“Raphael and Visual Intelligence” St.George and the Dragon by Raphael is a really interesting painting, it is surprisingly small, (11 1/8 x 8 3/8 in), I was expecting something much larger the first time I saw it in person. My little study is about one aspect of the painting, St.Georges spear and how it relates […]
Cezanne – Geometry in Art
Cezanne’s Strange Spaces This Cezanne still life has strange spaces – as do many of his still life paintings. As a student I didn’t understand them so well and didn’t really appreciate Cezanne. But as I developed a better understanding of the hurdles to creating space and began to understand the importance of geometry […]
Boucher Tutorial
What exactly does composition mean for the painter? I believe it is the organization of elements in a unified manner that guides the viewer on a visual journey. Not so unlike a movie maker edits and selects scenes to create a reality for movie goers. Great painting is not static. As a student I spent […]