Conveying Heat in Art, My Painting Desert Landscape

I wanted to convey the heat in my painting, Desert Landscape. After completing my painting I laid a mainly transparent glaze of white over the entire painting. In painting atmospheric perspective, artists paint a light muted blue white to achieve atmosphere. However, I painted a transparent muted yellow over my white to convey heat. Edges of shapes are also soft due to the heat and atmosphere. Dust particles may also be seen. Value contrasts are not marked. English artist, Turner was excellent in conveying atmosphere.

This is a digital painting using traditional oil painting techniques and a painterly approach. I used virtual brushes and paints (Corel Painter 12 and Intuos5 drawing pen and tablet).

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Unity and Strength in Art, My Painting "Island Boats"

In my painting, Island Boats (top) I wanted to paint the colorful boats in the busy harbour. My focal area is where the yellow and white boats overlap. The diagonal line of boats creates an interesting pattern and movement through the painting. When you look at the boats, you can see I used 2 point linear perspective. The two sides of the boats move towards different vanishing points on the horizon line. The mast on the white boat overlaps the mid ground and background linking the planes together and maintaining unity.  The mast is at right angles to the white boat and this contributes to harmony and strength of the overall painting. The lower painting is by Monet, Boats on Beach Club. Monet did a number of paintings with boats. Monet also used boats' masts to link planes and create harmony and strength.


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Speed and Movement in Art, My Painting "Hockey Race"

In my painting, Hockey Race, I wanted to convey the competition between the players for the hockey puck. It was necessary to paint speed and movement of the players. I painted only 2 figures instead of the recommended odd numbered shapes, i.e. 3. The painting is closely cropped. The figures are diagonally shaped and bending forward. Many edges are blurred to convey the movement including the blurred hockey stick and puck. The colors of each player are different. The colors of the shirts are complementary hues. The values of the pants are different. The upper background shows individual blurred brush strokes and a curved shape contributing to the action.

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