tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34085601427275667362024-02-02T00:48:01.511-08:00DJ Cleland-Hura Fine ArtD.J. Cleland-Hura is a fine artist painting original pieces of landscape, wildlife, and figure art. He also does concept art for film and entertainment. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13425746147000108038noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408560142727566736.post-3119510979234711892016-04-17T12:20:00.000-07:002016-04-17T13:17:59.746-07:00Inspiring Image: Abstract Reality<script type="text/javascript" async data-pin-color="red" data-pin-hover=“true" src="//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js"></script><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here’s a lovely painting that I’ve admired for years. What I most respond to in this piece is the wonderful marriage of abstract and realism. George Henry, a Scottish painter, masterfully designed a beautiful, rich canvas with varied colors and edges. For a relatively small painting, there is much to keep the viewer’s eye engaged, and the entire painting has a lovely decorative quality about it.<br />
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Quite magically, we begin to realize the head of a geisha has been placed right in the center of the image. Her head is turned away in a demure fashion that enhances the mystery and intrigue of her character. It is also a clever device to help the artist keep readily identifiable features of her face from taking away from the overall abstract quality.</div>
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My daughter and I went for a hike around one of our favorite little lakes yesterday. As we enjoyed the cool, crisp morning air, I was delighted to find that my daughter had transformed into a fairy who happily toured me around her wooded home. She pointed out wonderful signs of spring growth and colorful changes to the lakeshore.</div>
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We saw a beaver dam and many freshly felled trees awaiting their place in the woven wall. She also spotted the young lily pads, tightly rolled below the surface of the water, about to emerge and unfurl before they blossom. My fairy guide said she can’t wait fly out and sit on the lily pads where she can talk to the frogs. Lucky her!</div>
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As we begin to thaw from the winter chill, we look forward to longer days and the return of our feathered friends from holiday. I like to imagine nature is a great theatrical stage and the critters are the players. Birds are my favorite “actors” and always add a spark of life to a wilderness experience. Here’s a little touch of spring for your viewing pleasure!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408560142727566736.post-69820135612044229462016-01-23T18:15:00.002-08:002016-04-10T15:58:17.962-07:00From Behind The Easel: Simile<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When I decided to paint a river otter, I wanted to capture the spirit of an animal that straddles both aquatic and terrestrial realms. As a mammal, the otter is most closely linked with other small land-based critters. But the otter is probably happiest in the water where it has evolved into a sleek, supple swimmer. I wanted to celebrate both sides of the otter.</div>
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The concept of the otter painting came from thinking of the otter’s complementary opposite worlds; land and water. With this is mind I decided to create a composition based on the Chinese yin and yang symbol. You can see the S shape divide between the water and rock, and the dark of the otter opposite the light, reflective water. The otter’s curved body and the bubbling water in the lower left help guide the eye around and back into the painting. I wanted the water itself to emulate the smooth, twisting nature of a swimming otter while the otter itself is at rest. This helps visually link the animal with its environment while maintaining an overall calm, almost zen-like feeling.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Sometimes I just do a painting for fun.
This little study was about exploring textures and the hierarchy of mouth sizes
for some fantasy creatures. This was done right after university when we didn’t
have much. At the time (over twenty years ago), I came close to painting over
it because the board it was painted on seemed more valuable to me than the image.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t remember exactly what happened, but I
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<span lang="EN-US">Now when I see this piece it is a warm
reminder of that place in time. It’s a fun little painting, but what it
represents in my history and evolution is what I really enjoy. Based on the
colour palette, I was probably inspired by James Gurney’s Dinotopia which had
recently been published. I was also starting to become involved in painting
Magic Cards for Wizards of the Coast so fantasy subjects were on my mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the end I’m glad this one made the cut!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">Sometimes, especially on small
paintings, I depict my subject matter in a vignette style. This means that I
create a fairly simple background without the environment that clearly allows
the focus to be on the animal or bird. This doesn’t mean the background is not
important. The colors and textures chosen need to compliment the subject and
are hopefully interesting unto themselves. This a technique often employed by
portrait artists to showcase the sitter. I like giving our furry and feathered
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to use Frank Cleland’s wonderful photo of a Cassin’s Finch for my painting
“Poised”. His photo lent itself to the vignette style because it was shot with
a telephoto lens that blurred the background. I used specific colors to show
off the bird, and subtle brushstrokes to help keep the background from feeling
flat and lifeless. I also faded the branch into the background to remind the
viewer that, while realistically portrayed, it is a painting and not a photo.</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Sunsets on the Pacific Ocean are so magical
because you really feel like you’re standing at the end of the world. This
painting is from the high cliffs near Elk on the northern California coast.
