Illustration of a glowing candle in the dark Today I painted two types of candles. A small watercolor paintings of 6 by 9 inches. One candle is a pretty candle that burns well. The intense yellow color of the candle also brightens the surroundings. Candles glow the darker the surroundings. Candles symbolize holiness (Cooper, 1978). But without a spark in the candle, there is no holiness. Because candles create holiness and vitality through the light of fire. Light represents the creation of the universe, the revelation of God. So, if you look at the cathedral, you see a lot of candles as a symbol to brighten up a dark place. In the past, I have created a digital image of the sacred and mysterious feeling of a single candle like this. The candles that are quietly burning alone and the candles swaying in the wind all illuminate the surroundings. Each time a candle burns, the wick burns and shrinks and the wax drips. Because of the candle's ability to melt itself and light its surroundings, it has often become a symbol of sacrifice, revolution, and perseverance. Godfried Schalcken (1643 – 16 November 1706), was a painter with excellent description and sensibility of candles, to the extent that he was called the king of candles. Perhaps that's why his paintings have many paintings related to candles. If you look at his work below, you can even feel the temperature of a brightly burning yellow candle. In particular, when a candle illuminates the surroundings, the yellow energy and shadows reflected on the surrounding people and objects are properly matched, making it beautiful as if you were looking at a scene from a fairy tale. Among the painters who express candles well, Georges de la Tour(1593-1652) was influenced by Caravaggio, who is called the father of baroque art in the 17th century, and some painters realized the contrasting effect of intense light on the canvas. He always used candles for sharp contrasts. What the above two painters' candlelight paintings have in common is that they handled the warmth of the yellow and orange colors of the candles and the contrast caused by the light well. Painters want to handle light well. This is because the shape, atmosphere, and beauty of objects change depending on the angle and intensity of light. Just as filmmakers strive to get the best shot by shining a reflector on the actor or actress, the painters also carefully observe everything that shines in the light to capture the most beautiful points. Above all, natural light, naturally illuminating in broad daylight, has long been a good source of inspiration for Impressionist painters. However, it is challenagle to express the beauty and meaning of a scene created only by artificial candles in a dark room. As you can see from the picture above, the colors that can be realized under a candle in the dark are minimal. The primary color is black, and here the brightest yellow, orange, light brown, brown, red, dark blue, etc., the beauty of the paint itself does not cover the flaws Nevertheless, you will be amazed at the genius of the two painters who adequately conveyed the beauty and emotion of people and things with limited colors in the quiet darkness. It's a fun exploration to get to know and investigate paintings and painters and learn from their life, art, and much more. And in this pleasant journey, artists develop themselves and create their own world of work. I also enjoy seeing and learning about the work of other painters, especially the masters, and their lives. Through this process, you will be able to get closer to the true beauty of things little by little.
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Richard Thorn, watercolor artist Today I would like to introduce Richard Thorn, a watercolor painter from England, and his works. Above is his official website. It is a site that shows various activities such as tutoring, publishing, exhibitions, and blogs. You can tell how active he is and how energetic he is. Richard began his painting career in the early 80's after a long sojourn in London playing Jazz.Since those early days his paintings have been sold and exhibited in many leading galleries throughout the Southern region as well as America, Taiwan and South Korea.Recently, after having his work accepted for the last 4 years at the Royal Institute (for painters in watercolour) open exhibitions, he has won 2 awards for best watercolour.He was also invited to participate in the Quingdao International Watercolour Exhibition 2019 where he won an excellent work award. Art Promoters in China are currently showing his work and have asked the artist to return in 2020 to demonstrate and exhibit. (excerpt by official site) Trained at Newton Abbot School of Art, Richard has been painting for over 20 years, specializing in watercolour. Having lived for most of his life in and around Torbay he has committed the area's most picturesque coastline to paper in sublime fashion making the sun dance across water like no other. According to the artist's introduction, he is now a painter with 30 years of experience. He has also won two awards and has numerous galleries selling and exhibiting his works. Above all, he is a painter with many fans who love his beautifully sparkling sea paintings. Below are some of his most recent works featured on his site. I personally love his deep, dark blue. Looking at this artist's work, I can't help but wonder how he painted it. The more an artist draws a picture, the more curious he becomes. I too was very curious about the depth, composition, and sparkling vibrancy of his paintings. His self-improvement attitude, always exploring techniques and materials, sets a good example for artists who follow the same path. Below is a blog by an artist who has well appreciated and described his work. If you look at his site, you can get a lot of help in understanding and appreciating this artist's paintings due to his insight and analytical skills. The site below summarizes the process of painting by this artist in brief and in detail. According to an article by the Lyme Regis Art Society, he first selects a picture to paint as shown below. And what's unique is that he treats the sketch as an ink base. I could find that the deep shading and contrast of his paintings was oozing out of this ink. Then he paints the main colors gray, yellow, blue, etc. in turn. Below is the finished picture. It is impressive that the color of the rock was treated differently from the photo. Below is a collection of my personal favorites among his works.
