Excerpt from this posting:
"...The studio works start with this reportage and turn them into pictures..."
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102 Entries
26,700+ Words
95 Full-Color Illustrations (Oil paintings by the author.)
2006 - 2010
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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.)
Showing posts with label impression. Show all posts
Showing posts with label impression. Show all posts
Monday, April 09, 2007
The Right Brain at Work and Play
Labels:
aesthetics,
artist,
Bourne,
brushstrokes,
Cape Cod,
composition,
creativity,
impression,
knife,
landscape,
location,
methods,
oil painting,
painting,
plein air,
portrait,
studio,
summer
Sunday, October 29, 2006
A Knife, A Face and a Bit of Color

Excerpt from this posting:
"...it is the chance to revel in pure color. Trowel on the thick paint and when it is just right, like a Polaroid developing, the truth kicks in..."
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102 Entries
26,700+ Words
95 Full-Color Illustrations (Oil paintings by the author.)
2006 - 2010
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Labels:
aesthetics,
color,
edges,
hue/temperature,
impression,
knife,
loose,
materials,
methods,
oil painting,
optics,
paint quality,
painting,
palette,
portrait,
saturation/chroma,
studies,
style,
value/tone
Friday, October 27, 2006
Ferry to the Vineyard

Excerpt from this posting:
"...I hesitate to finesse it, as I normally would, because it captures the feeling of the day..."
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102 Entries
26,700+ Words
95 Full-Color Illustrations (Oil paintings by the author.)
2006 - 2010
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-Doug Rugh
Labels:
brushstrokes,
impression,
interpretation,
knife,
landscape,
light,
location,
loose,
methods,
oil painting,
paint quality,
painting,
photography,
plein air
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Diffusion and Halation

Excerpt from this posting:
"...This is an effect that is around us everywhere in our daily lives but we trick ourselves into not seeing it (few artists are aware of it partly because many work from photographs) but it's obvious when you look for it..."
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102 Entries
26,700+ Words
95 Full-Color Illustrations (Oil paintings by the author.)
2006 - 2010
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-Doug Rugh
Labels:
blended,
color,
edges,
hue/temperature,
impression,
insight,
light,
methods,
oil painting,
optics,
paint quality,
painting,
props,
saturation/chroma,
still life,
viewing
Friday, October 13, 2006
Opening Doors, Outdoors

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Excerpt from this posting:
"...the process itself becomes the attraction and the end result is a still movie of the artist's mind and hand at work..."
This journal entry is now available as part of a compilation in ebook form:
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Epub and PDF formats
102 Entries
26,700+ Words
95 Full-Color Illustrations (Oil paintings by the author.)
2006 - 2010
More information here.
Labels:
aesthetics,
brushstrokes,
impression,
inspiration,
interpretation,
knife,
landscape,
location,
loose,
methods,
North Falmouth,
oil painting,
paint quality,
painting,
plein air,
summer
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