Series 39: CREATING DISTANCE

Distant Textures – S39L2

Download

 This lesson is S39L2, Distant Textures of the CREATING DISTANCE Series.   Using as her reference a field of sea grass, Dianne guides us through an exercise showing how shapes in close proximity to the viewer, when clustered together become textures further away and will eventually merge into masses of value and color in the far distance.

As images move into a distance their characteristics gradually change.  We will see value contrasts decreasing from strong to close, hues might gently merge from one to another, intensities often become more neutral, textures can progressively disappear, and sizes will steadily become smaller.
We can create distance in our paintings by creating these changes in our images.  The four lessons in this series guide us in that direction.

*******

 Rather than becoming refined paintings, all these lessons are studies, each showing a different approach for using a composing principle.  Dianne’s approach to teaching is to show you ways to think about making choices and decisions so that you can work these into your own unique approach to painting.

*******

With every brushstroke we make, we are composing.  Just as with any creation, we begin with a structure, then as the art work begins we place shapes and colors according the concept with which we are working.  But the time comes when we move to a different level of thinking and decision-making–that moment when our intention becomes to bring clarity and resolution to the work.

Among Dianne’s passions about painting and teaching painting is how composing principles can expand creative freedom if the artist transcends the “rule” idea and instead, transforms the principle into a tool that opens creative doors.

Read Dianne’s Compose blog posts HERE.  Visit Dianne’s website and example her work HERE.  And visit her YouTube Channel with dozens of Quick Tips HERE.