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”.
Anthony Eyton was born May 17, 1923. He is a British figurative painter working in the post-Impressionist tradition. He started studying art in 1941, his studies delayed by the war, and then returned to his education at the Camberwell School of Art, completing in 1950. Eyton was Head of Painting at St Lawrence College, Kingston, Ontario in …
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 …
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A brief visual history of political propaganda design. BY MARIA POPOVA Original post from BrainPickings The intersection of propaganda and creative culture has always been a centerpiece of political communication, from the branding of totalitarian regimes to the design legacy of the Works Progress Administration to Soviet animated propaganda. Now, from The Library of Congress …
Bokeh Effect
Caren Goldenberg, detail
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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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