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Satycation Art #11: Don’t be Fooled by Simultaneous Contrast!
Note the three gray squares and how (due to the law of simultaneous contrast) they appear to be different from one another.
They are all the same.
acrylic on canvas board 10″X20″ Lillian Kennedy
(click on image to enlarge)
Painting can drive you crazy. When you look at the dark square in the sky, it looks like it would blend into the dark area of the trees.… Read the rest
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Staycation Art #10: Catharsis and Emotional Transformation through Drawing
One of the gifts of a creative practice is the ability for art to embrace and transform whatever emotional state you bring to it.
A quiet melancholy infuses my work from the past few days.
Click on image to enlarge. Drawings in progress by Lillian Kennedy
It has not been a good week here in the United States.… Read the rest
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Staycation Series #9: Putting Figures in Your Landscape Paintings (Part 2)
In part 1: Putting People in the Landscape, we covered scale, proportion, and gesture. In this lesson we will consider three more aspects of populating (or staffing) your landscapes: 1. Make sure that your figures are subordinated to the “whole”. 2. Make your figures useful; they are a compositional tool. 3. Make your figures look like they are able to get up and move.… Read the rest
Staycation Series #8: Putting Figures in Your Landscape Drawings (Part 1)
Let’s put some peeps in our paintings. Figures can tell a story, show scale, or add a touch of color, but they need to express life. This lesson covers three aspects of making your figures belong in the landscape: scale, proportion, and gesture.
Part 2 of “Peeps in the Landscape” will be in two weeks. Even though we are still in the midst of this pandemic, our governments have begun to open up and most of us don’t need to STAY as much.… Read the rest
Staycation Art #7: Sharing What You Make is Good for You and Others / May Day Card Making
This week, make an English Cottage Garden Card to deliver in traditional May Day fashion. Surprise and delight a neighbor with your thoughtfulness while you learn new skills. It doesn’t matter if it’s not the first of May when your card is delivered: The lesson will still work.
Why would you do this?
- Showing and sharing your work is part of a healthy creative cycle.
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