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Monthly Archives: March 2015
Painting: Composing With Light
Realist painters have a long tradition of using light and shadow to organize their compositions and influence the way viewers respond to their paintings. Here are three well known painters working at different times over a span of 400 years. … Continue reading
Design Exercise: All Things Red
Who hasn’t created a collection of favorite things? For this exercise I ask that you make a collection of objects and images that are variations of red. Make sure to include fully saturated reds and ones that are desaturated. Include … Continue reading
Two Artists Working With Shape
Shapes are the basic building blocks of two-dimensional compositions and three-dimensional objects. Shapes define the forms we see and the space around those forms. Let’s look at the work of two artists who emphasize shapes and use them as primary … Continue reading
Posted in Artists and Designers, Elements and Principles
Tagged painting, printmaking, sculpture, shape
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Beyond Craft: Woodworking On Steroids
If it’s functional, is it Art of is it Craft? Can it be both? I remember endless art school debates on this topic but in the work of the artist Michael Beitz I think the answer is obvious. Yes, it … Continue reading
Posted in Artists and Designers, Elements and Principles
Tagged sculpture, woodworking
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Where Am I? Unexpected Spaces
Here are two artists who have taken common items out of their predictable environments. By putting them in a new context they cause us to look at them again…to reconsider the form and meaning of these well-known things. Norwegian artist … Continue reading
Posted in Artists and Designers, Design in the World
Tagged art installations, environmental art
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Making the Ordinary Extraordinary
I’ve long been fascinated by artists who transform everyday objects. What a wonderful way to move through the world, everywhere you look there’s a potential work of art. In the installation “Gathering Dust,” the artist Donald Lipski pinned thousands of … Continue reading
Posted in Artists and Designers
Tagged collage, found objects, installation art, sculpture
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Art and Design Resources
Those of you new to design might be interested in some recommendations for additional online resources. Here are several websites that focus on design, art, architecture, photography and culture. In a future blog post we will add other sites to … Continue reading
Posted in Design in the World, Resources
Tagged architecture, Art, design, Photography
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A Simple Line
We all recognize a line. We read lines of text; we walk and drive down the line of a road; we stand in lines; we first learn to draw by coloring inside of the lines; we… Yes, lines are common … Continue reading