portrait orientation requires larger degree of back and forth – small and large
Mound 2 Mountain-digital painting / art prints -Dan Beck 2006
I painted this piece yesterday, I am pretty pleased with it. There is a crazy amount of texture in it – which you can only see when viewed large. But I think it has a nice feeling and flow even viewed small.
Creating a piece that is portrait orientation is a lot harder for me. Monitors are wider than taller and to see the entire piece, I have to work at about 45% of the actual size,
This means there is a lot of back and forth between working with a small canvas and working on a small section closer to full size.
But I think that is actually one of the reasons I chose to work in this orientation yesterday – I wanted that kind of challenge – and I wanted a few more pieces with that upright twist.
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See Also
- Valley Work
personal favorite also with portrait orientation – details included in enlargement - Chuck Close: Self-Portraits 1967-2005
artist’s work does similar thing – must stand back to see – but must look closely to see - Review/Art; In Portraits on a Grand Scale, Chuck Close Moves On – New York Times
think I have referenced this article before – but it says similar things about his work – how it must be seen from back and from close – the separate views being put together to make sense
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