Art Tip File: Maintaining Surface Interest in a Painting

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Sarah Roveda | Categories: Art Articles: Education & Topics, Art Composition: Golden Mean Point Perspective Linear & More, Art Mediums & Drawing, Creative Art Ideas Inspiration Tips & More, Subject, The Artist's Magazine Blog, Tips and Tools, Top Art Blogs Tags: Watercolor Art: How to Techniques Painting & Landscapes. Bookmark the permalink.

A Painterly Surface

An art tip from Leslie Shiels.

“The surface interest in a painting should hold up, even if the painting is cut in half, quartered, cut into sixteenths, and so on. The texture or pattern should be as compelling from an inch away as it is from 10 feet away.” ~ Leslie Shiels from the June 2012 issue (“Dog Daze”)

 

painting of dogs | surface interest

Nine Right (oil, 48×48) by Leslie Shiels

 

 

 

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