Design

  

 

There are lots of important parts of painting, but the most important to me is design. I always call design, values, and color mixing the BIG THREE of painting. Without good design, the other two have little value.  Many artists use over saturated color as a crutch because they don’t understand good design and value relationships. The vibrancy gives them a feeling of shock and awe! I have seen many wonderful paintings with minimal color. 

 

I had a marvelous design teacher in my BFA program. He had the marvelous skill of using minimalistic subjects and limited palettes to teach design. His pieces were wonderful. Over the years I have studied design extensively as well as values, and Notan.

 

I would love to teach design again if we ever rid ourselves of Covid.  

 

Country painters love design…