Scratchboard illustration for a fairy tale, influenced by a friend who visited, knitted and bought Angela Carter's collection of fairy tales illustrated with woodcuts (and also, I seem to recall, wrote part of her thesis on this fairytale).
Though Alex Kuno’s current work is still brimming with fairytale imagery and carries both a grim and satirical mythology, these new mixed-media pieces offer a decidedly frenzied, more toiled spin. These works take the familiar children and beasts and expose their innards, a blend of seemingly floral and unsettling organic matter. With Kuno’s playful vibrancy, each exposed being is more absorbing than repelling. Kuno was last featured on HiFructose.com here.
Europe has a vast amount of enchantingly beautiful villages spread across the continent. With eerily similar aspects to villages you would find on the pages of a fairytale book, these other worldly places have caught the eye of travelers from all over the globe. Here are some of the most gorgeous, post-card ready places hidden
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Not for children – the Brothers Grimm's fairy tales were not the sweet numbers you remember as a child but rather twisted and sometimes gory.
Though Alex Kuno’s current work is still brimming with fairytale imagery and carries both a grim and satirical mythology, these new mixed-media pieces offer a decidedly frenzied, more toiled spin. These works take the familiar children and beasts and expose their innards, a blend of seemingly floral and unsettling organic matter. With Kuno’s playful vibrancy, each exposed being is more absorbing than repelling. Kuno was last featured on HiFructose.com here.
One of the illustrations for Alexander Puskin's 'Fairytale of the Tsar Salton' 1905 by Ivan Bilikin. A totally new approach to illustration.
"Over all these years, nature has been my profound solace, inspiration, and teacher."
I only get this one chance, it’s my money, I want a stress-free holiday and entertaining an 8-year-old who is bored all the time is not my idea of stress-free.
Art, music, cinema, cats
British illustrator Sam Richwood blends both sparse and lush details into his works. In the “Galaxy Garden” series, the futurescapes and romanticism of his scenes benefit from both approaches. The artist says that he hopes his worlds are able to “suggest a place beyond the canvas.”
Probably no one would argue that humans are naturally attracted to beautiful things. And how else could it possibly be when we live on this gorgeous planet, where every corner is beaming with splendid nature's creations, whether that would be a scolding hot African desert or a tropical forest soaking with rainwater. It's all very different but undoubtedly unique in craziest ways.
Artuš Scheiner is an artist from Prague that was very active during the 1920's. Interestingly enough Scheiner started out with doodling and sketching, later deciding to push his hobby to illustration he became very well known for his Bohemian style. The colors are so vivid and the subject
As a full-time landscape photographer, I normally travel the world a lot. But obviously, because of COVID-19, last year I was mainly at home in the Netherlands. We’re currently in spring again and more than 1 year has passed. But spring is a magical season, especially here in the Netherlands. There is so much beauty to see (and to photograph): our tulip season, the lush greens everywhere, the cute animals, the windmills, and our beautiful forests, some covered with many flowers.
Viktor Ivanovich Zaretsky (1925-1990) is called the Ukrainian Gustav Klimt. In fact, the influence of Klimt in the artworks of this Ukrainian artist is quite obvious. However, this does not mean that he just copied the works of the Austrian painter. Zaretsky developed his own artistic language, which made his paintings unique. Zaretsky (1925 in Bilopillia, Sumy okruha, 1990 in Kyiv) was a 20th-century Ukrainian painter. A graduate of the Kyiv State Art Institute in 1953, he taught there and worked as a graphic artist. He painted realistic genre canvases (see Genre painting) in the Donbas and in Chornobyl raion, such as Flax Gathering (1960) and Girls (1962). He collaborated with his late wife, Alla Horska, and other artists in creating large mosaics and mixed-media murals, such as Prometheus, Earth, and Fire, in Secondary School No. 47 in Donetsk, The Tree of Life and Dream-Bird, in the Ukraina restaurant in Mariupol, and The Flag of Victory, in the Young Guard Museum in Krasnodon. For signing a public letter protesting against the political trials of Ukrainian artists and intellectuals in 1965–6 he was reprimanded by the Communist Party and ostracized by the Union of Artists of Ukraine. In the 1970s he abandoned socialist realism in favor of an art nouveau style. His favorite themes became women and nature. The threat of ecological disaster is expressed sharply in his paintings Beauty Abandons the Earth, Sign of Calamity, Ozone Hole, and Atomic Winter. His late works include Klimtesque paintings, such as Angels (1988) and Portrait of Liudmyla Kozachenko (1987). A catalog of his works was published in 1991.
If you’ve been round here for any length of time, you’ve probably heard mention of Alex Bradbury. Alex is currently polishing off his PhD thesis at the Computer Lab at the University of Cambridge, and he’s been involved with the Raspberry Pi project as a volunteer from our very early days, back when all we […]
Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin was famous illustrator and painter. As one of most popular graphic artists from the beginning of 20th century he also decorated churches, designed stage costumes and delivered lectures at the Art Academy. Of all areas of...
Arthur Rackham Biography: Rackham (1867 - 1939) was one of the most celebrated artists of the Golden Age of Illustration; an artist who still delights...
Fairy Tale STEM Activity for Rapunzel Rapunzel can escape the tower with a little help from your students! Materials Needed for this STEM Fairy Tale Activity cardboard tubes printable character various recyclable materials other crafting supplies (craft sticks, pipe cleaners, pompoms, etc.) Before Getting Started with the STEM Tale First your students will craft a tower. This is a fun standalone activity. You don't even have to let your kids know there will be another part to the challenge after this. Use long cardboard tubes from paper towel rolls (or tape TP rolls together). Cut out a window near the top. Decorate as desired. Washi tape is always fun for this activity! STEM tales work best if you read the original fairy tale first (or do your own storytelling!). This also leads to great discussions during the engineering process, as kids love to compare the original story with the new version. Fairy Tale STEM with the Engineering Design Process I have designed STEM tales so that as students read the story, they will follow the engineering design process. First, they need to identify the problem (Rapunzel needs to escape from the tower). Then they need to think of some ways she could get down. Allow their imaginations to soar! I have had kids think of everything from a water slide to a parachute to a zip line and even a hang glider. Design an Escape for Rapunzel After thinking of some ways Rapunzel can escape, the kids will then choose one they can build. They will plan out the materials and design, and then construct their escape route based on the plan. After the prototype is built, the kids then test it out! If something didn't work right, it's time to go back and improve the design. STEM tales are a great way to foster teamwork and problem-solving. This STEM tale usually inspires amazing creativity and excitement from the littlest engineers. To find the full resource, which includes an 8-page booklet, printable characters, check list for self-evaluation, and tips, visit this link: Pin the idea for later: To read more about how to conduct a STEM challenge, visit this post: To see all posts in this series, click here:
