These are some paintings in which my favorite part is the wall.
Enjoy.
Edward Hopper
Edward Hopper
Edward Hopper
Susan Bennerstrom
Susan Bennerstrom
Susan Bennerstrom
Chelsea James
Chelsea James
Alex Kanevsky
Alex Kanevsky
Alex Kanevsky
Antonio Lopez Garcia
Antonio Lopez Garcia
Antonio Lopez Garcia
Antonio Lopez Garcia
Matteo Massagrande
Matteo Massagrande
Jennifer O’Connell
Susan Lichtman
Liu Xiadong
Ruthie V.
Do not paint a white thing white. A white thing is everything other than white.
The video below illuminates some of the colors actually present in an image of a white horse, and a white flower. Because colors change according to what they’re next to, they still fool me even after all these years.
COLOR MIXING TIP 1: When I want to match a color without being fooled by illusions, I isolate it from the surrounding colors by looking at it through a hole in a piece of white or gray paper.
COLOR MIXING TIP 2: To test a color mix with a photo reference, I put the reference in a big ziplock bag and plop the paint right on the plastic over the photo so I can see what needs adjusting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCf1KAl8c6E
This was the final challenge – the 30th Challenge for 30 Challenges in January! The final prompt was to create an asymmetrical portrait. This suggestion was designed to push a portrait drawing – something that can frequently cause us to tense up trying to get things perfect – into something more bold, individual, compositionally dynamic, …
Marc Bohne January 29, 2010 By Larry Interview on Painting Perceptions Marc Bohne Clearing Sky, oil on panel, 6 x 7 inches Marc Bohne is a landscape painter from Seattle, Washington. His website has an amazing number of exquisite landscapes. The smaller landscapes, that appear to have been made quickly from life have an immediacy …
The following is text from my interview of Fran O’Neill, Oct 6, 2020. I asked Fran to share some of the historical artworks she regards as masterworks. She talked about what she sees as the magic of transcriptions. “There’s a whole mystery that is incredible about works from the past, and unlocking some of that …
This is been a fantastically prolific challenge! As I write this, there are 1,271 #30sal Instagram posts, and they’re still coming in. WOW! It has been a lot of fun for me to throw out ideas and see what you all create. Thank you to all the local people who participated, and shared this with …
Portraits of Blank Walls
These are some paintings in which my favorite part is the wall.
Enjoy.
The video below illuminates some of the colors actually present in an image of a white horse, and a white flower. Because colors change according to what they’re next to, they still fool me even after all these years.
COLOR MIXING TIP 1: When I want to match a color without being fooled by illusions, I isolate it from the surrounding colors by looking at it through a hole in a piece of white or gray paper.
COLOR MIXING TIP 2: To test a color mix with a photo reference, I put the reference in a big ziplock bag and plop the paint right on the plastic over the photo so I can see what needs adjusting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCf1KAl8c6E
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