#painting composition

[workingonthepsychward]

Where Does The Butterfly Go?

I'm making this painting for the hallway in the psych hospital, but I can't figure out where the butterfly should go. I narrowed it down from 25 to 9, lol. Help! (see the pictures below!)

Where does the butterfly go?

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Somewhere else. I will explain.

Voting ended onOct 29, 2024

[artclassfundamentals]

Painting in layers

In this class we expand on Art Class 104 talking about the process of creating a painting in layers: compositional layout, background, foreground and details. Because painting is two-dimensional we want to create the illusion of three-dimensions and we do this by painting in reverse. We also talk about how color holds meaning and it is important for you to consider what you want to communicate through color in your own painting.

Materials Needed:

Primary Colors and white (hot and cold primaries preferably), acrylic, poster paint or watercolor painting that you started yesterday a range of brushes water palette Apron (or an old shirt) wet cloth (or scrap newspaper)

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Creating a painting composition

In this class we will begin the process of creating an abstract painting composition. Please refer to the visual resources on this blog of artists who have employed color theory principles to develop paintings and refer back to your own experiments that you have done as part of this course. You might have discovered when creating your painting palettes that you were drawn to particular colors and tones. Apply your palette choices to your painting as this is what we call artistic research and I discuss this in the video.

Materials Needed:

Yellow paint (acrylic, watercolor or poster paint) One piece of paper folded into six equal rectangles One piece of paper for the painting composition A fine brush Palette Water Apron (or old t-shirt) Wet cloth (or scrap newspaper)

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LEVITATE 1

(it’s a drawing)

[rleonia]

So THAT's what a notan is! A digital approach to paiting basics.

So THAT’s what a notan is! A digital approach to paiting basics.

Notan: A word derived from Japanese meaning a representation of the dark and light shapes in a work of art. There are two color notans (black and white) and mid-value notans (black, white and gray).

I admit it, I work backwards sometimes. I have a painting that is almost finished, and I decided to take a look at the notan of the work. Most people start by sketching a notan, but I paint then…

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Gouache Formula Tips

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Painting Composition Tips

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