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Post by Cherryl Meggs on Mar 12, 2010 17:50:06 GMT -6
What Celeste is saying, that don't divide color, take it across the street. Nothing should be isolated. Cherryl
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Post by Cherryl Meggs on Feb 15, 2010 10:08:14 GMT -6
Prisicilla, Good job, love the movement, yep love the tendrils too, the curvy lines really look good with the squared sides of the piece you are painting.
Celeste, Correct me if I am wrong here but the key to doing this is to have your darks, midtones and lights established from the very beginning, I did what was called a Grisaille technique, means to gray with the Rosey violet of iron years ago with fruit and flowers. Then later wash color of choice over the fired Violet of Iron. This grayed the colors a bit. Making for instant unity.
In that way you don't overpaint. We have done this also in Black Grape, the best was from Mr. and Mrs. of Dallas. I did this in my first grape seminar with Kay Houston and it is still one of my favorite paintings.
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Post by Cherryl Meggs on Feb 9, 2010 21:26:49 GMT -6
Me too I would like to do grapes with you! Thanks for sharing it here can't wait to see it at Caz. What lucky students you have. You are the grape queen!Love cherryl
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Post by Cherryl Meggs on Sept 20, 2009 9:39:47 GMT -6
Thank you Alan, You Rock for coming here and posting, Cherryl
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Post by Cherryl Meggs on Sept 18, 2009 18:02:26 GMT -6
Thanks Celste for doing this! Without these paintings fall apart, above is what I use when I judge my work or if I am asked to judge others. I have a hand out when I do seminars that explain the Elements and Principles of Art. These are the backbone of every good painting. Cherryl
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Post by Cherryl Meggs on Sept 18, 2009 17:57:30 GMT -6
Dear Alan, I'm paraphrasing here below so not exactly perfect quotes but: This is Cherryl, Hi Alan, I have been giving out the Elements and Principles of Art to my seminar students for years.
SHAPE - Creative Shapes make great paintings, organic shapes, shape without a name , Cherryl Meggs .*
"Interesting shapes make interesting paintings" ! ~ Arnold Lowrey.
* "Dent the geometric shapes....but do it randomly. Don't make another boring shape by making it the same on each side. We're not thinking Pringles potato chips. We're thinking of a chip shape where you can call up Ripley's and say, "I just found Elvis in my bag of chips." - Celeste McCall
* "Always have a dominance of one geometric or organic shape in the painting in both the negative and positive space." - Frank Webb (get his dvd "Painting by Design") ______________________________________________________
SIZE - * " Big shapes in a painting give a big impact. Small shapes make a small impact. Don't get stuck in the middle. Either paint big shapes or little shapes as the focal point" ~ Skip Lawrence
* "Shapes in sizes of Papa, Mama, and Baby" - Whitney
Create a conflict at focal point with shape, large to small creates more interest. Have a tweener between the shapes. a medium size for a softer impact. Cherryl Meggs
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* LINE - straight and curved ...use a dominance of one of these in a painting. " When you buy french fries they are either straight or curly. You seldom see the chef put them together in the bag with your hamburger." - Celeste McCall
Line, take a leisurely trip through the Hill Country, no freeway or straight lines. Create a wreck at focal point! Where lines converge. Cherryl Meggs
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* DIRECTION - The overall dominant direction can be * Horizontal - sleeping in bed....laid back...calm...relaxed line * Vertical - strong, supportive...holding up a beach house during hurricane * Oblique - this means diagonal....like on the way down when falling. Diagonal lines create movement.
