tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18515392237859303552024-03-13T01:54:31.725-07:00Hoffmann WatercolorsHoffmann Watercolorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15688849398572134388noreply@blogger.comBlogger566125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851539223785930355.post-80831708733783121412022-11-11T17:27:00.002-08:002022-11-12T06:54:35.588-08:00Free For All<p> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Here’s a quick color study made with a big brush on small paper. The result is </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">almost entirely </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13pt; white-space: pre;">shapes with just about no lines at all.</span></p><p><span id="docs-internal-guid-8ba51df1-7fff-fd6d-fb0b-ffda47ac9933"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWBHcxBAoCpWtU5uTWkOAV15PVhZwVEYrU7RraBPo1iTkGdnvcsLbow6kxA4y43ATugY5qHsvNcSEHLvjVY4k2kaaW1n-ctjTSak0kYnEpeNXkvy9G-OftLVRkFpdrhbVVxAz_-DZIQ9vxgV5ALrfa8Rbae28_DCOVfoimRaIH_lADJJbd1m_PJRUu/s3021/IMG_E0767.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3021" data-original-width="2171" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWBHcxBAoCpWtU5uTWkOAV15PVhZwVEYrU7RraBPo1iTkGdnvcsLbow6kxA4y43ATugY5qHsvNcSEHLvjVY4k2kaaW1n-ctjTSak0kYnEpeNXkvy9G-OftLVRkFpdrhbVVxAz_-DZIQ9vxgV5ALrfa8Rbae28_DCOVfoimRaIH_lADJJbd1m_PJRUu/w246-h342/IMG_E0767.jpg" width="246" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Here’s another shape painting, by Jacob Lawrence. Both works begin with </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">plans, by the </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13pt; white-space: pre;">way.</span></p><p><span id="docs-internal-guid-1ba24c03-7fff-7733-1e33-12a7f8348e38"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWOp79_Pm3WzEcSMKtOvuPN_hz_I1BnHrUWgRefZxK1p1uNr8oraSCocCZrkip7G3fmm0VcW0Ku6Y1FYaGhkLugWJZpH1EIcSt5bqDKmWUB5PkSFJIQKKOY8nl2P430UgFEMiPgrRFbGbKo8ya7QsB10AZFBxRz5fxqvvUeX0OogxpBSkhaFrqGd_S/s480/the-migration-series-no-58-1941.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="363" data-original-width="480" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWOp79_Pm3WzEcSMKtOvuPN_hz_I1BnHrUWgRefZxK1p1uNr8oraSCocCZrkip7G3fmm0VcW0Ku6Y1FYaGhkLugWJZpH1EIcSt5bqDKmWUB5PkSFJIQKKOY8nl2P430UgFEMiPgrRFbGbKo8ya7QsB10AZFBxRz5fxqvvUeX0OogxpBSkhaFrqGd_S/w339-h256/the-migration-series-no-58-1941.jpg" width="339" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Now for a line - dominant scene by Lyonel Feininger. Here, even the shapes </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">are made by </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13pt; white-space: pre;">surrounding them with lines.</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvc1QsJMqPOVDzEV9u_bOy7ND1fcEw7DQUNLHH2hQVDNyqzxUv9wTx7qdla-4ZYe8cU1zkGOBo36y5l3Pkh54Z6xlK_49CqokqKfJhl-620fBMJzWXCJj0spHzzGNEIDeOjbdbtTSJy3pLKgYauDmcwnYe160UtrHnA-VoccAIjfVHns-uMsyaINvh/s283/images-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="178" data-original-width="283" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvc1QsJMqPOVDzEV9u_bOy7ND1fcEw7DQUNLHH2hQVDNyqzxUv9wTx7qdla-4ZYe8cU1zkGOBo36y5l3Pkh54Z6xlK_49CqokqKfJhl-620fBMJzWXCJj0spHzzGNEIDeOjbdbtTSJy3pLKgYauDmcwnYe160UtrHnA-VoccAIjfVHns-uMsyaINvh/w340-h214/images-2.jpg" width="340" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Finally, here’s a mix of lines and shapes from George Post, who made his elegant </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">compositions </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13pt; white-space: pre;">from careful pencil drawings.</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOobD65X_wbbxH9SzEfVeZym4bvzgc-5qmU3Vlbf8fuNUjuNoAus3XHt17AqKuTGF84ekfhsh-RUq1KxLUNSC7l7s5UyrWwxhigSOHA5NgFocKz7HYZbobwC4oYXEx3wowUiTuA9vc4FcufZqi9fVECtpuQTFbK1fCjyWliu10NL-rArh3yUScRo3P/s1280/GEORGE%20POST%20-%20MASTER%20OF%20DESIGN%20AND%20SIMPLICITY.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1048" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOobD65X_wbbxH9SzEfVeZym4bvzgc-5qmU3Vlbf8fuNUjuNoAus3XHt17AqKuTGF84ekfhsh-RUq1KxLUNSC7l7s5UyrWwxhigSOHA5NgFocKz7HYZbobwC4oYXEx3wowUiTuA9vc4FcufZqi9fVECtpuQTFbK1fCjyWliu10NL-rArh3yUScRo3P/w273-h333/GEORGE%20POST%20-%20MASTER%20OF%20DESIGN%20AND%20SIMPLICITY.png" width="273" /></a></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">When you are interested in combining lines and shapes you can begin by taking </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">note of what </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13pt; white-space: pre;">those around you do on purpose. It is just as useful for realism and </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13pt; white-space: pre;">abstraction.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13pt; white-space: pre;">Find an image to paint that gets you thinking about what is made of shapes and </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13pt; white-space: pre;">what is made </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13pt; white-space: pre;">of lines. Remember that you are in charge.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-df4950c7-7fff-390f-d79b-a63fe3768138"></span></div>Tom hoffmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727946823939793562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851539223785930355.post-222386205859760882022-11-04T07:30:00.001-07:002022-11-11T17:28:46.762-08:00We Found the People!<p> Let's do some work practicing painting people in watercolor. Look up artists whose paintings you admire. Chances are you'll like their people, too.</p><p>A couple of things to keep in mind; </p><p>It's better to make your figures too tall than too short.</p><p>Legs are longer than we think and heads are not that big.</p>Tom hoffmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727946823939793562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851539223785930355.post-13407568683059247642022-10-28T09:53:00.001-07:002022-10-28T09:53:36.997-07:00Using Edges to Create an Illusion of Space<p><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Using edge quality to create an illusion is familiar territory to most realist artists. It is especially important for watercolor painters, for whom the meaning of the shapes and strokes are realized by the behavior of the water. Look at this detail from a watercolor landscape. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVxKA2tQA8mnD7TaaowOT-OGf-dlNz1ha6RN7QSOto2y2cwQdqKKvc_E3Twx1BSsv1TW3FQDGWZs-3_sCfSXSmXT1eG2Cf3sbuLdAQ3_VLrwo9zarqFW2mSHA0gjSJ7qE5it4GenbC-9m-GiSkIdJb_HSCkUqHpeq6Jco-Zt8CqvsXLrxLRXxfQGRn/s1665/PC142531.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1665" data-original-width="1555" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVxKA2tQA8mnD7TaaowOT-OGf-dlNz1ha6RN7QSOto2y2cwQdqKKvc_E3Twx1BSsv1TW3FQDGWZs-3_sCfSXSmXT1eG2Cf3sbuLdAQ3_VLrwo9zarqFW2mSHA0gjSJ7qE5it4GenbC-9m-GiSkIdJb_HSCkUqHpeq6Jco-Zt8CqvsXLrxLRXxfQGRn/s320/PC142531.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><br /><p></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-88e996d8-7fff-c22b-5903-16fb28efbaba" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can see that the paper was wet when the pattern of the background was applied, and suddenly dried when it reached the foreground. The abrupt change of edge texture reveals which shape was meant to seem to be in front. The illusion is also supported by color temperature changes along a transition line between background and foreground, but it is definitely what happens where hard edge meets soft that accounts for most of the impression of space. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1sf3xSjykOjAd8tCwdhACBYQOf4PGzC_Myz0tXHJR_9aeaRKa9p4JETki1efscr3irGjmW2N-Pv4wZfRm8ARIbK38qTOXq5JxcrYoSyGg0nC01bjND6tCDXvT_ozIxYF3rajp7t-Grj4ZXK7GUsDlvqpYlPwhmaJRdHQFqYavNMQpj-K5Tzcs074s/s2836/IMG_0714.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2377" data-original-width="2836" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1sf3xSjykOjAd8tCwdhACBYQOf4PGzC_Myz0tXHJR_9aeaRKa9p4JETki1efscr3irGjmW2N-Pv4wZfRm8ARIbK38qTOXq5JxcrYoSyGg0nC01bjND6tCDXvT_ozIxYF3rajp7t-Grj4ZXK7GUsDlvqpYlPwhmaJRdHQFqYavNMQpj-K5Tzcs074s/s320/IMG_0714.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-CcECj_j_Gv44yZ-R0mEQHRpvd-O1r9qaV386tjMWmgd-oViAc3NSVBNudj2o7owRrHQDFsPwkty3iN8wx-wpzaCVXUR9rfCRf6lxCV8F893xPuGZANWdoaW5eXcVKvKTJ4MWDY7EQUi_Jo4OVbzfQl1s7ZWVw_zRofXiWne8deUD85oBpw4kwef/s4032/IMG_0966.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-CcECj_j_Gv44yZ-R0mEQHRpvd-O1r9qaV386tjMWmgd-oViAc3NSVBNudj2o7owRrHQDFsPwkty3iN8wx-wpzaCVXUR9rfCRf6lxCV8F893xPuGZANWdoaW5eXcVKvKTJ4MWDY7EQUi_Jo4OVbzfQl1s7ZWVw_zRofXiWne8deUD85oBpw4kwef/s320/IMG_0966.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Choose a picture from your own collection or use one of these and experiment with hard and soft edges. Can you see the location of the major shapes change when you alter the edges?