Wekiva River Kelly Park12x16 inches
oil on linen
800.00
silver frame
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Painters Tip
Art Fundamentals
I’m an old fashioned artist. I am dismayed that not many art schools teach good design fundamentals anymore. I have made it my quest to teach design because so few know anything about it these days. I have put together a workshop on the elements of design and composition for painters. Think of the elements of design as the skeleton of good painting.
Good paintings can be intuitive but are more often carefully planned and executed.
The nature of art includes Meaning, Form, Narration and Description, Illusion, Reality, the Artistic Experience and the components of design that make a work of art.
The term art comes from the Renaissance words arti and arte. Arti was the designation of the craft guildes of the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Art served both as a technical and interpretive record of the human experience. Art continues to fulfill this function in our society today. Art is a visual language and I have always felt that artists are recorders of our culture and society in each generation.
More on art fundamentals tomorrow.
2 comments:
I agree, design is a critical skill--in fact, I think it over-rides any other skill. i think of it as the "container" for all other skills in art.
You are so right Ed. When I was a young art student I was fortunate to have a skilled design professor who instilled a love of design in me for life.
Love,
Linda
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