I thought I would share with you my favorite artist, Edouard Cortes(1882-1969).
To the left is the painting
"Place de la Republique"
He is an impressionist and while some think impressionism is the "easy" way to paint, it is not.
Many artists can reproduce real life, but impressionism requires the ability to make something out of brush strokes that is recognizable.
You can click on this to see it larger.
I love his visions of Paris and his landscapes of Bretagne and Normandie.
He , like me, seems to like the twilight and rainy or snowy weather. They are very interesting to paint , certainly.
The only problem with any art online is that each computer sees the color and light differently. So what I see when I have the real painting in front of me might be distorted slightly when you see it.
Theatre du Vaudeville, to the left here, is one of my favorites. I love the bright light. I have learned a lot about painting light from reproducing some of his techniques in painting. I have learnt a lot from Thomas Kinkade also.
Many consider Kinkade to be shlock. I don't. I consider those who think he is to be snobs of the first order ( and usually people who can't paint at all). To me if you love it, then that's all that is needed to make it great art for you.
I always have one of Cortes' paintings as my desktop theme. It has never changed in all these years. I find these scenes to be inviting and evocative.
Somethings do change, though......... Like Weather and Blogger.
While I like Blogger, it has now got a real problem lately with spam in comments from Europe and the orient.
So, I have had to institute moderation because of it and might have to do more if it doesn't stop. I guess there isn't much they can do to stop it but I can stop it here if the comment dashboard will work right and that can be another problem but it's free so you can hardly really complain.
It is bitterly cold here.Though its certainly been much colder, the damp air makes it feel worse.
Up north they may have had some snow again but down here we are now snow free. It rained the other day and washed all of it away. I am very happy about that because I don't have much use for snow anymore. It looks nice for an hour or so and then its a pain to shovel and remove it and keep walkways free from ice.
I thought I would share with you my favorite artist, Edouard Cortes(1882-1969).
To the left is the painting "Place de la Republique"
He is an impressionist and while some think impressionism is the "easy" way to paint, it is not.
Many artists can reproduce real life, but impressionism requires the ability to make something out of brush strokes that is recognizable.
You can click on this to see it larger.
I love his visions of Paris and his landscapes of Bretagne and Normandie.
He , like me, seems to like the twilight and rainy or snowy weather. They are very interesting to paint , certainly.
The only problem with any art online is that each computer sees the color and light differently. So what I see when I have the real painting in front of me might be distorted slightly when you see it.
Theatre du Vaudeville, to the left here, is one of my favorites. I love the bright light. I have learned a lot about painting light from reproducing some of his techniques in painting. I have learnt a lot from Thomas Kinkade also.
Many consider Kinkade to be shlock. I don't. I consider those who think he is to be snobs of the first order ( and usually people who can't paint at all). To me if you love it, then that's all that is needed to make it great art for you.
I always have one of Cortes' paintings as my desktop theme. It has never changed in all these years. I find these scenes to be inviting and evocative.
Somethings do change, though......... Like Weather and Blogger.
While I like Blogger, it has now got a real problem lately with spam in comments from Europe and the orient.
So, I have had to institute moderation because of it and might have to do more if it doesn't stop. I guess there isn't much they can do to stop it but I can stop it here if the comment dashboard will work right and that can be another problem but it's free so you can hardly really complain.
It is bitterly cold here.Though its certainly been much colder, the damp air makes it feel worse.
Up north they may have had some snow again but down here we are now snow free. It rained the other day and washed all of it away. I am very happy about that because I don't have much use for snow anymore. It looks nice for an hour or so and then its a pain to shovel and remove it and keep walkways free from ice.