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This was a fun little painting I did from a trip we took to a farm in New Jersey. Near the end of the day, just before heading to the cars, I decided to poke my head into the stable that seemed unoccupied. To my surprise there was a horse inside with a nameplate over his stall that read “Buster”. I snapped a few reference photos and headed home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When it came time to do this piece I was reminded of the fabulous light that John Singer Sargent employed in some of his Italian interior paintings. I decided to give Buster some of this Sargent-inspired lighting to brighten his day. </span></div>
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Please take a look at some of her work - her <a href="http://chaikinsofbellingham.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">personal blog</a>, her <a href="http://annchaikin-photography.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">photography blog</a>, her <a href="http://annchaikin.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">painting blog</a>, her <a href="http://www.pbase.com/ptkitty" target="_blank">PBase</a>, her <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/annchaikin/" target="_blank">Flickr</a>, and her <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ann.chaikin" target="_blank">Facebook</a> display her paintings and photography, and also serve as fountains of inspiration for any art-loving individual.</div>
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I recently posted a quote by Steve Jobs where he advocated for connecting the dots of your life to help find your unique views. Sometimes your dots can include the many dots of another person who is influential in your life. I am fortunate to call artist Randal Dutra both mentor and friend. Randal embodies the creative spirit and is fluent with any medium he feels will convey his vision. Aside from his beautiful paintings and bronzes, Randal has amassed a 25 year career in film where he worked primarily in animation. He is best known for his pioneering work on Jurassic Park and was nominated for an Academy Award for directing the animation on Steven Spielberg's War Of The Worlds.</div>
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Over the years, Randal has been generous with words of advice, critique, and inspiration. I am the lucky recipient of his many years of experience across multiple genre and medium. As we find our way along our journey, it important to remember that others walk before us and can be incredible resources. When possible, look to those ahead of you for direction, inspiration, and how one can connect the dots. </div>
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See more of Randal's work at <a href="http://www.randaldutra.com/">www.randaldutra.com</a></div>
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Visual clarity and simplicity are often forgotten by artists who are so excited about their subject matter that they include everything. Good picture making begins with a solid idea expressed through strong composition. To help me achieve my compositional goals and maintain a clear visual message, I will often use silhouettes to make sure the main elements read well. Reducing shapes to basic silhouettes allows me to focus on shapes without the distraction of colour or detail. I can also make sure the shape I'm working on is interesting and drawn well.</div>
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When testing with silhouettes I will usually work quite small (thumbnails under 2") so I'm not tempted to get fussy. I want to make decisions based on readability and detail only makes this harder. We all love detail and can easily fall in love with superficial aspects of a subject while forgetting the overall shape of what we're painting. Another helpful tool is a digital camera or smartphone. You can take a photo of a sketch or painting in the early stage. Use a very small, black and white version of this photo to study the overall impact of the shapes and make sure what you want to say is being heard.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Steve Jobs, love him or hate him, made a large impact on the way most of us conduct our daily business. While the myth of Jobs is sometimes blown out of proportion, he did have a honed ability to connect seemingly disparate views and elements to create a new, unique perspective. He is sometimes described as genius because his innovations seem so obvious upon introduction, yet no one had thought of it before him. Genius can make the complex unknown understood in beautifully simple terms. Genius helps us find something we didn't know we were looking for.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: inherit;">Jobs was a big advocate of being open to many sources and then trying to "connect the dots" in his own way. He had the faith to believe his experience(s) were leading to something new. We can all develop this ability but it requires awareness and reflection. As Jobs says, hindsight is what helps connect our experiences into something useful. The process, however, begins with an openness to that which we do not yet know, and the faith that our individual experience has worth. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">“All art is at once surface and
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">Art offers itself as both
decorative and meaningful. Sometimes the meaning is minimal or self-evident. At
its best, art is layered and mysterious. It can be a powerful tool for us to
see inside ourselves and learn about the world. Art is a personal endeavor
because our interactions are based on what we bring to the process. Our
experiences, knowledge, preferences, and hearts help us hear when art is
speaking directly to us. It is the difference between “that’s pretty” and “I
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13425746147000108038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408560142727566736.post-36950755728576497402014-11-25T15:41:00.000-08:002015-08-08T19:24:20.265-07:00Inspiring Image: South African Police Station<div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13425746147000108038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408560142727566736.post-25573598058085571432014-11-11T09:07:00.000-08:002015-08-08T19:24:08.222-07:00From Behind the Easel: Descending Shadows<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As some of you may know, our family has recently decided to
make some shifts in our perspective and attempt to follow our own path.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What that means is we sold our house, took
the kids out of school, and started accepting what the world was offering
us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our plan is loosely structured and
we make our decisions together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The kids
are all homeschooling (or as I like to say “lifeschooling”) and we are finding
truly wonderful learning experiences outside of the traditional model.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is something we have contemplated for
many years and have finally had the courage to attempt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We feel blessed to be in a position to take
