I’m feeling refreshed now after the weekend…we did put a lot into our painting course, all of us. I think we were all pretty drained with the effort of producing such a lot of excellent work. But you have to put a lot in to get a lot out!
Just wondering whether any of the course members have photos they’d like to share?.. I know the cameras were clicking! Please Email any you would like me to put on the blog for everyone to see.
I’m going to look at perspective with my class tomorrow. You can’t ignore it…it is the bugbear of many an artist, student or not, but better to face it and welcome it as a friend! Has to be said that any painting involving buildings will look tons better if the perspective is convincing. And unlike with many aspects of watercolour painting which are intuitive and based on spontaneity, this thing called perspective can be learned. There are rules, and you just have to understand how it works and then draw and draw, doodle and play, draw cubes with vanishing points and more cubes after that and eventually the penny will drop! Trust me!
I’ve uploaded a painting I did a few years ago now which involves perspective. The hollyhocks are the main subject but it was important that the perspective was right so as not to distract the viewer’s eye from the main interest.
I agree Ann, good drawing is the base to build a painting, I like to start my students with perspective, not the most exciting or easy subject to learn, but so important especially with buildings, have fun!
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Hope it will be fun. Got to be tackled anyway! It's a fascinating subject in many ways!
Thanks for calling by Lynn. All the best,
Ann
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Beautiful paintings! I'm interested in your DVD's, listened to sample and was distracted by music playing while you were talking. Is music playing on your DVD's while your talking? Thanks, Mary
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Mary, yes there is music playing during the DVD but it goes quiet when I talk so that you can hear the explanations. Have you seen the free demos I do on youtube? there is no music on those. You can access them via my website…click on the youtube link.
http://www.annmortimerart.com
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