tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198846129564779379.post1220611137989628489..comments2023-03-24T06:59:30.482-07:00Comments on Pastel Workshop: Gimme FiveCasey Klahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198846129564779379.post-39433508315582871562008-07-14T07:59:00.000-07:002008-07-14T07:59:00.000-07:00I read about that exhibit - how smart of you to ge...I read about that exhibit - how smart of you to get the catalog beforehand, Brian. Sounds like a well curated exhibit, too.<BR/><BR/>Multiple intersecting golden rectangles! That conjures up all of those renaissance paintings with rectangles and triangles superimposed on them.<BR/><BR/>Actually, I am working on a big work with two rectangles and one Fib. Spiral. I frequently have troubles transferring a thumbnail, which looks like intuitive gold, onto a large sheet. If this method works out, I'll post about it.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198846129564779379.post-6800849201275595112008-07-14T06:10:00.000-07:002008-07-14T06:10:00.000-07:00As is often the case, your tips on classic composi...As is often the case, your tips on classic composition come at a great time, Casey. I was reading last night from "Like Breath on Glass", the catalogue published for an exhibit of "the art of painting softly" by Whistler, Innes, Twachtman, and others that has just opened at the Clark Institute in Massachusetts. I'm planning to visit the show in a few weeks and am "studying up" in advance. Being a fan of George Innes, I spent some time looking at one particular painting, "Home at Montclair" and studied the way the compositional elements Innes used led me through the painting. My eye was intially drawn to a large, off-center pine next to the house in the painting that I would bet is right at one of those sweet spots formed by intersecting golden ratio rectangles and their diagonals. I was then led in a broad, sweeping spiral (Fibonacci's, no doubt) through the painting until returning to a spot near where I had started, only then to notice a small figure near the house walking along a path toward the setting sun. I had somehow entirely overlooked this detail with my first broad scan of the painting. That feeling of having been "walked" intentionally through the painting by the artist to experience this discovery was very moving for me. Magical stuff, and a great set of tips as well - thanks!Brian McGurganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963409828276349170noreply@blogger.com