I stumbled across an excellent tutorial on colour theory which I am sure most readers will find useful. Simple, Practical Color Theory covers key theories such as Colour Models, Colour Harmonies a section on definitions and Hue, Saturation and Brightness. Owen James deals with screen colour but at the foundation …
This interview with Bruce Chatwin’s wife about his use of notebooks reveals how he dumped everything in to them. For those who are interested in the creative process or use studio journals you will find the insight to Bruce Chatwin’s process thought provoking. I was particularly intrigued with his ideas …
Science Daily has published an interesting article that scientifically proves theories about using compositional devices to guide the viewers eye around an image. Eye tracking studies have proved how great painters like Rembrandt engage and guide the eye of the viewer around a painting literally taking us on a visual …
This short film by Blu is of an amazing animation painted on public walls in Buenos Aires and in Baden. On the artists website you can discover more information about the project. The site also houses an interesting blog and sketchbooks that visitors can browse. Enjoy!
A little self indulgence this morning as Jerry took some great photos of the trees turning colour. I of course had to play with them. Here are some colours ‘found’ in this photograph Our driveway at the moment I love Autumn in Canberra
What do you think about Art Journals? Over on Quin Creative, there is a touching and thoughtful story about Quins Fathers Art Journals. It prompted a few thoughts or perhaps it is better described as a reaction from me. To be honest I had not really thought about …
No work in progress this week as the National folk festival over Easter and Eve being home has taken all my time. But I did see this heart shaped leaf I had to share and I found some of the colours interesting. This was the colour scheme I ‘discovered’ …
