Paul Cadden and George Bellows
Paul Cadden These are not photographs! Paul Cadden specializes in hyper-realistic art. His drawings take up to 6-8 weeks. He produces about 7 works a year. Each of his drawings is worth around 20,000$. In an interview he mentions people are always asking him, how does he draw water? His response is that drawing water is just like drawing any other part of the drawing. It is just shading and value. In this same interview he does explain a bit of his artistic process. So although these images are not photographs, they are exact copies of photographs he himself took. He explains that he puts his photos into a computer program and he can adjust and manipulate the image how he wants, making the contrast more or less, making the water appear more glossy. Then he puts a grid over the image which then transforms the one photo into 5000 tiny images. He then transfers the grid and the 5000 tiny images to paper. Cadden has been interested in tiny detail ever since he was a kid. His interest ...


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