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Paulina   
25 Sep 2024
Off-Topic / Arts and crafts [149]

It's called Iris Folding.

Thanks, it looks pretty cool and I'm guessing it's probably relaxing :)

I'm really going to like this thread :) Great idea Paulina :)

:)))

I actually like a lot of Pre-Raphaelite and Renaissance art although I feel I'm in the minority.

I like those too. Maybe those are not the most favourite of mine, but defenitely high on the list :)

From contemporary artists Annie Stegg's art reminds me of those styles somewhat... Her paintings are beautiful, ethereal and very detailed. She's an oil painter and I like watching her video's in which she's painting those intricate little details :)

Some of her art:


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Paulina   
25 Sep 2024
Off-Topic / Arts and crafts [149]

Guys, could you take your discussion about monastaries and such to the Random Thread?

Honestly, it's the first day of existence of this thread and it's getting derailed already... ;/

I think I would classify as "interior decorating" art. I'm sure no such category exists, but you know what I mean...

Actually I'd say in a way such category does exist, but that's usually abstract art - at least for modern interiors :) It fits modern interiors very well and it can look great together with those interiors, but besides that, just like photorealistic art in your case, it doesn't do anything for me... Well, it can look pretty sometimes :)
Paulina   
25 Sep 2024
Off-Topic / Arts and crafts [149]

Guys, that's so weird, because when I was a teen I was thinking about becoming a nun too ;D Although for me it was more about feeding starving children in Africa... you know... the Mother Teresa style... and having more time to read the Bible lol

@Bobko, it's similar with me, I guess - I like a lot of stuff too or at least I appreciate it... It's just I like realism a lot too and I appreciate photorealism/hyperrealism. I'd like to try painting such a photorealistic painting one day, even if only to see if I can manage. 🤔 Although I have to admit that I wouldn't be able to paint such art for the rest of my life - it would be too boring for me.

Maybe you are right, but instead me and AntV are "somewhat" into art.

I see, I didn't know that.

I don't like almost anything that the Cubists produced, or Suprematists, or Constructivists

Yeah, not my cup of tea either...

I guess I'd have to flip a coin between Cezanne or Ver Meer.

Ha, I love Vermeer! :) My favourite old master... I copied one of his paintings at an art school. I don't like Cezanne though (his still lifes are OK ;)).

That's probably why I find it soulless, it's more commercial/advertising art.

Realistic still life paintings have been around for a long time and art was commercial back then too. Many of the old masterpieces we admire today were simply commissioned by rich people or the Church. For me that doesn't take away anything from them though.

"Still Life with Herring, Wine and Bread" by Pieter Claesz, 1647:


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Paulina   
25 Sep 2024
Off-Topic / Arts and crafts [149]

@Bobko, as for "what's the point" - I kind of explained it in my previous post, I think... It's about marveling at human skills and it's a challenge. An art challenge :) "How realistic am I able to make it look like?" You know, pushing yourself, perfecting the skills... And those paintings are usually simply beautiful from the visual point of view.

these photorealistic things really do not speak to me.

OK, so what art does speak to you? This is what this thread is all about, after all :)

Btw, I've got to say I'm a bit surprised - I thought that people who aren't very much into art like/appreciate realistic/photorealistic art the most - that's one of the reasons why I chose those two artists for the start of this thread :) So that's an interesting turn of events for me - I'm intrigued now what kind of art you guys like :))
Paulina   
25 Sep 2024
Off-Topic / Arts and crafts [149]

The signature is on the painting but illegible.

I see, pity... That's why it's always better to give some basic info also at the back of the painting - the author, the title, the date, the technique... Maybe there's something at the back of that painting? 🤔

I strongly dislike the finished product.

Wow, that's a pretty strong sentiment...

It doesn't really have anything to say.

I'd say that Gabriela's art is saying "Eat me!" ;D And if it looks so edible then it means she did a good job ;)

I wouldn't say that her paintings are "soulless". I generally don't like dividing art like this. Every art style has its place, imho. Realistic/photorealistic art doesn't have to say anything. It's supposed to "wow" us. When I look at such art I marvel at the human artistic skill. And I personally like that feeling of wonder, especially that I know first-hand how much skill, practice, work, time, patience and observational skills such paintings require. Especially at the level of Nick Sider, for example.

@AntV, so what kind of art you do like? Do you have any favourite artists/paintings? :)
Paulina   
25 Sep 2024
Off-Topic / Arts and crafts [149]

@jon357, I agree, she's very good, especially considering the smaller size of her paintings :)

I've noticed that hyperrealistic paintings usually range from big to very big - I think the reason for this is that it's easier to paint all those realistic details on big canvas. Painters are restricted by the size of the smallest brushes available, so the bigger you go, the more details you can fit in and the more realistic the painting looks. 🤔
Paulina   
25 Sep 2024
Off-Topic / Arts and crafts [149]

@jon357, interesting, does that craft have any particular name? 🤔

They are particularly fond of one brown spot on the edge of the fruit, probably thinking it is rotten. 🙂

lol That's funny :D
Do you know the name of the author of that painting, btw?

And another artist:

Nick Sider lives in New York and is a self-taught hyperrealistic painter who paints with acrylics, which makes his big paintings even more impressive, imho. He mainly paints big cats, but he can also paint other animals and humans. He wanted to be a painter since he was a little kid, but decided to do other stuff after high school. At the age of 25 he quit his job and decided to teach himself to paint - with great results, as we can see :)

From his website:

"Sider has always maintained a hyperrealistic style, attempting to create paintings that extend beyond what a photograph could ever capture, ."my favorite moment while painting is when a subject on my canvas begins to come alive." His main goal for his paintings is to use detail and color to create the illusion of life spawning from the canvas."

Some of his paintings (he must have a lot of patience to paint all that fur, damn! ;O):


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Paulina   
25 Sep 2024
Off-Topic / Arts and crafts [149]

And some more:


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Paulina   
25 Sep 2024
Off-Topic / Arts and crafts [149]

I feel less and less like posting on PF, especially considering that the summer temperatures are ending and I'd like to focus on making art, practicing different techniques, etc. But there's this thread that I wanted to make for quite a while now and so I decided to make it now in case I'll go MIA during autumn lol An art thread, of course :)

I'd like this to be a general thread about art (paintings, drawings, sculptures, comic book art, digital art, photography, you name it) and handcraft (from handmade jewelry to furniture makeovers).

If you have any favourite artists or you'll stumble upon something you think is worth sharing then it would be cool if you guys posted it here :)

I'd like to start with an oil painter Gabriela Elgaafary from Lithuania. From what I managed to gather she's a stay-at-home mom with little kids who paints whenever she has time. I'm guessing that's why her paintings aren't very big - thanks to this she can finish them faster :) She paints still life - mainly yummy stuff like fruit, sweets and sometimes her kids' toys. I'd say that her paintings are a kind of "comfort art" for me - they make me feel good :))) She seems like a nice, warm person and I think this shines through in her art. A fun fact about her - she speaks Lithuanian, English, Russian and understands Polish and Arabic.

She sells her paintings on Etsy and here are some of them:


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Paulina   
22 Sep 2024
History / Let's talk about the POLISH ARMY [79]

@jon357, I don't know, I don't see a reason to withhold such basic info - whether she died of natural causes or not. Look at all the info/details given here:

tvn24.pl/swiat/zolnierz-jednostki-grom-zginal-w-afganistanie-ra301879-ls3422496
Paulina   
22 Sep 2024
History / Let's talk about the POLISH ARMY [79]

Remember, it's military, and the military don't always give out as much information as people want.

Yeah, true.

If that's the case, I'm sure it wouldn't be in the public domain.

