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Work by Canadian artist. Summer Reading Paintings by Paul Beliveau

Summer Reading Paintings by Paul Beliveau
Canadian artist, draftsman and engraver Paul Beliveau was born August 10, 1954, in Quebec City. He studied drawing and lithography from 1977 to 1983 at the Laval University. The talented artist creates amazing realistic paintings, as Paul is an expert in drawing, painting and engraving. His work is based on database of literally thousands of personal and historical photographs. With painstaking accuracy, Beliveau paints culturally significant artifacts such as his own book collection, placing volumes on Friedrich, Futurism, and Van Gogh beside the poetry of Friedrich von Schiller and Beethoven. Beliveau says, “I like to use painted books as a strategy against loss, even though worn books evoke the passage of time and reveal one’s own fineness.”
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Renaissance inspired Photoart by Bogdan Zvir, St Petersburg, Russia

Photoart by Bogdan Zvir
It’s difficult to say who Bogdan Zvir is – a photographer or an artist. His works consist of many elements, shades, moods, and, in spite of their exclusion, each of them is very personal. Those who have long forgotten childhood or do not know what a portable way is, perhaps, his works seem simply bizarre and silly, while others will not be able to break away from them, trying to find answers, clues, hidden ideas, and see the details. Born in Yakutia, Bogdan Zvir lived surrounded by nature and the strangeness of the local way of life. According to the artist, the contrasts among which he has lived from a young age could affect the current work. After Yakutia photographer moved to St. Petersburg, where he was able to finally reveal himself as the artist, and to present his world of living metaphors to the public.
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Unique, ancient and beautiful Crimea Scythian gold

The fate of Crimea Scythian gold – the largest in the history of the Crimea exhibition of archaeological artifacts, from the earliest monuments of V century BC Gothic antiquities to V-VII centuries BC, is decided at the highest political level. The first concerns about the future of artifacts, which cost is estimated at $ 20 billion, expressed Hermitage director Mikhail Piotrovsky. Amsterdam museum refuses to return to Crimea unique masterpieces of Scythian period that are participating in the exhibition “Crimea: gold, and the secrets of the Black Sea”, as Holland did not recognize Crimea a part of Russia. The collection includes archaeological finds, among the exhibits – artifacts of gold, ceremonial helmet and gems – more than a thousand artifacts from four Crimean museums (Bakhchisaraysky, Kerch Museum, Chersonesos National Reserve, and the Central Museum of Tauris) and one from Kiev (Museum of Historical Treasures).
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Known as the Amazonian, Royal Flycatcher

Royal Flycatcher
These stunningly beautiful birds, in fact, include four species. In particular, Amazonian (Onychorhynchus (coronatus), Northern (Onychorhynchus mexicanus), Pacific (coronatus occidentalis), and Atlantic (Onychorhynchus swainsoni) Flycatcher.
Noteworthy, the striking, colorful crest in the bird plays an important role in reproduction and courtship. First, the male displays its crest. Next, both birds keep their crests spread and quivering, eliciting fan-like movements for a while. Traditionally, without any head or neck movement, just their crests.
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Madonna – inspired by Leonardo da Vinci. Classic paintings embroidery masterpieces

Classic paintings embroidery masterpieces
Madonna – inspired by Leonardo da Vinci beautiful embroidery. According to Chinese Master embroiderer Wang Lee, he worked on it for 8 months. Separated by a thin silk thread into 24 fibers, used about 1900 shades of a rich palette of natural silk thread and managed to achieve an amazing feeling that the picture comes to life before our eyes. Image of a girl on the ancient philosophy of Feng shui, where long hair symbolizes longevity, healthy beauty, symbol of good luck.
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Painting by Thai artist Ti Watercolor, Thailand

Ti Watercolor is a young and talented watercolor artist from Bangkok, Thailand. His watercolors are extraordinarily beautiful, soft, filled with transparency, color and light. Ti Watercolor likes to draw flowers, city-scape, animals, and everything that surrounds him, makes it very skillfully, carefully selecting all shades and details. “I like the details of everything. I like the colors and shadows, Natural light and life in my country”. Thai artist Ti Watercolor teaches the art of watercolor, also shares the secrets of his skill conducting master classes.
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Brad Pitt and Kirsten Dunst in ‘Interview with the Vampire’. Pencil drawings by Natasha Kinaru, Russian artist Natalia Miley

Pencil drawings by Natasha Kinaru
Born 6 March 1993 in Voronezh, Russia, Natasha Kinaru (Natalia Miley) is a beautiful young artist. 21-year-old Natasha has created a series of pencil and pastel drawings of celebrities. And they are so realistic that the viewrs can easily confuse them with a good retouch of a photo. Natasha is often asked how the idea to draw faces of famous people came to her. According to the girl, the main idea was ​​improving the skill on drawing faces. Her teacher for the visual arts has always insisted on the perfect picture performance. And what else can manifest the quality, if not a complete similarity with a recognizable figure? If you are even the slightest deviation from the original, people will notice it. So Natasha has checked herself.
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Flowering Anza-Borrego Desert in California

Anza-Borrego Desert in California
Every year in March and April people from all over America come to watch the desert blooming different colors. The strength of flowering depends on the number of rain in the winter months. If it rained a lot, the desert is covered with meadows of flowers. If there was not enough rain, the bloom is sluggish, and in some places, the desert does not bloom at all. Desert can be divided into three parts – the top (the one that lies in the mountains), medium (rocky foothills) and lower (sandy valley). In the lower desert mostly desert lily and verbena bloom, evening Primrose and other plants. In the middle of the desert, on the rocky foothills and high mountains, you can find many flowering cactus, and choyi okotiyo. If you climb higher into the mountains, the yucca and agave appear.
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Colorful painting by Russian artist – Eugene Gavlin’s landscapes and flowers

Eugene Gavlin’s landscapes and flowers
Talented Russian artist Eugene Gavlin was born in 1958 in the Far East of Russia, now lives and works in Moscow. He is a member of the Artists Union of Russia. Eugene Galvin came to Moscow many years ago. He graduated from Moscow Pedagogical Institute for Correspondence Studies (now Sholokhov Moscow State University for Humanities), department of graphic art. The artist works in the technique of pointillism (dot painting), using palette knife and brush. Eugene tries to express on canvas the sound of life, extreme realism. The artworks of the master hint on existing somewhere near magical colored worlds. They are like music – open, and dynamic. Eugene Gavlin participated in more than 50 exhibitions. His works are in private collections in Russia, France, UK, USA and other countries. Let’s enjoy his beautiful colorful landscapes, still life flowers filled with sunlight.
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