Federico del Campo (1837-1923) was a Peruvian painter who was active in Venice where he was one of the leading vedute painters of the 19th century. Demand for his views, particularly from English tourists was so strong that he painted several views multiple times.
Utagawa Hiroshige[a] (歌川 広重) or Andō Hiroshige[b] (安藤 広重), born Andō Tokutarō (安藤 徳太郎; 1797 – 12 October 1858), was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition.
I saw this post (https://bsky.app/profile/deepgreens.bsky.social/post/3m74weivfec2g) and needed to try to paint it. The photographer called to me unknowingly 😂
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The trope normally goes like this: a detective peers at a grainy CCTV still, mutters “enhance”, and the computer obediently sharpens the blur until you can clearly read a number plate reflected in someone’s sunglasses.
Wanted something more “fun” to draw, so I took the suggestion to draw the docker fish 🐟. Used blue paper, marker paper with markers, a black gel pen, a blue sparkly gel pen, and pencils for more shading! I think it turned out very friendly haha
Saw this photo of Sammy J and just had to paint it. The progress versus the series I did when learning how to paint him feels pretty significant. Love this man’s work!
Took a break from and a part of a larger thing I’m doing that’s starting to seem like a huge mistake to make this lil’ tree. Top of the tree is all hand-placed pixels, other portion are copy and paste.