Why not?
Paulina   
22 Sep 2024
History / Let's talk about the POLISH ARMY [79]

@Alien, I think any normal family would want to know what happened and would want an autopsy...
Paulina   
22 Sep 2024
History / Let's talk about the POLISH ARMY [79]

@Alien, I imagine that in such a situation there must've been an autopsy performed...

Progressive emaciation, it could also be some kind of parasite.

True, but I think that an autopsy would show that...

also a soldier

Sorry, her father was a soldier and her husband a BOR (Polish Secret Service) agent.
Paulina   
21 Sep 2024
History / Let's talk about the POLISH ARMY [79]

Today is the 15th anniversary of the death of Ewa Baran, a GROM soldier. It was a mysterious death - she died a few months after coming back from Afghanistan where she was the only Polish female SF soldier. It's suspected that she got either infected by some unknown bacteria or virus or that she was poisoned by the locals back in Afghanistan. She left a husband, also a soldier, and a daughter:

warszawa.naszemiasto.pl/tajemnica-smierci-ewy-baran/ar/c1-33501


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Paulina   
18 Sep 2024
News / Flood in Lower Silesia in Poland - looks catastrophic [94]

@Lenka
Were you living in the area affected by that flood?

And both today and back in 1997 Poland have been ruled by leftists. Coincidence? I don't thing so.

"No tak, a nie odpowiadamy tylko za trzęsienia Ziemi, gradobicie i koklusz!" :D 😂

facepalm
Paulina   
17 Sep 2024
News / Flood in Lower Silesia in Poland - looks catastrophic [94]

it will become the Hero of Poland :)

The Racibórz Dolny dry detention basin is the biggest hydrological object in Poland. The dams alone are 22 km long.
It's supposed to protect 2.5 mln people.

Its build was planned since 1883, but it was too expensive. Finally it was the Millennium Flood in 1997 due to which 56 people died in Poland that prompted the decision to build it. For this to be possible the course of the river Oder had to be changed and two villages liquidated and people resettled. The build was financed by the Polish state, the World Bank and the EU.

The first plans were made in 2001, the tendering for the project took place in 2010 and the building started in 2013 and got finished in 2020 (right in time, I guess ;O). The basin wasn't tested by such a big flood yet.

Raciborzbasinfromair

Raciborzbasinatnight

Raciborzbasin
Paulina   
17 Sep 2024
News / Flood in Lower Silesia in Poland - looks catastrophic [94]

@Lenka, I hope so, but this is what I've read yesterday:

wiadomosci.wp.pl/kolejny-hydrolog-alarmuje-ws-wroclawia-mowi-zupelnie-co-innego-niz-prezydent-sutryk-7071783755590560a

From what I read the retention reservoir is holding nicely

There was a leak at night already:

polsatnews.pl/wiadomosc/2024-09-17/raciborz-dolny-przeciekal-w-akcji-bralo-udzial-wojsko/

Apparently it was taken care of with the help of the army, but if there was a leak even though the reservoir isn't full yet... I hope it will hold though and it will become the Hero of Poland :)
Paulina   
16 Sep 2024
Life / Paintings of artists from Poland? [192]

@jon357, again, why do you have to be such an a$$hole about such a simple thing?

I don't like it when people mislead others regardless if it's RuSSian propaganda or scammers on Facebook posting AI generated images as real watercolour paintings in order to get likes.

If you're too lazy to make a thread about photography then next time at least be honest enough to inform people what you're actually posting.
Paulina   
16 Sep 2024
Life / Paintings of artists from Poland? [192]

@jon357, it is spamming (or trolling, depending on the intention, I guess) if you're confusing people by posting photographs in a thread about paintings and you're not even informing that they're not paintings.

There are a couple of photographs already in this thread

I haven't noticed any so far.

it's surprising you didn't go off

Why do you have to be such an ass?
Paulina   
16 Sep 2024
Life / Paintings of artists from Poland? [192]

@jon357, so do you want to be like that Serbian spammer now?
When people come to this thread they're expecting to see paintings being posted here. I myself thought that you mistook those photographs for paintings.

