DAILY PRACTICE: Use it or lose it
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Drawing is Putting a Line Around An Idea: Henry Matisse
“In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.” ~Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), Post-Impressionist painter. I love both of the quotes above. Matisse’s observation that drawing ‘puts a line around an idea’ is spot on.…
Quick sketch of painted Posies in a glass vase
“ I paint flowers so they will not die.” ― Frida Kahlo This quick sketch, painted in 2022, shows how much movement can be produced in a quick rudimentary study. In this case, I created this concept in Procreate, using oil paint brushes. This process makes it easy to quickly get a concept down which can…
Painting Sunny and Cloudy Skies
“The sky, a perfect empty canvas, offers clouds nonetheless. The shift and drift and beg interpretation. Such in the nature of art.” ~ Jeb Dickerson Explore light, color and movement in cloud studies inspired by those of John Constable. Artists Network has a good tutorial on painting skies from Maria Baggetta. Take a look and consider…
Book: ARTISTS WHO CHANGED THE WORLD
“Have no fear of perfection, you’ll never reach it.” ~ Salvador Dalí Just picked up this book. ARTISTS WHO CHANGED HISTORY, Kindle version, at 96% off, on Amazon. Features Manet, Botticelli, El Greco, Leonardo, Degas, Rodin, Bernini, Holbein, Van Eyck, Rubens, Klee, Cézanne, Vermeer, Hogarth, Titian, Michelangelo, Tiepolo, Chagall, Kandinsky, Constable, Cassatt, Mondrian, Raphael, Van…
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Trisha’s Daily Painting 