You are in the. . .
GALLERY
This room runs half the length of the house. It is currently bathed in the soft opal light of the morning sun filtered through panels of diffused glass arrayed along the peak of the high, arched ceiling. The floor is of highly polished, deep cerulean and cloudy white marble tile. And tall, arched windows look out upon the sparkling bay just to the east. The gallery contains an eclectic mixture of art and sculpture collected from many worlds and times. Here are some collections of art from one of my favorite shadow Earths.
Google Art ProjectThe Metropolitan Museum of Art The Museum of Modern Art Fine Art America Web Gallery of Art The Watercolour World Artcyclopedia Artsy - an online resource for art collecting and discovery Deviant Art Artstation 70s Sci Fi Art Unofficial Frank Frazetta Fantasy Art Gallery Ralph McQuarrie Star Wars concept art Boris Vallejo's Artwork Graphicine - Tim White(and many others) Visual Melt - The art of Michael Whelan Dark Art — Hans Rüdi Giger The art of Mark Ferrari Pinterest - The art of Syd Mead Astrona - Sci Fi/Space/Fantasy Art Streamline Moderne architecture gallery on Pinterest Grid Paint gallery Animated pixel art by Mattis Dovier eBoy Pixel Art Database Animated pixel art scenes Pixel Joint pixel art Noirlac on tumblr - pixel art archive 16colors art gallery The Cover Project - Retro Game Box Art Ted Nasmith - Tolkien art Tolkien art on Curiator The One Ring - artist galleries John Howe portfolio OldBookIllustrations.com(archived) Arkm's Favorite Pics and Gifs Arkm's Blinkies and Pixel Creations
An art studio opens off of the gallery and is the second level of the tower, just above the Round Room. It contains a wooden easel, colored pigments, and several large sketchbooks scattered haphazardly upon a small glass table. Here, one may find many useful lessons on various drawing techniques.
- dueysdrawing tutorials
- ArtGraphica - Learn to Paint, Draw, and Sketch
- howtodrawit
- artyfactory lessons
- dragoart
- howtodrawmanga
- howtodrawcomics comic art tutorials
- How To Draw Step By Step Drawing Tutorials
- Comic Book [Graphic Design] - how to draw
- drawingnow
- Alphonso Dunn - wonderful Youtube videos on all aspects of drawing with pencil and ink
- Lineke Lijn - Youtube videos on how to draw with charcoal pencils
- Bob Ross - The Joy of Painting videos
- Pixel art tutorial by drububu.com
A threshold draped with strings of beads opens across the gallery from the art studio.
There is a door through a wide archway
on the west wall.
A long hallway intersects the gallery at its north end.
A set of carpeted stairs
just before the studio leads up.
A set of wide stairs located about halfway down
on the west wall leads up.
A set of spiral stairs at the northwest corner
of the gallery leads up.