Final Week of Class

[wayfaringwordhack]

 ...and we are supposed to paint two pictures from our own photographs.  I have been doing this for a while, of course, but it feels more weighty now because someone called it "our graduation" painting. 🤪. I have done two, but I think I will do another to replace the olive trees that perhaps highlights more of the things this course was specifically about.  I'll see if I have more time before the weekend.

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Re: Wow!

[ysabetwordsmith]

It has a nicer sound than "vermiform" which is also accurate, meaning "worm-shaped."

If you look around the impressionist and similar styles, you'll probably spot more. Van Gogh did it in some of his paintings, most famously "The Starry Night," but also some of his field paintings and even self-portraits.

Oh, and I found an exercise for it:
https://riversideschoolsart.weebly.com/line-movement.html

Some psychedelic art also uses curling lines:
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/e6/67/2b/e6672b8c6fdadb90bfafcb009b0a230b.jpg

This cool piece uses dots for the cobblestones and curving lines for the bank above:
https://mattbeardart.com/bending-lines/

If you have a good gallery or art museum near you, that's a good place to look for how painters use lines. If not, try a library to see if they have picture books of art history.