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Paint an Old Master in Minutes (no brushes required!)

Futurate today announce the launch of an innovative new website for art lovers of all ages - www.oldmasterflash.com.

www.oldmasterflash.com is a 21st Century tool for creating beautiful paintings in the style of great artists, beginning with the Italian 'mannerist' painter Guiseppe Arcimboldo.

Arcimboldo is most famous for the intricate portraits of his patrons and friends that he constructed out of objects such as fruit, fish, water, fire and other items.

The website offers visitors the opportunity to create new Arcimboldo style paintings through an easy to use web based painter that allows the speedy manipulation of over 50 ready-made image stamps. Site members can save a painting that is in progress, upload an image to use as a template for a new painting (for example a photo of a family member), display a painting in a publicly available galley, save their painting to their hard drive and rate the creations of their fellow artists (all without having to spend years in a freezing attic studio!).

www.oldmasterlfash.com is fun and a great way to learn. Plus, it’s completely free for everyone.

"we wanted to create something that was an innovative antidote to dry websites about art, by offering web users the chance to engage with historical artists in a different way. We also wanted to showcase our skills as creative web developers who could use leading edge technologies such as CakePHP and Flash to build innovative community focused websites. I think we succeeded". Jonathan Grove, Managing Director - Futurate

As membership of the site grows Futurate plan to extend the roster of artists that are on the site to include other world famous masters such as Picasso and Dali.