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Our most recent excursion was moving ourselves eastward for
nearly three weeks to house/kitty-sit for dear friends who were away in
Europe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had the fabulous chance to
experience living in the Okanagan valley, affectionately known as Napa North
for the many world-class wineries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
valley is the northern tip of the Sonora Desert and is a richly bio-diverse
environment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were treated to amazing
views of clouds rolling into the valley below while mule deer and bighorn sheep
grazed the property.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Needless to say the
inspiration for painting was prevalent and I look forward to what will come
from our stay there.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Here is a painting I did based on previous trips to the
area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see the beautiful rock
outcrop as a backdrop to the understated beauty of the sagebrush, all backlit
by the beautiful Okanagan light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can
see another painting I did from the area in my <a href="http://djclelandhurafineart.blogspot.ca/2014/05/from-behind-easel-morning-has-broken.html" target="_blank">post from May 17, 2014</a>.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13425746147000108038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408560142727566736.post-80541302456343408362014-10-20T13:41:00.003-07:002015-08-08T19:23:40.104-07:00Inspiring Image: A Wild Life<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Bob Kuhn was a master of modern wildlife painting and a true
original.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He began his career in art as
an illustrator for magazine covers and calendars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His early work feels a bit stiff in its
execution, which was likely required by the graphic nature of the commercial
world he worked within.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once he moved into
fine art painting full-time, his work began to take on a more organic quality
with special attention paid to paint application and texture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With his keen eye developed from years of
drawing from life, Kuhn’s subjects are expertly rendered and often in wholly
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Kuhn is known for his deceivingly simple compositions with
their signature horizontal formats and flat fields of color.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These large areas of color are often
beautifully designed shapes with complex textures achieved by many layers paint
applied with brush, palette knife, and finger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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a medium that can be tricky to use in a painterly fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His main subject matter was North American
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Autumn is here and my heart leaps. The shortened days and crisper temperatures
remind us that the year is quickly sliding into the darker half. We collect our bounty as we brace against the
barren time ahead. Our thoughts turn
inward while personal journeys of recollection take hold. But before we shutter ourselves away for the
winter, we are treated to nature’s triumph of color. The artist in autumn is offered the most
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">My painting “Autumn’s Embrace” features a pair of cedar
waxwings against the turning leaves of an aspen. I love to walk among stands of aspen as they
filter the light and gently quake in the breeze. Their turning leaves have almost a
pointillist quality and I decided to frame the tree in my painting quite
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Aside from nature, music is my biggest inspiration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am pretty sure I was a bass player in a
previous life, and often dream of life as a musician.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some ways, music is more important to me
than art for the simple fact that music is always on in our home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even when art has to take a back seat to
daily life, music is a constant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Music
lifts my spirit and helps me reach inside for creative energy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p>
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Although I can only imagine what it must feel like to create
musical magic, I can use music and musical ideas for my own purposes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My painting “Interlude” features a cougar
drinking at a pool under moonlight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An
interlude in music is a short piece inserted between the longer parts of a composition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a small rest from the larger themes and
allows us to reflect upon what we are experiencing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have shown the cougar taking a short break
from his nighttime activities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We, in
turn, are allowed to pause for a moment as we enjoy this intimate scene.</div>
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Most realist painting includes an element of what we see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The majority of people think we see stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reality is we see light reflecting off of stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How we see the stuff depends on the quality, intensity, and color of the light source that allows us to see the object.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a painter, it is important to remember we are capturing the effects of light on objects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Developing a keen eye and ability to really see light is paramount.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to be able to distinguish subtle changes and shifts in light quality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The more we understand the world around us, the more we can dissect and reconstruct it in our art.</div>
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My painting “Water Dance” is all about the gorgeous, fleeting time of day before sunset known as the magic hour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The sun’s light is nearing the horizon and traveling at a more severe angle, needing to pass through more air molecules.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Short blue and violet light waves are scattered by the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>atmosphere and longer orange-red light waves pass through unaffected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This produces the warm glow we see on objects near sunset.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13425746147000108038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408560142727566736.post-44147933927790604822014-07-09T08:03:00.002-07:002015-08-08T19:21:39.695-07:00Inspiring Image: Duck Dynasty<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When I began my professional art career I worked within the
