Vermeer, bist du schön

 

Red Shouldered Hawk

 

Row Boat at Anchor

Morocco port

 

Drawing number three

If you have two drawings of equal artistic and technical merit and one is of an attractive subject and the other is of an unattractive subject, most people will think the attractive subject is a better drawing.

 

early stage

 

Landscape with Laundry

variations on a landscape

 

 

Enamel bowl

 I think that people who paint and people who do not paint look at and see paintings differently. 

We daily look at hundreds of images...maybe thousands...printed, online, televised. It is easy, when walking through a museum, to look at paintings, especially representational paintings, as just more 'pictures' as if we were leafing through a magazine. 

But we are not aware or appreciative of what goes into making a successful painted image. There is more to admire in a painting than just the subject matter. There is more than the "what" to a painting. There is also the "How "! 

There is much to learn and to master about composition, line, values, color theory, anatomy, brush work, perspective, how to direct the eye, how to hold the viewer's attention.and so much more!!

Red Shouldered Hawk