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Photos to Paintings: Building Bridges
11 May 2020

Photos to Paintings: Building Bridges

by David | posted in: Blog, Classes, Composition, Painting | 8

Let’s go for a walk.  We’ll start in Brooklyn Heights where we find and climb  a set of steep steps up to the walkway across the Brooklyn Bridge. I once lived in Brooklyn Heights near the base of that Bridge. … Continued

#artinstruction, #brooklynbridge, #cityscape, #linearperspective, #paintingarchitecture
Floral Layers, Moves to Abstraction
1 May 2020

Floral Layers, Moves to Abstraction

by David | posted in: Blog, Classes, Composition | 1

We have so many tools to help us create ambiguity. Photographs can be manipulated in the camera and, in software and, in the printer. After printing an image I occasionally  overprint it with another but, dissimilar image. I expect a … Continued

#abstraction, #artinstruction, #fineartpainting, #landscapepainting, #paintingflora
When Light Makes Noise
15 Apr 2020

When Light Makes Noise

by David | posted in: Uncategorized | 9

Noise can be considered a background event like clutter which we must see through to find meaning like,”where did I leave my keys amidst all this clutter?” Noise is usually an atmosphere of interference through which we must sift to … Continued

#artinstruction, #Forestpainting, #landscapepainting, #oilpainting
Translucence through Layering
8 Apr 2020

Translucence through Layering

by David | posted in: Blog, Classes, Painting | 8

First, let’s not confuse transparency with translucence. A transparent layer is an invisible layer like a clean window pane. A translucent layer offers varying degrees of transparency from barely noticeable to an almost imperceptible thin tint of color. This tinted … Continued

#artinstruction, #Atmosphericperspective, #colorcontrast, #translucence, #waterscape
Surface Tension
31 Mar 2020

Surface Tension

by David | posted in: Blog, Composition, Painting | 5

Water flow can leave a trace of its previous activity in the earth (Example 1).  Artists find themselves behaving like the earth, observing, capturing and responding to the experience of materials in contact with water. Waterborne or water-buried the relationship … Continued

#arthistory #artinstruction, #artinstruction, #composition, #waterscape
Flow Patterns
10 Mar 2020

Flow Patterns

by David | posted in: Blog, Composition, Painting | 3

According to Professor Adrian Bejan’s book, Design in Nature, a scientific treatise on flow states he observes “The configuration of a flow system is not a peripheral feature. It is the defining feature”. Flow determines the shape of a system … Continued

#artinstruction, #Atmosphericperspective, #colorcontrast, #composition, #landscapepainting, #oilpainting

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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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