confines of the established world of wildlife art.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love portraying the beauty of the natural world and the
amazing creatures that inhabit it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My introduction into this genre came from exposure to duck stamp art
that was popular where I grew up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Paintings were chosen each year to be turned into stamps purchased by
duck hunters as proof of registration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The proceeds in turn helped purchase and protect wetland habitat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am proud that a number of my
paintings have been used for land conservation over the years.</div>
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My biggest inspiration in the duck stamp world is <a href="http://www.steinerprints.com/" target="_blank">Robert Steiner</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I first met Bob at an art
show in Michigan and he was very encouraging to the dreams of a then 13
year-old aspiring artist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We met
again years later at another art show as fellow exhibitors and have remained
friends since.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over the years he
has continued to push the boundaries of realist painting and redefine duck
stamp art.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is the most
decorated artist in stamp art history with 82 winning designs including two
federal wins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To see more of Bob’s
work please visit <a href="http://www.steinerprints.com/">www.steinerprints.com</a>.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13425746147000108038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408560142727566736.post-72308499349418544762014-07-05T09:45:00.000-07:002015-08-08T19:21:19.089-07:00From Behind the Easel: Restful Rising<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We have safely returned from our family vacation to witness
my youngest brother happily wedded.
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To honor the
beginning of my brother’s marriage and my return to blogging, I offer a small
token of a painting. “Restful
Rising” depicts a pair of American Avocets greeting the sun as it crests the
horizon to begin the new day. Every
event we encounter in our lives, monumental or miniscule, is an opportunity to
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landscape and portraiture with an interest in historical subject matter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his later years, he was heavily
influenced by the Swiss Symbolist painter Arnold Bocklin. Keller was drawn to Bocklin’s
love of the Romantic era and his portrayal of fantastical worlds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After seeing the work of Bocklin,
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Upon Bocklin’s death in 1901, Keller honored his memory with
the beautiful painting “Bocklin’s Tomb”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Here he references Bocklin’s own painting “The Isle of the Dead”, and
creates his vision of how Bocklin might wish to be visually eulogized.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The painting wonderfully combines a
sense of the real with a feeling of fantasy, and somehow we know this place
only exists on canvas even though it looks real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>doing so, Keller has fittingly
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This coming week we will be in the San Francisco Bay Area to
help celebrate my youngest brother’s wedding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we return to our home of seven years, I am reminded of
many wonderful times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We loved to
hike along the coast where the primordial elements come together in sometimes
harsh, but always fascinating and beautiful ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Storms rolling in across the ocean inspire both awe and
respect for the power you can literally feel as waves crash against the shore.</div>
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My painting “Pacific Rhythm” is from reference gathered near
Halfmoon Bay just south of San Francisco along Highway 1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our planned hike originally had us
continuing along this stretch of beach for a while, but as the storm rolled in
and the tide rose quickly, we didn’t go beyond the rocky point seen here in the
painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were warned by some
local folks that we would likely get stranded until the tide receded after
midnight if we did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Worse yet, we
could easily get swept out to sea by the rising swells and crashing waves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>We opted for a
hot chocolate at a cozy café instead, and I lived to paint the picture you see
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13425746147000108038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408560142727566736.post-53290560449949265162014-06-19T14:22:00.000-07:002015-08-08T19:06:56.500-07:00The Pensive Palette: The Value of Art<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The most important component of creating anything visual is
value and value relationships.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Value is the how light or dark something appears and is based on a grey
scale with black and white at the ends of the scale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although we describe them as colors, black, white, and the
neutral greys in between are not technically colors, but values of light and
dark.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every color, however, has a
value that is used to describe its lightness or darkness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is particularly helpful when
trying to see the relative differences in values between multiple colors.</div>
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When designing a image, it is paramount to think in times of
value before color.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Experience
allows an artist to see value and color at the same time, but it is still
helpful to work in black and white (and grey) in the early stages of
design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Color rarely saves a bad
value design and usually only furthers the issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, when an artist begins with a strong eye for value ,
almost any color scheme can be used as long as the colors chosen match the
values in the design.</div>
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In my painting, “Magnificat”, you can see how I’ve used many
colors to enhance the visual interest of the lion, but in black and white the
values of those colors are similar enough to not distract from the overall
design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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