The student who is desirous of making great proficiency in the art of imitating the works of Nature, should not only learn the shape of figures or other objects, and be able to delineate them with truth and precision, but he must also accompany them with their proper lights and shadows, according to the situation in which those objects appear. -- Leonardo da Vinci Today's … [Read more...]
How many colors?
Some of you in our “Yellow, Red, and Blue” Art Course know what we mean by a “limited palette.” You’ve been using one for the paintings in that course. We’ve written before that the Old Masters used a limited palette for all their work. Not only was paint scarce, but much of it was also very expensive. In another part of the video we recorded with Tom a week, or so ago … [Read more...]
Titian and the color wheel
Although Titian's works seem to many to have been created without much effort, this is far from the truth and those who think so are deceiving themselves. … The method he used is judicious, beautiful, and astonishing, for it makes pictures appear alive and painted with great art, but it conceals the labour that has gone into them. ~ Giorgio Vasari Tiziano Vecellio or … [Read more...]
Renaissance artist timeline
Who were the greatest artists of all time? We’ve been working on a project, off and on, for almost three years. We began filming Master Class about three years ago. We got into a discussion with Tom Anderson, instructor in our Master Class. Tom is a student of the Old Masters and has visited almost every major art museum in the world. Yes, he’s been to the Louvre, … [Read more...]
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