There are so many ways of getting an image onto a flat background.

There's nothing stopping you from making a general thread about Polish art or about Polish photography in particular.
Paulina   
16 Sep 2024
News / Flood in Lower Silesia in Poland - looks catastrophic [94]

I survived the 1997 flood in Poland

My family from Wrocław went through that flood and it looks like the flood that will hit Wrocław this time will be similar :( People are already buying out water from supermarkets there.

Two years ago (what a timing...) there were Polish TV series made about the 1997 flood titled "Wielka woda" ("High Water"). I haven't seen it yet, but it's apparently very good. You can watch it on Netflix:



Yeah, but it's "Climate Change" and not "Global Warming"

What's the difference? lol The temperature is getting higher, not lower...

I think that humans have very little to do with it

And you came to that conclusion based on what exactly?
Paulina   
16 Sep 2024
Life / Paintings of artists from Poland? [192]

@jon357, that's all great, but the title of the thread is "Paintings of artists from Poland" and not "Polish photography" or more general "Polish art". Photographs are not paintings.
Paulina   
16 Sep 2024
News / Flood in Lower Silesia in Poland - looks catastrophic [94]

Media in Poland start propaganda blaming 'climate change' for the floods.

You mean citing Polish scientists from PAN (The Polish Academy of Sciences) who warned already in 2020 about what we're experiencing right now?:

wiadomosci.wp.pl/s/ziemianarozdrozu-pl/susza-i-powodz-jednoczesnie-oto-polska-w-czasach-zmiany-klimatu-7071690951986080a

This summer there was barely any rain where I live (Kielce). And then suddenly this weekend - a downpour. It was raining all Saturday night and on Sunday in the morning.

Summers are getting hotter, drier and longer here (I already wrote about this on this forum some time ago). The climate is definitely changing in Poland :(
Paulina   
16 Sep 2024
News / 2011 Stats: 80% of Poles happy [60]

@Ron2, "what's going on? It's getting better... That's an improvement from the 39th place (Ranking of Happiness based on a three-year-average 2020-2022).

As they grow older, men become more generous and complain less about trivial things. Women - the exact opposite.

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that women take care of those aging men (their husbands) while noone takes care of those women?
Paulina   
16 Sep 2024
News / Flood in Lower Silesia in Poland - looks catastrophic [94]

It looks catastrophic..

It does :(((

The first country to offer help to Poland was Ukraine by proposing to send 100 rescue workers:

wiadomosci.wp.pl/polska-walczy-z-wielka-woda-pomoc-deklaruje-ukraina-i-litwa-wielki-szacunek-7071651138061953v

...and then followed by Lithuania.
Paulina   
16 Sep 2024
Life / Paintings of artists from Poland? [192]

@jon357, those are not paintings. Andrzej Berłowski isn't a painter - he takes photos. The first one is either digital art or a heavily edited photo. The second one is a photo (some of his photos, like this one, would be great for painting though :)):


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Paulina   
7 Sep 2024
Off-Topic / Nobel Prize and Oscars = Propaganda? [61]

The bi*tch was argumentative, resistsing police orders and arrest.

Don't call her a "bi*tch", you disgusting, lying piece of sh1t. She wasn't resistsing the police orders or arrest and got beaten up when she was already in the police van as witnessed by her co-detainees.

When a thug goes for the cop's gun

She wasn't a f*cking thug and she wasn't going for anyone's gun, you moron.

Nothing.

Everything is wrong with you.
Paulina   
7 Sep 2024
Off-Topic / Nobel Prize and Oscars = Propaganda? [61]

@Novichok, so what is a screaming man? You realise that men scream, yell and chant slogans during demonstrations too, right? They even break and burn things and throw stuff at the police.

By definition...

There's no such "definition". It's all in your head, psycho.