# \#arts-crafts **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/arts-crafts/30.md [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) --- ## [Peter Max died at age 88. Psychedelic Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-max-died-at-age-88-psychedelic-artist/1033142)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-max-died-at-age-88-psychedelic-artist/1033142 "2026-09-18T14:25:30Z")
A fixture of the 60s and 70s. The inspiration for the look of the Yellow Submarine movie. https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/peter-max-known-groovy-art-that-came-symbolize-60s-dies-88-2026-09-17/ --- ## [Digital art creator algorithm website](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-art-creator-algorithm-website/962081)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 2376\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2026, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-art-creator-algorithm-website/962081 "2026-09-06T19:58:53Z")
Someone put together a website with an algorithm that creates art from text prompts. It’s tons of fun to play with. Anyone else tried it? --- ## [DIY and Hobby projects, small to big. Pictures of course](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diy-and-hobby-projects-small-to-big-pictures-of-course/957910)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 747\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2026, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diy-and-hobby-projects-small-to-big-pictures-of-course/957910 "2026-09-06T02:06:48Z")
I’m starting this but please put up your own. Nice to share ideas. My craft bench is 99% reused materials and despite reinforcing it, I’m really surprised it survived the move. I needed better paint storage for it an… --- ## [Yayoi Kusama has passed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yayoi-kusama-has-passed/1032591)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2026, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yayoi-kusama-has-passed/1032591 "2026-09-03T06:52:24Z")
Not as famous as Dolly Parton or Tim Curry, but IYKYK. She really was one-of-a-kind. Our AfrikaBurn art project this year was an infinity mirror room inspired by hers. --- ## [Glasgow School of Art](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glasgow-school-of-art/816292)
**Author:** [@bonzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bonzer)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2026, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glasgow-school-of-art/816292 "2026-07-24T20:14:43Z")
Since it’s an ongoing news story, this could possibly go in MPIMS, but the fire that has destroyed Mackintosh’s art school is possibly the worst destruction of an important piece of architecture that I can remember in my… --- ## [Hanslip Fletcher print...no other found copies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hanslip-fletcher-print-no-other-found-copies/1029752)
**Author:** [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2026, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hanslip-fletcher-print-no-other-found-copies/1029752 "2026-05-05T10:14:05Z")
I bought a pen-and-ink print from eBay perhaps a dozen years ago. The print is by Hanslip Fletcher (1874-1955), an English chap. On the reverse, on what appears to be the original mat, are written “limited to 75 copies” … --- ## [Recommendations for paintings to go with,, "School of Athens,,"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-paintings-to-go-with-school-of-athens/1029642)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-paintings-to-go-with-school-of-athens/1029642 "2026-04-29T19:03:27Z")
Looking for some canvas prints to go along with my school athen’s. Something secular preferably. Thanks for any suggestions guys. --- ## [In praise of Banksy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-banksy/334831)
**Author:** [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-banksy/334831 "2026-03-18T03:18:20Z")
Yes, I’m not all that hip, and I did just come to his art through last month’s Esquire article, but it’s been a long time since I’ve been really excited about an artist, let alone a graffiti artist. Banksy’s work is jus… --- ## [Painting miniatures, but extremely lazily? \[or other techniques\] (As in tabletop games)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/painting-miniatures-but-extremely-lazily-or-other-techniques-as-in-tabletop-games/1020821)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/painting-miniatures-but-extremely-lazily-or-other-techniques-as-in-tabletop-games/1020821 "2025-12-07T17:19:01Z")
I recently Kickstarted a detective-noir board game set in New Orleans (The Dark Quarter — a fun and well-written co-op mystery game!), which came with several dozen gray plastic miniatures. The figurines are hard to dif… --- ## [What was the first album with psychedelic cover art?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-album-with-psychedelic-cover-art/953421)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2025, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-album-with-psychedelic-cover-art/953421 "2025-11-14T02:16:44Z")
