Seeing

November 20, 2006

“The very bottom third is what you might think of as land; a body of water occupies the upper two-thirds. That bottom third is a greenish earth-color tone that suggests this landmass to us, and above that we have bluish hues that determine this watery body. You really have a lot of horizontals…

He actually uses only dots, small dots…

He uses the very tip of the brush to create what we just described as a scene, and he does not mix colors, meaning that these small dots, juxtaposed with each other, in a complementary manner, create this effect.”

Do you see? Lovely article in the New Yorker.

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  1. This reminds me of pointillist paintings - Georges Seurat or such.

    Comment by Devilled — December 1, 2006 @ 10:19 am

  2. This reminds me of pointillist paintings - Georges Seurat or such.

    Comment by Devilled — December 1, 2006 @ 10:21 am

  3. This reminds me of pointillist paintings - Georges Seurat or such.

    Comment by Devilled — December 1, 2006 @ 10:22 am

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