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
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I’m working on a new series of posts about Alberto Giacometti’s drawings and paintings. Giacometti is the guy who made the big tall skinny guy sculptures. They look like this: For my post, I searched for Giacometti’s early works and found artworks from 1910. Alberto was born in 1901, so in 1910, he would have …
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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