Posted in Learning to paint on Jan 8th, 2010
The variety of our paintings is dependent on many factors.
These are some areas of variety could be described as variety of shape, variety of tone values, variety in edge shapes, variety in texture and a variety in graduation.
Each of these elements has a rhythmic quality of its own and it’s a long list.
The [...]
Posted in Gardening and Art on Apr 14th, 2009
Making art and a garden go hand in hand.
The first things that comes to mind are composition and color.
A composition needs a focal point, something that is smashing and eye catching. It could be a trellis with a humming bird vine trained over it. In front of the trellis, place a plant such as an [...]
Posted in Lob Lolly Cove, Nature and Art on Mar 1st, 2009
Returning home from a visit of several days at our home in Lob Lolly Cove, we find lots of good soaking rain and snow. It’s good to be home.
Wildlife in the cove were very active, spring fever, I think. Anyway, as usual the Crows were always in convention, with the Pileated Woodpecker coming in at [...]
