surface of the picture. They might cross here and there, but often the lines define specific areas which are further defined by the addition or lack of color. If you explore the videos and link below, you will see that Mondrian often focuses in his later works on white, red, yellow, and blue, with primarily black lines...or no definite lines. JP and I discussed how the black lines, or lack of them, would effect the colors and the focal point of the eye. We also discussed using lines of different widths. We talked about using white space to draw the eye to or from specific areas of the art. I spread out our paper, colored pencil, crayons, pens, and pastels, and we set to work. JP's drawing, pen on paper. My drawing, pen on paper. I always do the projects with JP. After doing pieces focusing on the bold primary colors, blacklines, and white space. We looked at some Mondrian pieces that seem to focus on shades of a single color. Then, we did the same! JP's shades project, crayon and pen on paper. He learned a big art lesson with this one - have a spare piece of paper handy in order to test your crayons and markers. It helps to test them out to see if a) they really are the color they appear, and b) if two or more colors will look good together. My shades project, crayon and pen on paper. Here are number of Piet Mondrian resources from around the 'net: Mondrian Trust - After choosing your viewing format, a new window should open. There are tabs on the bottom of the new window, including one for images. Each image is accompanied by a short description of the art, or of that time period in Mondrian's career. To see some of Mondrian's most famous works, visit WebMuseum. For a larger image, just click on each picture. For younger kids, and an online art experience, try Enchanted Learning's free online Piet Mondrian coloring page. Another fun, online acitivity: Mondrimat! A video of Mondrian's art set to music: Art History lecture from Full Sail University: Mondrian for children video: And, another Mondrian video: Mondrian - Boogie Woogie man video: And, two online collections of Mondrian's art: Museum of Modern Art Guggenheim A brief New York Times article about Picasso and Mondrian paintings stolen in January, 2012 HERE. Fancy an art based video game that combines Pac-Man with Mondrian's art? Try Pac-Mondrian! A review of a Mondrian showing at the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University HERE. Art Projects for Kids - projects for the young ones to do at home (or school) HERE. Another great blog post about Piet Mondrian from The Tiger Chronicles blog (actually, two posts in the one link!): HERE.
E.M. Corsa, a fanciful nature artist, creates original watercolor paintings on antique book pages and vintage postcards. She also paints watercolor on Yupo paper with antique ephemera. If you’re unfamiliar with the term like me, here’s how The Ephemera Society of America defines it: “In a nutshell, to collectors ‘ephemera’ are vintage printed or written items which originally served some specific purpose and were not expected to be retained or preserved, but which are now cherished.”
"Rules are what the artist breaks" - that's how advertising icon, William Bernbach, put it in a nutshell. So, let's break the rules! In this notebook the grid layouts in neon red, alter and change throughout. Take them as they are, pay them no attention, or destroy them completely. Make the book a rule-free zone, on 176 pages of premium paper. BOOKTYPE flexcover notebook COVER smooth recycled leather PAPER 120 g premium paper PAGES 160 pages BINDING thread stitching, perfect lay-flat behaviour FINISH silk-screen print DIMENSIONS Small : 108 × 148 mm Large : 165 × 220 mm
The Nutshell Pub, Bury St.Edmunds Print and Mount This is a A4 print of an ink sketch I drew of the iconic Nutshell pub in Bury St.Edmunds, Suffolk, England. It has regularly been voted the smallest pub in the world and is unique and truly impressive pub. It is high quality detailed print on 220g heavyweight artist's paper. The print comes with a thick black (or white, select colour when buying) card mount so it is ready to frame. It also comes with a hand signed and dated certificate of authenticity and care sheet. This would make a beautiful and interesting work of art for your home or a splendid original gift. Each print comes in a cellophane sleeve and is posted in a tough board backed envelope. Worldwide delivery is free. Thankyou, Tom
Comer bien y bonito is a project about the pursuit of eating well and delicious. Through a series of online sessions, two foodies/chefs share their passion for cooking. They invite everyone into their home kitchens to cook together and share secrets, techniques, and flavors. This culinary adventure expected a branding that made your mouth water, but above all, a branding that says: Go to the kitchen, it's time to cook! One of the first steps that we set was the spice of the brand: No rules, no boundaries, no boring visuals. Instead, freedom, fun, simplicity… Our ingredients? First, a color palette that feels fresh, natural, organic. We add strokes and letters in playful typography. Nothing serious. It's kinda the way someone writes over a cookbook. Second, a logo as easy as pie! A little hand that evokes a sign of ready, a gesture of yeah, that's the stuff! In a nutshell, this branding is about comer bien y bonito.
Planning a Norway in a Nutshell trip? Read on for the tips you'll need to make this tour into the fjords and mountains from Bergen or Oslo the best day ever.
Happy Friday! I'm back with another awesome Friday Guest Blog Interview. It's actually a two in one, because we're featuring SPACEStv (that awesome new hom
