EDGES .....Lost and Found or Soft and Hard
I cannot emphasize enough how important the use of lost and found edges are in a painting. Nor only are they are a strong visual factor in a painting, but they direct the focus of your image and make it more interesting and painterly. Losing and finding boundaries or edges help suggest form and bulk – this is a critical step in painting.
I first learned to work with lost and found edges when studying watercolor with Master Painter Charles Reid. Watercolor takes advantage of watercolor's inherent wet-in-wet nature. When I switched to acrylics I found it was possible to blur my edges with acrylic also. Soft and hard edges create a resting point for your viewer. They are intriguing to the eye and encourage the viewer to mentally complete the indistinct portions of the painting, thereby creating real involvement with the work.
The viewer has now become part of the creative journey, dancing the viewer's eye along the contour of form.
~Sefla
EDGES .....Lost and Found or Soft and Hard
I cannot emphasize enough how important the use of lost and found edges are in a painting. Nor only are they are a strong visual factor in a painting, but they direct the focus of your image and make it more interesting and painterly. Losing and finding boundaries or edges help suggest form and bulk – this is a critical step in painting.
I first learned to work with lost and found edges when studying watercolor with Master Painter Charles Reid. Watercolor takes advantage of watercolor's inherent wet-in-wet nature. When I switched to acrylics I found it was possible to blur my edges with acrylic also. Soft and hard edges create a resting point for your viewer. They are intriguing to the eye and encourage the viewer to mentally complete the indistinct portions of the painting, thereby creating real involvement with the work.
The viewer has now become part of the creative journey, dancing the viewer's eye along the contour of form.
~Sefla
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