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
Automatic drawing was developed by the surrealists, as a means of expressing the subconscious. In automatic drawing, the hand is allowed to move ‘randomly’ across the paper. From Wikipedia Surrealist automatism is a method of art making in which the artist suppresses conscious control over the making process, allowing the unconscious mind to have great sway. …
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This is a new online glossary of painting terms. More to come! Alkyd (“Call me Al, kid”) Oil Painting Alkyds are synthetic resin replacements for slow drying natural oils. When added to oil paint they speed up the drying time. Examples: Liquin, Galkyd, and many more. Some paints like Quick Dry White, Gamblin FastMatte, and W&N Griffin Paints …
People posted hundreds of drawings for our 30 day January challenge, in which artists are invited to respond to a daily prompt posted on our V. Notes blog. Unlike other drawing challenges, these prompts are wildly varied, open to non-typical materials around us, and are designed to feed a broad spectrum of creative skills at …
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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