Artistic Lines from Joan Justis January 2014 http://joanjustis.com Notan is a term using two Japanese words meaning dark, light. Arthur Wesley Dow (1857-1922) became acquainted with a collector of Japanese…
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Artistic Lines from Joan Justis September 2013 joanjustis.com I have found two very interesting sites for creative thinkers. The first is http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/how-well-do-you-see-color-173018 I have looked at the apartment therapy site…
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Artistic Lines from Joan Justis July 2013 http://joanjustis.com Johannes Vermeer (d.1675) is a great teacher 300 years after leaving his legacy of small exquisite paintings. His expert use of perspective…
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Artistic Lines from Joan Justis June 2013 joanjustis.com When you go to Bear Lake take the time to visit the Bear Country Trading Post. It was built of logs and…
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Artistic Lines from Joan Justis May 2013 joanjustis.com I have picked up a book that I inherited from my mother entitled The Arts written and illustrated by Hendrik Willem van…
Read moreUsing Repetition in Painting Composition ~ Art Tutorial Ten
Repetition can be found in all forms of art. In a painting composition repetition creates a visual rhythm against which the artist can drop in accents of interest. In poetry…
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Artistic Lines from Joan Justis April 2013 joanjustis.com The problem with painting daffodils is the yellowness. Daffodil petals are translucent making it difficult to create visible differences between light filled…
Read moreBalance in A Painting ~ Art Tutorial Nine
Balance in a painting provides a sense of equilibrium. If an artist wants to disturb us, he can take away the balance by adding excessive weight in an area without…
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Artistic Lines from Joan Justis March 2013 joanjustis.com I have discovered sites that encourage artists to create a painting a day . I have been making an effort to…
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Artistic Lines from Joan Justis February 2013 http://www.joanjustis.com Welcome to the second edition of my newsletter. I created a series of Bear Lake, Utah paintings portraying the lake in each…
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