“Tulip Tree Branch” by Stefan Baumann This spring I am proud to say that The Grand View Americas National Parks Through the Eyes of an artist will be back on a PBS Station near you. This Series is the only one of its kind that features a plain air artist going to a different National Park each week, capturing it on canvas for the viewers. “Tulip Tree Branch” by Stefan Baumann With all the rain we have had in Mt. Shasta, I wanted to paint something with a bit more color. A good friend found this tulip tree branch. I really enjoyed painting it. Connecting with Your Art There is a difference between painting with intention (to do something with an agenda) and painting by connecting with your inspiration. Artists paint with an agenda when they try to re-create a painting that looks like a photograph or a subject from life. Connecting with your painting involves painting what you know: your reality, your inspiration, and how you see the world daily. Artists paint by placing strokes of color on their canvas to recreate the subject they have chosen to paint. Then, there comes a moment when the focus shifts and the image becomes three-dimensional. This is when we are connecting with our art. It only happens when the right side of the brain relies on what it knows, rather than the process of how to do to it. Try an experiment. Paint an image of one of your toys that you had growing up. Paint it from your memory. Try looking at the painting while you are painting as if you are seeing the toy again, but then look at if as if you have never seen it before. Do not ask how, just do it as if you know how. Keep looking at the painting and making changes – see the light on it, see the shadows. Before long, you will see it as real as if you are looking at the real object or a photo of it. If you want to get a free book on painting go to my website Stefan Baumann
Posted on: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 21:38:02 +0000
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