Thursday, September 30, 2010

Line

Harold Knight, English, Harvesting the Sea
Source: newlyn school painters blog

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Schooners

The three masted schooner "Atlantic" at the start of the Transatlantic Race, May 17th 1905

A wonderful example of contemporary marine painting by the New Zealander AD Blake.

Monday, September 13, 2010

Henri, Robert, Monhegan Island


Monhegan Island.


Painting with a limited palette (in this case almost monochrome) can create powerful images, and allows the artist to concentrate on elements of painting other than color, such as tone, brushwork and composition.