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  1. I used to look at still life painting and think it was a bit odd. I didn't really get the point.

    I understand now that in part anyway its about training your eye on the subtle interactions of color, light, form, edges...the fundamentals!

    Can you do that on other things? Sure, but its not a bad way to paint a lot of things fast and as I wish I could tell myself a long time ago, painting more things matters a lot more than taking a lot of time to paint fewer things.

    #art #painting #stilllife

  2. RE: mastodon.art/@jlam/11720172062

    Doing a daily painting challenge is a really good way to stay consistent! One less thing to decide 🤪

    Day2, it’s giving a bit of Wayne Thiebaud maybe 😅

    #stilllife #oilPainting #workInProgeess

  3. RE: mastodon.art/@jlam/11720172062

    Doing a daily painting challenge is a really good way to stay consistent! One less thing to decide 🤪

    Day2, it’s giving a bit of Wayne Thiebaud maybe 😅

    #stilllife #oilPainting #workInProgeess

  4. RE: mastodon.art/@jlam/11720172062

    Doing a daily painting challenge is a really good way to stay consistent! One less thing to decide 🤪

    Day2, it’s giving a bit of Wayne Thiebaud maybe 😅

    #stilllife #oilPainting #workInProgeess

  5. RE: mastodon.art/@jlam/11720172062

    Doing a daily painting challenge is a really good way to stay consistent! One less thing to decide 🤪

    Day2, it’s giving a bit of Wayne Thiebaud maybe 😅

    #stilllife #oilPainting #workInProgeess

  6. Common Gum Cistus White Blossom
    ArtPrinthttps://fineartamerica.com/featured/common-gum-cistus-white-blossom-marco-sales.html

    #blacknwhite #nature #summer #spring #poppy #flower #insects #flowers #stilllife #ayearforart

  7. "Guitar in Front of the Sea," Juan Gris, 1925.

    As I've said before, I don't care much for Cubism, except for Juan Gris' style.

    Spaniard Gris (1887-1927) started off as an illustrator and cartoonist, but moved to Paris and plunged himself into the avant-garde art world. He became a passionate Cubist, and in my view the best, as he practiced "Crystal Cubism" where he broke down things to their component shapes, but kept them still recognizable. His remarkably clean lines appeal to me.

    The guitar here is two intersecting triangles with a rectangle thrust in it...the newspaper is two trapezoids together...the sea is some white lines on blue with a plain white triangle indicating a sailboat. We also have sheet music, a pear, and what may be the Ace of Diamonds....and while they're all distinctly Cubist, you still easily recognize them.

    Poor health meant he died young and never moved to another style. As some critics have said, he's the purest Cubist of the lot.

    From the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid.

    #Art #JuanGris #Cubism #StillLife #CrystalCubism #Modernism #MyFavoriteCubist