The Greek day! Today, I went to the Greek Day event held at the Village Center in my neighborhood. This event is an event that sells Greek food and tea in the coffee shop and bakery in the Village Center. It was raining a little before we arrived. This is a phrase you can see in every trash can in our neighborhood's Village Center. The flowers bloom late this year because of the chilly days. However, the geraniums planted in each village center shop here were blooming beautifully. In this way, each store holds an event with the phrase “Greek Day” as shown below. We visited the Premiere pastry shop with the expectation of a Greek dessert and coffee after lunch. Actually, I have been living in this neighborhood for 9 years, but today is the first time I have visited this store. The inside was cozy and neat. They were selling Greek desserts with the Greek flag hanging like this. However, there are only about 5 types of desserts, which are not very many. Among them, we chose baklava and Greek custard. Baklava is a layered pastry dessert made of filo pastry, filled with chopped nuts, and sweetened with syrup or honey. A sweet dessert and coffee in the afternoon will unwind after the week.
Fishing, Art is like waiting for a big fish. Today, I completed a watercolor painting titled Fishing. In this painting, a large rocky mountain stands in the background. Yellow and orange rocky mountains are visible in layers. It is a bright day with the sun rising in the middle of the sky. Fishing on a day like this can be very arduous. In particular, fishing under a rocky mountain where there are no people, trees, or animals would be possible only in my imagination. No professional angler would enjoy fishing with a small lone boat in such an environment. So I love to do imagination. And I enjoy realizing the imagined possibilities and scenes on paper. Paper is the window through which I can see the objects, scenes, and events I have drawn in my head. So is drawing. Sometimes it seems like a small piece of boat is floating under a lonely rocky mountain and hanging on fishing for a long time. There is no life to be found around, and the sun is scorching hot in the center of our head. There is nothing in the world to depend on or to trust, but the fishing rod is our only friend. Fishing requires patience for a long time. And fishing should turn off all external noise and focus only on ourself and the fishing rod. There is a painting called Fishing by Edouard Manet, a famous French Impressionist painter in the 19th century. Edouard Manet’s painting, Fishing, is an in-depth piece that showcases the artists detail oriented technique progressing into impressionism. However, since this painting was painted at about the same time as Manet's famous work "Lunch on the Grass", it was criticized as an unfinished work or a failure among Manet's paintings. But I personally like this piece. The couple in the picture is Manet and his fiancee, Susan Lan Hope. The man looked over his shoulders over the water covered in deep turquoise azure. Next to the couple stands a dark brown dog overlooking the water. There is a fishing boat on the water and there are three people inside, one sitting on the boat, the other pulling the net and the other pulling the spear to catch the fish. People fishing on the boats seem to be doing some hard work. Because neither the gentleman sitting on the boat nor the couple watching are doing anything. Only the two men in the center of the picture are doing something. And the fisherman from afar appears to be sitting in another dimension. The energy of action is depicted differently in one picture. What does the gray rainbow in the distance mean? Perhaps, what kind of code of hope did Manet want to imply in this picture? In fact, there is a theory that this painting alludes to Manet's wedding. Because of his father's objection to marrying the woman in the painting, he had to hide his fiancee. His father passed away before they were married, but Manet may have painted hints of his future in the painting. Seeing Manet's fishing like this, I also drew another version of fishing. I added a large fish in the water where the woman fishing is not visible instead of the rainbow, which is the code of hope. The only reward in the arduous and tedious act of fishing, so the source of the joy, the magic that makes fishing so good that you can't get out of it once you fall in love with it, is probably when you catch a fish. The pleasure of fishing is doubled when you catch a big fish unexpectedly and