</span></p></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;" />Tom hoffmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727946823939793562noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851539223785930355.post-28209125673059551652022-10-21T12:49:00.002-07:002022-10-28T09:55:54.769-07:00The Paint Itself<p>In addition to the usual elements of a realistic painting in progress, such as color distribution or the illusion of light, a watercolor painter often needs to pay attention to and make decisions about the look of the medium itself. Is the paint worth looking at as a collection of brushstrokes apart from what it is a picture of?</p><p>Look at this watercolor by Georgia O'Keefe. The paint has been set free to flow and the transparent strokes are encouraged to allow light to pass through the subsequent layers. See how setting the strokes free demonstrates that the subject matter can be made from nothing but the beautiful paint</p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvd-EElTaJZWdyicrutn6OTTrXJQ3jOkkxeWJYf3CZK3S6gojt9uZoCVHXv2g0ODGAuuCsXTYJ-0RkpTKgiwZ9Qya2KLDinxAJWHUV6wh-qvncz_HYfamIsS7KPjejPa-MvLqXBEVVnQBFzIu_E9m7sil4_QA3QHXEEbRUKgSzvcp5FG7_KRO9zw4G/s297/images-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="170" data-original-width="297" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvd-EElTaJZWdyicrutn6OTTrXJQ3jOkkxeWJYf3CZK3S6gojt9uZoCVHXv2g0ODGAuuCsXTYJ-0RkpTKgiwZ9Qya2KLDinxAJWHUV6wh-qvncz_HYfamIsS7KPjejPa-MvLqXBEVVnQBFzIu_E9m7sil4_QA3QHXEEbRUKgSzvcp5FG7_KRO9zw4G/s1600/images-2.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not every watercolor is first and foremost about the paint..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are two from John Marin : one that Scratches it's way across the page </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and another that swims gracefully.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD7qexUcxGC67xKYeDNQzzvQP73WwY-wJTPS0VcftuQPSETbCFjKSy4UMH2iFivZTBCw4GdQNuBnTGzQU54LfesKFygFnRWQzsD2aLS_OIoTXR1w4cbcXZX1VSahtYHGGjZz1gvLOd3dTbKXZ3kfz2c6XKQuTFYsxkGxHF92cTAD3Jj-NIbe2uQvxs/s220/download.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="181" data-original-width="220" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD7qexUcxGC67xKYeDNQzzvQP73WwY-wJTPS0VcftuQPSETbCFjKSy4UMH2iFivZTBCw4GdQNuBnTGzQU54LfesKFygFnRWQzsD2aLS_OIoTXR1w4cbcXZX1VSahtYHGGjZz1gvLOd3dTbKXZ3kfz2c6XKQuTFYsxkGxHF92cTAD3Jj-NIbe2uQvxs/s1600/download.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How about making two versions of an image from one of these painters or another of your choice</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and consider, for example,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">how would Arthur Dove have painted the scene or object?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How about Marsden Hartley?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Charles Burchfeld?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Helen Frankenthaler?</div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div>Tom hoffmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727946823939793562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851539223785930355.post-49311680263833704092022-10-13T16:54:00.004-07:002022-10-28T09:57:03.778-07:00Green Light<p><br /></p><p>Here's a motif we saw several times in last week's critique. The first layer was mostly soft-edged and pale, more shapes than lines.</p><p> The collection of marks still has no content when the second layer is applied. It is heading toward recognizable content, but without any third layer darks we have to guess what we're looking at.</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdmx8hAiUqhm12-d4AqhdvMh1TAoppOiTUjzJ6HKtzatJKv5d9JfqJhKsr9SBzVlbRziZblPWLmEaM0JtrCjkVPd-TbYDbo5nMo0HG45_sHmyLpKOCs2ZZ-jjyhEFdqJcCflb8z59TcEt4DSupPa6WR-eQxOR-BbYLQTDb3avrfcdmgxge0hO8yu5p/s2530/Hoffmann%20Green%20Light%20%2010x14%20%202017.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1756" data-original-width="2530" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdmx8hAiUqhm12-d4AqhdvMh1TAoppOiTUjzJ6HKtzatJKv5d9JfqJhKsr9SBzVlbRziZblPWLmEaM0JtrCjkVPd-TbYDbo5nMo0HG45_sHmyLpKOCs2ZZ-jjyhEFdqJcCflb8z59TcEt4DSupPa6WR-eQxOR-BbYLQTDb3avrfcdmgxge0hO8yu5p/s320/Hoffmann%20Green%20Light%20%2010x14%20%202017.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This collection of shapes becomes meaningful right away. Just about everything happens by the time the second layer is composed. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQ4V2YHUpmnZyU1Z6SBlGBo7nMqeBzXHYM1HNaelpDLc0Gmav6d_X9nZpSeX8VjlfoXGhD4XvdUloOS2kWc3Q5aNQZs1eez5EhOdFZ966IBON1ff6k9YdNZgfFP5rHqzpEW1g4Akm5DnIv8zHZ6nDzXnF_YTGzvwAElSYLt3TdxUzCI04QrtAfY1I/s2798/Hoffmann%20Stellar%20Nursery*%20%2022x30%20%202017.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2085" data-original-width="2798" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQ4V2YHUpmnZyU1Z6SBlGBo7nMqeBzXHYM1HNaelpDLc0Gmav6d_X9nZpSeX8VjlfoXGhD4XvdUloOS2kWc3Q5aNQZs1eez5EhOdFZ966IBON1ff6k9YdNZgfFP5rHqzpEW1g4Akm5DnIv8zHZ6nDzXnF_YTGzvwAElSYLt3TdxUzCI04QrtAfY1I/s320/Hoffmann%20Stellar%20Nursery*%20%2022x30%20%202017.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here's a combination of shapes and lines built along a traditional track that stops at light, middle, dark and ultra dark, picking up context along the way. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Feel free to work with recognizable form and/or abstraction. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Be prepared to describe how your painting unfolds</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPRR0uZ7WBAntQY8A6sIgAGbb5Zfk9tfrDoetgY3lYAISF64WnaCUxcK57D-tWsZOt5V1uUunATLxw21RWyqakzkg2IZ_kpLhOQz1gR63Kdxpq4TXZ_NPoAH5me2xZ-cOMlem50QmU-Gjm-vAjz6n3DrY_anBqDgE0PsiPBcxS7GNfUP9f4FYeW924/s750/IMG_6521.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="559" data-original-width="750" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPRR0uZ7WBAntQY8A6sIgAGbb5Zfk9tfrDoetgY3lYAISF64WnaCUxcK57D-tWsZOt5V1uUunATLxw21RWyqakzkg2IZ_kpLhOQz1gR63Kdxpq4TXZ_NPoAH5me2xZ-cOMlem50QmU-Gjm-vAjz6n3DrY_anBqDgE0PsiPBcxS7GNfUP9f4FYeW924/s320/IMG_6521.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Tom hoffmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727946823939793562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851539223785930355.post-36520667234180486602022-10-06T21:27:00.000-07:002022-10-06T21:27:01.449-07:00Try Not to Try<span id="docs-internal-guid-bd86ea40-7fff-db4c-c423-780558b4deaa"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGTUijIc8losAOZxC9lTEcBlZFsg9carSB8v2BGsq6I1JetEhKgnpVRrAtaxBqLNWrIVadq0ldhAMBl16RO8DFzgC9meTpmWi78yCXB7xSxeArNJzt6G_qz2kqVIJAa5vCBfnfZ0IGUhsa58mEKaSXCZJ0WdZza4vLg074U3liKDSFn2nJTWkKv76Z/s619/susan%20dory%20artist%20-%20Google%20Search.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="619" data-original-width="538" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGTUijIc8losAOZxC9lTEcBlZFsg9carSB8v2BGsq6I1JetEhKgnpVRrAtaxBqLNWrIVadq0ldhAMBl16RO8DFzgC9meTpmWi78yCXB7xSxeArNJzt6G_qz2kqVIJAa5vCBfnfZ0IGUhsa58mEKaSXCZJ0WdZza4vLg074U3liKDSFn2nJTWkKv76Z/s320/susan%20dory%20artist%20-%20Google%20Search.png" width="278" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <i>Painting by Susan Dory</i></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Can you make a thoroughly abstract painting like Joan Mitchell, Helen Frankenthaler or maybe Frank Stella or Donald Judd? Try to make a painting that doesn’t remind you of something else.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Take some time to look up these painters and when you are ready, start painting.</span></p></span><p> </p>Tom hoffmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727946823939793562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851539223785930355.post-80125224855422118962022-09-29T19:26:00.003-07:002022-09-29T19:26:58.339-07:00Cross the Line: Realism>Abstraction<p> We have seen several images that only need a stroke or two, to move from realism to abstraction.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOlh2UWNnt4W1ST3ANJMVe5K2sy-XR3EgLS62jFsxUk0wAL8woDGtJQ4cb6B_67Mtef-VyM-FWvwECIIP59PkXw1fPl5qcCLGqgcnbrdaqQXSIF0jbcPeupY0oxqsXi6-n2X8EixNQw0SIq1ea13eEBjHk71w4nvZvaCvx3jQ2i-pw50_vSpWcB3q-/s4032/IMG_0919.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOlh2UWNnt4W1ST3ANJMVe5K2sy-XR3EgLS62jFsxUk0wAL8woDGtJQ4cb6B_67Mtef-VyM-FWvwECIIP59PkXw1fPl5qcCLGqgcnbrdaqQXSIF0jbcPeupY0oxqsXi6-n2X8EixNQw0SIq1ea13eEBjHk71w4nvZvaCvx3jQ2i-pw50_vSpWcB3q-/w400-h300/IMG_0919.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Look at this image from China Beach. What would it take to nudge this image from the realist to the abstract?<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjausriSQz7LR6ZrA_czp1zEyiQzRli4Z1k91uckpNz490h-ohMqNqag3vNfZFLjPR2GzTCGnjhDK9pcXWL0YB-Ft4rQEXtMK1T5d7V34MAslfqIYJc0DEpClNnMtm_q01oe4Qb6bUl3HuwvNg7gzs4sfuH4z289jryuWscktyhiyQBClKUdYkvnyYG/s2836/IMG_0714.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2377" data-original-width="2836" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjausriSQz7LR6ZrA_czp1zEyiQzRli4Z1k91uckpNz490h-ohMqNqag3vNfZFLjPR2GzTCGnjhDK9pcXWL0YB-Ft4rQEXtMK1T5d7V34MAslfqIYJc0DEpClNnMtm_q01oe4Qb6bUl3HuwvNg7gzs4sfuH4z289jryuWscktyhiyQBClKUdYkvnyYG/w400-h335/IMG_0714.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Can you move this image both ways?</p><p>Give it a try.</p>Tom hoffmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727946823939793562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851539223785930355.post-65897513548553267902022-09-23T15:14:00.000-07:002022-09-23T15:14:17.548-07:00Who's in Charge Here?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XRE1cc-Z1pRGQ6s5BBiRZcNLYGmceIvHw14rcCsvSqRePh-rEB1PVjqe1HxE-FrwYgCbnXahCqouDx3b_WMuovSQ1oHvMuWWpzws98jWMNqQCsCiXiRGk4wrlxDXUI-QokeEJrdSkfBvgibluwaLdyR94aiij-PYBRn6XIfB4Mv0shQiI3kDjYri/s2048/75108384-7F97-4050-9D82-247FEEC8A933.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XRE1cc-Z1pRGQ6s5BBiRZcNLYGmceIvHw14rcCsvSqRePh-rEB1PVjqe1HxE-FrwYgCbnXahCqouDx3b_WMuovSQ1oHvMuWWpzws98jWMNqQCsCiXiRGk4wrlxDXUI-QokeEJrdSkfBvgibluwaLdyR94aiij-PYBRn6XIfB4Mv0shQiI3kDjYri/s320/75108384-7F97-4050-9D82-247FEEC8A933.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> How much information does it take before we can tell what the content is? Here's an altered landscape that has been cut and pasted. Nothing is missing, but scene has been changed significantly. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-WaIKM2Mlkvp8ML_HACOuRrJlZuRjQy2c93Ug9q8ZFKtqiTnQ1KzA7N0kOX93nMmmUZBkWHNLfAGysZWf2Kj5ACWqJgh6tcf_Sx10AayyXsUmskaxjd3fYGvB5ZU49kh1eDV8KL35s9DfworN_UfU0VAM1IfmRtWUD-RPoLakvvmuBNiyZ6tD4kfi/s275/images.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-WaIKM2Mlkvp8ML_HACOuRrJlZuRjQy2c93Ug9q8ZFKtqiTnQ1KzA7N0kOX93nMmmUZBkWHNLfAGysZWf2Kj5ACWqJgh6tcf_Sx10AayyXsUmskaxjd3fYGvB5ZU49kh1eDV8KL35s9DfworN_UfU0VAM1IfmRtWUD-RPoLakvvmuBNiyZ6tD4kfi/s1600/images.JPG" width="275" /></a></div><br /><p>You can have all kinds of fun cutting up an image and then shuffling the pieces before putting them back together in a different order. You might expect to see some crazy, meaningless collages, but give it a chance. The subject needn't be a landscape. For example:</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCEpIHTjybpxKWtkjHhenwQZGPBwbVEo8RVLkBN4nxstfZdz5BFZFzBS0k3_vuCrOwjdPt5pm_Hsj71qEWr2IDDtJuF92Bsx3wHfbN5_Kbl28-SN0tLSAnzotsDV5RyWecKIsKWHP25x8weyd7bV6EtY3k_2HW8kfmcs_PhApxLaIF1zKDaCnTNEj9/s3342/IMG_5333.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2203" data-original-width="3342" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCEpIHTjybpxKWtkjHhenwQZGPBwbVEo8RVLkBN4nxstfZdz5BFZFzBS0k3_vuCrOwjdPt5pm_Hsj71qEWr2IDDtJuF92Bsx3wHfbN5_Kbl28-SN0tLSAnzotsDV5RyWecKIsKWHP25x8weyd7bV6EtY3k_2HW8kfmcs_PhApxLaIF1zKDaCnTNEj9/s320/IMG_5333.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMls8IDDmzgsw4OAyyZlUkGzWe8MnEz8XnOT8tw71XL0Tb6adJjXEZkqRJ3nU6FVJlYsVm4trjV6AelmbnOhPGI6g1QwmaByNTPhLL_rmWUA-loHHY8d2b32x5bdiV9oXpUWwLHlUrKIZUz0RSy1P1634DQRsex9pi5QDN5S1aPvuSYrPQYwWw7iiQ/s500/Hank's%20Bunk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="306" data-original-width="500" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMls8IDDmzgsw4OAyyZlUkGzWe8MnEz8XnOT8tw71XL0Tb6adJjXEZkqRJ3nU6FVJlYsVm4trjV6AelmbnOhPGI6g1QwmaByNTPhLL_rmWUA-loHHY8d2b32x5bdiV9oXpUWwLHlUrKIZUz0RSy1P1634DQRsex9pi5QDN5S1aPvuSYrPQYwWw7iiQ/s320/Hank's%20Bunk.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Use one of these or find your own image, cut it into thirds, reassemble it, and then paint it. </p><p><br /></p><p><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>.</p><p><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><br /></p><p><span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><br /></span></p>Tom hoffmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727946823939793562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851539223785930355.post-70345842722007458382022-09-19T11:13:00.001-07:002022-09-19T11:25:40.474-07:00What a lovely wedding! <p> Sorry to leave you so little time for homework. I'l get right to it.</p><p>Much of the painting work we do skips careful realism and jumps ahead to exaggeration and invention. We can recognize a moment where we may assume that the viewer know whats we are saying even though we've left out most of the available information. </p><p>Here's an image that would benefit from simplification and taking a few chances.</p><p><br /></p><br /><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqILfS8J-b4M-bBKqaGSPlpw3ULGM-sSbl-M9_J_0NvXQ2AY5UkWGPWVAWWo9vBnUvnZSCEUGFb_KYrQoUNZVHoOsZ9uM3ST75EXzEz_kVQzRxsAiKuHjq5xs9EfcvYEtBWvWiwyfKbMx0VTEuhAfjE_rUG-CEqHk6QX0F35JfMk5a76ezy7m8ZCP1/s3264/IMG_1122.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqILfS8J-b4M-bBKqaGSPlpw3ULGM-sSbl-M9_J_0NvXQ2AY5UkWGPWVAWWo9vBnUvnZSCEUGFb_KYrQoUNZVHoOsZ9uM3ST75EXzEz_kVQzRxsAiKuHjq5xs9EfcvYEtBWvWiwyfKbMx0VTEuhAfjE_rUG-CEqHk6QX0F35JfMk5a76ezy7m8ZCP1/s320/IMG_1122.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Here's another. How would you make fewer shapes? Do you need to make clear what all that -made stuff is?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhObCKjqvzIg64Qv8yeODXFbT25FzQfJBKMp1XejbunRUqO9Iq0VGJ8RGLjBHJeCRxox5yhZG1KIyZfpSDtbc7DBQHkWLSyjeqFvk4rZzyj2x-Vj7SBBQOLNhf-oyQlWYoQu2zLOLuvxM5H9l2ew0Fo-MaCWZjEoBKC_yE9xTRMbOIS5G7IfCaj9T5J/s2470/IMG_0209.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2470" data-original-width="1844" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhObCKjqvzIg64Qv8yeODXFbT25FzQfJBKMp1XejbunRUqO9Iq0VGJ8RGLjBHJeCRxox5yhZG1KIyZfpSDtbc7DBQHkWLSyjeqFvk4rZzyj2x-Vj7SBBQOLNhf-oyQlWYoQu2zLOLuvxM5H9l2ew0Fo-MaCWZjEoBKC_yE9xTRMbOIS5G7IfCaj9T5J/s320/IMG_0209.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><p></p>Tom hoffmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727946823939793562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851539223785930355.post-16681908517278745852022-06-17T11:12:00.001-07:002022-06-17T11:12:37.969-07:00As You Please<p> The tradition for the final homework of the term is for everyone to send a piece or two of finished or unfinished work. If you like, here are a few provocative images that you are welcome to use for copying or interpretation.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW7up0KEU_zP0c0xgnsm83sx8BgFEu1MVrtRNvJQijMVWsOP3H-XBwaPNhERP3A-D_Ol2X4B1f7ytoJO0cBGhdLIQXwu91-pDGEKM9opri6olnKWPKPGyKbWIBTzkPcHDBB_9HOdY3o4anWC8xV1JL9VepPa-3UKFkJbG7o1eLqJYLcsaXcOnptFIT/s3264/IMG_0231.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW7up0KEU_zP0c0xgnsm83sx8BgFEu1MVrtRNvJQijMVWsOP3H-XBwaPNhERP3A-D_Ol2X4B1f7ytoJO0cBGhdLIQXwu91-pDGEKM9opri6olnKWPKPGyKbWIBTzkPcHDBB_9HOdY3o4anWC8xV1JL9VepPa-3UKFkJbG7o1eLqJYLcsaXcOnptFIT/w458-h343/IMG_0231.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><p>From many, one. Start with one big. pale shape and add color: light, middle, dark.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgy5cprNzw7Qto2oKUNGanbEO42ZmV2JFO5f83wq-NI-CoaAW5CWEGnDY92hzXKSE75jIvo2BoIB2ML4tG9ZiWAOTM9sWl6LTged9h_TsFzf5PLhee-JLmUVryBIuKYfAw9wpsIQ8BoSD0nnYQjJdk_r5-m_uNXhs1zL3Qp9hA6tVkwk1HTP04EDB7x" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgy5cprNzw7Qto2oKUNGanbEO42ZmV2JFO5f83wq-NI-CoaAW5CWEGnDY92hzXKSE75jIvo2BoIB2ML4tG9ZiWAOTM9sWl6LTged9h_TsFzf5PLhee-JLmUVryBIuKYfAw9wpsIQ8BoSD0nnYQjJdk_r5-m_uNXhs1zL3Qp9hA6tVkwk1HTP04EDB7x=w387-h290" width="387" /></a></div><p></p><p> This Monogram value study is already done.</p><p><br /></p><p><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBALWzXCTgNyDDXjFwy2ruOWir9k5RyXqx396O_-W5NgI2aaU9JOHbidVbDx70BputRWOogZxCAq3Nv2s2KagiSNJac4mUWvq_UUmDGtSgf3vsHGAshx2uxIcmbvwCI-Hfz3Cf121MU4jrbRCR0SNZdksJ4lVd2Bx0bXxVPUAoaAe9wolNLhukXffv/s300/tom-hoffmann-landscape-Ballston-Dunes1-300x206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="300" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBALWzXCTgNyDDXjFwy2ruOWir9k5RyXqx396O_-W5NgI2aaU9JOHbidVbDx70BputRWOogZxCAq3Nv2s2KagiSNJac4mUWvq_UUmDGtSgf3vsHGAshx2uxIcmbvwCI-Hfz3Cf121MU4jrbRCR0SNZdksJ4lVd2Bx0bXxVPUAoaAe9wolNLhukXffv/w363-h249/tom-hoffmann-landscape-Ballston-Dunes1-300x206.jpg" width="363" /></a></span></div><span><br /></span><br /><p></p><p><span>This one would welcome a limited pallet treatment, one warm, the other cool</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span><br /></span><p></p>Tom hoffmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727946823939793562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851539223785930355.post-4522835540853371922022-06-10T07:21:00.003-07:002022-10-23T08:59:45.433-07:00Color by Instinct<p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO1ENH2ayPBhG7Wgfoso30rLhH-taNdI8Dx_rxS3EuLzKCj-bqhu2hnzOq6Z8xCPaI68qQ5F2FlHRQKT_Cg42Zq8mW8A9Vwsc5u_9pssI4OBieiBXikG10sTmwjtyqUxypz4vHdSAvda4J1Dar1TRrQckNQrwaql7cdDALhuLMNqnf6ywx9KM3CR65/s3840/IMG_1389.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2528" data-original-width="3840" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO1ENH2ayPBhG7Wgfoso30rLhH-taNdI8Dx_rxS3EuLzKCj-bqhu2hnzOq6Z8xCPaI68qQ5F2FlHRQKT_Cg42Zq8mW8A9Vwsc5u_9pssI4OBieiBXikG10sTmwjtyqUxypz4vHdSAvda4J1Dar1TRrQckNQrwaql7cdDALhuLMNqnf6ywx9KM3CR65/w422-h278/IMG_1389.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Let's select one of these paintings and simplify the shapes like we did for the monochrome studies, only here we'll copy the colors as nearly as we can. Use as many colors as you please. As an example, in the first image on the right side, there are three different groups of trees, two tall ones and one short. If you have made all three the same what would be an economic way to correct that? As you can imagine, this exercise will benefit from using lots of practice paper.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje0pVZF7xsGFuLuGP9wuKIeSxlLz1J5ciSyb1bw8J2S-4o2AhCm28NML6NE6iTgnZToR7PK6ohtV7IHszHW0fK6A4XQsvZFv7l6Qo2Pq1ba6EKdpgQw8JkGnxyAqf_ZhiLZybEoBmFuE6m-jgdpFZmdvmMYSA-FySY20kLG5qYauST52nDVnubcTy3/s4032/IMG_1156.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje0pVZF7xsGFuLuGP9wuKIeSxlLz1J5ciSyb1bw8J2S-4o2AhCm28NML6NE6iTgnZToR7PK6ohtV7IHszHW0fK6A4XQsvZFv7l6Qo2Pq1ba6EKdpgQw8JkGnxyAqf_ZhiLZybEoBmFuE6m-jgdpFZmdvmMYSA-FySY20kLG5qYauST52nDVnubcTy3/w422-h316/IMG_1156.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYMIfpMfZk-RFczJ4yYxHXMhmlQbKn4Ss0mURuzQIgEk3zEvUhcIycpaXzFelgsOuPeoAwJaEOfTvTAtWV6vaDah3CPwxCbYs97AKQJAt2CNNS6XjAbJjA_r4dyUvvydLha10r0dCsQERXXRrUwJnoLzAMna1XI1z6pQX3NDkzRn4Iy97D9TQuIdmm/s2616/Glacier%20Walk%20NWWS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="2616" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYMIfpMfZk-RFczJ4yYxHXMhmlQbKn4Ss0mURuzQIgEk3zEvUhcIycpaXzFelgsOuPeoAwJaEOfTvTAtWV6vaDah3CPwxCbYs97AKQJAt2CNNS6XjAbJjA_r4dyUvvydLha10r0dCsQERXXRrUwJnoLzAMna1XI1z6pQX3NDkzRn4Iy97D9TQuIdmm/w372-h369/Glacier%20Walk%20NWWS.jpg" width="372" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's it. Pay attention to your technique. Do you adjust the color temperature or the hue to correct your colors? How do you lighten your colors? How does adding the compliment of a color change the mixture? How do you avoid running out of colors? Have fun!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Tom hoffmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727946823939793562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851539223785930355.post-13014833063456119212022-06-03T14:34:00.000-07:002022-06-03T14:34:27.235-07:00Monochrome Value Study<p>Please read this more than once.</p><p>Making a single color study is a valuable tool for any medium. It is a powerful first step toward abstraction. it can reveal the compositional relationships between shapes. It can measure the role of color temperature in creating an illusion of space.</p><p>Like most studies, monochrome value studies begin by locating the major shapes. Drawing helps, but don't get carried away. At this point we need to know <i>where</i> the shapes are, not <i>what</i> they are. Struggling to identify the components prematurely leads to overpainting and to a degree of complexity that is often not necessary.</p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Choose a color that can get dark enough to represent black. Dilute with water to lighten your color, and enrich with pigment to darken it. How many steps your value study takes is usually determined by the complexity of the source image. </p> The relative simplicity of this image suggests a three step study;<div> the light of the waves and some of the clouds, the middle value of the beach and some of the sky, and the dark of the sea stack and the shrubs.<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6qGrRQisMk8Qk8gV_eXrI8YAGA37O76TKuCRjJ8pxZXwDKxQh_fzpLJAPHqKUT6on70Wf6WtupCS6yIm--VShfwu9Djhj-Se4W2Ie_LKQUEn1yYfsG328QBguA8IX0v_LX2aIL6w63-ugMErruDP1UcUGJcEZWbv24WlrsC__d5ZdDpNWXtj45-CY/s4032/IMG_0855.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6qGrRQisMk8Qk8gV_eXrI8YAGA37O76TKuCRjJ8pxZXwDKxQh_fzpLJAPHqKUT6on70Wf6WtupCS6yIm--VShfwu9Djhj-Se4W2Ie_LKQUEn1yYfsG328QBguA8IX0v_LX2aIL6w63-ugMErruDP1UcUGJcEZWbv24WlrsC__d5ZdDpNWXtj45-CY/w385-h289/IMG_0855.jpg" width="385" /></a></div> <p></p>This puddle scene, below. could also be given a simple treatment; light, middle, dark, but the subtlety of the middle value shapes would be lost. It looks like a five step study would be more appropriate; white, light, middle, dark, black.<br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYRGWllpk7zXtKSmtd3WI_-Nf_ZtIp9_NaTdDlL_8GhZwNGaIUWiqHXHExDlNvZChiJZfgbMs0tJTK5rfXCOox5aXseB7uqZ1NzPCm9tne02nP7CphnYYSCzZY7Tdpxg6kPF2V_zIl-OLU6KsNA9umAs1-0n0MNIBqEb357HuxdW9fET1MyLel9Tr_/s4032/IMG_1311.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYRGWllpk7zXtKSmtd3WI_-Nf_ZtIp9_NaTdDlL_8GhZwNGaIUWiqHXHExDlNvZChiJZfgbMs0tJTK5rfXCOox5aXseB7uqZ1NzPCm9tne02nP7CphnYYSCzZY7Tdpxg6kPF2V_zIl-OLU6KsNA9umAs1-0n0MNIBqEb357HuxdW9fET1MyLel9Tr_/s320/IMG_1311.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are a few more; Let the study dry between layers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuUAagkIVlBnerBUiT-9cO5U_2ys3-R01HvcdcHDvMgq9O1Pv5lsYDaLdt9q3qB4FJryxCxtteuXz-AgYYp3T-qpLduhWEOdFOsozPauhvp7xXXUs8b3lqqnEG7OqfCCm0XvFrsHSXOv4i5FQFxVZWlc58AjVIozi16tux4NGaYOggVsPiWEHJiH3y/s4032/IMG_0966.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuUAagkIVlBnerBUiT-9cO5U_2ys3-R01HvcdcHDvMgq9O1Pv5lsYDaLdt9q3qB4FJryxCxtteuXz-AgYYp3T-qpLduhWEOdFOsozPauhvp7xXXUs8b3lqqnEG7OqfCCm0XvFrsHSXOv4i5FQFxVZWlc58AjVIozi16tux4NGaYOggVsPiWEHJiH3y/w320-h427/IMG_0966.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>If you're crazy enough to try painting the rainbow, I recommend practicing.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp-T5kGU-XTIyOSjB3X9rALs0j1F0k4_qBg5xAQCOBwIm6hAPnlxWZNZoL6kHQb41GUQhXxGjOK1nw94CsZSIqnOIEVc6NaC4WTg1yukSTQ6NWc7XByEty0JaywK-fE7A8UXKkpwPEPML-ri6x9vk0V9eDHS-yHtLbfHeZHwR5DMiMgrhvG_GY_KnU/s4032/PXL_20220516_230745321.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp-T5kGU-XTIyOSjB3X9rALs0j1F0k4_qBg5xAQCOBwIm6hAPnlxWZNZoL6kHQb41GUQhXxGjOK1nw94CsZSIqnOIEVc6NaC4WTg1yukSTQ6NWc7XByEty0JaywK-fE7A8UXKkpwPEPML-ri6x9vk0V9eDHS-yHtLbfHeZHwR5DMiMgrhvG_GY_KnU/s320/PXL_20220516_230745321.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Tom hoffmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727946823939793562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851539223785930355.post-19013392651152233082022-05-26T15:03:00.000-07:002022-05-26T15:03:30.827-07:00I'm Just Playing<p>During our critiques and especially after, when I make the rounds and discuss your work one on one with you, I often hear the comment that you are "just playing". I know the idea is that you are experimenting, taking chances, but there is also a bit of the suggestion that this is not your real work and should not be judged. </p><p>I hope I can always encourage you to take chances and be inventive, even if it means in part that you risk being taken seriously. Who is the main judge, anyway?</p><p>I also hear "If I did that again, I'd do that part differently". Do you hear the opportunity in there? Imagine if you really did do it over again every time you said you would!</p><p>For homework, please find a painting among those from the last couple of weeks and identify a passage that would benefit from some analysis and paint it again.</p><p>Feel free to be playful!</p>Tom hoffmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727946823939793562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851539223785930355.post-91973958093562646372022-05-19T09:38:00.000-07:002022-05-19T09:38:47.025-07:00Trees and Freedom<p> When a visual artist identifies where they need to be specific and where they can generalize, then the freedom to invent and have fun with the subject is revealed. Most often, these moments involve developing an understanding of how much descriptive information the hypothetical viewer really needs.</p><p>If your painting is green in the lower area and blue in the upper, chances are it's a landscape. With that important piece of information gained it doesn't take much to tell what the dancing forms below the sky actually are. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here's an example; </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0CzrcZWReij7yhPg01EdCTJXQ86nPJT634SU7FQ7HmjP0Bmhi9EVAghsnVlpsNtXtPJbFEj9rKjhfXSu3W7FLcqRyzMhd3Gq4tiHqdEPS3UB86Qd5wLoONafw8h6LbYQxmE0fHuFGxERTJDnv5ntmE_bhoPXuWmPoiVp3Z6bcByjcb-da1whAqUR5/s2016/image1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1C568HHyeqgHsMbBqi7Rtf0npG-6hVC3S2UnR0N4h3C5fihCIudQPDhSliVid-SzWkMgQqEnL4C1sEcqSGhWahxYUxxf3sbIE7cD79g61lFRUJHH-GBbUpTpashcDSfE4cspdJihSukF1FlaIAq_0WcL-dj3fcuou5i2Fc3RPupAaRver9WVpfksG/s2016/image1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="419" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1C568HHyeqgHsMbBqi7Rtf0npG-6hVC3S2UnR0N4h3C5fihCIudQPDhSliVid-SzWkMgQqEnL4C1sEcqSGhWahxYUxxf3sbIE7cD79g61lFRUJHH-GBbUpTpashcDSfE4cspdJihSukF1FlaIAq_0WcL-dj3fcuou5i2Fc3RPupAaRver9WVpfksG/w314-h419/image1.jpeg" width="314" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbwMyMPmW8ynjuvcbprY1Giur1notxWuifoAmLDb8KG8HdgJS98dfzE6PVIsX85yp4cG3y-06vGqCabgforWp-hY511gNji4anCuPF-wgjI6gMdLYd8r8Wd_fF20PAH-ldxcT9-SNe3_ZLgk1QV28MNE8RbB_7NNyOd0adXHbd1t8yOVeh-ky6CmQz/s4032/IMG_0710.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbwMyMPmW8ynjuvcbprY1Giur1notxWuifoAmLDb8KG8HdgJS98dfzE6PVIsX85yp4cG3y-06vGqCabgforWp-hY511gNji4anCuPF-wgjI6gMdLYd8r8Wd_fF20PAH-ldxcT9-SNe3_ZLgk1QV28MNE8RbB_7NNyOd0adXHbd1t8yOVeh-ky6CmQz/w404-h303/IMG_0710.jpg" width="404" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>And another;<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTyh4S0rpk50QC0PsO6cC0ANhHyfsmfhyFlng4pvMabDhWEjH5ynwsmBZc61ohIncXXmODqnjMKNjM_B1LixtKRdGaAExjjFP__7Ug1GzsjhcPXTh2gvhVFDYmU7qI_MIig35yvJb-W1M_SbPxbBCY9TJyE_esoUR40brMhofvtbnYvgdZSajIXve/s4032/IMG_1245.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTyh4S0rpk50QC0PsO6cC0ANhHyfsmfhyFlng4pvMabDhWEjH5ynwsmBZc61ohIncXXmODqnjMKNjM_B1LixtKRdGaAExjjFP__7Ug1GzsjhcPXTh2gvhVFDYmU7qI_MIig35yvJb-W1M_SbPxbBCY9TJyE_esoUR40brMhofvtbnYvgdZSajIXve/w473-h355/IMG_1245.jpg" width="473" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>What portion of the trees needs to be present? Are some parts more important than others?</div><div>Oh, what do you say, how about just one more?</div><div><br /></div><div><p>For homework, select one photo to work from and paint a refined image that includes only the essential information.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGsd4dB-9Tq2PWrZ6X2-1dam1EJlyrrdzC1Fq5_DUcOhkkggeenb8n2QZMIfFSNkVRiIxiNEd27hMvzNhfcs1A3zPFaLlxovUD0X5FzJy-661jtsh-1ARt977fZ7GZR37sAZ4Ow0buGSZ1mzISQB1HKIdhfryDbSga0moZUj300o5wRDIDMauGQBBx/s2610/IMG_6557.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2610" data-original-width="1922" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGsd4dB-9Tq2PWrZ6X2-1dam1EJlyrrdzC1Fq5_DUcOhkkggeenb8n2QZMIfFSNkVRiIxiNEd27hMvzNhfcs1A3zPFaLlxovUD0X5FzJy-661jtsh-1ARt977fZ7GZR37sAZ4Ow0buGSZ1mzISQB1HKIdhfryDbSga0moZUj300o5wRDIDMauGQBBx/w399-h540/IMG_6557.jpg" width="399" /></a></div></div>Tom hoffmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727946823939793562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851539223785930355.post-6688790802223455682022-05-14T08:32:00.000-07:002022-05-14T08:32:21.580-07:00<p> The Sky</p><p>How much do the skies differ in your landscapes? Do you work on some paintings with a snarl on your face and others with a grin? Do you have a standard cloud pattern that you use on all your work?</p><p>For homework, make a painting with two different skies. You may need to make it one that has nothing but sky above the horizon, so you can just set the second sky on top of the first for the photo. Then send both images to your monitor. </p>Tom hoffmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727946823939793562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851539223785930355.post-82310767434149946702022-05-05T13:31:00.001-07:002022-05-06T07:33:28.644-07:00Full saturation<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkONEE7S3QoxchwVMZXs4I5kNM8sHQPba_uyOh2qJW4lA6wWUWDLICYMunYG4LIfQR8TF4k0bEWOu6xgvIbw_VIyofJOACv4C3-PM-OEB44NFx4dsXLXSXP5saxv7gj3XfLGzW2i7TIBQC1S-Fv4M_ws9YcJZhY1NgYbMZY-PJqxp0Vn1jJy7ev8gc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkONEE7S3QoxchwVMZXs4I5kNM8sHQPba_uyOh2qJW4lA6wWUWDLICYMunYG4LIfQR8TF4k0bEWOu6xgvIbw_VIyofJOACv4C3-PM-OEB44NFx4dsXLXSXP5saxv7gj3XfLGzW2i7TIBQC1S-Fv4M_ws9YcJZhY1NgYbMZY-PJqxp0Vn1jJy7ev8gc=w365-h320" width="365" /></a></div><br /> The darkest darks in this image are approaching opacity. Any more pigment in the mix and the paper would be throughly masked. But don't back away yet! Some of the most beautiful passages remain to be laid down; the red barn, the warm grey fence and the cool grey window wall. There is still room to use color and value to contrast the shadows and the sunlit areas.<p></p><p>Too often we stop short of the real limit, thinking the paint will lose its sacred transparency. The demo this afternoon was designed to encourage you to deliberately broaden the range of what is acceptable . If you stay out of the water bucket your paint will get darker and thicker by definition.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiODnaOtQFZZs31fuIxDIzwbnvFJCn8HzOgNgb-ruTCnxm83y_vt-Cf8cTQ7Bnm2lRlnoVzmem_cA6zx9WR-rDpXaHHXdoG53uH4YhjgVz9_Q6VtzN7bEy2LuAlDiG2fvnMl4wAObFq63TKC_HQb5YPB4TWltPtfy2PZckrzKTYcvsSB92xNyy7doaW/s3014/IMG_7311.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3014" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiODnaOtQFZZs31fuIxDIzwbnvFJCn8HzOgNgb-ruTCnxm83y_vt-Cf8cTQ7Bnm2lRlnoVzmem_cA6zx9WR-rDpXaHHXdoG53uH4YhjgVz9_Q6VtzN7bEy2LuAlDiG2fvnMl4wAObFq63TKC_HQb5YPB4TWltPtfy2PZckrzKTYcvsSB92xNyy7doaW/w405-h329/IMG_7311.jpg" width="405" /></a></div><br /><p>You can experiment with how to use the fact that watercolor dries lighter than it appears. Make a wash of a powerful dark to cover the snow. Now add some super dark, made from pthalo blue and transparent pyrol orange, and use your homemade black to make the tufts of grass and saplings.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple more to try. Make the darks as dark as you can , then make an even darker dark after that one dries. You should find just enough to make a layer that that is thick and dark enough to make profound depth but still fluid enough for the strokes to flow into each other.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3pssrxo1ObBF-0NZ_4wageCS1nMQuSRASSeOKpEsw4dzTTiPjWbw0bCICv5WxkudELCNYghCkAXTnigICh-XylmUNLpQUo1vipulmbqA8f7roykbLrZwQu1DXwURhTZ1Xoypl2KXMr3u02FzYbIoKoWdB1lrI_05Sbtf5DvSYH5g0gPd9XQjEe9D7/s3264/IMG_0105.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3pssrxo1ObBF-0NZ_4wageCS1nMQuSRASSeOKpEsw4dzTTiPjWbw0bCICv5WxkudELCNYghCkAXTnigICh-XylmUNLpQUo1vipulmbqA8f7roykbLrZwQu1DXwURhTZ1Xoypl2KXMr3u02FzYbIoKoWdB1lrI_05Sbtf5DvSYH5g0gPd9XQjEe9D7/w426-h319/IMG_0105.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Tom hoffmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727946823939793562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851539223785930355.post-74004621646261371202022-04-28T14:04:00.003-07:002022-04-28T14:04:55.035-07:00Beautiful Paint <p>Looking at the watercolors of John Singer Sargent we encounter some areas of simple, gorgeous paint and other contradictory passages of great care and complexity, often in the same painting.</p><p>Take a look at the grass between the gassed soldiers' legs. Sargent knew that the carpet of green with just a scant specific blade was sufficient to describe lush grass. The gas mask, on the other hand, needed much greater care to identify.</p><p><br /></p><p>A similar comparison of Winslow Homer's early and later watercolors reveals a very different attitude toward the fluidity and transparency of the paint</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6A17Woxy9oieMjkdrf15O20M15vBcd7wBvF3P7uURrXCDdUgCWBmxIzYJr3Jv60AkTNgj-iQOBIKdTdDv-iYdZCbumJ_L6q5RSVVgD8iYoTnGbds40NMGM-_8qD8PXtMuMntEhmW3ck6RWoRcbiXSoWs7wAdB1Mr3yWUCacTgwPP3mJ7fAtXWjC0J/s720/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="515" data-original-width="720" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6A17Woxy9oieMjkdrf15O20M15vBcd7wBvF3P7uURrXCDdUgCWBmxIzYJr3Jv60AkTNgj-iQOBIKdTdDv-iYdZCbumJ_L6q5RSVVgD8iYoTnGbds40NMGM-_8qD8PXtMuMntEhmW3ck6RWoRcbiXSoWs7wAdB1Mr3yWUCacTgwPP3mJ7fAtXWjC0J/w469-h336/4.jpg" width="469" /></a></div><div> </div><div> Sargent</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br />A comparison of Winslow Homer's early and later watercolors reveals a similar change in Homer's brush handling. In the early years the artist was more concerned with narrating various stories than he was with celebrating the fluidity and transparency of the paint.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgBLieJ8SEnRDxhvADcaeMJlCWu0kf6w9J_js-tbN57dM4zAVs-xBA2lo0Tl5ixYoyHj7hLYHV4IoupKAYX-80M4eahjBb25HrGH7qN80y2Bz8LW3xVAwnUGIpIfJbYl08VoaTnpUsXVSQjRoYB8cAcYyq918jlZb-ys0bd0DGZEiNaiQUvQonhQ3x/s588/d6c273b3-e00c-4e11-b1a7-8d111470204f.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="588" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgBLieJ8SEnRDxhvADcaeMJlCWu0kf6w9J_js-tbN57dM4zAVs-xBA2lo0Tl5ixYoyHj7hLYHV4IoupKAYX-80M4eahjBb25HrGH7qN80y2Bz8LW3xVAwnUGIpIfJbYl08VoaTnpUsXVSQjRoYB8cAcYyq918jlZb-ys0bd0DGZEiNaiQUvQonhQ3x/w406-h287/d6c273b3-e00c-4e11-b1a7-8d111470204f.jpg" width="406" /></a></div> </div><div> Homer</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-qWP2yUDsuOyz4zHqxpMbkX6379sZu7Uhm_YhtvFR6AThyXryL_ih6tsWGFe63yxiCA6_JGQ_mmOIVymLvQFXskmbsin9LXoQHqFh0bks6YhewfJhk4S1AtPmZzpWnopgvGpWnsv2DxJHGOSniImmdV8z2xxW9sf8qN33A_j0ePG3mPIYLgaHX40/s560/e9908a57-6f1e-43ee-9d01-b379fa845729.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="395" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-qWP2yUDsuOyz4zHqxpMbkX6379sZu7Uhm_YhtvFR6AThyXryL_ih6tsWGFe63yxiCA6_JGQ_mmOIVymLvQFXskmbsin9LXoQHqFh0bks6YhewfJhk4S1AtPmZzpWnopgvGpWnsv2DxJHGOSniImmdV8z2xxW9sf8qN33A_j0ePG3mPIYLgaHX40/w271-h384/e9908a57-6f1e-43ee-9d01-b379fa845729.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Homer</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4d7QfpbGkvQLNE7GIkU1zJLnzXHnzLxBKVWdMv0HCGtiZGFUjCDa-wR_HrTwM-rr1XPPuxwhzUGsY0Z66Tl3S5uBLMAo-8eMBccvXH62H2lUqKDjjShsMstZUJNlMKgXN1U3SX8sIubB9mehbNF0b_wF3jKdQWn-EPi2U95_34eyu-pdwprCpgwc6/s740/18d283f5-04d0-46f4-8f6b-f3cc3475cefe.