Painting is aimed at the guts and heart… Seeing is not only eyesight.
—Colin McCahon, quoted in How to look at a painting by Justin Paton
Three trees
I made this from a photo I took through the shade in front of one of our ranchsliders. I liked the effect of how the shade flattened, softened, and greyed things down.
In the photo, the tree on the left was closer to the two on the right, which I think would have made a tighter/more balanced composition. I didn’t quite judge that right with the drawing.
From Titirangi Beach
For the first assignment for my landscape course, I went to Titirangi Beach and made some quick mixed-media sketches. I did the first three on one day, and the last two on another.
Continue reading “From Titirangi Beach”‘Painting abstracts’
Too many people say, I want to paint abstracts, which doesn’t make any sense to me. It’s like saying you want to eat cooking. [Abstract is] not a noun; it’s a verb. It’s a process. To abstract means to remove.
—Brian Rutenberg on The Artful Painter
Three contemporary landscape painters I love
Richard K Blades, who I mentioned in my last post, I discovered fairly recently, but I’ve been following these three painters for a few years now.
- Brian Rutenberg – For a man who hasn’t studied colour theory, he sure has a way with colour! He also has one of the most unique and interesting YouTube channels I’ve come across.
- William Kocher – Small, dreamlike paintings that seem much bigger than they are. He also makes quite different, much more abstracted work.
- Robert Newton – Amazing how much he captures with so few brush strokes! And the light!
In case you can’t tell, I love painterliness and atmosphere.