[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]From the Latin (via Italian) fumare (“to smoke”), sfumato describes a painting technique with no harsh outlines. Areas blend into one another through tiny brushstrokes, which makes a hazy, atmospheric depiction of light and color. An early example of sfumato can be seen in Leonardo’s Mona Lisa. A more modern example is in Y.Z. Kami’s giant meditative portraits.
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Brooklyn-based industrial designer Xandy Peters fools around with a scanner and some fluff. She produces some wonderful sfumato portraits.[/vc_column_text][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”813,814,815,816,817″ layout=”3″ gallery_style=”1″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
You may recognize Morandi for his dusty still life bottles, carefully and quietly clustered in the center of the canvas. Recently, I’ve been revisiting his lesser-known but more personally inspiring collection of landscapes. In classes, we’ve been talking about simplifying a composition into shapes, and applying those shapes to pull you through the composition with …
My last post containing a list of frustrations for painters included a picture of Susan Rothenberg. She was painting from her table that was so encrusted with accumulated paint that it resembled the cascade mountains. This post with the picture of Rothenberg bounced back with a note from a League friend. She asked me if …
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text] Marcia Della Pace SAL Challenge Pics More and more and more creative challenges are getting posted online! You can find them by using the hashtags #salchallenge @seattleartistleague. I posted some of my SAL Challenge favorites for week one, my favorites …
Still Lifes I haven’t had much time to write but I’m seeing V. Note inspirations everywhere, so even though I can’t type a long and thoughtful post, I wanted to send you these still lifes by Lucy MacGillis, because I like them and they get me thinking about my own work, and upcoming classes for …
Sfumato
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Xandy Peters : Sfumato
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