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="492" data-original-width="740" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4d7QfpbGkvQLNE7GIkU1zJLnzXHnzLxBKVWdMv0HCGtiZGFUjCDa-wR_HrTwM-rr1XPPuxwhzUGsY0Z66Tl3S5uBLMAo-8eMBccvXH62H2lUqKDjjShsMstZUJNlMKgXN1U3SX8sIubB9mehbNF0b_wF3jKdQWn-EPi2U95_34eyu-pdwprCpgwc6/s320/18d283f5-04d0-46f4-8f6b-f3cc3475cefe.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For Homework, select one of your own paintings, one you are very familiar with, and make a version</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of it that you don't have to correct.The idea is that the painting is one of thousands of versions that are </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">perfect enough.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Tom hoffmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727946823939793562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851539223785930355.post-27859396605515016412022-04-21T14:42:00.000-07:002022-04-21T14:42:41.990-07:00The Bumper Sticker<p><br /> Now and then we discuss the all important phrase ; Shape first, then texture, if necessary. The idea is to remember to keep your brushwork general until the painting calls for more specificity, if it ever does. </p><p>One way to stay open is to work on wet paper, at least for the first layer. Take a look at these examples;</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1opoFTHEwaX1TowcW6yhEXwZiBc5s5TxXl_yEkkLL3FiRLxE3DvUni3GIAHcrFoxyI0YWEAPVt-686BkZNZcPvw6uxm3G1ySF59-As9cva4kDrR-gHPRhueX44D56qN4RNjawvmU9P5iwmgCCetMH8Fy8mhRI8ILIjeKVgewrku_BkfGIK-il8tvq/s600/Rex_Brandt-Mud_Puddl_5E219A_2_grande.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="411" data-original-width="600" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1opoFTHEwaX1TowcW6yhEXwZiBc5s5TxXl_yEkkLL3FiRLxE3DvUni3GIAHcrFoxyI0YWEAPVt-686BkZNZcPvw6uxm3G1ySF59-As9cva4kDrR-gHPRhueX44D56qN4RNjawvmU9P5iwmgCCetMH8Fy8mhRI8ILIjeKVgewrku_BkfGIK-il8tvq/w320-h222/Rex_Brandt-Mud_Puddl_5E219A_2_grande.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p> Rex Brandt</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="215" data-original-width="325" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggkTq_-sqIK1UWtgqEnnaqbtWJTlZh8hCnr3szyvg6D2-3oBWA2evMWqi1E0q9_w9WHS7NxyJuRgOfGsh3ZhSYEGgjkV2WsRoJNx_sryyjHxodmyoDpP-6st29gQ41AoaDCJbZMI2okQ3a6JS7V-o9-SXt3gIog6aw8FQJY-2SYJ6BTIF81Vp4byE2=w464-h342" width="464" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rex Brandt</div><div>Brandt usually began a painting by wetting the whole sheet and blocking in the major shapes.. Can you imagine what the first layer of either of these paintings looked like?.For each shape there was a solid </div><div>wash of color into which the damp brush was touched, making mid-value forms. like the blue green pattern in the water.</div><div><br /></div><div>Would you like to make an interpretation of one of these? If not, how about one of the two photos?</div><div> </div><div>If you have a photo of your own, by all means use that.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP0DsqCUGZV_I-DTfHUW84mkRAv1FGAnkNykmDXagiLbwjkSWWUp4uXhE175Da950TGK-f-jTYroZxloYcY4YTOcnZaki2CTn0jAQ4jpEyjM04Jy6r9bbbSyKT8oXiS0JPmY-jKVzyalcgn4Edr7kYokr1D32GJyh7awb3RelkpT6u-9KnPVxBjn26/s3264/IMG_2222%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP0DsqCUGZV_I-DTfHUW84mkRAv1FGAnkNykmDXagiLbwjkSWWUp4uXhE175Da950TGK-f-jTYroZxloYcY4YTOcnZaki2CTn0jAQ4jpEyjM04Jy6r9bbbSyKT8oXiS0JPmY-jKVzyalcgn4Edr7kYokr1D32GJyh7awb3RelkpT6u-9KnPVxBjn26/s320/IMG_2222%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg24rYfZq0_DPYJsTsF-0IhfHRkf0L3qeQ3-xRu6N8Qdj9E3OJcWNmB7l-hV5PLIOSjlwD3PPtL3xHxA62zgjrCXF_KZWogLI5hJNqIjC2zGG0KYT9XUIBkhzGfLTXpYMc9ALjtVMOTYdFyY35ltJZK2JFivefER_U490SdNCoGuqQBTObmDrQkh9ll/s2357/IMG_0282.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1837" data-original-width="2357" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg24rYfZq0_DPYJsTsF-0IhfHRkf0L3qeQ3-xRu6N8Qdj9E3OJcWNmB7l-hV5PLIOSjlwD3PPtL3xHxA62zgjrCXF_KZWogLI5hJNqIjC2zGG0KYT9XUIBkhzGfLTXpYMc9ALjtVMOTYdFyY35ltJZK2JFivefER_U490SdNCoGuqQBTObmDrQkh9ll/w462-h322/IMG_0282.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><p></p></div>Tom hoffmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727946823939793562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851539223785930355.post-28448419982363608482022-04-06T14:59:00.000-07:002022-04-06T14:59:25.151-07:00The Patterns<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's a marine scene from Leslie Frontz, and a farm from George Post, below. Both pantings make use of simple patterns that rely on the <b>context</b> to help the viewer recognize the subject.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhum-UqU_Bz7FShw7hc4Dns82OZ8cmqhrNp1UsSb9ZaBVVy9zZ0wFJrSLiAKDK0JcHj39uI07RnVkzQyy3-4cQ5RRGAftkmMt47bGezL_ngydSCcmhwgwKsWnWlVtROgwPdatU2YMb18ZClSQbi21YFnW-jPmgZBnB0fz5f7we7Y6CHLs1j3c1i81c/s500/QuietMorning.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="382" data-original-width="500" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhum-UqU_Bz7FShw7hc4Dns82OZ8cmqhrNp1UsSb9ZaBVVy9zZ0wFJrSLiAKDK0JcHj39uI07RnVkzQyy3-4cQ5RRGAftkmMt47bGezL_ngydSCcmhwgwKsWnWlVtROgwPdatU2YMb18ZClSQbi21YFnW-jPmgZBnB0fz5f7we7Y6CHLs1j3c1i81c/w496-h378/QuietMorning.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">By themselves, the dark, squiggly shapes behind Frontz's rowboat have no meaning, but in the presence of the edge of the water we have all the information we need to make a pretty good guess where we are.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZepr8jF5N0csUlIJUlzHWinT6q4c6BkPRY7ZkPhrQ47zv5necCWv6tn6oEuz_WuOHFsh9o2-Q54Tv2t5QNt8AdIh1w5c7hbeKFG7xuhj2HHFXGppBr8kj_bmJ4hACTuP3avIviFkLmAi6KH9OTJmd6-EWW-lIDpdJP9NrkMwDfvyP1zV1lsVBeZDg/s272/download.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="186" data-original-width="272" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZepr8jF5N0csUlIJUlzHWinT6q4c6BkPRY7ZkPhrQ47zv5necCWv6tn6oEuz_WuOHFsh9o2-Q54Tv2t5QNt8AdIh1w5c7hbeKFG7xuhj2HHFXGppBr8kj_bmJ4hACTuP3avIviFkLmAi6KH9OTJmd6-EWW-lIDpdJP9NrkMwDfvyP1zV1lsVBeZDg/w378-h258/download.jpg" width="378" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">P<span style="text-align: left;">ost's patterns in the Farm scene are even simpler to "read". With its pointy green strokes we can tell what kind of tree that is on the right, and those simple curves in the surface of the ground plane are unmistakeable.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">The message here is that we don't have to paint everything. It is not your job to make sure the viewer recognizes </span><span style="text-align: left;">exactly what everything is.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Meanwhile ...It <i>is</i> part of your job to make the patterns you devise engaging to look at completely apart from what they represent. After all, paint on paper is all there is. If it's not fun to observe then we have missed our mark.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglcVsFIAFkGdgMSs4nwriwZBmuEo_2T0O4tl9ztBQCOFya62DNQ-G2qV-dRqi73DnAAUPJW1x1d19fnHlUVeT1xywjKw_uIk3Z9LSmCC-0_5t9rVw3V3q4J1JKb2ahqjjOsT1OiqavQXBhOHUE2-5DWTDWKVF8PnQE8u2g87Zz5KIu9B0c1ZIOxWJo/s3264/IMG_1022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglcVsFIAFkGdgMSs4nwriwZBmuEo_2T0O4tl9ztBQCOFya62DNQ-G2qV-dRqi73DnAAUPJW1x1d19fnHlUVeT1xywjKw_uIk3Z9LSmCC-0_5t9rVw3V3q4J1JKb2ahqjjOsT1OiqavQXBhOHUE2-5DWTDWKVF8PnQE8u2g87Zz5KIu9B0c1ZIOxWJo/s320/IMG_1022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8dg2u63V4Nq38kBEukGALAHSAMKxnAJ0hRDUn2TQnIC25pJ7S22t4t1n3RIhAGVi6wUkiSNWB2SxqBVga6NQI7DTf3mO9opesdnFwQouD-UgpqxLUplnP7_33ghUl8qR6EgJNj3ny8uQYCt-c12b2EuOUmuSxzl8y4a-7OipMiRuNP4mteVeC5BAk/s3264/IMG_2868.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8dg2u63V4Nq38kBEukGALAHSAMKxnAJ0hRDUn2TQnIC25pJ7S22t4t1n3RIhAGVi6wUkiSNWB2SxqBVga6NQI7DTf3mO9opesdnFwQouD-UgpqxLUplnP7_33ghUl8qR6EgJNj3ny8uQYCt-c12b2EuOUmuSxzl8y4a-7OipMiRuNP4mteVeC5BAk/s320/IMG_2868.jpg" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQT7dJAuTV56K5P066fVkRxAjb--SLCLRB8D4b_pQmy2aOPIDLnNzZ9FFej6_1Ml0eZKzh7eV4W41r19_kzP7AxwEQYs1U5j_0kOYcmmJwzrZbg2RD2YpJKyG6zbvbgpQPK4fmuTPRULOTbinZT1oFE9TL1YsxPvAIybHti8nmPl0K7nXG1dH-qFyY/s4032/IMG_1246.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQT7dJAuTV56K5P066fVkRxAjb--SLCLRB8D4b_pQmy2aOPIDLnNzZ9FFej6_1Ml0eZKzh7eV4W41r19_kzP7AxwEQYs1U5j_0kOYcmmJwzrZbg2RD2YpJKyG6zbvbgpQPK4fmuTPRULOTbinZT1oFE9TL1YsxPvAIybHti8nmPl0K7nXG1dH-qFyY/s320/IMG_1246.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> </div><div style="text-align: left;">For homework, please select one or more of these images and use patterns to simplify your interpretation. Karen, this might be a good time to let everyone know when the images should be submitted</div><div style="text-align: left;">Have fun</div></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Tom hoffmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727946823939793562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851539223785930355.post-43487429756947565642022-03-24T17:02:00.002-07:002022-03-25T08:20:05.171-07:00General First, Then Specific, as Needed<p> Many excellent painters begin by blocking in the major shapes while the paper is still wet. Using pale colors, they allow the shapes to run into one another, making a very general statement that comprises all soft edges. In this stage, the work in progress is more concerned with <i>where</i> the shapes are than<i> wha</i>t they are.