When listening to music without lyrics, have you noticed what causes you to hear what you're listening to? It might be the melody line or it could be a drum beat or even a bass line, or it could be
the way all the parts are put together.
Painters, poets, composers, even novelists, are guiding you along a path they want you to follow. With training and lots of practice, all artists regardless of genre, learn to use their favorite
methods of creating that path. Some become so good at this that we won't even notice the path-making element unless we look for it.
Sometimes the artist might use a traditional path, but unique paths can be created, too. Here are three of my paintings where I used traditional paths.
THREE PATH-GUIDES BY MARY WHYTE
Contemporary artist Mary Whyte will often enhance a path by the way
she treats an element or image. I've created for you a short video exercise that illustrates how she does this. Watch the video and notice what your eye is doing.
(Apologies to Mary Whyte--you'll see why.)
By paying attention to what your eye is doing when the element is taken away, you can identify how Mary has used that element to help guide your
eye.
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Last week was about learning how to play to make ourselves better artists. We received 18 suggestions about ways to play. You
might have fun with some of these so I've made them available in a PDF file. Click on the button below to see it. Print it out if you like.
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