![]() ![]() I didn\'t want to render the painting as a copy of the photograph. This delightful cafe inspired me to plan a painting. I now feel more confident and prepared to create these portraits and am very enthusiastic about starting them. Instead of doing that, I have the actual simplified image to refer to. ![]() It is rather like an artist’s trick of squinting one eye’s to block out detail. In accomplishing this I have given myself a visual guide to starting these portraits and concentrating on form and color rather then getting caught up in detail. With the help of AKVIS I have been able to simplify the detail and using the brush stoke and intensity tools I have adjusted the pictures to show less detail and increased the area of light, mid and dark tones. The possibilities for using AKVIS are endless and very inspiring. Just \"playing\" with the image would provide ideas on how to approach the still life in their work. I can just picture a class room filled with budding artists, using this program to play with ideas for approaching the still life in front of them using the brightness direction, brush stroke and intensity. It would also be ideal to teach perspective as students could work in more detail in the foreground and then using AKVIS understand how distance becomes less detailed further away. This approach would be especially satisfying for students who lack the ability but get caught up in trying to reproduce realism. In short, AKVIS ArtWork is absolutely ideal for use in planning a painting. The brush work tool is wonderful to experiment with the length and or intensity of brush strokes one might choose to work with. There is even a fantastic tool for changing the light direction. ![]() With the simplification tool it is so easy to move away from detail in order to see the possibilities for blocks of color, what we would like to change or keep and which areas are best for a focal point. The mere process of adjusting the visual effects can lead to further ideas and greater understanding of what and how one wants to portray of the image. Once done, it would allow them to concentrate on the principals of art in their work such as rhythm, repetition, color, composition and tone. Using AKVIS ArtWork could provide students with an immediate understanding of how realism can be reduced to the beauty and simplicity of line, form and color. Preplanning consists of thinking about the initial concept or idea, the style in which to paint, realism to abstraction, the mood one wants to portray, for example, soft and gentle with analogous tones of blue and green, or dynamic presentations using complimentary colors. Preplanning a painting is essential in order to achieve the desired effects. Those pieces include such elements as the use of pattern, lines and shapes to create a feeling of unity in the work. When this happens it is easy to loose track of the whole picture and how everything fits together like a puzzle. ![]() One of the most common problems that can sabotage a painting is when an artist concentrates too much on small details, such as one tree in a landscape. Students at the high school level have trouble understanding the purpose and beauty of abstraction because of lack of visual experience. I have a degree in Fine Arts with an art education major and although I am not teaching now, ideas are buzzing through my head on how this program could be used in a class room. It could be helpful to young artists and art teachers. In this article the author Dale McGee, BFA tells us how to improve painting skills using AKVIS ArtWork. Tutorial: AKVIS ArtWork Improve Your Painting Skills with AKVIS ArtWork ![]()
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