At CreativeWorld, we premiered our brand NEW video entitled Nitram World, which showcases many great artists and their work. Some of the art used in this video - Nitram World - was on display.
The technique was made popular by French artist Charles Bargue (1826-1883), who developed a course in collaboration with academic painter Jean-Léon Gérôme. Bargue's cours de dessin, published as The Art of Drawing between the years of 1868 and 1871, still today is used as a revolutionary training tool for the artist's understanding of the figure through tailored charcoal, pencil, or ink drawings.
While the medium of charcoal is often celebrated for its ability to so closely capture the hand of the artist, it also deserves credit for chronicling an artist's evolution as he or she navigates the development of a unique artistic approach. Such can be seen in the charcoal compositions of early 20th-century artist Max Weber. An integral member of the American avant-garde, Weber actually began with a conventional compositional style.
In our last 2015 installment of our "Contemporary Charcoals" interview series, we are fortunate to showcase the remarkable work of Laia Gonzalez. An artist currently based in Barcelona, Gonzalez capitalizes in her compositions on the power of charcoal for rich tonal and contour contrasts, which results in fantastic finished compositions
One of the charcoal medium's most essential benefits is its effectiveness for the artist who wishes to study the line, contour, and shading of another. This aspect is particularly important when that source drawing was composed by one of the masters of art history.
The Contemporary Charcoals Blog Series continues this week! Up in this installment is Canadian artist Roberta Murray. A native of Alberta, Murray captures striking views of the landscape in her oil compositions, but it is in her charcoal works that we get an intimate window into the artist herself.
One of the most compelling aspects of charcoal drawing is the immediacy of the artist’s hand to which the viewer is treated. Each stroke or shadow can be read almost as if it is a line of a text, with the savvy connoisseur being able to trace the progression of a work almost as if it is the prose of a story.
Traditional Fine Art by Patricia Adolph of Nitram Charcoal, as seen in the Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery in Toronto in an exhibition featuring traditional fine art by Albert Slark & Students
Degas frequently tempered the oft-idealized sensibilities that permeated Impressionist works – the perfect light, the balanced compositions – with an air of Realism, capturing scenes as they actually occurred. Along with this realness, Degas was fascinated with the concept that a composition could chronicle a moment in time. This snapshot-like quality, which was in part inspired by the then-rising field of photography, is what unites many of Degas’ works.
At CreativeWorld, we premiered our brand NEW video entitled Nitram World, which showcases many great artists and their work. Some of the art used in this video - Nitram World - was on display.
The technique was made popular by French artist Charles Bargue (1826-1883), who developed a course in collaboration with academic painter Jean-Léon Gérôme. Bargue's cours de dessin, published as The Art of Drawing between the years of 1868 and 1871, still today is used as a revolutionary training tool for the artist's understanding of the figure through tailored charcoal, pencil, or ink drawings.
Her work described by Informed Collector in 2014 as bearing a "hidden mystery that lies deep within," Edinburgh-based artist Stephanie Rew is renow...
While the medium of charcoal is often celebrated for its ability to so closely capture the hand of the artist, it also deserves credit for chronicling an artist's evolution as he or she navigates the development of a unique artistic approach. Such can be seen in the charcoal compositions of early 20th-century artist Max Weber. An integral member of the American avant-garde, Weber actually began with a conventional compositional style.
In our last 2015 installment of our "Contemporary Charcoals" interview series, we are fortunate to showcase the remarkable work of Laia Gonzalez. An artist currently based in Barcelona, Gonzalez capitalizes in her compositions on the power of charcoal for rich tonal and contour contrasts, which results in fantastic finished compositions
One of the charcoal medium's most essential benefits is its effectiveness for the artist who wishes to study the line, contour, and shading of another. This aspect is particularly important when that source drawing was composed by one of the masters of art history.
The Contemporary Charcoals Blog Series continues this week! Up in this installment is Canadian artist Roberta Murray. A native of Alberta, Murray captures striking views of the landscape in her oil compositions, but it is in her charcoal works that we get an intimate window into the artist herself.
One of the most compelling aspects of charcoal drawing is the immediacy of the artist’s hand to which the viewer is treated. Each stroke or shadow can be read almost as if it is a line of a text, with the savvy connoisseur being able to trace the progression of a work almost as if it is the prose of a story.
As seen in the Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery in Toronto in an exhibition featuring traditional fine art by Albert Slark & Students 3 Pears, J...
Traditional Fine Art by Patricia Adolph of Nitram Charcoal, as seen in the Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery in Toronto in an exhibition featuring traditional fine art by Albert Slark & Students
This week’s blog, the next in our “Contemporary Charcoals” series, features the work of California native Brianna Lee. Blending a love for the tech...
Degas frequently tempered the oft-idealized sensibilities that permeated Impressionist works – the perfect light, the balanced compositions – with an air of Realism, capturing scenes as they actually occurred. Along with this realness, Degas was fascinated with the concept that a composition could chronicle a moment in time. This snapshot-like quality, which was in part inspired by the then-rising field of photography, is what unites many of Degas’ works.
