What if you had a Very Good Idea for a painting that you just couldn’t quite get enough of? What if, miracle of miracles, you had a Very Good Idea and you actually painted it. And what if you didn’t quite get what you were hoping from this attempt. Would you do a second? What if you didn’t quite like that one either? How about a third? And then would you paint a fourth? How about a fifth?
Between 1591 and 1623, Domenico Fetti painted (at least) five “Parable of the Good Samaritan” artworks. (Note: the Met attributes the first of these Domenico Fetti paintings to the year 1591, 2 years after Fetti’s birth, so the dates are a bit slippity boo.)
” load_in_animation=”none And then Delacroix had the Very Good Idea to paint Domenico Fetti’s Very Good Idea again in 1849. [image_with_animation image_url=”7349″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] And then Van Gogh had the Very Good Idea to paint Delacroix’s idea again in 1890. [image_with_animation image_url=”7350″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Just for fun, I’ve flipped Delacroix’s painting and put it with Van Gogh’s. Isn’t that interesting? [nectar_image_comparison image_url=”7353″ image_2_url=”7350 What do you think? Is a Good Idea worth repeating? What are your personal requirements for copies? How far will you go?
And please tell us: What is a painting by another artist that you would like to paint again?
Welcome to the last stretch of our 30SAL Creative Challenge. Today is Transcription day, and we are going Baroque. Make a transcription of this portrait of the Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Pink Dress by Velazquez. What’s a transcription? In art, to transcribe is to copy or record information in a different form than the original. To transcribe a …
Figure drawing offers artists a never ending series of challenges and inspirations for the artist. In my figure drawing classes we try a different approach every week, so students strengthen many different aspects of drawing, all in a single class. In drawing sessions, we have focused on how to measure proportions and useful landmarks in …
[image_with_animation image_url=”7459″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Andrea Myers Find an old catalogue, magazine, maps, or a stack of used paper. Working with an x-acto blade, or tearing by hand, remove paper to create windows to previous layers. If using a blade, slip a cutting mat or piece of matboard between the pages. Take a picture …
Last Thursday I posted over 100 orange artworks. Now there are more! Image right: A Dalecarlian horse is a traditional carved, painted wooden statue of a horse originating in the Swedish province of Dalarna (Dalecarlia). Several different types of Dalecarlian horses are made, with distinguishing features common to the locality of the site where they are produced. This one is from around 1950 and is …
The Good Samaritan
A Very Good Idea
What if you had a Very Good Idea for a painting that you just couldn’t quite get enough of? What if, miracle of miracles, you had a Very Good Idea and you actually painted it. And what if you didn’t quite get what you were hoping from this attempt. Would you do a second? What if you didn’t quite like that one either? How about a third? And then would you paint a fourth? How about a fifth?
Between 1591 and 1623, Domenico Fetti painted (at least) five “Parable of the Good Samaritan” artworks. (Note: the Met attributes the first of these Domenico Fetti paintings to the year 1591, 2 years after Fetti’s birth, so the dates are a bit slippity boo.)
And please tell us: What is a painting by another artist that you would like to paint again?
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