Many times when I paint and draw, I stand back from the work in-progress and realize there is not enough contrast. In this quick study, I painted directly from observation, with the garlic placed outside in the full sun and tried to get a lot of contrast. The intense light allowed me to clearly see […]
Edgar Degas’ artistic methods, expression, and subject matter align his work and process closely with that of contemporary 2D animators. Primarily interested in painting figurative scenes that capture contemporary Parisian life, Degas kept notebooks containing studies of hands, architectural features, mise-en-scene, ballet dancers, horses etc. that he would use as references for his paintings. According