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The motif of painting wet city streets was not in the pictorial canon prior to the mid 19th century no doubt because city streets were rarely bricked or cobblestoned. Even those surfaces were not as smooth and evenly reflective as … Continued
We have a preference for certain aesthetic patterns. In decorations we enjoy symmetry because regular repeated patterns do not distract us with irregular interruptions in the pattern. The reverse is true for paintings or sculpture. In a painting or sculpture … Continued
The appearance of submerged subjects vs. subjects resting on or above water has long beguiled artists. Leonardo Da Vinci was the first to successfully evince the illusion of translucence. Previous artists had tried but their efforts appear unpersuasive to modern … Continued
EXPERIMENTS IN LANDSCAPE PAINTING WORKSHOP – OCTOBER 28, 2020 at 1:00pm EDT (2-2.5 hrs.) – $35.00 Join artist, teacher and Emmy award winning David Dunlop In this 2-2.5 hr. online landscape painting workshop live from his studio. Explore new techniques … Continued
With modern Cities came paved streets. With smooth and wet paved streets artists found new visual menu. Rain hits the smooth surface and spreads out like glass as it searches for depressions and flow opportunities. On relatively level surfaces rainwater … Continued
As neurobiologist, Margaret Livingston observed Claude Monet built his wondrously luminous paintings from the principle of equiluminance. In his early and famous “Impression Sunrise” painting (example 1) we see the blue grays are the same value or brightness as the … Continued