Pierre Bonnard was an avid sketcher, filling countless sketchbooks and scraps of paper with drawings he would later peruse for painting inspiration when in his studio.
From a previous V. Note: Bonnard did not paint from direct observation. He said he felt ‘weak in front of nature. …The presence of the object, the motif, is very cramping for the painter at the moment of painting. The point of departure for a painting being an idea — if the object is there at the time of working, there is always a danger for the artist to allow himself to be too involved in the incidences of the direct view, and in so doing to lose the initial idea.’ Instead of painting from direct observation, he painted from his drawings, and the memory stored within them.
This process of sketching on site and then painting without the view of nature allowed Bonnard to “digest” the image artistically in two stages: first translating what he saw into his own language of marks, allowing shapes to form a nuanced grid that straightens curves and rounds right angles. Typically a painter differentiates shapes by applying light and dark values, but here Bonnard distinguishes each shape by its own language of marks. See how many different marks he can make with a dull little pencil! The scene is transformed a second time as these marks are translated into reverberating colors. Painter Patrick Heron compared the effect to the way a spider’s web holds raindrops. (Source)
Needle felting: the art of poking a ball of fluff until it becomes solid, or I get bored and walk away, likely the latter will happen first. The above statement could not be written with more ignorance. Truth is, I’ve never actually done needle felting, but I’m about to, and I tend to get anxious …
Todays SEQUENCE Challenge: What’s the next form of plant or animal species? Show what it looks like now, then show what it will evolve into. (The first part of this challenge is optional.) #evolve Remember, media is always artist’s choice. You can draw, paint, collage, assemblage, or play with your food. Post it To be …
In my current series of abstraction classes, each week we focus on a single element of art. Honing in like this allows us to explore different ways into a painting or drawing. By narrowing down, we are able to go farther into an idea. These projects were made in response to a class on line …
[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]The Big League Show’s Call for Art (deadline April 28) said artwork must be framed. My apologies. Framing is nifty, but your artwork does not need to be framed. Correction to the League Call for Art: Artwork must be …
Bonnard’s Landscape Sketches
Pierre Bonnard was an avid sketcher, filling countless sketchbooks and scraps of paper with drawings he would later peruse for painting inspiration when in his studio.
From a previous V. Note: Bonnard did not paint from direct observation. He said he felt ‘weak in front of nature. …The presence of the object, the motif, is very cramping for the painter at the moment of painting. The point of departure for a painting being an idea — if the object is there at the time of working, there is always a danger for the artist to allow himself to be too involved in the incidences of the direct view, and in so doing to lose the initial idea.’ Instead of painting from direct observation, he painted from his drawings, and the memory stored within them.
This process of sketching on site and then painting without the view of nature allowed Bonnard to “digest” the image artistically in two stages: first translating what he saw into his own language of marks, allowing shapes to form a nuanced grid that straightens curves and rounds right angles. Typically a painter differentiates shapes by applying light and dark values, but here Bonnard distinguishes each shape by its own language of marks. See how many different marks he can make with a dull little pencil! The scene is transformed a second time as these marks are translated into reverberating colors. Painter Patrick Heron compared the effect to the way a spider’s web holds raindrops. (Source)
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