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Create Infinity with Zig Zag
29 May 2021

Create Infinity with Zig Zag

by David | posted in: Blog, Classes, Composition, Painting | 6

A zig zag, meander, or serpentine pattern offers much to the artist. It can help unite disparate areas of a painting. It can serve as a metaphorical shape packed with mythical meanings. And, through foreshortening it can provide a strong … Continued

#arthistory, #arthistory #paintingwater, #brooklynbridge, #composition, #fineartpainting, #linearperspective, #oilpainting
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
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
Descending Perspective, Falling River
30 Jun 2020

Descending Perspective, Falling River

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

I imagine you have driven on hilly winding roads. As the road ascends it can appear to end at the hill’s climax. It appears to cease to exist. It appears as the edge of the end of the road. If … Continued

#arthistory, #arthistory #paintingwater, #composition, #linearperspective, #waterscape
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

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