Thursday, December 1, 2011

Old map (collection "Sky map")


Solar system old map, "Orbium Planetarum Terram Complectentium Scenographia" 1708

Monday, November 14, 2011

Monday, August 22, 2011

Tall Ship "Royal Clipper"


Name: Royal Clipper
Owner: Star Clippers
Port of registry: Luxembourg
General characteristics
Type: Cruise ship
Tonnage: 5000 gross tons
Length: 439 ft (134.8 m)
Beam: 54 ft (16.5 m)
Draft: 18.5 ft (5.6 m)
Propulsion: Masts: 5
Sails: 42
Sail Area: 56,000 ft² (5,202.6 m²)
Engines:
2 Caterpillar 3516 diesel engines
Capacity: 227 passengers (Max)
Crew: 106 crew


Barque Krusenstern


photo by Żeglarz

This four-masted barque is the second-largest tall ship in the world.


Name: Padua (1926–46)
Kruzenshtern (1946–)
Namesake: Padua Adam Johann Krusenstern
Owner: F. Laeisz, Hamburg (1926–46)
Soviet Navy (1946–91)
Russian Navy (1991–)
Operator: F. Laeisz, Hamburg (1926–46)
Port of registry: Hamburg (1920–33)
Hamburg (1933-46)
Riga (1946–81)
Tallinn (1981–91)
Kaliningrad (1991–)
Route: as Padua: between Hamburg & Chile
Builder: Joh. C. Tecklenborg, Bremerhaven
Yard number: 408
Launched: 11 June 1926
Fate: surendered to the USSR as reparations 1946
Status: in service

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Fantasy still life

I painted a copy of Fedorov's picture for myself (I love his art!!!)




acrylic on board 80x60 cm

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Exhibition organization. Part two. Safe delivery of your art.



* Bubble wrap is perfect for protecting a painting from damage. First wrap in plastic and then create bubble wrap pillows for paintings and seal tight with packing tape. The pillows are made by taping one layer of bubble wrap smooth side to the painting, taping, and then taking a second layer bubble side down so that it creates a "pocket" that is bubble to bubble.



Exhibition organization. Part one. Framing your art.



Any frame I choose should complement the art it framing.
There are literally hundreds of thousands of choices.
There are some rules we should count:

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Persian miniature

My art:



Persian miniature "Poet". Inspired by illustration in a very old Persian book.
Floating picture.
Gouache on card, 15x12 cm
I used watercolour to create effect of burnt paper edges

Birds and flowers. Persian miniature

My art:



miniature 10x7cm gouache on card

Seascape

My art:

























acrylic on canvas

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Tall ship

The terms tall ship that we will use often in this site does not correspond to a specific type of sailing vessel. It usually means a large, traditionally rigged (in terms of sails) sailing vessel. It can be “technically” a full ship but doesn’t need to be.


The biggest type is called a full-rigged ship and it looks like this:
A full-rigged ship has at least three masts all square rigged (her name is Christian Radich)




Romantic! Nice tall ships





Seascape&boat collage

My art: