Late Sun, 1990-1996 watercolor, graphite, conté crayon, litho crayon, and pen and ink on Fabriano paper (5 1/4 x 9 7/8 in) Charles Ritchie, Jasan Haam Gallery
Yesterday I said the next post would be about color, but I didn’t have time to write today, and there has been so much bad news that I wanted to put a little art in your inbox.
Today is an addition to yesterday’s post about the Effects of Light, with illusions of glow produced from contrasting dark (a lot of dark) against light (a little light), and then implementing hard and soft edges. This painting arrived in my inbox as part of an invitation to a show in Korea, and I thought it was a great example of what we had been studying. Notice how much of the image is dark values, to make those lamps glow. Within that, hard vs soft edges seems to be the subtle game within the entire painting. See how many transitions you can find.
Study for Home I 2013-2014 watercolor and graphite on Fabriano paper (5 1/4 x 12 1/4 in) Charles Ritchie, Jasan Haam GalleryStudy for Home I (detail) Charles Ritchie
I said all work for the Big League show must be ready to hang, and here I am, bringing in my drawing on paper, no frame. No problem. I’ll use binder clips or magnets to get it on the wall. If you have a study on paper and no frame, no problem. Bring it in …
[image_with_animation image_url=”8367″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] I asked Claire Putney to name some of the inspirational watercolor painters for her upcoming workshop Watercolor Landscapes. She listed: Sunga Park Maria Ginzburg Walton Ford Z L Feng In the next week I’ll share artwork by each of these painters. Today I have work by Z L Feng. …
Isn’t this a lovely colored pencil drawing? Klimt made more drawings, but they deserve their own room. They’re mostly nude women with their crotches on display. Take your colored pencils anywhere!
[image_with_animation image_url=”9047″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] John Singer Sargent’s portrait of Eleanora Duse When looking at John Singer Sargent’s “effortless” portraits, I often wonder how long he actually spent on each. He wanted the painting to look fresh, with an economy of brush strokes, so a painting that looks like it was done in one …
Effects of Light: Charles Ritchie
Yesterday I said the next post would be about color, but I didn’t have time to write today, and there has been so much bad news that I wanted to put a little art in your inbox.
Today is an addition to yesterday’s post about the Effects of Light, with illusions of glow produced from contrasting dark (a lot of dark) against light (a little light), and then implementing hard and soft edges. This painting arrived in my inbox as part of an invitation to a show in Korea, and I thought it was a great example of what we had been studying. Notice how much of the image is dark values, to make those lamps glow. Within that, hard vs soft edges seems to be the subtle game within the entire painting. See how many transitions you can find.
(5 1/4 x 12 1/4 in) Charles Ritchie, Jasan Haam Gallery
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