Tips and ideas for composing paintings and drawings
Published: Fri, 03/23/18
March 23, 2018 RELOCATING SHAPES from the COMPOSING SHAPES Series Using as her reference a large tree in front of a house, Dianne shows how we can…
Published: Wed, 03/21/18
March 21, 2018 This Week's Quick Tip 157REAL RED
Published: Sat, 03/17/18
Dear, Popular in today's painting culture is the use of devices to trace images for setting up a painting. Arguments can get heated over this…
Published: Fri, 03/16/18
March 16, 2018 SIMPLIFYING SHAPES Using as her reference yellow rose, Dianne guides us through how to see simplified shapes within images and a way to…
Published: Wed, 03/14/18
March 14, 2018 This Week's Quick Tip 156FOLIAGE STROKES
Published: Sat, 03/10/18
Dear, Try this: On a sunny day go outside and take a picture of some image on which there is both light and shadow. Here's one I took during a plein…
Published: Fri, 03/09/18
March 9, 2018 COMPOSING SHAPES: Shapes that Merge Using as her reference an old abandoned truck in bushes, Dianne studies how we can use similar…
Published: Wed, 03/07/18
March 7, 2018This Week's Quick Tip 155THE ALLA PRIMA SCUMBLE
Published: Sat, 03/03/18
Dear, What do you see in this shape? The shape is about as simplified as a shape can be, made only of lines and angles. Let's add the elements of…
Published: Fri, 03/02/18
March 2, 2018 NEW SERIES: COMPOSING SHAPESENHANCING SHAPES Using as her reference boat in water underneath an overcast sky, Dianne moves through the…