Here’s some snow for the Seattle Snowpocalypse survivors. This woodcut is made with black ink on long fiber board paper. Herschel Logan printed this in 1930. According to Logan, the image was taken from an early photograph.
You may have noticed, you astute reader you, that the composition is not quite divided in exactly half. It’s just slightly below half. I find some of my favorite compositions are just slightly not half, or if square, just slightly not square. Divine nearly perfect imperfection.
Have you made prints? We’d love for you to be part of our Printmaker’s show March 23/24. Stay tuned for details.
Make a print and show it! Our Beginning Printmaking 4 Week Shortie class starts next week. We’ve got an Intermediate Shortie too, with open studio time.
[image_with_animation image_url=”9985″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Wang Yuping Catch something just leaving the frame, or half absent from the picture in some way. Materials are artists’ choice. Thank you for sharing your work! I love seeing these artworks online. People who post to Instagram or on Facebook will be eligible to win prizes (see details). No matter where you post, tag us so we …
Take a class with SAL – anywhere! Edward Hopper is one of the greatest American painters of the 20th century, having influence over photography and cinema as well as painting. His direct and realist paintings depicted light and shadow, and solitude in daily contemporary life. But what influences did Hopper have? Rejecting the style of …
[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 …
Composition Rule: Never divide the picture plane in half
…Unless it’s very pretty that way.
Here’s some snow for the Seattle Snowpocalypse survivors. This woodcut is made with black ink on long fiber board paper. Herschel Logan printed this in 1930. According to Logan, the image was taken from an early photograph.
You may have noticed, you astute reader you, that the composition is not quite divided in exactly half. It’s just slightly below half. I find some of my favorite compositions are just slightly not half, or if square, just slightly not square. Divine nearly perfect imperfection.
Have you made prints? We’d love for you to be part of our Printmaker’s show March 23/24. Stay tuned for details.
Make a print and show it! Our Beginning Printmaking 4 Week Shortie class starts next week. We’ve got an Intermediate Shortie too, with open studio time.
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