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Deeper Space
8 Sep 2020

Deeper Space

by David | posted in: Blog, Classes, Composition, Painting | 11

Whether painting an abstraction, a still life, a portrait, a landscape or almost any image the ability of the artist to evoke the sensation of space will attract and sustain the attention of any viewer.  There are many modes for … Continued

#arthistory #artinstruction, #Atmosphere, #Atmosphericperspective, #composition, #waterscape
Creating Translucence with Layered Patterns
1 Sep 2020

Creating Translucence with Layered Patterns

by David | posted in: Blog, Classes, Composition, Painting | 13

Nature offers us myriad harmonized and ordered patterns.  Courtesy of their DNA plants leaf in repeated patterns (example 1). Crystals reconstruct their patterns as they grow. The arrangement of fish scales vary subtly across their repeated lines. You know I … Continued

#arthistory #paintingwater, #artinstruction, #translucence, #waterscape, #waves
Under The Influence of Historic Postcards
25 Aug 2020

Under The Influence of Historic Postcards

by David | posted in: Blog, Classes, Composition | 10

Artists often look to alternative sources for inspiration. Picasso wandered through the Trocadero Museum in Paris and discovered inspiration in African Masks. Gauguin traveled to Tahiti. Monet looked to the Japanese woodcuts of Hokusai and Hiroshige. Artists of the late … Continued

#arthistory, #artinstruction, #postcards, #translucence, #waterreflections
To Abstraction and Back
17 Aug 2020

To Abstraction and Back

by David | posted in: Blog, Classes, Composition, Painting | 20

Monet’s late water lily paintings demonstrated nature’s capacity to inspire abstraction for later 20th century abstract painters.  While Cezanne complimented Monet for his color harmonies he bemoaned his lack of formal structure. Monet did use classic serpentine designs but, he … Continued

#abstraction, #arthistory, #arthistory #paintingwater, #artinstruction, #waterreflections
Fractured Light Effects
10 Aug 2020

Fractured Light Effects

by David | posted in: Blog, Classes, Composition, Painting | 12

In the multi millennial pursuit of representing our world in 2 dimensions we have devised mathematical formulas like Euclid’s theorems on perspective and Brunelleschi’s demonstrations of linear perspective. We have used mirrors, viewing windows subdivided with a cross grid of … Continued

#abstraction, #arthistory, #artinstruction, #fineartpainting, #oilpainting, #waterreflections
In The Shallows
3 Aug 2020

In The Shallows

by David | posted in: Blog, Classes, Composition, Painting | 4

In the 1400’s we find artists experimenting with translucent water effects. A few unpersuasive noble attempts show a bare foot semi-submerged in clear water. The surface of water is indicated with only a few strands of wavy light pigment. We … Continued

#arthistory, #arthistory #artinstruction, #arthistory #paintingwater, #fineartpainting, #translucence, #waterreflections

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