unintentionally after a long wait. And because of this expectation, it makes it possible to overcome the waiting for such a tedious and long-lasting task. I think the picture is the same. It is difficult to even imagine the joy when a work turns out better than expected and expresses more than intended. Because of this strong reward and energy, I can overcome the slowness and stillness of painting time. Painters know better than anyone the need for solitude. I know that if I don't entrust myself in solitude, I'll never get a proper work. Just as a fisherman stands alone by a quiet river or beach, avoiding people, the painter leaves the busy world to create a proper work and paints alone in the studio. In a way, fishers and painters have many similarities. In this sense, the fishing I drew today is a story about an artist who catches fish. I like the energy this work gives, so I'm considering submitting it to the Night Heron Art Show. We will continue to post the submission process.
The preparation for Art Show with The Night Heron Watercolor Artists group! Today, I would like to share with you the news of the Night Heron watercolor artists group meeting, which I attend as a guest every Thursday. From July 1st, an art show, a regular exhibition of members, will be held for two months. It has been exhibited as an annual event every year twice in July and December. The first year of the exhibition is recorded in 2007. It has been consistently exhibiting for 15 years. This art show will consist of two themes: a 33 member exhibition and a sunflower exhibition to help and support Ukrainians suffering from war. Above all, on the large white paper below, all the participating artists will draw sunflowers in their own style and present them in the exhibition. You can also see the sunflower I drew in the bottom corner. Free space for painting on one table is for 3 or 4 artists. Therefore, everyone created a team on their own and drew it hard. This is a sunflower painted by Mary, the vice president of this group. The stereotype that sunflowers are always yellow must be broken. Among the members, a red-brown sunflower was selected and painted. The Night Heron watercolor artists group officially started with the 2007 first exhibition. At first, it was a form of gathering at a single house on the street called The Night Heron and taking a class with a teacher. Everyone loved and wanted to learn watercolor. However, the teacher moved to another state and the group no longer had to be maintained. But, they have been upgrading themselves, finding their way and exhibiting without a teacher for 15 years. And they proudly hold a wonderful exhibition every year under the name of watercolor artists. Below is a folder with the biographies of the 33 members. When a group exhibition is held, the papers with the artist's statements, careers and histories are collected in one binder and opened to the public. Although time was short, it was a good opportunity to briefly see each member's drawings and passions. Rather than painting alone, it was of great help to me to exhibit as a group, to draw together, and to see each other's drawing process. Each artist has their own story, style and color. It is very interesting and enjoyable to get to know them little by little and see their works. Through this, I seem to be gradually learning what art is and how to draw a picture. When drawing, I realize again that the most important thing was passion. And when drawing, you should approach it with a clear mind like a child as much as possible. These are the things I learned through this meeting. In particular, I plan to submit a sunflower painting and one painting to this art show as a guest. I have selected several candidates. After much deliberation, I chose the picture below. The process of making the frame will be revealed later. Every time I draw, and after that, I get affection about the painting. So it's hard to choose something. But in that case, I have a principle. It's just that I don't want others to rate or praise me as "wow, excellent! great! amazing!". Rather than being technical, I want to share a certain message in the picture and see one direction together. In this sense, the selected painting, Playing Fish with Bubbles, symbolizes infinite love, curiosity, and unstoppable passion for art. I want to paint like a fish in the water, moving without rest for a moment and playing around curiously. And I want my attitude towards art to be like this fish. |
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