No, this week’s artist is not a sculptor. Her name is Linda Huber and she is a pencil artist that seeks to achieve a level of realism in her drawings that is usually reserved for photographers. Her focus on the details of her subjects has resulted in an entire body of work that not only […]
Last week, we looked at going green in the classroom and the week before we looked at going green in the workplace. This week, in the final part of our green lifestyle series, we will be looking at how you can go green in the place where you spend the most time: your home. Also, today we […]
This week’s pencil artist does something rather unusual with his pencil drawings. Ben Heine, a 28-year-old Belgian multidisciplinary visual artist, combines pencil drawings/sketches and photography in a way that plays off of the essential qualities of both mediums. The result is an art form that contains elements of both the real and the surreal, the […]
Last week, we looked at some of the different ways you can go green in the workplace. This week, in part two of Studio 602’s green lifestyle series, we will be looking at going green in the classroom, and how you can teach your students a thing or two along the way. Going Green in […]
No, that isn’t a photograph of this week’s pencil artist, Paul Lung, it is a self-portrait he created using only a 0.5 mm technical pencil. Lung is an artist out of Hong Kong that specializes in photo-realistic pencil portraits of people and cats. This particular self-portrait took Lung 35 hours to finish, though it is […]
“Going green” has become more than just a fad or trend, establishing itself as a persistent and necessary change. Being environmentally conscious means much more than recycling your cans and setting your thermostat at 78-degrees in the summer time; it’s a choice that affects all aspects of your lifestyle. This is the first of a […]
The Inspiration Behind 11 Famous Band Names For many bands, the most difficult part of the creative process is not composing songs or writing lyrics, it is coming up with a band name that represents the band as a whole. Since a band’s name is often the first impression a listener gets, its success or […]
Pencil Artist of the Week: Mark Keller This week’s pencil artist is actually much more than just that. His name is Mark Keller, and he is a musician, songwriter, producer, painter, filmmaker, drawer and teacher. And that’s just scratching the surface. As a boy in Oklahoma, Mark developed a passion for music. He took this […]
Contemporary Architecture Doing Louis Sullivan Proud In 1943, Ayn Rand released her seminal novel The Fountainhead to audiences around the world. The book gained both acclaim and criticism for its support of the philosophy of Objectivism, a philosophy Rand embodied in an architect by the name of Howard Roark. Rand built the character of Roark […]
Athletes and Creative Expression Ask any child what they want to be when they grow up and you can expect one of a few stock answers: A) a fireman, B) an astronaut, C) a marine biologist or D) a professional athlete. These types of jobs are romanticized by children and by society at large, making […]
