Mona Lisa 2.0: Swiss painting is ‘the original’

Swiss version of the Da Vinci's Mona Lisa

New tests on a Swiss version of the da Vinci masterpiece (above) provides evidence there could be two Mona Lisas.
The Louvre Museum may no longer be the only home to Leonardo da Vinci’s 15th century masterpiece. Another Mona Lisa portrait has been verified by a Swiss-based art foundation as an original. Read more

BBC guide to art and design learning resources and online courses

Learn about visual arts, literature and culture with this online art resource from the BBC.

Still Life With Cheeseburger: Art That Looks Good Enough To Eat

Back in the day – the 17th century – Vermeer, Rembrandt and the rest of the Dutch Golden Age crew blazed a trail for realism in art. Their work wasn't just technically dazzling; it was also distinctive. Instead of fat baby cherubs and saints, they painted the stuff of every day life. Often, that meant food.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/01/24/170199359/still-life-with-cheeseburger-art-that-looks-good-enough-to-eat

Michael Halbert illustrates your dreams

Michael Halbert illustrates the kind of surreal scenes you can only dream up.

http://www.lifelounge.com.au/art-and-design/news/michael-halbert-illustrates-your-dreams.aspx

Featured illustrator: Kleber Sales

Kleber Sales is a brazilian illustrator who works for several magazines in Brazil.

http://www.designer-daily.com/featured-illustrator-kleber-sales-31479

Amazing hand drawn Portraits by Bartosz Kosowski

Bartosz Kosowski created these sets of portraits  with a pencil or Copic Multiliner and coloured them in PS. Bartosz Kosowski is an illustrator based in Lodz, Poland.

http://www.graphicart-news.com/amazing-hand-drawn-portraits-by-bartosz-kosowski/#.URNnsvKe6Hs

Quentin Blake on creating a story on the page - video

Illustrator Sir Quentin Blake talks us through his new exhibition at Marlborough fine art gallery in Mayfair, central London. Sir Quentin, celebrated for his collaborations with Roald Dahl and more recently with David Walliams, also describes his drawing philosophy and the process of inventing stories on the page.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/video/2013/jan/16/quentin-blake-creating-story-video

Culture Wham bam … Glam! The birth of style – interactive timeline

As a major new show sashays into Tate Liverpool, explore an interactive timeline of the Glam era – taking in its roots, its decline and its gender-bending, platform-booted prime.

 http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/interactive/2013/feb/06/glam-style-interactive-timeline?intcmp=ILCMUSTXT9383