Caren Goldenberg, Skinny Dipping, acrylic on yupo, $150
The Big League Show is up at Inscape, and I am thrilled with the artwork Leaguers all contributed. A great show. I took pictures of some of my personal favorites so I can share them here. Today I wanted to share Caren Goldenberg’s landscape painting on vellum. (Darned reflections. I couldn’t get a good photo. In person, this painting looks FANTASTIC.) I noted the glow, and Caren told me she’s been interested in the bokeh effect.
Caren Goldenberg, detail
Wiki:
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”.
Today’s Challenge: Mix and match figures with an interior from historical artworks. Materials are artist’s choice. #mashup References You can find your own references, or find something in these suggestions: Figures: Villa of Mysteries in Pompeii, Nicolas Poussin, Mughal Indian Miniatures Interiors: Pierre Bonnard, Henri Matisse, Edward Hopper Post it To be eligible for prizes …
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Read Claes Oldenburg’s Manifesto below. At the top of your paper write “I am for…” Choose something within his list, and draw/paint/collage/photograph it. Having trouble choosing something? Close your eyes, loudly say “I am for the art!” and point. Take a picture of your drawing and post it to our Facebook page. Tag: #salchallenge The January Creative Challenge: 15 …
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Last weekend was our first annual Seattle Artist League Printmaker’s Show. On display were 30 pieces; beautiful displays of monotype, drypoint, linocut, woodcut and reductive woodcuts in black and white, and color. All of the prints were strong and interesting. …
Bokeh Effect
Caren Goldenberg, Skinny Dipping, acrylic on yupo, $150
The Big League Show is up at Inscape, and I am thrilled with the artwork Leaguers all contributed. A great show. I took pictures of some of my personal favorites so I can share them here. Today I wanted to share Caren Goldenberg’s landscape painting on vellum. (Darned reflections. I couldn’t get a good photo. In person, this painting looks FANTASTIC.) I noted the glow, and Caren told me she’s been interested in the 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 24, oil on paper, 22 x 18 in.
Kate Protage, Harmony 27, oil on paper, 22 x 18 in.
Kate Protage, Harmony 26, 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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[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Last weekend was our first annual Seattle Artist League Printmaker’s Show. On display were 30 pieces; beautiful displays of monotype, drypoint, linocut, woodcut and reductive woodcuts in black and white, and color. All of the prints were strong and interesting. …