[image_with_animation image_url=”5970″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Sunrise looks like sunset, with this much smoke in the air. Yesterday every smoke alarm in my building was wailing, and my phone, no longer under my control, said “fah-yer. fah-yer.fah-yer.fah-yer.” The view outside was orange and hazy, and for a short childish moment, I thought the entire world was on fire. Evacuation by one floor revealed a very sorry man with a burnt toast, rapidly fanning a the source alarm. The alarm soon stopped, and as it did all other alarms in the building ceased their screaming, but it still smells like smoke, and outside, it is hazy and orange colored.
Colors have a way of playing off each other, creating energy and movement that grabs your attention. This is called simultaneous contrast—when two or more neighboring colors intensify each other, making them seem more vibrant and alive. I’m looking at paintings for simultaneous contrast examples. Paintings that set colors one right next to the other, …
‘Let it be felt that the painter was there; consciously looking at the objects in their light already conceived from the beginning.’Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947) Pierre Bonnard drew obsessively, on his daily walks in the country before breakfast, at breakfast, at lunch, at dinner, loafing around the house and garden, in cafés, in the streets, out of …
Welcome to the SAL Challenge Every day for the month of January, I’ll send out a creative challenge prompt. This series of challenges will be based on unusual vocabulary words. I’ll send out a word for the day, and you respond. Materials are artist’s choice. You can draw, paint, collage, sculpt your food, anything you …
Forest fire paintings by Jennifer Walton
[image_with_animation image_url=”5970″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Sunrise looks like sunset, with this much smoke in the air. Yesterday every smoke alarm in my building was wailing, and my phone, no longer under my control, said “fah-yer. fah-yer.fah-yer.fah-yer.” The view outside was orange and hazy, and for a short childish moment, I thought the entire world was on fire. Evacuation by one floor revealed a very sorry man with a burnt toast, rapidly fanning a the source alarm. The alarm soon stopped, and as it did all other alarms in the building ceased their screaming, but it still smells like smoke, and outside, it is hazy and orange colored.
Forest Fire Paintings by Jennifer Walton
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