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Building Color Vibrancy
28 Sep 2020

Building Color Vibrancy

by David | 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
MIst and Mystery
15 Sep 2020

MIst and Mystery

by David | posted in: Blog, Classes, Composition, Painting | 24

Once Leonardo DaVinci introduced European artists to atmospheric distance with blurred S’fumato effects we were on our way to using mist as an agent for mystery. And, Once Claude Gelee introduced European artists to atmospheric perspective in the 1600s we … Continued

#artinstruction, #Atmosphere, #Atmosphericperspective, #oilpainting, #PaintingFog, #photography
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

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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

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Filtered Sunlight, oil painting 24x24 inches 61x61
Filtered Sunlight, oil painting 24x24 inches 61x61cm. Join me for online demonstrations and classes for 3 Tuesdays in June. Register at daviddunlop.com.  se 35 new paintings at Susan Powell Fine Art in Madison CT  or online at susanpowellfineart.com #waterlilies #pondlife #sunlit #sunspots #contemporarylandscapepainting #colorharmony #cuadro #quadro #peintureabstraite #peinturealhuile #huile #olio #oleo #pinturaaloleo #pitturaadolio #ölgemälde #gemälde #bild #abstract_art #hiddenplaces #shadowandlight #intheshadows #naturepainting #blue #blueandyellow #bleu #solitude #azzurro #azul #estanque

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Join David this Saturday for his new Live Online Painting Workshop - Landscapes of Spring (Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 1:00pm EDT). David also invites you to an Opening Reception this Friday from 5-8pm at Susan Powell Fine Art for his new painting Exhibition - LUMINOUS ATMOSPHERES. The exhibition will be open from May 19 to June 17 (Susan Powell Fine Art | 679 Boston Post Road |Madison, CT | 203-318-0616).
We hope that we will see you at David's new Live Online Tuesdays in June Landscape Painting Workshops (June 6, 13 and 20, 2023 at 11:00 am EDT). He will demonstrate new landscape painting compositions in each class in his unique style blending art history, issues of perception and painting techniques. You also can submit a painting for David’s critique and David will be happy to answer any of your questions. You will also receive a bonus recorded version of the Workshops. You can register at www.daviddunlop.com and we hope to see you there!#daviddunlop, #oilpaintingclasses, #paintingworkshop, #paintingwater, #paintingreflections, #paintinglandscapes, #oilpaintingtechniques, #onlineartcourse#onlineart #artclass, #oilpaintingclass,#skypaintings, #lightpaintingart #seascapepaintings #springlandscapes



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