In photography, bokeh is the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in the out-of-focus parts of an image produced by a lens. Bokeh has been defined as “the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light”.
Kate Protage, Harmony 27, oil on paper, 22 x 18 in.
Kate Protage, Step By Step, oil on panel, 24 x 24 in.
Notice how this effect is an amped up version of the glow effect I talked about in this post about Richard Bisschop. Would you like to try painting a bokeh effect? Take my Cityscapes Workshop THIS WEEKEND May 11/12. It will be nearly fun. I promise.
[image_with_animation image_url=”8290″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] On Friday I posted work by Lawrence Carroll. His work reminded me of another artist, a favorite of mine. It reminded me of a Catalonian artist Antoni Tapies, prolific at the time Carroll was born. In addition to what was posted on Friday, here are a few more paintings …
[image_with_animation image_url=”10600″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Sandro Botticelli, The Birth of Venus (c. 1484-86). Tempera on canvas, 67.9 in × 109.6 in We’ve all seen Botticelli’s Birth of Venus until we could just about throw up. But have you ever noticed the feet? I hadn’t noticed them until recently, now that I’m preparing to teach …
[image_with_animation image_url=”9075″ alignment=”” animation=”Fade In” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Hiroshige lived from 1797 – 1858 in Edo (now Tokyo), Japan. He was a Japanese woodblock artist, one of the last great masters of the woodblock print. His brilliant landscape compositions found their way to the West (Japoniseme), influencing Impressionists and Post-Impressionists such as Degas, Manet, and Monet. …
This prompt produced an exceptional number of great drawings! Day 16: Create something using crosshatch. #crosshatch If your work is here, please tag yourselves in the comments on this blog page and include a link to your website or social media. Your post won’t show up immediately because we have to make sure you’re not …
Bokeh Effect
Caren Goldenberg, detail
Wiki:
Another artist in Seattle paints the bokeh effect consistently into her work: Kate Protage at the SAM Gallery
Kate Protage, Harmony 27, oil on paper, 22 x 18 in.
Kate Protage, Step By Step, oil on panel, 24 x 24 in.
Notice how this effect is an amped up version of the glow effect I talked about in this post about Richard Bisschop. Would you like to try painting a bokeh effect? Take my Cityscapes Workshop THIS WEEKEND May 11/12. It will be nearly fun. I promise.
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