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Create 3D Illusions with Translucence and Shadows
30 Oct 2020

Create 3D Illusions with Translucence and Shadows

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

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

#arthistory #paintingwater, #leavesinwater, #oilpainting, #translucence, #watercolor
Electric Rain
20 Oct 2020

Electric Rain

by David | 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 David | 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 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

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