Direction: Horizontal: A calm sea, man laying down. Vertical: Like telephone poles or skyscrapers create stability in a painting. Mand standing up with hands at his sides. Oblique: Create movement in a painting diagonals is another word for it, think of a person standing still with his hands at his side, makes a Veritical, then he moves forward and he then will be in motion, creating a oblique. Cherryl Meggs
* TEXTUREs - Use a dominance of ONE texture in a painting. "Ever see a dog with soft hair on his face...rough hair on his ears, and hard hair on his tail?" Me neither,...and don't wanna see one like that neither." ~ Celeste
* "Textures are 'touch' for the eyes. " Celeste
Texture: Describes what it is! The softness of a Rose petal and sheerness or the opaqueness of a Magnolia! Cherryl Meggs Kay Houston said lick a tree is it soft or rough! ________________________________________________________________
* COLOR - Warm or cool. "You arrive at the beach on a warm summer day with a clear sunny sky. You roll out your blanket and set out your snacks. The clouds come and you now have half sun and half clouds...you're not sure whether to get out the rain umbrella or the sun lotion. Paint your painting with a dominance of either warm colors (sunny day) or cool colors (rainy day). " - Celeste McCall
Color: It is a very personal thing, warm or cool, gray or clean, one should dominate. You know where the painting is going to live and most people paint the colors they love. Cherryl Meggs
* VALUE - The lightness or darkness of a color * Light - * Medium * Dark
Use a dominance of one of the above. "The dominance of light values is like at a wedding...mostly white stuff all around. The dominance of medium values is like a cloudy day. The dominance of dark values is like in a movie theater." - Celeste
Value: Light: Gives a painting softness, and tells a happy story. Mid value: More grayed tones and somber. Dark Values: Low values ,Think of the music in a movie, moving from light and happy, then when the villian comes in the music gets lower and more sinister. You know something unsettling is about to happen. Cherryl Meggs _____________________________________________________________________ THE EIGHT PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN These are the building blocks OF ALL ART! This is what we can do with the SEVEN ELEMENTS, listed above.
* UNITY - The painting must be consistent throughout. Each part must look like it belongs to the rest. "A painting is like a beef stew. Don't put the carrots on one side and the potatoes on the other in the stew!........ Stirr that stew up and sprinkle in a few japapenos too!" Celeste
Unity: Like baking a cake, if you leave any of the Elements out you would not have a cake, all elements should relate to the Principles. Leave out the flour you have no cake. Cherryl Meggs ____________________________________________________ * CONFLICT - (or Contrast) Must be present in all of the elements. * "A whole lotta this...and a little bit of that." Skip Lawrence
CONFLICT : Helps to create Focal Point, A good fight or wreck makes you look, You looked didnn't you when stuck in traffic and went by a wreck or accident, or someone raising ther voice in a Library. Cherryl Meggs DOMINANCE - The most important principle because without it, there will be too much variation and no unity of the elements. In each of the listed elements, one should dominate in a painting.
* "Ever eat a cherry pie that had raisins, nuts, peaches and apricots in it?...maybe so...but it ain't going to be called a cherry pie no more." ~ Celeste DOMINANCE: Without it there is confusion. What did you come tp talk about, stick to it.Cherryl Meggs
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* REPETITION - elements should repeat "Don't pour all the nuts on one side of the banana split."
Tells more of what you came to talk about, think of a pie wedge, of color, for example moving through the painting, Repetition but not in all the same size, makes it more interesting, walk it through, Cherryl Meggs I like what Arnold said, Creative Repetition like Beethoven's Fith.
__________________________________________________ * ALTERNATION - Repetition with variation * "Make the layers of lasagna.....noodles, sauce, cheese, ...noodles, sauce, cheese......" ~ Celeste
Alternation: No twins no triplets! Nothing alike, alike! Cherryl Meggs
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* GRADATION - Gradual change from one element to another * "Gradation links all things together smoothly ...light to dark....cool to warm...rough to smooth, etc." ~ Celeste Gradation is what Analogous colors do, moving cleanly with color. Large to small. with the differing sizes in between. No conflict here. Cherryl ______________________________________________________
* HARMONY - Similar elements - * "Football players, fans, band, and cheerleaders....they all wear the same colors yet each person looks different." ~ Celeste Harmony: Everyone gets along, no fight, no conflict, a harmonious choir. No sour notes. Cherryl Meggs --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* BALANCE * "Ask a kid to lift up his Dad and he might look at you funny and raise an eyebrow. When he grows up and is the same size and weight...he can easily do it.....unless Dad is grumpy." - Celeste
Balance: Kids on a teeter totter, put a fat kid on the end and you have to have more than one skinny kid to balance it. Or the heavy kid has to move closer to center. Cherryl Meggs « Last Edit: Yesterday at 10:33pm by Celeste McCall » Link to Post - Back to Top Logged
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Post by Cherryl Meggs on Aug 9, 2009 12:06:39 GMT -6
I tell my students the Elements of Art are like the basic parts of a cake, leave one out and you don't have a Cake. The Principles make the cake taste and look so much better. LOL.. Been teaching these from Whitney for many years now, you can't beat his exlpainations. A great book is Painting Watercolor the Edgar Whitney Way. Thanks for posting these Celeste, Cherryl
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