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Art and Reason
http://artandreason.blogspot.com
Art and Reason is the place where I share my acrylic paintings along with a few thoughts about what inspired the piece. The goal of my acrylic creations is to evoke strong feelings that connect us to each other and to our own inner self.
- Added on: Aug 27th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Atul Pande
- Listed in: Mixed Media
- Tags: art Abstract Art acrylic painting Emotion
Recent Posts
More sketching
Not much to say about this plain sketch of a bunch of bananas. I found that the shape of bananas makes it a bit hard to avoid making it seem like they are floating in space. With both ends rising upwards, the shadows are the only way to create a sens...
Focus of Interest in an Abstract
Abstract paintings often seem to be a meaningless arrangement of color and form. In fact, careful study will reveal that the most striking abstracts have a clear focal point. In most contemporary abstracts, the focal point is usually defined by the p...
Semi-Abstract Sunset
Sunsets were one of my favorite subjects when my main artistic pursuit was photography. When I took up painting five years ago, the first painting was that of a sunset. So I keep returning to sunsets from time to time and each time provides a new lea...
Horse Heads
Every time I look at horses, in addition to their grace and sense of controlled power, I am struck by the beauty of their faces. There is something about the sculpted solidity of the bones in the horses' head that begs to be drawn or painted.Horse He...
Odd Composition?
For some reason asymmetric composition draws viewer interest a lot longer than complete evenness. Design elements with odd-number components suggest more movement and engage the viewer. Even or symmetric numbered elements are perceived as static and ...
Inexpensive Experimentation
Though I had read about the merits of adopting regular and frequent sketching as an essential component of perfecting technique, it is only after I started drawing that the full potential of this inexpensive activity began to dawn on me. Not only do ...
