I recently went to the Degas exhibit at the Denver Art Museum and was struck by the wonderful combination of showing his sketches and sketchbooks with his oil paintings and pastel works. It really gives the viewer the experience of discovering what goes into the making of a masterpiece. Many of his large works have a loose use of brushstrokes and hints of his black “sketched” lines that he used to lay out his compositions with. The effect it creates is one of art done with some spontaneity and life to it. …
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Frederic Remington once said, “The artist must know more than the camera.”
Western artist Frederic Remington said, “The artist must know more than the camera.” Today even in this age of the digital camera working outside or “Plein air” to create work is coveted by many artists’. They find many subtle aspects such as color blends, shadow depth, blurred details that the camera misses. How many times have you take a picture and thought later that is not quite what I remembered. Develop your eyes and notice what you may have been missing by looking through your camera lens or screen. Remington was great at observing and “seeing”. He was the…
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