"The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before." --Neil Gaiman is a prolific creator of works of prose, poetry, film, journalism, comics, song lyrics, and drama. In the previous introduction to the primary 8 Compositional Devices, we learned the terms for all eight, with a total of 64 composition possibilities. Continue Reading
Anyone Can Create Art: Doodles, Scribbles, Lines and Color
“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.” —Lao Tzu All it Takes is Desire In my free online Graphic Design Basic Element Series, in lesson four you learn how simple lines can be applied in various directions with colorful opaque colors. This combination offers some of the first elements Continue Reading
Creating the Video: A Fairytale About Becoming an Artist
“To the artist there are no beginnings, there are no endings, just transformation.” —Sandy Breckenridge, artist It took me a long time to overcome my personal obstacles and objections to admit I was an artist. I think my biggest concern was about being practical. A Bit of Backstory I had so many 'buts.' Concerns that my space would stack up with Continue Reading
7 Entities: The Foundation for Continuous Pattern Designs
“Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern.” —Alfred North Whitehead, Mathematician and Philosopher After Division Principles of the Circle, the fourteenth and last tutorial of the Graphic Design Basic Element Series covers 7 Entities: Continuous Vertical Patterns. 7 Entities Make Up All Art Continue Reading