Somehow inspired by this thread: I’m not asking about the first musically psychedelic album, but the one with the first typically psychedelic art style that prevailed for a few years between 1966 and 1970 (yeah, and a… --- ## [AI Art Project: I re-imagined all 30 MLB teams as if they were 100-year-old British football clubs, with shields generated by AI (redux)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-art-project-i-re-imagined-all-30-mlb-teams-as-if-they-were-100-year-old-british-football-clubs-with-shields-generated-by-ai-redux/1020996)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-art-project-i-re-imagined-all-30-mlb-teams-as-if-they-were-100-year-old-british-football-clubs-with-shields-generated-by-ai-redux/1020996 "2025-07-22T10:16:00Z")
\[This is my second attempt at this thread. Due to image-embedding-related fuckups and missing the edit window, I decided to ask a mod to close the first thread, and I’m starting this one.\] OK, you know how British/Europ… --- ## [The Crafting Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crafting-thread/1020370)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2025, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crafting-thread/1020370 "2025-07-02T22:19:34Z")
I’ve been meaning to start a thread where we can talk about our craft projects. Earlier this year I took up cross stitch. It was supposed to be an idle thing I could do instead of doomscrolling, something that doesn’t t… --- ## [What is considered art?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-art/1017412)
**Author:** [@melaniethewitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melaniethewitch)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-art/1017412 "2025-04-23T20:44:51Z")
What would be considered art and what wouldn’t? because there’s the opinion of everything should be considered art? and then There’s also the opinion of any some categories should be considered art… And finally is a … --- ## [Is there such thing as 'Bad art'? (as in social media terms and is it ok to make fun of?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-such-thing-as-bad-art-as-in-social-media-terms-and-is-it-ok-to-make-fun-of/1016914)
**Author:** [@melaniethewitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melaniethewitch)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-such-thing-as-bad-art-as-in-social-media-terms-and-is-it-ok-to-make-fun-of/1016914 "2025-04-17T23:14:59Z")
so when I think of bad art nothing really pops up but when someone online starts commenting saying its bad art I start to see imperfections and the truth is under any circumstances its not ok to make fun of art just beca… --- ## [Canadian Art Question?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-art-question/1014594)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-art-question/1014594 "2025-02-22T15:43:54Z")
Years ago, I saw a humorous image by a Canadian artist that showed the Canada-US border. The Canadian side was full of snow and had an igloo, a Canadian flag and perhaps a saluting Mountie. I can’t remember the America… --- ## [Writing with a pencil?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-with-a-pencil/1011155)
**Author:** [@davey77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davey77)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-with-a-pencil/1011155 "2025-01-13T13:36:37Z")
Lately, I’ve become interested in pencils for drawing and urban sketching. My eyes have become open to the vast array of choices in graphite available, from the smallest-pointed mechanical drafting pencils to oversized … --- ## [The $100 Makerspace Tuba](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-makerspace-tuba/1002381)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2025, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-makerspace-tuba/1002381 "2025-01-02T00:08:15Z")
I play tuba. Or rather, I used to, decades ago. I don’t play any more, because who actually has their own tuba? But what I do have, is access to a makerspace. Several of them, in fact. And so, some years ago, I deci… --- ## ["Wedding at Cana" by Veronese](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-at-cana-by-veronese/1010776)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2024, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-at-cana-by-veronese/1010776 "2024-11-30T08:52:22Z")
(Note: Continuing the discussion from Have you ever been underwhelmed? and What's an underappreciated work of classic art?) Those discussions mentioned an old painting, The Wedding at Cana by Veronese (Wikipedia). Or s… --- ## [Million dollar/six year old kid sister art {Banana Art}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/million-dollar-six-year-old-kid-sister-art-banana-art/1010616)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/million-dollar-six-year-old-kid-sister-art-banana-art/1010616 "2024-11-30T00:39:34Z")
Duct-taped banana sells for $6.2M at art auction | KSL.com So a banana duct taped to a wall sells for over $6 million at auction recently. This sort of thing is hardly news these days. I seem to recall a glass vial full… --- ## [Experts on Asian art: are these pictures valuable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experts-on-asian-art-are-these-pictures-valuable/1006624)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2024, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experts-on-asian-art-are-these-pictures-valuable/1006624 "2024-09-02T22:55:38Z")
