I had jury duty last week. Thank God I got out after 1 and 1/2 days. I did bring my lap top and some American Artist Magazines with me. So I got some work done. To my chagrin I can't remember the artist I have stolen this idea from but it was in a recent AA Magazine. And it was a female. She wrote a simplified book which inspired me to write my own. Basically I agreed with her that the most important thing an artist can get into the habit of doing is squinting. When I first started painting I wrote SQUINT on a piece of paper and put it in between me and the still life set up so I would hopefully remember once I got into painting. Here is my new book,
THE BIG ART BASIC BOOK
CHAPTER I HOW TO PAINT
SQUINT
CHAPTER 2 HOW TO DRAW
KEEP CHECKING PROPORTIONS
CHAPTTER 3 HOW TO DESIGN
SIMPLIFY (REREAD CHAPTER 1)
CHAPTER 4 HOW TO UNDERSTAND VALUE
IT’S EITHER LIGHTER OR DARKER (REALLY REREAD CHAPTER 1)
CHAPTER 5 HOW TO UNDERSTAND COLOR (TEMPERATURE)
IT’S EITHER COOLER OR WARMER (YOU GOT IT, REREAD CHAPTER 1)
CHAPTER 6 HOW TO CORRECT YOUR PAINTINGS
GET UP AND WALK AWAY FOR 10 MINUTES. WHEN YOU RETRURN
LISTEN TO YOUR INITIAL GUT FEELINGS; SOME SHAPES MAY NEED TO BE DARKER, WARMER, LIGHTER, COOLER (AND MAYBE IN THAT ORDER)
IF THE COMPOSITION OR DRAWING IS OFF YOU PROBABLY NEED TO START AGAIN.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Monday, December 1, 2008
Homage to Morandi in watercolor
After doing the set up in oils I did a couple in watercolor. These are 3x4 inches on RTsTx board.
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