</p><p>For RexBrant and Trevor Chamberlain (and many others) this is the best time to find out whether the viewer has sufficient information .They can pause and wait for the paint to be dry enough to receive the next layer one stroke at a time .</p><p>Look for a scene or an image that invites a soft-edged first approach and practice till you have faith that the picture will come together when the hard-edged darks are added. The two here are meant for observation. It's best if you find an image of your own to practice on.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG-yJrzA_s8tF01Gz1pM8IdjYBLOpoJe43e6fR74CZvbWmYyvsYt5kZhJA0hG2z7Y4ma8CTlE9t6qUyywG80AR1ZdvSMuqs5zfPJGGDc4Ftr1ygK2zd7nfcMwfWvzAE06fystXWHjeCwLigE8SbFkjf5eklVFxRzxdV4MA-9VecAs6m3LdfmoMuhVR/s2257/IMG_1274.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="2257" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG-yJrzA_s8tF01Gz1pM8IdjYBLOpoJe43e6fR74CZvbWmYyvsYt5kZhJA0hG2z7Y4ma8CTlE9t6qUyywG80AR1ZdvSMuqs5zfPJGGDc4Ftr1ygK2zd7nfcMwfWvzAE06fystXWHjeCwLigE8SbFkjf5eklVFxRzxdV4MA-9VecAs6m3LdfmoMuhVR/w429-h350/IMG_1274.jpg" width="429" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAPp_7Awi0fqLiZvZVa3aZwtk1VtViS4dbCvkvkcJzVEqHYN1paCkvGhZWtemeHtsyO6RJ8c6nkFeTMz7tdKjhHkXu1sh6xxh-i_IQiQyx3f3W5aGYoMRbDDmKHt-QGEIotExoT4n_oC9UgrnDeX8-OnwZPavukfzl1JKNuI2igJJ_xvhtW5gGYfIv/s2613/IMG_1284.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2024" data-original-width="2613" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAPp_7Awi0fqLiZvZVa3aZwtk1VtViS4dbCvkvkcJzVEqHYN1paCkvGhZWtemeHtsyO6RJ8c6nkFeTMz7tdKjhHkXu1sh6xxh-i_IQiQyx3f3W5aGYoMRbDDmKHt-QGEIotExoT4n_oC9UgrnDeX8-OnwZPavukfzl1JKNuI2igJJ_xvhtW5gGYfIv/s320/IMG_1284.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Can you picture these when only the first layer was present?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Tom hoffmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727946823939793562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851539223785930355.post-33415256127460463622022-03-17T13:11:00.001-07:002022-03-17T13:11:54.442-07:00Copying, not Duplicating<p>Here's a painting full of light and loose brushstrokes. If you chose to make a copy what would you want to make sure you managed to include? The warm and cool distribution? How about the hard and soft edges, or the simplicity of composition? It would help to be able to see which elements of the copy are essential to your purpose.</p><p>Take a look at the green firs that stick up higher than any other shapes. What if the tallest one was in the middle rather than on the left? Would the copy still do justice to the original? What if you decided you were more interested in the<i> feel</i> of the copy rather than its visual accuracy? Here are a couple more images to consider copying. </p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUpflct-t5GLElEuQB5lmlz2nXeOIGbag12gQnA-9q51BvW_oIBJSdu5CKG2dJIwLvR7lO9H9b--b7pJmWESgmj2T-MVGhAcuAn_3dwMznQHa6VsOrjFXXWv6aCujsfTeekpZcfn-9WKM2dR5NdnMnZYmZrUWPPGzGa7NyNgD-V_oarJfMlctfnlYg=s2802" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="2802" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUpflct-t5GLElEuQB5lmlz2nXeOIGbag12gQnA-9q51BvW_oIBJSdu5CKG2dJIwLvR7lO9H9b--b7pJmWESgmj2T-MVGhAcuAn_3dwMznQHa6VsOrjFXXWv6aCujsfTeekpZcfn-9WKM2dR5NdnMnZYmZrUWPPGzGa7NyNgD-V_oarJfMlctfnlYg=w443-h309" width="443" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhG1XIIPePLVnO5zeaTkZjOIyJCrcWbyhpujMZgwvL-3lTXIdZaTQSGj-riruJIct53FKDNYuxdiZETAMnuKmWXmtufP-ptssdOf8R6ejojzuYX9pn6CuzaQdUpIy6OpHmdLcgK-fwREVAOgog87nnFXKE_g3nuwxip6RAurwDSeiGPnFQjuLK3DcKu=s2716" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2716" data-original-width="2113" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhG1XIIPePLVnO5zeaTkZjOIyJCrcWbyhpujMZgwvL-3lTXIdZaTQSGj-riruJIct53FKDNYuxdiZETAMnuKmWXmtufP-ptssdOf8R6ejojzuYX9pn6CuzaQdUpIy6OpHmdLcgK-fwREVAOgog87nnFXKE_g3nuwxip6RAurwDSeiGPnFQjuLK3DcKu=w311-h400" width="311" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTu3l_AOwOc5BUqCD2F2JGJnSr5Nvv1hZGksTZWWHjQuf-Mc5aLassGeOKbPzOS6IrhzErkqZxGfau_9yfxntPMj830tr7qzWIpod5dS8MiZSmTVGeCfL2tZT0O4bNi7c0u9E9L9Y4dPtiL4hI0BJkc6a7Zd-eQTh7zOzpw19cJ0ae8p_TnPFkTZvE=s3840" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2528" data-original-width="3840" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTu3l_AOwOc5BUqCD2F2JGJnSr5Nvv1hZGksTZWWHjQuf-Mc5aLassGeOKbPzOS6IrhzErkqZxGfau_9yfxntPMj830tr7qzWIpod5dS8MiZSmTVGeCfL2tZT0O4bNi7c0u9E9L9Y4dPtiL4hI0BJkc6a7Zd-eQTh7zOzpw19cJ0ae8p_TnPFkTZvE=w320-h430" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Tom hoffmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727946823939793562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851539223785930355.post-60122792082449924812022-03-11T11:03:00.000-08:002022-03-11T11:03:21.159-08:00Creating Symbols by Simplifying Components of the Landscape<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGydUNUx4UTWT0vEELMAXRvpQddVdYGuaa2386tmTpwjgebxYiYznj-mAqclOKL7IdpyFwbnAx6qVulmGJDmz1Vgm5kGhwIUD-QAzI4irIXbRkJkVdwdiSe7Xc47Htmbx5CIY4naQtGioU_vEhFB4g-sOMyp_fy3karHgzgRgzdfRDQWvrxI3vXtP5=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGydUNUx4UTWT0vEELMAXRvpQddVdYGuaa2386tmTpwjgebxYiYznj-mAqclOKL7IdpyFwbnAx6qVulmGJDmz1Vgm5kGhwIUD-QAzI4irIXbRkJkVdwdiSe7Xc47Htmbx5CIY4naQtGioU_vEhFB4g-sOMyp_fy3karHgzgRgzdfRDQWvrxI3vXtP5=w370-h277" width="370" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This landscape could hardly be simpler. Details, in the form of texture, have been removed completely and replaced with symbols of an agricultural landscape. Ironically, the result is very realistic.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For the viewer, it is easier to identify what's missing than to edit out the inessential. They are more likely to say,"You missed a spot!" than to point out detail that needs to be edited. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZ2V3SZyVkm1Gl1uIi8NLQAWyDoKcmoYZAtfjYzGqD8OXRXd4-sUnHhgtiYecPInJvdjQWcnUXt01x8dhDb55Awv4krzLMxYDrNyHI7JD0eDev8lhHozQ6C_pgM3G43EZAme-msQiP5EN2MF7RUR6flHbgzycuO-W9eOQOnxnyfyRb6VmDsv66ooDF=s2788" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2788" data-original-width="2069" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZ2V3SZyVkm1Gl1uIi8NLQAWyDoKcmoYZAtfjYzGqD8OXRXd4-sUnHhgtiYecPInJvdjQWcnUXt01x8dhDb55Awv4krzLMxYDrNyHI7JD0eDev8lhHozQ6C_pgM3G43EZAme-msQiP5EN2MF7RUR6flHbgzycuO-W9eOQOnxnyfyRb6VmDsv66ooDF=w296-h400" width="296" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Alpine firs, right? You can tell by the elongated shapes and small stature. Not a needle in sight. The first layer was the pale,overall shape, then a mid-value triangle for each bough. Finally, the dark trunk, a la George Post. The painting with the fewest strokes wins the jackpot.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are a couple of photos to practice on.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5JxmVX6q8gVFu38Kigj4DQl-nab9llIV7fOscjalITKrql3DKdwNAeQPNIvWtIFEHLFvrAmHq94WZyk31xkKe_JGJr6H3a-MGCvgn2_PUXVgWhTmv4ioT_ca04H7izzVlcw8hSIDV0HrU51kKRYlU5c_oDOHqMLPqirXlqhZ4oH0-0oKRdOoCvXsA=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5JxmVX6q8gVFu38Kigj4DQl-nab9llIV7fOscjalITKrql3DKdwNAeQPNIvWtIFEHLFvrAmHq94WZyk31xkKe_JGJr6H3a-MGCvgn2_PUXVgWhTmv4ioT_ca04H7izzVlcw8hSIDV0HrU51kKRYlU5c_oDOHqMLPqirXlqhZ4oH0-0oKRdOoCvXsA=s320" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><br /></p><br /> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvfdSX3pUWzdLa9uXMNyK1I7Ck6Fm5vBBEkWKYPS-h3mPIq8EJZtfr5-isKYJgK_--fwKYAT94tPq5ADmsGUgXVA_m6bLV_fm_hEcDQv-w2x10t4Zq0YIX_kXQMZaC9bZHIV7cWFuMwtnbsMpvhQhxz5sDZaw8oSz-tRYRFjXBe7HkgNqYPBKXcLA-=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvfdSX3pUWzdLa9uXMNyK1I7Ck6Fm5vBBEkWKYPS-h3mPIq8EJZtfr5-isKYJgK_--fwKYAT94tPq5ADmsGUgXVA_m6bLV_fm_hEcDQv-w2x10t4Zq0YIX_kXQMZaC9bZHIV7cWFuMwtnbsMpvhQhxz5sDZaw8oSz-tRYRFjXBe7HkgNqYPBKXcLA-=w379-h284" width="379" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoyS1ItkwJyTuVXJN1OP9yM3gFwk40MBAQM7af5YR0N_jJxL4PLX_oc3BhIavscvFl3bD6R7BIpyliOt-FeAS6LpFnt2LE53h8yqr1AjzLOQwwk6EbuzeHrjlSukNqpI2gJDNAm9kUGkMkiUg3uPjhkyqvkYHNcx8a4UMsd6km0igcZv_SiKxF-FVh=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoyS1ItkwJyTuVXJN1OP9yM3gFwk40MBAQM7af5YR0N_jJxL4PLX_oc3BhIavscvFl3bD6R7BIpyliOt-FeAS6LpFnt2LE53h8yqr1AjzLOQwwk6EbuzeHrjlSukNqpI2gJDNAm9kUGkMkiUg3uPjhkyqvkYHNcx8a4UMsd6km0igcZv_SiKxF-FVh=w405-h304" width="405" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Tom hoffmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727946823939793562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851539223785930355.post-47883160736974122882022-03-05T08:01:00.000-08:002022-03-05T08:01:00.475-08:00Where to Begin. <p>You may recognize the work of Paul Klee here. He often used limits in color temperature to create a range of feelings in his paintings.