Vincent Van Gogh:::
"It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to, the feeling for the things themselves, for reality, is more important than the feeling for pictures."
Impressionism:::
Impressionism is referred to as the most important art movement of the 19th century. The term impressionism came from a painting by Claude Monet. His painting was titled titled Impression Sunrise. Impressionism is about capturing fast fleeting moments with color, light, and surface.
Reflections
Latin Swoon
Moondance
Wistul Blue
Deco Sunset
Rococo:::
A style of art popular in Europe in the first three quarters of the 18th century, Rococo archi-tecture and furnishings emphasized ornate but small-scale decoration, curvilinear forms, and pastel colors. Rococo painting has a playful, light-hearted romantic quality and often pictures the aristocracy at leisure.
Cubism :::
An art style developed in 1908 by Picasso and Braque whereby the artist breaks down the natural forms of the subjects into geometric shapes and creates a new kind of pictorial space. In contrast to traditional painting styles where the perspective of subjects is fixed and complete, cubist work can portray the subject from multiple perspectives.
Pastel:::
A colored crayon that consists of pigment mixed with just enough of a aqueous binder to hold it together; a work of art produced by pastel crayons; the technique itself. Pastels vary according to the volume of chalk contained...the deepest in tone are pure pigment. Pastel is the simplest and purest method of painting, since pure color is used without a fluid medium and the crayons are applied directly to the pastel paper. Pastels are called paintings rather than drawings, for although no paint is used, the colors are applied in masses rather than in lines.
Your life is the manifestation of your dream; it is an art. And you can change your life anytime if you aren't enjoying the dream. Dream masters create a masterpiece of life; they control the dream by making choices.
::: Don Miguel Ruiz :::
"Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work. I follow in building the principles which nature has used in its domain."
::: Frank Lloyd Wright :::
"The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible."
::: Oscar Wilde
"A sincere artist is not one who makes a faithful attempt to put on to canvas what is in front of him, but one who tries to create something which is, in itself, a living thing."
::: William Dobell :::
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"Artists today think of everything they do as a work of art. It is important to forget about what you are doing.. then a work of art may happen."
::: Andrew Wyeth :::
"Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which Nature herself is animated."
::: Auguste Rodin :::
"Painting is a form of incarnation. It is spirit made manifest in the world."
::: Jeffrey Smart
Lioness
Siren
Temptress
"Painting is the grandchild of nature. It is related to God."
::: Rembrandt :::
Impasto:::
A manner of painting where the paint is laid on thickly so texture stands out in relief.
