Since I consider this blog to serve as a diary, not only of my artistic journey and discovery, but also how my personal journey affects my art, I need to speak of the sabbatical that I have taken from my work and blog over the past 2 months. Above is a photo of some...
Using diagonals or “armatures” became very important to me about 12 years ago. I found it was like taking coat hangers and finding ways to carefully hang the “coats of my designs” on them. Since I have been talking about the use of diagonals to...
Just like using color harmonies, planning compositions can be a complex issue. And if anyone knew how to plan out composition, it was Vermeer… One of the reasons we like to look at paintings is that reality is filtered through someone else’s vision....
Commissions of animals can be complex. So much to think about! This is Phin. A commission from a mentoree and it is quite spectacular. Look at all that texture! But maybe too much texture? Phin is named after the Miami Dolphins and so the artist wanted to know if it...
Now let’s put color harmony knowledge to work. I love taking a painting and then making it “snap” to a color chord. I have gotten a bit off-track with all the analysis of color harmonies, so let’s go back to paintings from mentorees… Here is another...
