[image_with_animation image_url=”9378″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Preparing for my mini workshop “Paint like Cezanne,” I ran across this work by Joel Meyerowitz, a photographer who documented still life objects of famous painters, particularly Cezanne and Morandi. Meyerowitz’ photographs are handsome recordings of plain yet interesting objects. Unlike the painters who assemble compositions, Meyerowitz framed each of the objects individually as if they were little portraits. Here are some of Meyerowitz’s photographs of Cezanne’s still life objects, from Meyerowitz’s book, including a beautiful shot of Cezanne’s studio (above).
See that studio wall color? I read it took Cezanne 5 weeks to find that perfect grey. Oh, it can be so difficult to be an artist. We’ll talk about wall color, and other extremely important issues of life as a painter, in my “How to Set Up Your Studio” class.
Later this week I’ll post Meyerowitz’s photographs of Morandi’s objects. I wonder how many times I can write Meyerowitz. (7)
Image credits: Joel Meyerowitz (8), and Hyperallergic
I ran into this little collection of cake paintings posted by Anne McGurk, and felt inspired to share. Inspired would not quite be the most accurate word, as I am trying not to eat sugar. If you’ve ever tried to avoid sweet foods, you know how prevalent sugar is. Sweets didn’t seem like such a …
Lately I’ve been noticing how many good paintings and drawings use repeating shapes within them, a motif. This motif seems to carry us through the composition, and give harmony and order to the shapes. I recently stumbled across this original drawing by Diego Rivera, posted on Facebook by Paul Hemminger of Bellingham Frameworks. It’s full …
[image_with_animation image_url=”8109″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] What does wax do for an oil painting? In addition to the protective qualities of a top coat, wax unifies the surface of a painting. Each pigment has varying degrees of matte and shiny, and each brush stroke can have slightly more, or slightly less medium, resulting in a …
I resisted buying an iPad for years. I didn’t need it. I didn’t want it. I prided myself on using actual materials for actual paintings, and maintaining old style slow time in this instant digital world. The truth is, I don’t actually make many actual paintings. I’m actually very busy. If I were go to …
Cezanne’s Objects
[image_with_animation image_url=”9378″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Preparing for my mini workshop “Paint like Cezanne,” I ran across this work by Joel Meyerowitz, a photographer who documented still life objects of famous painters, particularly Cezanne and Morandi. Meyerowitz’ photographs are handsome recordings of plain yet interesting objects. Unlike the painters who assemble compositions, Meyerowitz framed each of the objects individually as if they were little portraits. Here are some of Meyerowitz’s photographs of Cezanne’s still life objects, from Meyerowitz’s book, including a beautiful shot of Cezanne’s studio (above).
See that studio wall color? I read it took Cezanne 5 weeks to find that perfect grey. Oh, it can be so difficult to be an artist. We’ll talk about wall color, and other extremely important issues of life as a painter, in my “How to Set Up Your Studio” class.
Later this week I’ll post Meyerowitz’s photographs of Morandi’s objects. I wonder how many times I can write Meyerowitz. (7)
Image credits: Joel Meyerowitz (8), and Hyperallergic
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