For some reason, the organization bug has bitten me. I'm obsessed with cleaning out, trashing, and donating. Could it be the holiday season approaching? Could it be the fact that we've lived in our house for about 3 years and I've yet to organize my closet? I don't know, but I'm getting kinda nutty and I'm not doing as much creating because I'm so crazy about seeing the floor in my studio. Up until this week, I didn't even know what color the carpet was in there. Light tan, if you are wondering. ("Light tan" is a quick reference to a line in Nacho Libre, one of the funniest movies of all time. I'm just saying...)
Enough of that, however. About a month ago, I fiddled around with DecoArt's awesome textures and created this mosaic heart. It was done on a 12x12 inch canvas with only DecoArt products, sheet music and a graphite pencil.
I'm intrigued with the idea of doing a mosaic-texture thing. I definitely want to explore this idea further. I love the idea of dividing up a piece into sections and working on each one separately, all the while keeping everything connected via the color palette.
I'm also intrigued by the whole light/shadow thing and am excited to explore that further. I attempted to do this in my mosaic heart with limited success. (See the light source in the top left?) Ever since I read The Tale of Despereaux, I've been interested in chiaroscuro which is an Italian term that means light-dark. I'm sure you've seen this technique in fine art paintings like this one by Gerrit von Honthorst (swiped from Wikipedia).
I love how this painting has a very prominent light source that draws the eyes immediately to the focal point of the piece. Along with this prominent light are intense shadows that provide mystery. Love this idea. I think that applying it to my work will take a bit of practice as I'm not used to such contrast, nor am I very aware of exactly how shadows fall. Chiaroscuro certainly merits further study, in my mind.
Do you have any techniques that intrigue you? Any artistic experimentations?
xoxo
Bethany
Enough of that, however. About a month ago, I fiddled around with DecoArt's awesome textures and created this mosaic heart. It was done on a 12x12 inch canvas with only DecoArt products, sheet music and a graphite pencil.
I'm intrigued with the idea of doing a mosaic-texture thing. I definitely want to explore this idea further. I love the idea of dividing up a piece into sections and working on each one separately, all the while keeping everything connected via the color palette.
I'm also intrigued by the whole light/shadow thing and am excited to explore that further. I attempted to do this in my mosaic heart with limited success. (See the light source in the top left?) Ever since I read The Tale of Despereaux, I've been interested in chiaroscuro which is an Italian term that means light-dark. I'm sure you've seen this technique in fine art paintings like this one by Gerrit von Honthorst (swiped from Wikipedia).
I love how this painting has a very prominent light source that draws the eyes immediately to the focal point of the piece. Along with this prominent light are intense shadows that provide mystery. Love this idea. I think that applying it to my work will take a bit of practice as I'm not used to such contrast, nor am I very aware of exactly how shadows fall. Chiaroscuro certainly merits further study, in my mind.
Do you have any techniques that intrigue you? Any artistic experimentations?
xoxo
Bethany
2 comments:
Wowwwwwwwwwwww! This is GORGEOUS Bethany! :):):):):):):):):):):)
OK so many things to comment on!
First, gorgeous art!
Second, now I am thinking of stretchy pants and talking in a Hispanic accent (thank you for your Nacho Libre reference).
Thirdly, the kids and I loved Despereaux. We listened to it on audio in the car...there were times that I worried it was too dark for them but I LOVED all the symbolism, etc.
Good luck on the cleaning thing...it's a disease :)
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