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7ibXB4dkfMnrxj12XRV_XvPjFri3vk-Hl6LBDS8Kk5De16UqWHJGvitHvUa4xQlA5R-EiiQncJ_jIAnScnm0PcbAP9ZVvcvnoyVbI-mC8y-s8nyJvtCnUNV3htPTh4eKXEU4a5jZDjMqhI6kcKp25AkJWtLThQ7THzu66htV6Jk1_LVvLpW4Kp1IX=s1600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7ibXB4dkfMnrxj12XRV_XvPjFri3vk-Hl6LBDS8Kk5De16UqWHJGvitHvUa4xQlA5R-EiiQncJ_jIAnScnm0PcbAP9ZVvcvnoyVbI-mC8y-s8nyJvtCnUNV3htPTh4eKXEU4a5jZDjMqhI6kcKp25AkJWtLThQ7THzu66htV6Jk1_LVvLpW4Kp1IX=w394-h295" width="394" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The cool dominance in this watercolor, for example, sets up the expectation that the mood of quiet will continue.</div></blockquote></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqkNYEDJ5_iZEriTQo0USDwLqxfi3qNYMdHS1MIoTZ7-LtJ1vLurjQpznxLfZOe3g4HpbcSXnrtL9RZufru_4foGaCOIN5A8X4ygx_1WX4y5gaqMAr9ZjzNlIMeJRkSolSZzwTx6kpyllVLnGPDxjC44UVcQH_AEl5Yyb6rtXhzjTjq9ZnpFCxwfxS=s122" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="122" data-original-width="119" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqkNYEDJ5_iZEriTQo0USDwLqxfi3qNYMdHS1MIoTZ7-LtJ1vLurjQpznxLfZOe3g4HpbcSXnrtL9RZufru_4foGaCOIN5A8X4ygx_1WX4y5gaqMAr9ZjzNlIMeJRkSolSZzwTx6kpyllVLnGPDxjC44UVcQH_AEl5Yyb6rtXhzjTjq9ZnpFCxwfxS=w285-h251" width="285" /></a></div></div><br /><p><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Night Fire <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> Paul Klee</p><p><br /></p><p>Here, in a nocturne, Klee makes all the shapes very dark. There is no texture. The thickness of the paint makes it possible for the edges to be soft without the shapes running together. All of the shapes have significant features in common. Perps you're starting to feel like painting....Can you find some shapes, or invent some?</p><p> Look up Klee. See if you can identify what holds a painting you like together, then apply those aspects to a painting your own. If you are feeling lost notice that Klee liked to make most of the painting conform to one feature, such as cool dark, while the rest is different in feeling, like the red square, which is relatively warm and light.</p><p>Have fun</p><p>Tom</p><p><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><br /></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Tom hoffmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727946823939793562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851539223785930355.post-46209099146875349812022-02-18T12:10:00.000-08:002022-02-18T12:10:04.174-08:00<p>Making Deliberate Decisions</p><p><br /></p><p>When you take photos to use later for painting you may be falling back on a kind of automatic decision making, such as placing the horizon or a center of interest right in the middle of the page, like this;</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEix3JythKcuq3PpTRslerP3Y3fqrEo9apEK6Ovb3DThxMNrzmcAxXf0ua6cLxdOouTNY2n-AIbMz_6KGD66jGQnuvxc-Qj7qN5J8VoMy5_7eO5m113kfGZyudtIsjahral6If2iOUPhX1UeOR-SGzHBUGLRQZkamIjvDolsb8o6RVeqi4S-HFyr4iuF=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEix3JythKcuq3PpTRslerP3Y3fqrEo9apEK6Ovb3DThxMNrzmcAxXf0ua6cLxdOouTNY2n-AIbMz_6KGD66jGQnuvxc-Qj7qN5J8VoMy5_7eO5m113kfGZyudtIsjahral6If2iOUPhX1UeOR-SGzHBUGLRQZkamIjvDolsb8o6RVeqi4S-HFyr4iuF=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Abstract painters are not immune to falling back on default compositions, such as the ubiquitous offset cross (see below):</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbDl8IIbbfHDtuM5j7Uwc-nE2CkrQajo6hYCfZ9ohE0Vkm8IMPzRMuVIwM0tP0O7Tkqa4wOFRM6sT5doRPqgfxZTmPA-E0kvjJ5XMPLgzO52LdYjreC4HCG_VwGcJg3eaGeNJY3W-sYNE7iBylinRLQDuf-NxYxUATCi3Ow5opq_F1O3R7p1duJrNA=s3004" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3004" data-original-width="2250" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbDl8IIbbfHDtuM5j7Uwc-nE2CkrQajo6hYCfZ9ohE0Vkm8IMPzRMuVIwM0tP0O7Tkqa4wOFRM6sT5doRPqgfxZTmPA-E0kvjJ5XMPLgzO52LdYjreC4HCG_VwGcJg3eaGeNJY3W-sYNE7iBylinRLQDuf-NxYxUATCi3Ow5opq_F1O3R7p1duJrNA=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>We are all influenced to some extent by the presence of the reference photo, as if its colors, values, edges and complexity are the "real " ones. Even if they were accurate there is no obligation for you to duplicate the settings as you perceive them. The photo is just a jumping off place. </p><p>Here are some images that display engaging features of the watercolor medium. Choose one. Your job is to interpret the color, value, composition, edge quality and complexity by asking whether these variables satisfy you. Every feature of your interpretation is adjustable. Keep a sheet of practice paper nearby. Invent, explore, decide. A painting is the result of asking "What if"? Make your decisions deliberate.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioB35ifZ8YkIqhOWvvz8-Q1EvzBlSfbVCR9BHVjhwS33HUiEnT9R32cYSETd9pc4vaOEAE-vRsOPb1nMy0_46pyqvKnMbpe_cOtVJcx54E9xhV6f1OSixgcukYwIQ8xmBtFyNe1YSd2SZB0AeVE7KfhlDefqlOoZrRf1YTNGDRdvJeEYYigy_LHeso=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioB35ifZ8YkIqhOWvvz8-Q1EvzBlSfbVCR9BHVjhwS33HUiEnT9R32cYSETd9pc4vaOEAE-vRsOPb1nMy0_46pyqvKnMbpe_cOtVJcx54E9xhV6f1OSixgcukYwIQ8xmBtFyNe1YSd2SZB0AeVE7KfhlDefqlOoZrRf1YTNGDRdvJeEYYigy_LHeso=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjU8c90e0xs6d_L0uhMiKDLkDhJ31u_PO-dtM2Fk-nHP0bKKX4rS15W3Xll1ad0dorcM9tKPhw8nDB6p_AjunFcPwrJnKkgymBbiSUSNOoTYmfJ9oUeHfAp6rFSVtkeBp7FkiNnqJ9etgjYiy1QjhqXcp8HDDMlTGsQYhJb_vRd8mHc_XP7vPM0fxiw=s3033" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2281" data-original-width="3033" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjU8c90e0xs6d_L0uhMiKDLkDhJ31u_PO-dtM2Fk-nHP0bKKX4rS15W3Xll1ad0dorcM9tKPhw8nDB6p_AjunFcPwrJnKkgymBbiSUSNOoTYmfJ9oUeHfAp6rFSVtkeBp7FkiNnqJ9etgjYiy1QjhqXcp8HDDMlTGsQYhJb_vRd8mHc_XP7vPM0fxiw=w367-h276" width="367" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJhM_rsMb_cuiysg4I22gow_Og258lIZbmVVYdTPbiX-TH6bxwo0N-S0aQzKFC_aviTgbZ85bT_S1LSfAiv41-mV79qZwqIgcBwNmD2-K4Nwu_8o4FbmoFg0ceNwmmpVkLm75P7FMc5kjjoT0YOphCR4d_sONvWSiF7zpg-7ENR1UOHO_VAsCdlKkm=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJhM_rsMb_cuiysg4I22gow_Og258lIZbmVVYdTPbiX-TH6bxwo0N-S0aQzKFC_aviTgbZ85bT_S1LSfAiv41-mV79qZwqIgcBwNmD2-K4Nwu_8o4FbmoFg0ceNwmmpVkLm75P7FMc5kjjoT0YOphCR4d_sONvWSiF7zpg-7ENR1UOHO_VAsCdlKkm=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Tom hoffmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727946823939793562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851539223785930355.post-10767270228040463262022-02-13T12:35:00.001-08:002022-02-13T12:35:45.806-08:00Technical Practice with a Focus on Color Temperature<span id="docs-internal-guid-ca19fcf1-7fff-c9d0-001f-fc31b62ff7c8"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Time for some technical practice, with a focus on color temperature. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Let’s start with a copying exercise that involves very subtle color differences. Limit your palette to just one warm and one cool. You may make combinations, in fact you’ll need to.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 447px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="352" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/u_phv2ZbldgxGbDMM2vPNaedesTNZmVoy7Tk4s6kOC0fez_GBctIU_-b_Ds-tw0pGowhVO_N25OwqYL_LYw_TOX4On7TCg2Wo9jgy18ihw_H-DhxCD9Mmhgfr3GJy3ieuFSus2-C=w491-h352" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="491" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It may help to begin by identifying the warmest part of the scene and the coolest.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Below is another very subtle scene</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Notice the temperature of the downward-facing surfaces.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1ejJ3M38zCl5LCMjs9wW_tkODk7Lo10LUEZCsDC75WNB_9zTZcjb2F5u-XOgDYVZNF32XCMt8-XZYmnHMQbJh2UEtLLSuYIaZ9WqYtrGdwexOlPoI6q81SszeYCPmzXQaC0W-fg3NDpZf3iXMqsH1rZW7OlUBhS_49EXo9ewTWZtTVPEci-HfUTuw=s1600" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="937" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1ejJ3M38zCl5LCMjs9wW_tkODk7Lo10LUEZCsDC75WNB_9zTZcjb2F5u-XOgDYVZNF32XCMt8-XZYmnHMQbJh2UEtLLSuYIaZ9WqYtrGdwexOlPoI6q81SszeYCPmzXQaC0W-fg3NDpZf3iXMqsH1rZW7OlUBhS_49EXo9ewTWZtTVPEci-HfUTuw=w374-h640" width="374" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Or try this one, it may be the easiest.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><img alt="IMG_E0772.jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="355" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=915990448f&attid=0.3&permmsgid=msg-a:r-2812093836659173064&th=17ef06c23c25e4a6&view=fimg&fur=ip&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ__3xcwVSGeflXt3EoGypg5MR1XN6h4e8BcIYFeEO7z3o51V29Zxw5_Uy2lsUMPdWRrKeAHayhIE4zDrifbhG5aubUKGceiJjI1uTxBJboFzzQaii2XGwhjHaM&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kzkidmhp2" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="506" /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Have fun,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tom </span></p><br /><p> </p>Tom hoffmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13727946823939793562noreply@blogger.com0