Art on the Brain
Bogdan LucaHow paintings work — and how to see them.
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Why Your First Lines Should Be Wrong
I have a big lesson for you today.
Here is something I notice often in my drawing classes: the first lines in the drawing never change. There is something about drawing which seems to suggest that you need to look in front of you, see what...
A two sided nature
In my activities at the AGO, I often walk by the work of these two Canadian artists whose aesthetic is very recognizable and has become an essential part of the image Canadians have of their own country: Emily Carr and Lawren Harris.
Canad...
The weather inside the painting
Claude Monet - Water Lilies (detail), 1914-17
From time to time, I want to step outside the usual format and test my ideas in a different way.
In this series, I imagine conversations with artists whose thinking continues to shape how we u...
Three things I learned from three years of writing
It’s hard to believe that I’ve been writing here for 3 years. I still remember the decision to open an account and just start something, do one post - my goal was just to write more regularly and to slowly build an archive of my thoughts on...
The Big Shapes that make the Painting Work
Most paintings fall apart gradually, as early decisions are left unquestioned and begin to cement into weaknesses. What starts as vital and colourful brushstrokes, soon becomes second guessed and predictably leads to loss of structure, midd...
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