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Electric Rain
20 Oct 2020

Electric Rain

by Connie | posted in: Blog, Classes, Painting | 6

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

#arthistory, #Atmosphericperspective, #cityscape, #linearperspective, #Misty #LightingEffects, #oilonaluminum, #waterreflections
Shimmering Luminosity
10 Oct 2020

Shimmering Luminosity

by Connie | posted in: Blog, Composition, Painting, Reading List and Thoughts | 7

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

#colorcontrast, #Misty #LightingEffects, #waterreflections, luminosity
Building Color Vibrancy
28 Sep 2020

Building Color Vibrancy

by Connie | posted in: Blog, Classes, Painting | 18

Our eyes are designed to see colors in daylight. The brighter the light the better our cones can sense the micro wavelengths of yellows and reds especially. As light is diminished we detect less color but, we can still accurately … Continued

#arthistory, #artinstruction, #colorcontrast, #oilpainting

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