Monday, December 19, 2011
Focusing on a Topic
Hi Folks, sorry for the delay been busy with lots of tsunami related work up and down Washington coast and working with great tribes of northwest: Quinault, Makah, Quileute, great people.
This blog is about the advantages of pursuing a topic for sometime and doing study and paintings in clusters. I found that as i did painting after painting about a certain topic, i began learning how to address the composition and techniques and also gained insight on how to approach the subject and add drama. years ago i took lessons from James Godwin Scott of St. Louis and James emphasized the value in staying with a topic such as waterfralls or farm settings for an extended period of time to learn their nature and improve your painting approaches.
i have recently been painting a series on bald eagles (image attached) and am learning more and more as i do each one. i am now working on two more that seek to increase the drama in the composition as well as the intensity of colors as i think the early ones are fine and a bit less intensive. more later. ron
This blog is about the advantages of pursuing a topic for sometime and doing study and paintings in clusters. I found that as i did painting after painting about a certain topic, i began learning how to address the composition and techniques and also gained insight on how to approach the subject and add drama. years ago i took lessons from James Godwin Scott of St. Louis and James emphasized the value in staying with a topic such as waterfralls or farm settings for an extended period of time to learn their nature and improve your painting approaches.
i have recently been painting a series on bald eagles (image attached) and am learning more and more as i do each one. i am now working on two more that seek to increase the drama in the composition as well as the intensity of colors as i think the early ones are fine and a bit less intensive. more later. ron
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