Art for your Walls

Art Style that Matches Your Décor

2008-02-01T11:42:00.000-08:00

Selecting the art style that matches your décor can be quite confusing if you browse through all the options in their various arrangements, styles and combinations! The great way to approach this is to choose an artist that you really like for whatever reason and use these colors of the painting in the area you wish to decorate. You can check out more on this topic from another article, ‘How colors affect a room.’ As we will finally see, the most essential rule of decorating would be to love and be sure of your choices.

Traditional styles can complement the nostalgic and old age look and match well with Vintage/retro art, Art Deco and Art Nouveau with their fine lines and both natural and strong colors. Personaly , I like old vintage bicycle posters.

If you love fine art and want original art from contemporary artists, then there are many art site you can visit on the web, some satisfy, some disappoint.

Want a Stylish Winter Home This Year?

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Winter is a time when most homes will have its halls decked and ‘spirit’ added to every corner, wall and surface, often with no regard for contemporary decorating styles, or any style at all, as long as the decorations are in red and green. However, this festive season, there is no reason why your winter decorating ideas and colours can’t compliment your home’s everyday paint colours and furniture styles, instead of simply overpowering them.

This year take the time to consider the existing style of your home and your life, as well as how you will be using your home. For example, will you be having family and friends to stay over while on their vacations, will you be hosting an important dinner or do you simply want to decorate your home for yourselves and your kids to get into a cozy spirit?

What many people don’t realize is that winter home decorations can be just as fun in non-traditional colours and even in non-traditional ways. Subscribe to our feed and keep up with fresh suggestions, original wall art colours and styles!

Who is Your Favorite Famous Artist or Great Sculptor?

2007-11-07T21:39:00.000-08:00

Please comment to this post and let me know who your favorite artist is. Do you have a famous artist or sculptor you would like to know more about?
Has this artist had an effect on how you decorate?
How much has art history influenced your choices in wall art?

Michelangelo Reproductions & Art Prints

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Talented reproduction artists are able to recreate almost any of Michelangelo’s paintings you ask of them, and you can order a Michelangelo painting or a reproduction of one of the scenes painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo’s painted ceiling has also inspired Sistine Chapel Reliefs, cast in bronze, depicting the Libyan Sibyl, Ancestors of Christ and Daniel, but to have these on your wall in your art collection will cost you over $2,000 each.

Oil painting depicts the style and era of Michelangelo’s work, and many reproduction artists are happy to complete hand painted oil art works, as oil paints are more flexible to work with and more expressive. Oil painting allows artists to achieve a sense of light and capture more details in smaller wall art paintings.

This style also reflects the method used in paintings by the old masters, as traditional hand painted oil art does not have a thick texture, but uses subtle brushstrokes which can only be seen up close.

Many reproduction artists will also allow you to choose how traditional you want your Michelangelo reproductions to be, but a talented and experienced artist should be able to recreate any Michelangelo painting you choose, just make sure you view their past reproductions to see their quality of work.

To read more about Michelangelo reproductions and Michelangelo painting vist the links posted here.