tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198846129564779379.post315730254547123473..comments2023-03-24T06:59:30.482-07:00Comments on Pastel Workshop: Visual PathwaysCasey Klahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198846129564779379.post-40383515595897571742012-05-09T11:45:58.856-07:002012-05-09T11:45:58.856-07:00Thanks Casey for the explanation. Your clunkers, b...Thanks Casey for the explanation. Your clunkers, btw, look mighty good to me but I can see how the bilges distract.Dan Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13130079803891606515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198846129564779379.post-23474836396000484862012-05-09T07:38:48.795-07:002012-05-09T07:38:48.795-07:00Thanks for commenting, Linda!
Dan, I did look clo...Thanks for commenting, Linda!<br /><br />Dan, I did look closely at that when I posted this example. What keeps the blue-green bottom right-hand corner from being a triangle("bilge") is a number of things:<br />It lays back as receding ground, rather than a geometric triangle (think of photo mount corners). It has continuity with the ground on the left and reads with it. It allows one into the picture because of these reasons.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198846129564779379.post-63494416174352262212012-05-09T06:21:40.755-07:002012-05-09T06:21:40.755-07:00To this student of the arts the blue-green in the ...To this student of the arts the blue-green in the bottom right hand corner does not look that different than a bilge. How does it differ? Is it because it is directed by the lavender section and is not potruding like a bush?Dan Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13130079803891606515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198846129564779379.post-27737496321169585032012-05-08T11:39:14.788-07:002012-05-08T11:39:14.788-07:00I'm big on linking values Casey--maybe more so...I'm big on linking values Casey--maybe more so than lines, but I do use line to bring the eye back. On my little portrait of Steve I almost ended up with a clunker, (never knew what to call those pesky corners till now). I didn't want to make his hair any bigger, so I solved the problem by darkening the color of the background and bringing that color into his hair. Good post. It's nice to put into words what we know, but forget from time to time. Clunkers are more apt to evolve in my compositions when I'm using a small canvas. I still haven't down sized my drawing.Linda Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02833417183469551153noreply@blogger.com