Bruce recently acquired four small theme paintings from
Southeastern artist, Grant Nelson. He
hung them on either side of the window in the music room. Bruce liked their effect so much, that he
started pestering me to create some larger scale graphic design paintings with
a music theme for the other walls in the room.
I have no training in graphic design, nor any desire to
paint in that style, but Bruce can be VERY persuasive when he gets his heart
set on something. So when South Carolina’s
hurricane season limited me to indoor activities, I decided it would be a good
time to see what I could produce to make Bruce happy. I soon learned that creating good graphic art
is harder than it looks. After several
failed attempts at coming up with a decent design, I fell back on the time
honored tradition that most art schools use to teach a new skill…. Copy someone
else’s work.
My first attempt was to paint an enlarged (three foot by
three foot) version of a four inch by four inch electric light switch-plate cover
with a Kaminski like design on it. It
was hung above the piano adding a playful note to the room.
Encouraged, Bruce started bugging me to paint something even
larger to hang over the sofa. This time
I attempted a triad. The project was
very educational. I learned that it is
very important to pay close attention to exactly what paint color one is mixing
if you are working on a multi canvas set, and I also learned a lot about
balancing colors, and tones across the canvas. .Each painting was painted separately
then, after all three were completed, I went back to add detail and adjust
color notes so that the paintings would view well as a set. In addition,
I learned that it is very important to pay close attention to balance color hues and color values across the set of canvases I
also learned I don’t want to be a graphic artist, and I how to have a
happy husband.
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