The magic of painting
PAINTING BEYOND FASHION
Basic painting and drawing principles and techniques from the Renaissanceto the presentby John Hagan
TABLE OF CONTENTSIntro -
1. aerial perspective -6 lessons
perspective - the basicsperspective - lets go outsideveils of atmospheresunrise and sunsetreverse sunset and nightclouds, mist and other veils
2. color - 2 lessons
3. looking harder - 3 lessons
4. light and shade - 4 lessons
backlight works its magicside light and turning pointsfront light, and artist's lightcascading light and shade
5. drawing texture design-6 lessons
6. analysis -5 lessons
what to paint and whyanalysis of 'girl with pearl earing'depth of fieldabstract and texture work chaos and disorder
7. practical application -32 lessons
practical painting[2][3][4][5][6][7]
portraiture[2][3][4][5]
demo Alexander[2][3][4][5][6]
demo nude[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
framing[2][3]
8. personal paintings used here
[press here]advanced art lessons *The artist's role and making a living from painting. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
All artork is by John Hagan unless attributed or known pre- 20th century masterpieces!
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Learn to paint pearls - a basic lesson in looking
FIRST THE PEARL - A LESSON IN HOW TO LOOK ATTHINGS
An apprentice painter might learn how to hold a brush, mix colors or how to use a palette knife, but it mattersnothing if the same person does not learn how to 'look' at things, and to look with the eye of someone whowants to explain the world in terms of paint. After many years of learning to 'look' we come to understandthe nature of things and how they relate to each other.This first lesson is an entertaining introduction to give you some idea of what I mean by 'looking'. Don't betoo worried if the world I now introduce seems alien at first, because as you progress with the lessons, youwill begin to understand that the real joy of painting is not so much occupying your hands, as trulyunderstanding the laws, the lights and shades, and the memories of all the things around you.OK, I think I remember what a pearl looks like. Ah, its been so long between pearls. I will try to constructone from memory, first principles and logic.To begin, let us imagine the largest pearl in the world sits on a red table in a room with a blue ceiling. I amthe viewer and I view the perl from the front while behind me is a window. Outside it is a fine bright sunnyday.Now if the pearl was someone elses 'eye' we must imagine
what it would see!!
.It would see me, basic and a little crude - but that dosen't matter at this stage?The window in the same condition.
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Learn to paint pearls - a basic lesson in looking
Together ...Add a blue ceiling, some walls and a red table (this is roughly what the pearl would see if it could see). Nextwe squeeze it into a round shape (with a computer this is easy, in a painting you would work backward.) I ama little disappointed at this stage as it looks rather raw and nothing like a pearl. But, staring failure in the eye,we must proceed (forever faithful to our logic).So lets us rid ourselves of the black edges. Then, since a pearl is not a perfect mirror, I will blur everything ...Now we can and add a little milky screen (I somehow remember pearls are a little milky, aren't they?)
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