Stories about painting, sculpture, architecture, history

 🍁 Tomorrow is August – farewell to summer.👋🌻 ✂️🍁Lito (Lito Leaf Art) is a renowned Japanese artist. He creates incredibly detailed, tiny scenes, carving them with a simple scalpel from whole fallen tree leaves. The artist took up this art in 2020 to develop concentration and cope with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). His signature technique is photographing living silhouettes against the sky, filtering sunlight through them. Lito always begins by sketching a design on a sheet of paper with a ballpoint pen, then carefully cuts out the drawing with a scalpel. The result is a play of light and shadow – a series of silhouettes that look like they came straight out of a children's book. The artist carves patterns into fallen leaves, turning them into works of art. Considering the fragility of the leaves and the artist's ADHD, it's remarkable how he manages to maintain the integrity of his works while carving even the smallest details. I believe Lito's wo...

Eye Candy for Today:  Boucher's Madame Bergeret Madame Bergeret by Francois Boucher

  ☦️🖌️🍷The transformation of water into wine during the wedding in Cana of Galilee—the first miracle performed by Jesus Christ—inspired many artists to paint. The miracle occurred during a wedding feast in the city of Cana, near Nazareth. ☦️ The description of the miracle is recorded only by the Evangelist John: "On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples were invited to the wedding. And when they ran out of wine, the mother of Jesus said to him, 'They have no wine.' Jesus said to her, 'Woman, what have you to do with me? My hour has not yet come.' His mother said to the servants, 'Whatever he says to you, do.' Now there were six stone waterpots set there, according to the custom of the Jews for purification, holding two or three measures apiece. Jesus said to them, 'Fill the waterpots with water.' And they filled them to the brim. And he said to them, 'Now draw out some ...

🖌️🎨 Philip Richard Morris (1836–1902) was an English artist who specialized in genre and marine scenes, particularly allegorical depictions of rural life.  Morris also painted religious paintings inspired by the work of Holman Hunt and, later in his career, was commissioned to paint portraits of various prominent Victorian figures.