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Sitting on the Dock of the Bay
By art coach | January 4, 2008
This watercolor was painted in my studio. It is from a photo reference shot taken from a cruise ship looking down on the dock. What I liked most was the diagonal elongated shadow patterns. I watched and noticed, while people were sitting and standing waiting, that they developed there own small communication pockets.The festive color of the peoples garments add nice color movement on the gray field. Compositionally, I like placing the weight of the picture towards the top. This was a result of the influence of my graphic design background.The newspaper is a graphic arts element. You can demonstrate it for yourself. Notice that your newspaper headlines are bold at the top while the body copy text is not bold and smaller. If you squint your eyes you will see the dark boldness at the top and the gray at the bottom.The point I am trying to make is that we are all influenced by things in our experience and around us.
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February 1st, 2008 at 10:47 pm
I like this a lot. The comments from your graphic design background are also very insightful. It’s so true that we are influenced by things and people in our experience, but some of us don’t always notice or see it. Thanks for the tip. I won’t look at a newspaper the same way again!
February 7th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
I love this piece - I’m very fond of watercolor as a medium and I love the angle you’ve used!
I love the way you used color to focus the viewer and weigh the design.
Wonderful piece!