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Choreographing the City with Abstract Energy
30 Mar 2021

Choreographing the City with Abstract Energy

by David | posted in: Blog, Classes, Painting, Uncategorized | 0

Da Vinci observed problems with linear perspective and hard outlines. We don’t see like that! He saw that natural perspective curves, perhaps as the result of our eye’s convex lens. He further observed that edges were not sharp and hard … Continued

#abstraction, #arthistory, #artinstruction, #cityscape, #linearperspective, #visualperception, NYCart
Ghosts in the Architecture
29 Dec 2020

Ghosts in the Architecture

by David | posted in: Blog, Classes, Painting | 2

Painting and Architecture share a fanciful history. Ancient Roman artists enjoyed describing architectural space in frescos and mosaics. Their images were not what we today call realistic. But, they were perceived that way then. Audiences shift their needs and perceptions … Continued

#abstraction, #arthistory, #artinstruction, #cityscape, #linearperspective, #Misty #LightingEffects, Classes
Reflecting Lights
20 Nov 2020

Reflecting Lights

by David | posted in: Uncategorized | 4

The motif of painting wet city streets was not in the pictorial canon prior to the mid 19th century no doubt because city streets were rarely bricked or cobblestoned.   Even those surfaces were not as smooth and evenly reflective as … Continued

#artclasses, #arthistory, #cityscape, #Misty #LightingEffects, #oilpainting, #onlineartclasses, #waterreflections
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
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
Redesigning The City
17 Mar 2020

Redesigning The City

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

Gathering to shape and design buildings, monuments and towns begins with Gobekli Tepe in Turkey 10,000 to 12,000 years ago. The early monuments were 12 meter tall T-shaped totems. If we fast-forward to the present we still see this as … Continued

#brooklynbridge, #cityscape, #linearperspective, #Misty #LightingEffects, #oilpainting

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David's Visions of Venice Live Online Workshop. We
David's Visions of Venice Live Online Workshop. We hope that we will see you this Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 1:00pm EDT for David's Visions of Venice Live Online Workshop. Please note that the Workshop will start at 1:00 pm EDT.
Join David in this 2-hour Visions of Venice Workshop to explore the joy and beauty of painting the atmosphere and play of light, water and reflections of Venice. David’s exciting new live online demonstration workshop on March 18 will explore different Visions of Venice, which has been a magnet of romance and mystery for artists throughout the centuries. He will briefly present iconic paintings of Venice by JMW Turner (1775-1851), Venetian view painters such as Antonio Canaletto (1697-1768) and Francesco Guardi (1712-1793), and later paintings by John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) and Claude Monet (1840-1926). David will then paint a demonstration painting in mixed media (oil and acrylic) and will experiment with how to create the textures, atmosphere and motion of Venice with different tools and palettes. We hope that you can join David and create your own view of Venice. 
There are no personal painting critiques in this Workshop, but David will be happy to answer any of your questions.
You will also receive access to an online recording for the Visions of Venice Workshop. If you cannot join us for the live Workshop, you can also register and watch the recorded version of the Workshop at your convenience. You are invited to paint along with David or just relax with a sandwich (or whatever). 
You will receive the Zoom Link to the Visions of Venice Workshop in your registration confirmation and also again on the day before and the morning of the Workshop, so you will always be able to reach us.
We hope to see you there! You can register at www.daviddunlop.com.



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