![[Art Interpretation Guide] Brainstorming Part 2: Elements of Art -- Lines and Colors](http://images.art.com/images/aff/banners/art_125x125_May08sale.gif)
In the previous part we talked about brainstorming in general: what it means, the technical side and how to address the image (painting). In this part we will discuss how to brainstorm on some of the most basic elements of art: lines and color. What You See Is… What You See Before you address [...]
This is a true series: a single theme recurring with slight variations over and over again. Minuscule changes in composition and palette assume a generalized contextual significance of an incremental accumulation that transmutes the initial theme into something beyond its original self — a meta-narrative of a sort, albeit visual. It may refer to memory [...]
I am beginning to recognize the prevalence and significance of barns as an architectural phenomenon in rural America. This must be the third time I am reviewing paintings with such or similar structure being the main theme; Tracy Helgeson‘s work should be one reference, and Andrea Kowch‘s another. Casey Klahn’s barns are much more like [...]
In this chapter we will discuss what brainstorming means, some methods and tools and then focus on brainstorming on painting. First here are a few links to websites that offer information on brainstorming (and from which I borrowed some expertise): MindTools Guide to Brainstorming So What Is Brainstorming? Brainstorming means artificially triggering a very real [...]
I love abstract art — I don’t think I can say that outright about any other style or movement, not without some reservation. Show me works by Kazimir Malevich, Wassily Kandinsky, Jackson Pollock or Mark Rothko; their paintings move me and make me feel the music of color, line, geometrical form and composition, all in [...]
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