Observations by Doug Rugh, a classically trained artist based on Cape Cod,Massachusetts. (Overwrought penumbras, tangential tales and meager conundrums diffused through the squinting oculus of a shade arranger.)
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Hidden Corner at Nobska Beach
Hidden Corner, 11" x 14" - oil/canvas
View a satellite map of the location.
Excerpt from this posting:
"...as long as my palette doesn't get too wet and turn my oils into emulsions. The overcast skies, tent-lighting to photographers, bring out the intensity of colors..."
This journal entry is now available as part of a compilation in ebook form:
Specifications:
Epub and PDF formats
102 Entries
26,700+ Words
95 Full-Color Illustrations (Oil paintings by the author.)
2006 - 2010
More information here.
-Doug Rugh
Labels:
animals,
brushstrokes,
challenges,
color,
loose,
nature,
oil painting,
paint quality,
painting,
photography,
plein air,
realism,
saturation/chroma,
summer,
texture,
weather,
Woods Hole
Monday, June 04, 2007
Edward Hopper
Excerpt from this posting:
"...Hopper puts black where he means vague. The variations in surface between lost areas and visible texture, between brushed thin paint and scumbled opaque paint is just enough to make the canvas push into three-dimensional life ahead of it's two-dimensional facsimile..."
This journal entry is now available as part of a compilation in ebook form:
Specifications:
Epub and PDF formats
102 Entries
26,700+ Words
95 Full-Color Illustrations (Oil paintings by the author.)
2006 - 2010
More information here.
"...Hopper puts black where he means vague. The variations in surface between lost areas and visible texture, between brushed thin paint and scumbled opaque paint is just enough to make the canvas push into three-dimensional life ahead of it's two-dimensional facsimile..."
This journal entry is now available as part of a compilation in ebook form:
Specifications:
Epub and PDF formats
102 Entries
26,700+ Words
95 Full-Color Illustrations (Oil paintings by the author.)
2006 - 2010
More information here.
Labels:
art school,
Boston,
composition,
exhibitions,
figures,
insight,
inspiration,
masters,
museum,
paint quality,
pigments,
scale,
surface,
viewing
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