Welcome to this blog. It is the aim of the writers, Andrew S. Conklin and Helen Oh, to introduce our art work to you, and to share something of our working process, and behind that, the ideas that initiate the sequence of events that result in a complete work of painting, drawing, or occasionally other things.
A brief explanation of the blog's title: We trained as painters in the traditional mold, drawing and painting the figure model under the guidance of some great teachers. Among the important lessons an art student learns when observing and mixing color under natural light is that a skylight or north-facing window, the preferred light source for artists, emits a cool hue, so that under this light even warm objects, like the human figure, are suffused with cool color notes. Conversely, the absence of this light, through a complex visual process, leaves the shadows warm, with the result than even a blue object can appear warm where it is dark.
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We hope you find this blog useful, engaging, and inspiring!
