Masked Emotions 🎭

Daily drawings, double rainbows, and a biblio-loom. [View email in browser]( [The best of the week in art & visual culture]( Set Against a Backdrop of World Events, Tim Okamura’s Bold Portraits Emanate Commanding Energy [A portrait of a woman holding her long braids in front of a background of burning forest, “Fire Fighter” (2021), oil on canvas, 60 x 76 inches]( Marked with visible brushstrokes and drips of paint, the portraits of [Tim Okamura]( blend realistic portrayals of his subjects with the fervent, unrestrained qualities of street art. [See more]( A Colossal Workshop Learn How to Make Paper Scales as Texture with Hollie Chastain [An image of paper that has been layered to look like it has scales]( Artist Hollie Chastain joins Colossal for [a virtual workshop]( on paper scaling, or the process of cutting small, rounded forms from the humble material. During our hour-long session, Chastain will teach techniques for adding texture, shadow, and dimension to both a solid color and portrait and offer tips and additional modifications to use on future projects. You can choose whether you'd like us to ship the materials for the workshop straight to your door, or if you'd like to DIY. [Colossal Members]( received $5 off. Plus, 10% of all proceeds will benefit the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless. [Sign up now]( A Satisfying Stop-Motion Tutorial by omozoc Effortlessly Slices and Assembles a Wooden Box Entirely by Hand [An animated image of a hand carving a hole into a wooden box]( With a simple touch of his fingertip or nail zipping along the edge of a piece of wood, [omozoc]( appears to cut, bevel, and construct a tissue box without any outside tools or fasteners. [Watch now]( Wildly Expressive Masks by Karolina Romanowska Freeze Contradictory Emotions in Ceramic [A ceramic sculpture shaped like a mask with horns and its tongue sticking out]( “Extremely resilient yet fragile” is how artist [Karolina Romanowska]( describes the moody, anthropomorphic characters that comprise her series of sculptural works. [See more]( Figures and Events Are Transfixed by Time in Pep Carrió’s Extensive Daily Visual Diaries [Images of datebooks illustrated each day of the year by Pep Carrió]( In 2007, Madrid-based artist and illustrator [Pep Carrió](’s expansive diary project began as a challenge with a simple premise: to draw something every day. [See more]( An Elaborately Designed Book on Weaving Opens to Reveal a Fully Functional Loom [A weaving loom inside of a book about weaving]( The swish of a shuttle moving from left to right as it carries threads through the warp might be described as a “xui” sound. A Taiwanese onomatopoeia, the auditory word is also the title of [Cai Wei Qun](’s elaborately constructed book on the craft. [See more]( A Stunning Double Rainbow Frames a Lightning Bolt as It Strikes the Mountainous Virginia Horizon [A photograph of a double rainbow with a lightning bolt in the center]( During what he thought would be a routine storm-chasing expedition in Virginia last week, photographer [Jason Rinehart]( visited an overlook within the Blue Ridge Mountains. [See more]( [Share to Facebook]( [Share to Facebook]( [Share to Twitter]( [Share to Twitter]( [Forward email]( [Forward email]( Today's Best of the Week was edited by Kate Mothes. 🎭 Colossal 6177 N. Lincoln Ave. #314 Chicago, IL 60659 ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ You received this email because you signed up on our website and are an amazing person. [Unsubscribe](