Today's Art Class
by on 2/25/2010 5:51:50 PM
Always searching for a new approach to the painting dilemmas of my students at Forstall Art Center, I've decided to begin a series of lessons for the month of March on the Japanese concept of Notan, meaning lightness/darkness. We all struggle from time to time with creating dynamic compositions and seeing values, no matter what our skill level, so I think this class of mostly beginning, recreational painters will really benefit. Notan drawings simplify the values into just two, black and white, to help us see whether or not we are getting a good balance of dark and light shapes in our paintings. I was happy that the class seemed enthusiastic about studying this approach and reminded them to bring their sketchbooks, drawing pencils, and black drawing markers next week. Stay tuned for more on Notan!
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