Top: Ah, the still life tire. A great subject, don't you think? Odd, how the black rubber is rarely the darkest dark. Nice negative and positive shapes of grass and weeds. They form a necessary part of the composition. I see brakes--could this be a Porsche?
2nd: I have seen that pole before. Nice grading of tones. The sidewalks give a hint of perspective, along with the placing of the tree and box--higher on the page.
3rd: Is the white line a Century Fence? That diagonal gray shadow on the shed wall is a neat hint of unseen things.
Bottom: A house in a tree! But believable because of the perspective, again with distant things higher up the page, along with diminishing sizes.
And you are right about summer--a whole different challenge, isn't it, with tree masses instead of twiggery. One teacher suggested that for accuracy it helps to name the shadow shapes--there's an oval next to a rhomboid. There's a banana next to an "M." I think he's on to something.
summer is good. less detail, i think, with all the green about. or am i just learning to exclude that high-frequency noise?
Top: Ah, the still life tire. A great subject, don't you think? Odd, how the black rubber is rarely the darkest dark. Nice negative and positive shapes of grass and weeds. They form a necessary part of the composition. I see brakes--could this be a Porsche?
ReplyDelete2nd: I have seen that pole before. Nice grading of tones. The sidewalks give a hint of perspective, along with the placing of the tree and box--higher on the page.
3rd: Is the white line a Century Fence? That diagonal gray shadow on the shed wall is a neat hint of unseen things.
Bottom: A house in a tree! But believable because of the perspective, again with distant things higher up the page, along with diminishing sizes.
And you are right about summer--a whole different challenge, isn't it, with tree masses instead of twiggery. One teacher suggested that for accuracy it helps to name the shadow shapes--there's an oval next to a rhomboid. There's a banana next to an "M." I think he's on to something.