Category: Still Life
The Artistic Obsession with Food: Techniques to Improve Still Life Food Paintings
| August 26, 2011 | Posted by Jacob Devies under Still Life |
Many artists have a fixation with food, not just as subject matter but also as comfort food when we’re feeling down or suffering from creative blockages. Master painters, throughout the ages, have painted still lifes – many that concentrate on food – fruit seems to be a common reoccurring theme. However, these subjects also represent…
Emotional Still Life Paintings – Subject Matter, Lighting, Arrangement Tips
| June 4, 2011 | Posted by Jacob Devies under Still Life |
By studying your familiar surroundings, you’ll find constantly new and changing qualities in even the most commonplace objects. An unusual point of view or unexpected lighting dramatizes familiar objects, giving them a fresh interpretation. Everyday items become a reflection of personal emotions or messages. Still life paintings were originally part of the backgrounds of larger…
