Beginning a Painting

 

This little monochrome painting was done with burnt sienna.

This is taken from my copyrighted manuscript: "The Artist's Toolbox" 

 

Robert Wood and Maxfield Parrish almost always began serious works with an ultramarine blue monochrome under painting representing the values intended for the finished work.  Others use a grey green.  In any case it is a great way to get started and to solve problems early on, provide a unifying color and some color variations.  Yellow ochre provides a great base.  Try it, you'll like it.

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Parallel Perspective

#architecturalperspective
 The principle to consider is called "PARALLEL PERSPECTIVE" I see so many pictures of buildings, especially the Salt Lake Temple that ignore the simple fact that the vertical lines of the building are parallel to the frame of the picture or picture plane.  All parallel lines and parallel planes have the same vanishing points.  So why put vertical perspective in the picture?  You will notice that in the example of the tiles, the horizontal spacing is equal all across the base line.  The same will be seen in vertical spacing.  Proof: take a picture of a yardstick with any good camera.

 



In this drawing, of the #Salt Lake Mormon Temple, you'll find the horizon is on a horizontal line just above the round windows, but if it were lower, the walls would still be vertical.





This print frames well in an 11x14" frame. with 8x10" mat aperture.

8"x10" prints $15.00 each  Contact James Olson, 1558 Harvest St., Salt Lake City, UT 84116
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perspective in Landscape

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Study this painting, Many principles of perspective are displayed here. It is part of a Seminar or Workshop on #Perspective Drawing and Painting,   It is much easier to understand than many written texts on the subject. It's not just theory, it is simply an understanding what you see.  The subject is also well presented in my manuscript, "The Artist's Toolbox".  James Forest Olson. email: toomanytreez@gmail.com

Models Used in Art

A model made of paper & wood is a great help in determining the angle, distance (scaled) lighting and perspective of a subject. Even my painting "Midnight Surprise" was set up with a model. Old file folders provide a good stiff paper. A chapter in my manuscript, "The Artist's Toolbox, a Guide book for the Poet of Visual Perception", discusses models including resources. #JamesForestOlson
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Light, The Illusion of Light

You almost have to squint. The candle flame shown in this enhanced photo demonstrates the key to painting the illusion of light discussed in my manuscript "The Artist's Toolbox", which is now available as individually published copies.  Contact: email toomanytreez@gmail.com 

Tiles in Perspective



Square Tiles in 2-point perspective.
 

#Perspective drawing is essential to creating a sense of presence in visual art. 

Establish horizontal distance from viewpoint to Base Line.  Mark off equal distances along base lint to establish tile widths.  Project tile widths to vanishing point on Horizon at (eye) height "H".  All parallel lines on the same horizontal plane will vanish at the horizon.  So, knowing that, and that the diagonals of the square tiles run at 45 degrees, we simply look  45 degree from our viewpoint to find the vanishing point of  all parallel (45 degree) lines on the horizon.  So W = H.  Projecting from the vanishing point to base line widths, we discover the perspective squares.  A more detailed explanation is made in my seminar on perspective.  Contact me, James Olson: email:
toomanytreez@gmail.com 
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