Not every moment can be photographed, that's why we draw, sketch and paint

When you photograph people in colour you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in B&W, you photograph their souls! ~Ted Grant

Drawing and sketching are just also like that...

Remember: the beginning is just capturing the whole circle, sharpening it into triangle, and then star, rough snowflake and finally the completecharacter-superdetail snowflake.

Dont forget all aspects of art composition, including setting out the elements in a painting, choosing a light source, and deciding what to include or exclude in a composition.

A good snapshot stops a moment from running away. ~Eudora Welty

Unfortunately, not in every location we can bring along our camera.

There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs. ~Ansel Adams

No photographer is as good as the simplest camera. ~Edward Steichen

Every time someone tells me how sharp my photos are, I assume that it isn't a very interesting photograph. If it were, they would have more to say. ~Author Unknown

Emotion and originality, two element that give character and make artworks "lebendig"

When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. ~Ansel Adams

When words and photographs are not enough, I shall draw it down.

All photos are accurate. None of them is the truth. ~Richard Avedon

That why it calls IMAGE! of course this world also contains images not the truth


Perspective....

See It as a Clock

Visualizing the angles of objects as the hour-hand on a clock really works for me. For instance, a vanishing line is coming up to the horizon line at "four o'clock", or down at "one o'clock". It's then easy to 'see' the angle when I draw the line on my paper/canvas.

—Marion BE

For a strong composition...

you want them to be in quite different amounts, not similar. Try this rule to start: "two thirds, one third, and a little bit." For example, two thirds dark in tone, one third light in tone, and a small area or object that's mid-tone.


Strong composition, strong character, strong impression!

Create a feeling of space and depth with
foreground (entry point, element to make it dramatic),
focal point (the dominant tone and detail) and
background (dont fight to much for attention, lightened the tone down and shading).

Galitz divided the objects in out photograph in to three groups (guess what they are…):

A. Subject – This is the most important element of the photo and it should be clear to the viewer what it is. I have run into many photos that lacked a subject… Repeat after me: A photo without a subject is not a photo. (I hope the message is clear).

B. Predicate – This is a completing or competing element to the subject. We should try to make sure that the predicate doesn’t “steal the show” from the subject, and it should contribute details about the subject to provide a different angle or perspective on the subject.

C. Background – It’s important to remember, the background is just as important as the subject of the photo. It’s true that many people don’t notice what’s behind the subject when they are taking the picture, but the background can take an ordinary photo and make it great. The background should complement the subject while not stealing attention from it.

Using a viewfinder helps you isolate part of a scene, to select the strongest composition for a landscape painting.

"Color directly influences the soul. Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the hammers, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one or another purposively, to cause vibrations in the soul."

Life and arts are the same, they are the matter of composition and perspective.
That's why i love them both!

Perfection is an unrealistic goal, and aiming for it will stop you trying subjects that are 'too difficult' for your present painting skils.

"Painting embraces all the 10 functions of the eye; that is to say, darkness, light, body and color, shape and location, distance and closeness, motion and rest." Da Vinci (one question, why Monalisa hasn't got eyebrows?)

~Na ja, so ist es, the journey of a self-taugh artist, with practice it'll become instinctive~

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