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Rim Umyarov Turns Anatomy Study Into A Clear, Elegant Visual Discipline For Artists Who Want To Draw Better
Source Design You Trust Rim Umyarov is a drawing educator and draftsmanship-focused artist who builds his public presence around anatomy studies, sketchbooks, hands, feet, and watercolor/pencil technique. What stands out most is the intensity of his focus on human anatomy—especially the parts artists often struggle with most, like hands, feet, and poses. The work feels…
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Yeliz Paints Portraits With Warm Discipline And A Clear Sense Of Traditional Craft
Source Design You Trust Yeliz is a traditional artist and oil painter whose work centers on portraits, figure painting, and educational process content. She presents the practice as both personal and practical: making finished paintings, sharing techniques, and also selling brushes and Patreon support through her art persona. Her paintings often focus on human bodies,…
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Roda Medhat Subverts Traditional Kurdish Narratives Into Modern Tactile Experiences
Source Colossal Toronto-based Kurdish artist Roda Medhat pushes the boundaries of fabric into the realm of sculpture, exploring the ways in which traditional West Asian textiles can be translated into various media. As digital fabrication and 3D scanning cross paths with memory and material, Medhat’s practice asks “how we carry our stories, and what happens…
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June 2026 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists
Source Colossal Every month, we share opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. Make sure you never miss out by joining our monthly Opportunities Newsletter. BOAPS–Summer 2026: Grants, Exhibition, Publication, Promotion, Sales, Career BoostFeaturedReady to showcase your art internationally and receive cash grants? BOAPS (Summer 2026 Edition) invites visual artists worldwide, working…
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This Wood-Fiber Dress Was Made from a 17th-Century Shipwreck
Source Colossal Some of the most exciting designs emerging from the world of sustainable fashion are those utilizing uncommon materials. There are gowns sculpted with grass roots, sequins made from algae, and electrical wires woven into lace. Now, researchers and designers at Aalto University can add another unusual substance to that list: the remains of…
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Matte Marble Dust Glimmers Across Marin Majic’s Enigmatic Scenes
Source Colossal Layers of colored pencil and marble dust worked into an oil-like substance flood the linen planes on which Marin Majic works. The Brooklyn-based artist builds upon a foundational drawing, blending various media into a richly textured surface resembling fabric or plaster. Matte finishes radiate across the scenes, appearing like magical glimmers under a…
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Christina Mrozik Illustrates an ‘Emotional Ecosystem’ Oracle Deck with Fantastical Forms
Source Colossal Six years in the making, Christina Mrozik’s new project tackles “the feelings of all things.” Fifty cards comprise the richly illustrated oracle deck, which delves into a vast emotional terrain through the artist’s distinctive visual metaphors of flora and fauna. Monochromatic in palette and surreal in subject matter, the individual works portray a…
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A Leonora Carrington Biopic Traces the Surrealist Icon’s Life and Work
Source Colossal “Don’t you think it’s dangerous to blur the distinction between abstraction and reality?” asks actress Olivia Vinall in her role as the Surrealist artist and writer Leonora Carrington (1917-2011). The heady line is one of the standout statements in the new biopic documenting Carrington’s life and work. Directed by Thor Klein and Lena Vurma…