My wife’s grandparents bought several of these Japanese pictures in Japan sometime in the 1960s. I suspect they’re just cheap stuff made for tourists with no significant value today, but I thought I’d ask here, just in c… --- ## [Sew what? (Basic sewing query)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sew-what-basic-sewing-query/1002594)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2024, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sew-what-basic-sewing-query/1002594 "2024-06-10T18:32:53Z")
I don’t sew, but I do have a box of sewing stuff that I use for minor repairs from time to time. About 4/5ths of my sewing time is spent getting a thread into the needle, which is the single most frustrating thing I eve… --- ## [Queen Victoria was an artist. Who knew? LINK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-victoria-was-an-artist-who-knew-link/1001547)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-victoria-was-an-artist-who-knew-link/1001547 "2024-05-14T22:48:45Z")
Watercolors were Her Majesty’s field, and she painted in her journals. She also did inks and pencils. A warm & charming style, she had. LINK TO ARTICLE --- ## [In Vermeer's "Milk Maid" what is that thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-vermeers-milk-maid-what-is-that-thing/1001217)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-vermeers-milk-maid-what-is-that-thing/1001217 "2024-05-09T17:29:41Z")
In VerMeer’s “Milk Maid” what is that thing on the floor behind her? It could be a simple boot scraper, or a step stool, but it seems to have some sort of gear or “works” inside of it. The patterns of holes in the top … --- ## [A short tutorial on making simple, abstract, watercolor cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-tutorial-on-making-simple-abstract-watercolor-cards/1000796)
**Author:** [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-tutorial-on-making-simple-abstract-watercolor-cards/1000796 "2024-04-26T18:54:24Z")
Hi. I made a tutorial on how to make simple, watercolor cards. Here is the YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtOzGopvs7k I am not an artist but even I can do something like this, so I am sure you can as well… --- ## [What is your “guilty pleasure” hobby that you wish you had more time to dedicate to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-guilty-pleasure-hobby-that-you-wish-you-had-more-time-to-dedicate-to/999331)
**Author:** [@NegativeZer0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NegativeZer0)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-guilty-pleasure-hobby-that-you-wish-you-had-more-time-to-dedicate-to/999331 "2024-03-26T18:11:17Z")
I have two, and I call them “guilty pleasures” because they both seem entirely unlike what my outward persona would portray to people as stuff that I like (I am an attorney, work in an office, spend tons of time reading … --- ## [Recommend a good SVG editor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-svg-editor/997792)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-svg-editor/997792 "2024-02-26T01:14:19Z")
I have need for an SVG editor, but none of the ones I’m finding online seem to have what I need. I have some SVG files, that have some shapes that are right up against other shapes, and so have merged with them. So wha… --- ## [Uproar over "Sexualised Jesus" picture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uproar-over-sexualised-jesus-picture/997185)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uproar-over-sexualised-jesus-picture/997185 "2024-02-14T23:42:45Z")
I wasn’t sure where to put this, but it’s art, so… I guess they think that Jesus shouldn’t look like a “pretty boy”? I don’t think if he existed, he looked much like this, anyway. But clearly, people are afraid this pic… --- ## [I have to decorate 150 rocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-decorate-150-rocks/997002)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-decorate-150-rocks/997002 "2024-02-05T18:26:52Z")
I have to decorate rocks with a fairy theme. The front should have a picture of a fairy and the back will say West Coast Womynsfest 2024. I am hoping I can go to some crafting store and buy something like some sort of p… --- ## [Obama portraits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-portraits/808760)
**Author:** [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-portraits/808760 "2024-01-30T18:11:56Z")
Yesterday, two portraits of the Obamas were unveiled. They are not the White House portraits, but they are the portraits that will sit in the National Portrait Gallery in DC (an outstanding museum, by the way). Compar… --- ## [Is it correct to refer to some of Edvard Munch's The Scream versions as chromolithographs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-correct-to-refer-to-some-of-edvard-munchs-the-scream-versions-as-chromolithographs/995778)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-correct-to-refer-to-some-of-edvard-munchs-the-scream-versions-as-chromolithographs/995778 "2024-01-09T19:18:00Z")
Is it correct to refer to some of Edvard Munch’s The Scream versions as ‘chromolithographs’? I’ve only ever seen these versions referred to as lithographs. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/arts-crafts/30.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=arts-crafts)