UNKNOWN ARTIST HITS THE BIG TIME!
(Well, potentially a worldwide audience- In your dreams, Durant.....)
http://www.delrieu.info/dotclear/index.php?2011/06/28/2840-mike-durant-expose-a-la-galerie-des-4-rivieresMike
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Règles de composition dans la peinture occidentale - Wikipédia
Aha! - It appears that the french sizes I discussed in the last blog are based on 'Rules of Composition'.
The Wikipedia explanations are in french here:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Règles_de_composition_dans_la_peinture_occidentale
Mike
Painting sizes and Framing
We all know how expensive framing can be. So, it pays to paint or draw on supports which are standard sizes so that cheaper, off-the-shelf frames could be used. The trouble is, 'standard' means different things to different nationalities.
Look at this site: 
Look at this site:
http://www.lucyart.co.uk/size.php
This shows sizes on sale in the UK. But beware! - the centimetres are approximate, the centimetres are precise.
Here in France we can get metric shapes, as shown at the bottom of this table, but here you will also come across 'traditional' sizes, often codified as "5F" or "6P" etc. where "F" stands for "Figure", "P' for "Paysage" (landscape), "M" for "Marine".
Also -look at this site:
http://alain.joly91.free.fr/paged_accueil_tailledestoiles.htm
I've been trying to trace the historical basis for these French traditional shapes but haven't got very far. Does anyone have any info on this subject, I wonder?
Mike
Monday, February 21, 2011
Art Project, powered by Google
This is a stunning website. The level of detail attainable is second to none...
http://www.googleartproject.com/ Saturday, February 19, 2011
Who did what for the Pack of Cards
I've lost my list of who did what, so why not comment on the blog, telling us which ones you created. I know I did the Ace of clubs and the Queen of Hearts.
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