Postcard of my painting, Elora Gorge. See more reproductions at http://www.zazzle.com/arlenebabadartist. My original paintings are on sale at http://artbyarlenebabad.etsy.com.Cezanne said that in life there were 4 major forms; the rectangle, the sphere, the cylinder and the cone. This viewpoint is helpful when drawing and painting light and shadow. The human head can be viewed as an elongated sphere or 2 overlapping spheres. Arms, legs and tree branches can appear to be cylindrical in form. I have often looked at mountains and seen rectangles or wedges of rectangles. Some hats and other objects might be viewed as cones. These forms can be upside down, foreshortened or in part. A half of an orange might be seen as a half sphere. When you look at light and shadow, changes of value are more subtle in spheres, cylinders and cones. A rectangle or wedge has stronger contrasts at their edges. See a wedge shape on top of a tower. The contrast between the light, local colour and shadow is sharp. Artists can alter this light on forms. I saw a wonderful painting where the artist used more distinct contrasts of light and shadow when painting people and horses. This sharp value contrast made the painting dynamic.
In August 2010 my paintings will be exhibited at the Art for All Canada’s Rainbow Gallery. The Gallery is at 80 Front St. East across the street from Toronto’s historic St. Lawrence Market. You enter the Gallery through Rainbow Cinemas, Market Square. Viewing the exhibits is free. At the top of this site is a link to Art for All Canada’s Gallery. Gallery hours are from 12:30 pm to 10:00 pm daily. My exhibit will be installed the afternoon on Friday July 30, 2010 and ends the morning of Monday August 30th. http://www.artforallcanada.org.
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