Art In Winter

Herding Sheep in a Winter Landscape at Sunset
Joseph Farquharson
1846 ~ 1935
Born in Edinburgh Scotland  

 

When the West With Evening Glows 
1901
Joseph Farquharson

Farquaharson on Wikipedia

Images from Wikiart.org

I've posted landscapes of Farquaharson's in the past.

His realism paintings capture winter's warmth beautifully.

A Fad is a Fad

Rough Sawn Wood

There was a time when I thought if I can't have a seaside cottage, then I can change my decor to look like a seaside cottage. Lots of white was a fad then. I began by painting my bureaus white, solid wood throughout, painted white. I don't remember what I did with all the chenille bedspread pieces. I still have the jar of shells. 

I could have had an authentic seaside experience by putting sand in my shoes.

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Antic Slab is this font. I feel it has a confident serif with in easy to read style.

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Style. Fads are always interesting to me. In the last decade, I believe,  there are more fashion fads to groan over than embrace with enthusiasm. Interior design, other than color, nothing seems to fade away. There will always be the all white room with a big plant in the corner. I like that style, but not enough to want to live with it. Gardens are gardens, far above fad influences, imho. 

My favorite fad of all time that was big when I was in high school (1960s) is Madras. (I lived close to Connecticut.) Madras skirts, jackets, pants, shorts, handbags. Love Madras.

A sort of fad today is to have your face in a phone, as in out of the real world. AI does beckons us.

Do you have a favorite fad? Ever?

Cloud Shadows & Landscapes

Plowed Field

Cloud Shadows Over Woods

Tip:

On Blogger when photos are uploaded first, if you can't place the cursor below the photo in the post area, then switch to HTML view. 

From there, go to the end and type a few words to mark the typing area. 

Switch back to Compose view. Now you can edit, and type from the marker words. 

Cloud Shadows

Cumulus clouds are 1000 to 5000 feet above us. For comparison, a mile is 5280 feet. A fair weather indicator, cumulus clouds cast interesting shadows on the ground.

In the photos above, there are no shadows on the plowed fields. I checked all the pictures I took. No shadows on the dirt areas. Right place at the right time. 

Also note an area change in soil colors that's a reversal of perspective. Think contours. The higher grounds will drain and dry out faster as in have a pale hue compared to the wetter low areas. No shadows on the plowed field means there are no clouds in position over the field to block the sun. 

A painting wouldn't look right with a sky full of clouds with no shaded areas over the bare ground.

Evaluating a landscape to paint requires noticing the geology,  weather conditions, and understanding what does what, why and when. You can make adjustments for composition, but not so much with the science of what you see.

Cloud Shadows On the Green Mountains